The Washington bee., 1907-03-30

blacks who have been so cowardly sur
rendered by the author of the door OF
hope policy. The Chief Executive wants
to perpetuate this policy by placing in
the Executive chair as his successor d
man who believes in and will perpemate
his policies. As l said before, we can
hope for no aid or advice from those
who are controlled by the Establishments
of official power. 1t would be an impo-
sition upon the race for any of these
men to declare or to presume that their
self-syled leadership shall receive the
Endorsement of the ten millions of blacks
in this republic. I have endeavored to
discuss principally the question of human
rights and civil liberty, because these
two words occupy no place, so far as
the colored Americans are concerned,
in this Administration.
The colored Americans can not expect
any more than what they are now re-
ceiving, so long as the policy of the
present administration exists. Under
this administration justice is partial
human rights and civil liberty sleep
spectacular displays are exhibitions for
the ignorant and prejudiced whites; love
of justice is hidden, and the subordina-
ton of the colored American is its am
bition.
EVGsiom and Modification Instead of
enforcement of LG7US.
And now let me call attention to the
Square dear propaganda as exemplihed
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor the executive department with
the enforcement of certain laws, among
them the labor, the emigration and the
naturalization laws. Many of these laws
have been recently changed by Congress
after due consideration to meet existing
conditions. In this department headed
by New York business man, He
brew, a race of once despised people,
what do we find, the proper enforcement
of the laws?
No, my friends, what we find is adroit
attempts to evade and nullify certain
laws to either suit the whims and fancies
of certain officials or at the behest of
certain interested parties.
Now you may think this an extreme
statement but here are the facts relative
thereto as borne by recent reports in all
the papers of the country. Look a min
ute at the conditions surrounding the
so-called enforcement of the emigration
laws
Briefly, the Attorney-General holds
that under the amendments to the emf
grafton law made by the last Congress,
a State cannot do more than advertise
its resources abroad and that other meth
DDS heretofore used to secure emigration,
as in the case of South Carolina would
be illegal; notwithstanding the fact that
Secretary Straus of the Department of
Commerce and Labor has construed the
law not to apply to States in their SOW
ereign capacity.
The Evening Star of March I3, speak
ing of this subject said among other
things: "An important conference on
the subject of immigration was held at
the White House last night. Every
phase of the southern immigration prob
lem was discussed at the meeting, which
began after o'clock The questions
raised by several States in the South
bearing on the labor problem, the need
for the present of bringing certain labor
from abroad for work in the mills in
those States, the recent decisions of the
Attorney General and the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor on the subject
were taken up and general understand
ing was reached as to the application Of
the present immigration law and the
new law that is to take effect on July
next. to the situation in the South.
Although no statement was given out
at the close of the conference, the dis
cussion bore largely along the same gen.
eral lines as at the other meeting, and
there was the same satisfaction express
ed as to the outcome"
The outcome was that it as conceded
that a way would be found to allow the
States to get around the law. The Wash
ington Herald in an editorial on the
situation headed "The South Strikes a
Snag," fearing the proper enforcement
of the law, had this to say in reference
to somebody in high authority:
"The Southern Senators who opposed
the passage of the new immigration act,
and who abandoned their filibuster only
after they had become satisfied that the
new law would be construed in accord
ance with the decision then recently
rendered by Secretary Straus, of the
Department Of ommerce and Labor, ap-
pear to have been laboring under seri-
Gus misunderstanding Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte has just submitted an
opinion to the President to the effect