Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-05
SENATOR DANIEL ASKS
FOR A SQUARE DEAL
virgIRias Senior soI0n Demands
Fair Treatment for The
Southland
STANDS FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY
Asserts That None but a Marrow
Minded eloo, Would Say That
Dixie Was Deficient in Good Mate
reaI-NewIands Would Build Road
to California.
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(By Associated Press.)
WASlIlNGTON. y. c., April I'm
the Senate today MIR. Daniel discussed
the question of the lack nf repre-
sentation In The Southern States In
The public service.
Mr.. Danicl'S speech was based on
n provision In the urgent deficiency
appropriation bll for the representa-
lion oi The United States at the next
pan-American congress TO he held in
Rio Ianeiro next July. lie said tina,
The plans OF the stale department ild
not contemplate representation OF the
South or The far West am, then en-
tered upon !; general consideration of
Southern participation in public at
FAIRS. contending that political diner
ences should not he permitted 10 pre-
vent snth participation on broader
scale
Daniels Protest Effective.
The deficiency bill was amended SD
as 10 provide for more delegates and
as amended was passed.
Among it's provisions IL one app
prorriating 100000 10. nay The ex,
penses OF delegates to the third In.
ternational conference of American
States To he held at Rio IanlerO next
July and this Mr.. Daniel criticised as
vague and indefinite" He took the
opportunity to say that The South
ern States were not so largely rep
resented in the conduct OF national
affairs as he Thought they should be.
Difference Swept Away.
There are ten or twelve States.'
he said, which are not adequately
represented in the higher spheres of
American life" He recognized that
this condition OF AFFAIRS was due
largely 10 the Civil War and 10 polit-
teal differences. bmt commended that
politics should not he allowed To have
100 much influence in such matters.
lie said that those who belong not 10
The party in power realize that that
party is under no obligations 10 grant
political filvors to them.
But he said, rs it not time that
we should recognize the fact that
things upon which we differ In poll
tics constitute only Il small percent
age OF American affairs" lie ex-
pressed the opinion that the presnnt
generation takes little account OF the
Civil War and declared that tho man
who would say that there was not IN
the South good material for any pur-
pose or public mission was no less
Than narrow minded bigot.
West and South Sighted.
Mr. Daniel advocated an anc"G-
ment to the hill reported by the com.
miitce reporting for the Representa-
ton of all sections of the country
in the proposed conference. It had
been learned from The hearings OF
the committee HE said that there
were 10 he live commissioners, two
of whom were to be from Illinois, one
from Pennsylvania and one from New
Yor and ono from Porto Rico, hut he
said, I'VE flook In vain for a repre-.
sentative from the entire region south
of the Potomac ana west OF the Mis-.
sissippi."
Commenting on the appointment Of
n Porto Rican, Mr.. Daniel said that
commissioner would be n great master
of Jurisprudence and also Of express.
sion II lie could define tho relation OF
his country to the United States. ''He
Isl said the senator. "a sort OF sub
American. brevet American an
American on the half she'll"
Endorses the Conference.
TIC spoke In support of tho propo.
sition for the representation Of The
United States at the conference. t
He then entered upon a presentas
tion of present conditions in5 the
d South, outlining Its progress and do
] claring there never had been a day
q when there was less impeachment than