The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23
DISCUSSION ON RACE QUESTION Heflin Wants *Jim
 Crow Law FOR WASHINGTON TRoLLEYs A Question of Social Equality and
 lntermarriage. Csasressnsn campssn Teek sides win Negro Race But wsuid
 Not Desire HIS Daushter
 to Wed . Negro.

washington, Feb. 22.--Ths race ques- t,an came to the surface in the House today when Mir. Hefiin (Ala.) offered an amendment to the District of Co., lunbia street railway trackage Dill, nrovISing for "Jtm Crow" cars. MT. Henin declared that separate coaches for the whites and blacks had solved the race problem in Aapama and he expressed the opinion fnat sucn a, Arrangement would solve It m Washington.
 Mir. Foster (vtl voiced his protest agaInst the amendment ana ssi1 uaa sns' day of George Washington. "sucn an ur-Amerfcan proposition" should be
 .Does my friend believe Washing ton himself would vote for this amend ment if he was hereT incurred MT. Griggs fGa) amid laughter. .
 "Emphatically. mo-" responded MT.
 The amendment was bitterly fought by MT Madden (Ill.) who asserted that Congress should never legislate in favor of one element against anoth- er, He was twitted by Mir. Grlggs. who inquired of him if he remembered .the shotgun quarantine established by Governor Tanner. against negroes"
 MT. Hadden responded that he never conceded the right Of the Governor to act as he did.
 By this lime < num6sr of Southern members were veinly seeking recOgni-
 .'WhiCh race does the amendment discriminate againetT asked Mir. Humphrey [adiss.l who first got the Chairmhnss eye.
 n doEst concede the right of the gen. tfeman to ask such question" MT {. Madden replied at which the Demc- crats aeriaipely laughed.
 EauaI Ae6bmmaodntaoas.
 Mir. Humphraya insisted that the amsndFnent provided eaual but seD- ; nTate 'accUmmedntt0ne. He provoked penocretio langhter and applause when he said, pointing td the members galleries that eithepgh the RNpRbll- cans were tho 2Eiende of ka1a negroes. he cenld not ses any nisrabsrs If the African race in those gall leEieas
 zz&s xh4 KeMtleYaHn ever tsaueH any cards to the members gallery to . ne- grow asked Aff Gfigga inslsfentiys
 -Yes. sir" Atr. Madden replied vita emphasis, gapd ! win De glad to do sc egain." bell (Kan.) t6 arouse the interest of the House on 4he subject He defend ed the uegroesf a2 Washington, and said he never noticed anything offensive on their part on street cars,
 Nothing diakurhs your equanimity except small eAlldren, remarked Mr.. Clayton (Aia s9s f9 disturb me ct all" was Sfr. camphelrs
 swouid ydu add the Representative from Alabama, ]" Inquired Mir 0riggs. amid laughsersi
 T win ada ths gentleman" said Mr. Campbell. emilinHIy.
 By reqrest," said Mir. Sims (Tenn.l sotto voioc.
 request ef the gentleman from Geor- : The rspartee eonvulsed the House and galleries which had become packed to the doors with many struggling for admittance,
 Mr. Campbell said he would regard it as an evti day when Congress would create . class distinction.
 A voice was heard to say that the Republicans were after negro votes. This Unframed Mfr. Campbell, who de- clared it to be "a shame to the gentle man from Alabama and his party that there were thousands of cclored men in his State and in the South who have no vote"
 Booker washington's Experience.
 Laughter was ofougnt town upon him when after stating that Kansas guaranteed the rights and privileges of every citizen, Mir. Bartlett (Ga.l read q newspaper dispatch stating that Booker Washington had been denied hotel accommodations at Wichita, Kan.
 Mir. Campbell took the matter very seriously and declared that if the dis patch was true and Washington had the time to give to an action in the courts, the hotel keeper would be the defendant in an action for damages. land" he added, amid shouts of laugh ter, the probabilities are the hotel man, was Democrat from Alabama or Geor- gia."
 "The Democrats from Alabama or Georgia" interJected MT. Bartlett (Ga, edon't 70 to Kansas very often"
 And they don't stay Democrats when they do go" was Mir. campbelI's quick retort.
 Does the gentleman believe in white