The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-11
STANDS BY HIM.
Texas Senator Speaks on the
Foraker Resolution as to
COLORED SOLDIERS

Performance Ia the Brownsville Affair.
After a Brief Response the Ohio.
an Agress to Allow Matter
to Go Over Until Mon.
day.
Soon after the -senate met today
Senator Foraker's resolution provid-
ing for an inquiry by the aenato into
tho discharge Of the negro troops of
the Twenty. fifth inf&ntry on account
of tho Brownsville, Tex, episode was
laid before tho enate and Senator
Culberson made an address on the
aubjaot. He said that he would have
kept quiet but for the fact that great
injustice had been done the people Of
Brownsville.
Mr.. Oulbergon said that the conduct
of the negro soldiers had been very
Irritating to tho Brownsville people
and especially so to the women. He
related THAI on Aug. 4, last, tho day
before the shooting up" of the town
D criminal ASSAULT had been commit.
ted by one Of the soldiers on the wife
Of q reputable cit zen and said that no
arrests had been made for the crime.
Mr.. Culborson defended Capt. MoDon.
aid OF the Texas Rangers, to whom
Mr.. Foraker had referred because of
Maj. Bl0oksom'a reference to him as
y man who was $50 brave that he
would not hesitate to charge hell with
q bucket OF water" Mr.. Oulberson
Gaia that he knew Maj. BlockaOm to
be o gentleman.
DEFENDED TEDDY's COURSE.
In d%efending President Roosevelt
for his dismissal of the troops Mr..
Culberaon said the fact that the troops
were negroes had nothing to do with
their discharge. Confusion as to the
legal questions involved was, no said,
responsible for tho statement that the
president had nc authority to mako
the discharge. The Presidents oonsti.
t%utional authority and the authority
given him by the article of wal clear.
ly covered the case and made his 40.
tion legal, lie declared. He oontended
that discharges for criminal offenses
are also discharges made to effect pun
ishment.
Mr.. Culberson said that there was
q distinction between discharge
without honor" and "a dishonorable
discharge" In the former case the
president could exercise his discretion
as he had done In this instance, while
q di8hOnor2ble diBohare could only be
made as the result of o oourtmartial.
He instanced several caaes to sustain
his position.
To estab ish the motive aotuating
the negro soldiers In creating the al
Logged disturbances, MI. Oulberson read
resolutions recently adopted by negro
citizens of Boston, which admitted
that the soldierH "shot up'' the town
and said they were determined to do
for themselves what tho uniform OF
their country would not d%o-proteot
them from insults and punish at the
Same timo the authors Of their mis-.
cry" .
CAUSED WAVE OF MERRIMENT.
Disclaiming any partizanship for
the president, Mr.. Oulberaon created
. wave of morrimeua by saying: II
have nothing to d. with the presi
dent in this matter. 1 care nothing
about him. My personal relations with
him are about as cordial as those of
the senator from Ohio (Mr. Foraker).
In all fairness, Mr.. Oulberaon said,
the country ought to know that the
report made to the president was re-
table,
After reading much Of the testi-
mony taken before the Brownsville
grand jury, Mr.. Oulbarson drew the
conclusion that the fact that no In
diotme at was returned was not an ev.
tdenoe Of the weakness of the case,
but rather of the fairness Of the PEG.
pie of Brownsville, who did not wlsh
to do Injustice to the innocent. The
evidence, he oontended, proved be.
You'd doubt that the shooting was
done by the negro soldiers. but failed
to Identify the guilty ones.
He concluded his speech by q brief
reference to the negro question In
general, saying 1T had existed from
the early history Of the country down
to the present time and Still continu.
w w W oho uaobu luupUI G&uu Auu Gu6
most dangerous question which CON
fronts the American people. He refer
ed to the growth Of this question lead.
Ing to the OWL var wherein nearly a
million white mon LOST their lives.
Wednesday, he said, the condition of
the black race with Its ages Of slav.
cry, It's ignorance and poverty, excited
the deepest sympathy of the great
body Of the white people OF the South.
STILL. THE GREATEST PROBLEM.
But" he continued, lin spite of
the past, with It's conflicts and saorla
ces, sorrows and destruction of life
and property, this problem is still the
greatest with which we have DO deal.
1t involves labor, eduo2tion, outrage,
social order, civil liberty self-govern.
meat and the integrity OF the white
race. The end no man Dan see. South.
erners feel deeply and profoundly on
this o c problem and It's ultimate so.
LUTON.
Senator Foraker at once took the
floor, remark ing that ID balittled the
present question to make it o vehicle
for discussing the race question. He
did not propose to discuss that oues.
biOn or the merits Of tho Brownsville
affair. He wanted his resolution adop.
ted, which would insure further in.
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