Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-16
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EsroIiniau Scathingly Scores
the Chief Executive.
avs slAmg ON THE PRESIDENT


Esuai 20 Lynehins-elsmes Admin
,.trssIon for Race FrIetion-PresI-
1tsnts Idea Of Social Equality.
Washington, Jan. l5.-The senate
.nkensd to a debate on the race ques-
|son in which Senator Tillman was the
Principal participant and Senator Pat
4rson. of Colorado, his opponent,
shich brought into striking contrast
ke ideas of the south and north on
&Gs question.
President Roosevelt's action in the
<osnsviIle matter was the subject
< tlscussion.
me most fiery feature OF Senator
xllman's speech. in which he directly
eproAches the personal side OF the
uce situation in direct application TO
Is president OF the United States. Is
- these words:
ia six southern state (South Caro-
ms. Georgia. Florida. Alabama.
Mississippi and Louislana) In the ag-
r~xste the negroes outnumber the
rAites and in two OF them (South Car
&lkna and MississlppD the negro pre-
Is very heavy
Under the law these people pos
eu every right thai white men have
Ia Ear as the federal constitution con-
|fers rights and the fifteen amendment
|<xpressly forbids the enactment OF
Any Law which shall discriminate In
|votlne on account OF the race or color.
Large numbers OF these negroes
are disfranchised an this time. but
|<hese laws are only temporary and
|Eprk no cure and In the near future
|tnoueh negroes will he able TO vote 10
make Inevitable the struggle for mas
|1ery between the two races. In Gu
"A the color line has been Obliterated
|4na miscegenation Is In full blast. At
|<he north the same conditions exist
md the large number OF mulattoes
|1nd quadroons with white blood In
<heis veins who have migrated there
are the leaders Of the doctrine OF alb
&oiute social equality. encouraged as
Ihey have been and are now by the
Urssident OF the United States. Take
<his from his message on the Browns
vile affair:
TT is OF the utmost importance 10
eil Of our white people that we shall
IDEAL with each man on his merits as
man and not deal with him merely
Re q member OF a given race; that We
shall Judge each man by his conduct.
and not by his color
"And again: Every sighted
frlends Of the negro race in its ef-
forts 10 strive onward and upward
ahouid teach first. as the most impor-
tsnt lesson. alike 20 the white man
sna the black. the duty OF treating
the individual man strictly ON his
worth as he shows it,"
Consider the full import and
meaning OF these words and then con-
xider whether they are sincere and
honest or whether in the feryor ~
. fght TO JUSTIFY an unwsrranted usur-
/ patton OF power and exercise OF exec
nttvs authority the president forgot
himself and said more than he intend
ed OF means. To Illustrate. IS II
possible or desirable that all consider
B alton OF race and color shall be dis
missed from our minds and not COVER
nored and all men OF all races 10 be
Judged and Treated on the basis OF In =
dsvidual merit. are men TO be made
over and the caste feeling and race
/. antagonisms OF centuries 10 disappear
an the universal brotherhood OF man
Are there any senators In this au-
tience who subscribe TO this doctrine
who would have the CaucasiOn high
81 and noblest OF the FIVE races as
- attested by history. descend TO the
sesci OF the others and share his birth
rsk1t with them with the inevitable
result that pure white blood will dis
apFsar nom the face OF the earth and
efter mixing OF centuries shall have
comp'eaed The amalgamation. have all
nee OF one ska and one type?
ffa*.d<nt Roosevelt ready to
p. kneorx AL have his