The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-21
B0RAH Bl AMES
NEGRO SOLDIERS
FOR SHOOTING UP" TOWN OF
sRoWNsviLLE-HiS FIRST
SPEECH IN SENATE.
CANNON IS SUPPORTED
NV partv Vote in His Action OF Sat
urday in Adjourning the House,
tnnorino Williams De-
mand for a Division.


vile affair was agaip the subject OF
interest in the senate today when
porah of Idaho, took the ground that
the negro soldiers of the Twenty fitth
infantry were guilty OF the raid that
occurred in the Texas town on August
1906.
Borah analyzed the testimony taken
in this case aud declared that no rea'
scnahle man could read 1t and fall TO
be convinced that the negro soldiers
shot up" the town.
He scorted the suggestion OF con
spiracy among the citizens of Browns
vile to create a state OF riot in their
own town and wound and kill their
own citizens in order to secure the
removal of hte negro troops.
Borah's First Speech.
The speech was Borah's first in
the senate and received marked at
tention from the senators of both
sides of the chamber and from Wis
tors who crowded the galleries.
The senate gave surther considera
tion during the day to a bill deVotihe
| about $500, 900 received from the
| sale of public lands in Alabama, AT
kansas. Florida, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa. Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota
Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and WIS
cousin to the construction of drain
age works in those states. The sec
tion of the bill authorizing the loan
ing of this fund to states, corpora
tions. ETC. for the drainage OF stau
and private lands, was stricken ou'
During the day the naval and agrl
cultural appropriation bills were fe
ported TO the senate.
What Mr.. Borah Said.
"a coid-bloo6ed, inhuman, incarnat
leyil blows tc pieces an eX-goVerho
,uon the doorstep of his home, !
rsneht and confesses, and befor
the grave cf the man who died
MARTYR to law and order is greer
sentimentalism puts a halo upon IN
brow of the blackest spirit that eve
fscaptd the Crypts of hell. Me
wearing the uniform of a soldier G
| he union. the insignia of goverhmen
aud the symbol OF law and order ]
nc quiet Of night whiles homes ar
dnfenseless assault and attempt |
rmrder whole families and flhail
succeed i'm committing one murde
p To compromise with such an act {
such decd is cowardice; it is ~
ltraval of government; it is an insu
D tn every intelligent and right thlh
. ing negro for 1t pre-supposes ne
1 \ traitor to his country and Grimm
y at heart"
,. The speech was made notable
n many striking passages of oratoi
s ard attracted general interest, ID
| sides containing an analysis of Il
/. testimony taken in the Brownsvil
T. care it was in reply to Senator Fe
ri aker's reccHt discussion of the san
n subject.
al MIR. Boraa made very clear his /
lief that the evidence established
conspiracy OF The part of some OF t
! regro soldiers of the Twenty-hi
~ regiment, to shoot up the town.
', 81 contend, said Mr.. Borah tn
the evidence in this case Is SIM
- Overwhelming and conclusive agar
y tre colored soldiers unless you res'
'e to the proposition of a consplra
's which manufactured the eviden
te ard that is evidently the view tax
)r by the defense"
VS. The moral Of the army he said,
at paramount to any mans right to
ut main in ii II any man in the Tw'
ty-ffth regiment participated In
lot and if others connived at
crime by concealing knowledge OF
tn shield the guilty parties; II
bcih were guilty alike. he declar
Mr.. Borat called attention to
. Foraker's suggestion that the eitiz'
l of Brownsville might have shot
T th7 town to secure the removal of
b negro soldiers.
"Now I confess" he said, It
there might have been a desire
Is attack the soldiers. hut 1t seems t
:. this conspiracy, if it had an existel
- uould not have turned its guns III
" its owr poopl,."
. Mr.. Borah reviewed at length
Testimony in the case and then
he ronnced his conclusion that 1T
np closes the grilt of certain me'nf
ON of the Twemt, fifth infantry as
me ticipants IT, The Brownsville affair
av vcad a res sonable doubt.
,rv Mr.. Borah dwelt upon the enorh
,r tho offence and the necessity
&c ecpdign punishment saving:
NO more serious charge than
vts oyer made against a soldier
U The rnitc4 St9tes, for less offer
r,anv a sol,;tei has been cenden
an and shot x sunrise To my MN
COT was treason. i not technically
tca vet morally treason in most az
Tue ...oI fnt.t.. In these times v