The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
HOUSE TURNS DOWN
JIM CROW PROPOSAL

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ground that such legislation was in vio-
lation Of the constitutional rights OF the
citizens Of the republic. He said in part:
Campbell TRISes Issue.
The gentleman from Alabama says. and he was
shaking his finger at this side Of the House that
there are men here who viii vote against this
amendment because there are colored men in their
districts who have a vote. II is a shame 10 the
gentleman from Alabama and 90 his party that
there are thousands of colored men In his State
and in the South vino have vote
/ glory IN the fact that the State I hare the
honor 10 represent here guarantees 10 every citizen
within lis confines the right 20 exercise the fran
cilise under the Constitution u the United States
and under the laws q that State. One man under
the Constitution Il AS good as another when he
behaves himself
The amendment offered by the gentleman from
Alahama would instead Of alsyiug friction in the
District q Columbia and in the United States.
inaugurate of friction here and elsewhere
IN the country. The people of this country do not
all think upon the question of the races as the
people of Alabama and the people q Georgia
think upon that question
Representative Bartlett. of Georgia.
read a dispatch from a Wichita (Kans )
paper I'm which it was stated that Booker
T. Washington had been refused accom-
modations in the leading hotel Of that
city. This was greeted with applause on
the DemocratiS side. Mr.. Campbell said
in reply thatFthe hotel proprietor had
acted without authority Of any ordinance
OF the city or any law OF the State Of
Kansas. RE further stated that this no
tel proprietor had acted IN violation Of
law. and that if Washington had had the
time the hotel keeper woGld nave been
made the defendant IN an action for dam
ages.
What He Probably Was.
The probabilities are that the man was
a Democrat from Alabama who was run
ming the hotel" said Mr. Campbell
Representative Burleson-I would like
to ask the gentleman il il is not a fact
that in some parts os Kansas the local
authorities, under authority OF the State
law. provide separate schools for the
races2
affirmative. Mr.. Burleson said: rs that
discrimination"
Mr. Campbell replied "That Is discrim-
inatiOn. That is a discrimination that
ought never TO have been made"
Mr.. Hehin-Does the gentleman believe
in white children and negroes going 10
the same school?
Mr.. Campbell-My children go to the
same school that the colored children in
my ward go 10 in tie city OF Pittsburg,
Kans
Mr. Henin-Does the gentleman believe
in that?
Mr.. Campbell do or would not send
my children there.
Mr.. Hefin-DOes the gentleman believe
in their wOrshiping in the same church,
Mr.. CampbelI-There are colored people
who worship in the same church do.
Mr.. Hehin-Does the gentleman believe
in marriage between the races?
Quite N Difference
Mr.. Campbell-No, sir; there is a vast
difference between social equality and
political equality. I would not permit
my daughter to marry some white men.
Mr.. Beall. OF Texas-Would you permit
her to marry any colored man?
Mr.. CampbelI-No. sir; would not do
that. any more than you would do it. But
1 would permit the colored man TO exer-
cfse political rights under the Constitu-
ton, along by my side. believe the
right 10 attend school and 10 ride upon
street cars is a political right.
Mr.. Clark, Of Florida-I regret very
much that this discussion has been given
a political aspect. 1 regret the gentle
men have shown feeling upon this ques-
ton. II is not 2 question for attempts to
achieve political advantage. II is purely
an economic question In what Il does
for both races
| want TO say to the gentleman from
Kansas that last Sunday afternoon an
old negro man living IN this city came 10
my office and spent the afternoon with
my wife and myself And I have not
spent more pleasant afternoon for
years. because he belonged 10 my father.
and he was the first human being that
ever carried me out into the yard after
my birth.
love that old negro man. and in a
contest between him and others I would
protect him. That Is a sentiment that
YOU do not understand and cannot under
stand But there Is vast difference in
that sentiment. which every man upon this
side OF the House who lives south OF
that river can understand, and the senti-
ment that his children and mine are 10
sit side by side IN school. The amend
ment offered by the gentleman from Ala
bama is not an attack on the negro
race; il is not unjust to them.
OIcott Gets In.
After some further debate. In which the
advocates OF the bill presented the view
that II was not discrimination. but was
something imposed as law upon both
whites and blacks pepresaptati,,a cr.o.,