The Washington times., 1908-02-23

Would Create Friction.
THE amendment offered by the gen
/ tleman from Alabama" said Mr. Camp
I bell, would, instead of allayiug fric-
| ticn in the District OF Columbia, and in
the United States. inaugurate an era
of friction here and elsewhere in the
country
Mr.. Bartlett of Georgia. after Mr..
Campbell had been granted unanimous
! consent for five minutes more, read
| dispatch from Wichita. Kan, paper,
/ saying that Booker +. Washington nad
( been refused accommodations at the
/ leading hotel OF that city. Mr. Camp
I bell. in reply. stated that the pro-
/ prietor Of the hotel had acted without
authority of any ordinance OF the city
/ or any law OF the State OF Kansas.
| The probabilities are" said Mr..
] Campbell, that the proprietor was a
! Democrat from Alabama who was run
ming the hotel"
/ Mr.. Hehn asked AR. Campbell il h
/ believed in sending white children TO
/ the same school with negro children.
My children go 60 the same school
that the colored children In my ward
so 70 Ia the city of Pittsburg, replied
/ Mr.. Campbell
Does the gentleman believe in that?'
asked Mr.. Heiin.
i do. or l would not send my chill
1 dren there" answered Mr. Campbell.
Does the gentleman believe i'm their
worshiping in the same church ?" CON
/ tinued Mr.. Hehin.
There are colored people who worship
in the same church 1 do" responded
Mr.. Campbell.
Inter Marriage of Races.
Does the gentleman believe in mar
Tiage between the raees?" roared AR.
1 Hchin.
NO. sir" responded Mr.. Campbell.
heatedly. He added; Il would not per
nit my daughter to marry some white
men"
Mr.. Beall of Texas interrupted 20 ask
If Mr.. Campbell would permit his daugh-
Ter TO marry a colored man. Mr.. Camp
bell said that he would not. and added:
But 7 would permit the colored man
to exercise political rights under the
Constitution, along by my side. I be-
lieve the right 10 attend schools and
ride upon street cars is political one
Psiations of Races.
Mr. Clark Of Florida entered the de-
bate in a cool and disDassionate man
ner, and made a deep impression as he
discussed the relations between the
white man and the black man. He de-
| clared that the amendment was not
an attack on the negro race; was not
unjust to them. and was not intended
as discrimination.
To illustrate hiss kindly feeling to-
ward the cOlored race. Mr. Clark de-
scribed a visit ia his office last sunday
afternoon OF an old negro who had been
owned by his father. Mr. Clark's wife
was present.
Il want to say TO you" continued Mr.
Clark. I'VE have not spent a more
pleasant afternoon for years. But there
is a vast difference in that sentiment
which every man upon this side Of the
House, who lives south of that river,
can understand. This is a sentiment
that you. the Republicans. do not I'M
derstand and cannot understand"
Mr. Clark insisted that the adoption
OF the amendment would prove as bene-
hcial in washington as 1t had in Flor
ida. where the negroes and whites were
separated.
Mr. OIcott, Of New York, declared that
from his personal knowledge the ae-
eommodatlons offered the coIOred peo-
PIE in the Jim crow cars in the South
were vastly inferior to those furnished
the white travellers. This statement
raised a storm of protest from nearly
a score Of Southern congressman.
Tennesseean Speaks.
Mr.. Sims Of Tennessee poured oil on
the troubled waters when he reminded
his fellow Democrats that il would be
impossible 70 secure the adoption Of the
amendment.
I'VE have got question Up here that
we may debate from now until the end
of this session and not man on this
side OF the chamber viii be changed
and not the mind of a gentleman on
that side will be changed. Why not LEI
us 80 along aud pass this bill? 1 am
for the amendment, but know it is
utterly impossible to get il incorporated
lin this bill. Let US get the biu through
and let us thrash the negro question out
in general debate, even il we thrash
each other in doing it. ] want to give
warning that I will move to close the
debate in fifteen minutes"
This last statement from Mr.. Sims
|
but Mr.. Sims refused to recede.
Mr.. Hardwick OF Georgia said that the
Republican side Of the House showed q
disposition to play politics on the Ques-
ton OF the negro.
Haven't Much Else.
You have not got much left except
the negro vote" he said, and you want
to cling to him in spite of the Browns
Vile case. / want to throw it in your
teeth here and now, that four years
ago at your national convention YOU
pledged these people to keep them quiet
You have been in power ever since, anC
, haven't done a thing because you know
it isn't right. The majority Of the
people of this country are determined
that this shall be white mans country
now and forever more, and they do not
want Asiatic equality-they do not wanf
the African equality.
Mr.. DriscoH OF New York declared
that Mr.. Hefin and the men who wer,
. supporting his amendment We're trying