The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
BRYANS' VIEWS.
Southern People Best Qualified to
Solve Race Question.
A SOUND AUGMENT

A SUUND HUQUEWENl l
Mr.. Bryan Also Contends That The
Californians Know Best How To
Solve the Question That Has Been
Raised in Their State About The
Japanese Attending the Same
| School With Whites.
William Jennings Bryan has rails
ed the race question in the South and
the race question on the Pacific coast
as two obstacles to radical centraIi-
zation of authority in the federal
government at Washington. In the
second installment Of his debate in
The Reader Magazine with Senator
Albert ]. Beveridge Of Indiana. Mr.
Bryan continues to defend the rights
Of the seperate States to deal with
the questions which seriously affect
| them and he calls for extension Of
the federal laws only to supplement
the State laws and not to obliterate
them. Senator Beveridge on the
other hand calls more strongly than
ever for the inc: ease of federal DOW
er and bitterly assails the action of
the people OF San Francisco in segre-
eating Japanese children in their
schools and declares that the presi-
dents attitude in dealing with San
Francisco was promoted by his de-
sire ito avert a national war"
Mr.. Bryan, who replies to Mr.. Bev-
eridge's first article, entitled THE
Nation declares that Senator Bev-
eridge presents badly and without
qualification the position OF the ad-
vocates Of Capitalization. Taking up
the Senator's argument that the peo-
PIE have nothing to fear from ex-
tension OF federal power because the
federal government is the people.
ltr. Bryan presents arguments n de-
tense Of local self-government and
it is here that he brings in the race
question by saying:
Yes. the people Of the States are
the same people who act together as
parts Of the union. but when the peo-
pie Of State act together on local
matter they are nearer the subject
under discussion, and, therefore, can
act more intelligently. II the argu-
nents in defense Of local self-gov-
ernment are unsound. then the whole
theory Of government is defec-
tive. It must be assumed that the
people want to do what IS right-up-
on no other theory can we have self
government. 1t must also be assum-
ed that the people can act most IN
telligently upon that which they best
understand. That they can best un-
derstand a thing with which they
deal daily is automatic; and it is CO.
ually true that they will study most
those things in which they are indi-
vi6uallv interested.
"Of cour e, the people are not go
ing to injure themselves or their
own interests" says the senator; but
suppose the people Of one section de-
eide that they have no dlscernible in
terest in what is being done in anoth-
r section, and they are likely to
study the question as carefully as
they should? And if they attempt
20 act upon a question remote from
them, are they sure to act wisely?
.wo questions now before the coun-
try may be used for an illustration.
Take the race question in the South
The people Of the Northern States do
not come in contact with the black
race as the people Of the South do,
md because the experiences are DIFF
'erent in the two sections the views
Of thesubiect are different. II cit
/ en- Of the North moves nto the
black belt he soo1 recognizes that
.e has different situation to deal
with from that which confronted him
in the North. and his views OF the
subject are likely TO undergo quite
,hange- Even a winters stay in the
South is apt to have an educational
influence upon the citizen Of the
North, and he ceases to make sweep
ing criticisms Of the Southerners.
''The race question on the Pacific
coast presents another illustration.
The people who come into daily con-
tact with the Orientals have a fam
ilaritv with the subject which those
can not possibly have who live In
other section and who seldom see
one OF the immigrants from Asia. |
The school question is one that en-
ters into the life Of every community
and the people who send their chill
dren to school are more corcerned
in the welfare Of that school than
any outside people can be. They not
onlv have the knowledge, but they
have the deep personal interest tnat
compels investigation OF all the lacls
and a study of all the condltlons
that are to be met.
Reverting to Senator Beverage
frst charge which was that the pre-
1atorv trusts were now contend1ng
most strongly for State rights be-
cause the federal government is so
vigorously prosecuting them, MT
Bryan takes exception to the state,
ment. Senator Beveridge should
have said" remarks Mr.. Bryan.
that the representatives OF preda-
+orv wealth are advocates OF state
lights when prosecuted by the ma.
.ional government and advocates OF
Capitalization whenever they are at
tackled by any State.
! The ANTAGONISTS come somewhat
closely together when Mr.. Bryan de-
clares in favor Of the Bever:dge blll
prohibiting the transportation OF the
| product of child labor in interstate
| commerce. Mr.. Bran admits that
many Democrats are opposing the
| senator's bill. some Of them because
Of the influence of manufactures en-
blowing child labor, and some on
theoretical ground" but he declares
hat he car speak for consider
oble element Of the Democratic par
w. when he says that the bill does
not in the least trespass upon state
Senator Beveridge pnd an analagy
between the State rights doctrine
nnheld by the South at the time OF
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