Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-13
SOUTH WANTS SETTLERS
ssOond Session Of Immigration ald Quar-
antins Conference at Nashville,
SOUTH cARollSTs GOVERNOR TALKS
Idle Negro Comes in for severe Cone
nent by Man who ThinkA
Race Problem VIII
Grow.

NASHN LILLE, Tenn, Nov. 1.-THE second
annual session Of the Southern immigration
and Quarantine conference began today.
The real purpose Of the conference is to
bring about a more equitable distribution
Of immigrants.
The idle negro class causes some appre-
hcnson in the minds Of immigrants, 1t is
said and this operates against the south
receiving what 1t thinks is its proper share
OF laborers from abroad. Various plans are
suggested for Kidding the south Of its
worthless negroes, and the race question,
therefore, was carly injected into tho dis
cussiun.
Governor Hayward Of south Carolina said
in part:
Sectional feeling fortunately, is passing
away and our people understand eacn
other better. Problems which were at one
time peculiarly southern ere becoming ma
tionaL We Americans are more and more
mutually carrying the white mans bur-
den" We have been seeking for some time
to make some change in our political and
economic system which will affect tue
negro alone and which will, at the same
time, aid IN solving our problem.
l do not think that conditions which are
the result OF years can be changed in day
by the adapotion of any RUE or the enact
ment of any special legislation. To sove
the raSe question will require not only
time but patience and Judgment on the part
or tho white man and the negro; it viii Ddl
far greater appreciation Of his moral
responsibility.
Governor Hayward then enumerated the
solutions OF the problem which had been
suggested and tried from time to time and
all Of which had failed
Nation Must Act.
In speaking OF the plan to deport negroes,
Governor Hayward said the deportation
could not be attempted unless it became
n national and not a southern movement.
Such a move. he said, would not be at
( tempted until the negro problem is better
understood and more acute at the north
than it is now.
! ANY solution Of our race problem In the
south lies as much with the negro as with
/ the white man, but one Of the greatest
/ barriers to any advancement of the negro
Is his natural Incidence. This explains his
failure to use his opportunity and in this
/ he alone Is responsible for the disastrous
[ results which follow. The white race is
! the predominant race and the negro must
understand once and for all that the bonds
/ of society and political questions will be
/ determined by the white man alone and
| by the white. mans code He has a right
l to expect that his civil status should be
! the same. in every respect is that of the
white man. y proper understanding of
/ these fundamental principles by the negro
and there is no reason why he should not
understand-would be long step in. the
himself to these inheNible conditions, sthen
/ the negro will have TO go.
! NJ. " Richards, land and immigration
/ commissioner Of the Southern railway, was
the first speaker at the afternoon session.
He showed that the tide of immigration
which has flowed for years in the west
and northwest had turned southwark, and
/ with a proper appreciation Of the needs
of immigrants the south would easily as.
/ simulate the new arrivals.
Better Treatment for FOreisners
j. c. Hemphill OF Charleston, S. c., rep
resenting Mayor Rhett, said. among Other
things, that the south must expect to trea
these immigrants as white people shoulC
be treated.
/ Mr.. Hemphil favored the strict enforce
ment Of vagrancy laws as one means o
solving the negro problem or the remova
altogether Of the colored men from tn,
south.
Colonel F. y. Anderson of birmingham
took issue with Mr.. HemphlI's idea of re
moving the negro from the south. Colone
Anderson favored the paying Of highe
wages to white men
The committee on organiza ton tonigh
decided TO recommend to the convention
tomorrow the nomination OF Governor d. c
Hayward Of South Carolina for presiden
and DR.. J. B. McMullen Of Gadsden. Ala
for secretary-t treasurer. The conlmitte
favors the holding OF the next annual con
venuon in Birmingham, Ala, the secon,
Tuesday in November
II. J. Schwietert of Iowa was named a
member of the committee on immigra
tion appointed by the chairman.
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