Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-04
A FEDERAL MERTON.

bill case, nat ~ yet have not nAd al
opt oriuni'y 20 read the d.cisiOn r-n-
DEL red. Ne 10 .CinVrise- about fifty
typrWsiIen pages 10 l-gAl Sc The
d-ci.ion Gas on the ground. 81 pnc0n.
.,Iut,onaii,y raised by the iLiorma-
ion. ~ matter Of law. and pIon these
ground. the act was declHrsd co6su-
tutional. and II was alec dec AIRED thst
The suit VAS by th- Attnrn~y-ti~nSral
alone r.. d'"'.tSn H''. U"' yr.,'"'
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~ ,PeIED TO the tNI-Ep -rN-E, =.
IRENE C"CEr. - -IEFE = FEDERAL
QUESTION INVOLVED W. under
stand that ma appra. can b. taken,
however. from thr recent decision To
the United states >upre'n- Court. We
understand that this 10 On account Of
the fact that the recent suit wac en-
tIr~ly IN th- hand. of the Attorney
6ebsrai Lake City wiii oi course sp-
pea. to the cour;s. ard the li,iRatI n
ON Ih. matters invo vet has only be-
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H". rHE BrtEYAN M ND THE RE En-
DECISION r. THE C"NTRNET NoTHirH-
STANDING Lake City Citizen Re.
porter.
TIE above reckless piece Of writing
10 clipped from the editorial columns
OF The Lake City Reporter Of ls-t
Friday, Dee. 20. G,alics and caps
ourD.
SO long ~ there wAs any uncertainty
or room for question a. to the eOn.tI-
tutioDallty of the Buchanan bill, under
the operation Of which . state univer-
city vac created and located st
GAINESVILLE. We have RETAINED from
taking editorial not- ~ In. vIndIcS.ve
spirit manifested by the Lake City
pres-and The Reporter in particular
toward our city and our people.
Rut since the Supreme Court Of the
State has declared the bill constitu.
tionAl and in foil force and effect. and
since further resistance On the part Of
Lake City can DO construed only in the
light OF Q desire 10 play The dog in
the maDger" act, and injure and en-.
barssss Gainesville without any hope
OF bene6sing herself. we feel that the
time hes folly come when We can no
longer ref0se to begin TO Get up and
take notice."
As for The Reporters threats that
The decision LOT the Supreme Court
does not prevent further litigation"
and that "Tnjuncsions or other pro-
cesses OF Law can be instituted aud
prosecuted in the State courts" We
are net In the least concerned. The as-
sevsiOn that Lake City 10 going TO keep
the Agricultural College in spite Of
''Ihe world, the flesh and the devil"
the Buckman bill and the Sapreme
Cours decision thrown in for good
measure. does not worry US much,
since there has for some years been no
sgric ultural college in the State.
But the threat thss Lake City pro.
poses 20 raise and carry TO the United
States courts . FtdtrM I"e.ti"" in.
volved In the Buckman Dill. would. We
must coafess, give us grave concern.
could we bring ourself to believe that
the good people OF Lake City could 90
far forget their southern birth and
breeding. so far forget their southern
manhood. as TO raise that ugly ques.
tlon-for We must admit that the Ques.
ton 10 there. the Federal question Of
the right Of the state to exclude one
class OF its citizens from public schools
supported by taxation OF the whole
peOple-the right OF the State to -x.
clude negro women from the State
College for Women and negro men
from the University
Section IL OF the Buckman bill
makes this d discrimination. and while
We feel sure that 10 the matter were
carried to the Supreme Court Of the
United state. il would refus. to inter-
fere, nevertheless We admit that by
rai.ing the question Lake City can fur
Their embarrsss AMI delay the Board OF
Control in the carrying out OF its plans.
However. We do not believe. cannot
believe, that The Reporter 10 in earn
est in its threat to rai.e the question.
The idea il too horrible. too revolving.
The only way the question could be
gotten before the United states
courts would be by way OF test case.
that is by having some negro present
herself or himself for matriculation in