The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-09

make us again submit to negro rule.
7 smoke thus on the floor Of the
senate. Did I misrepresent South
ern feeling or sentiment when ut
tered those words? I misrepresent-
ed the feeling of The News and
Courier and State, no doubt, for both
of those papers have negro-loving
record.
have told the northern people
that they do not know anything
about the negro, that they would
not submit to negro rule if they liv-
ed among us, and that they only pro-
claimed their belief that the negro Is
the equal of the white man for politi-
cal purposes. I have said, you DO
not believe he Is your equal, you
only think he is our equal. If you
would not allow them to govern you,
you will never have the pleasure OF
seeing them govern US any more. -
It Is one of the things in my life
of which 1 am proudest, that, when
l went to Washington as your rep
resentative and found that the Dem
ocrats were mot saying anything
about the Republicans and their
pretended love for the negro, and
those Republicans were running over
us rough shod in dishing out federal
appointments to negroes in .hc
South, that single-handed and alone
l began to discuss the question WitE-
ont fear Or favor. Incn after l had
stayed there several gears ] made i
speech on the race problem ~aiea
occupied two days. discussed u
in all of It's phases from the stand
point of ethnology, history, geosra-
ply, sociology and presented lts ~
dustrial and political phase. rub
bed it in and not a Republican SEN
ator ever dared or thought it. worth
while to attempt word in reply
This was followed by two subse'
quent speeches. One of these was
in reply to Spooner, of Wisconsin
who had taken me to task on account
of my advocacy of lynch law. If my
answer did not satisfy him, he at
least did not attempt to reply. ANY
person who has not seen copy OF
this speech can get it, by sending
me his name and addres on a
postal.
The Crum Affair.
When DR.. Crum's name was sent
to the senate for the position OF
collector of the port at Charleston
seven years ago I held him up fol
three years and would not allow him
to be confirmed until finally I agreed
with Senator Spooner to get a re-
port from the judiciary committee
on the matter of constructive re-
cess" When It came it was the
unanimous opinion Of the judiciary
committee, Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike, that there was no such
thing contemplated by our constitu,
ton and that Roosevelt had usurped
authority in appointing Crum as he
did between 12 O'Clock and II
o'clock of the same day. That was
a victory.
Last December .Crum's term ex'
pired. Roosevelt sent his name in
again. That Republican senate had
come to hate Roosevelt as much OF
more than I did. I went around and
notified many of the Democrats that
l proposed to fight Crum's nomina'
ton and it was hung up in the COM
mittee until in February when Pres,
ident Taft telegraphed Senators
Frye and Aldrich that he wanted
Crum out of the way. received no.
tice from Mr.. Frye that the nomfna-
ton would be pressed. The rule il
the senate is that when there is bus,
mess before the senate somebody
must talk or we must vote. / could
only get one Democrat, Mr.. McLaur.
in, of Mississippi, to agree to help
me fillibuster. They said / would
almost surely fail and l was unWise
to fight under such desperate condi'
tions. The matter of his confirm
alton came up and under the rules
it went over until the next day. Next
morning we went into executive ses'
sion upon converting. 1t was univer-
sally felt among my friends in the
senate, both Republicans and Demo
Gratis, that it was dangerous for me
to undertake to make a. speech
dreadng lest the strain in the then
condition of my health might pro.
duce either a stroke of apoplexy OF
paralysis. But | thought could moi
die in better cause; and / Woulo
infinitely prefer to fall dead upon
the floor Of the senate discharging
my duty than to lingcr and suffer a.
| have known people TO DO. So the
debate was openeI by my reading
the protests of all the commercial
bodies of Charleston, and then pre-
senting the constitutional relation
between senators and the presidenl
in making appointments. | was iu,
terrupted by my friends among the
Republican senator's who sought IA
enter the debate to give me relief
Senator McLaurin and one or two
other Democrats came into the dis