Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-05
THE NEGRO RACE.

!
 look forward with nope to increas-
 ing the already good feeling between the south and other sections of th. country. My cAief purpose Is not to 1 make a change in the electoral vote of | the southern states. That is a second ary consideration. What 1 look forward ! 10 is an increase in the tolerance O.
 political views of all kinds and their | advocacy throughout the South, and the existence of Q respectable polite
 al opposition in every state; even
 more than this, 10 an increased feel
 ing on the part of all the people in the South that this Government is their
 Government. and that its oIscers in
 their States are their officers
 The consideration of this question
 cannot. however, be complete and i full without reference to the negro
 race, it's progress and its present
 condition. The 18th Amendment SC
 cured them freedom; the 14th Amend
 ment due process of law, protection Ul
 propeTy and the pursuit of happi. ness; and the 10th Amendment at
 tempted to secure the negro against ] any deprivation of the privilege to vote, because he was a negro. The 18th and i4th Amendments have been generally enforced and have secured ! the objects for which they were in tended While the 18th Amendment has not been generally observed in
 the past. it ought to be observed, and
 the tendency of Southern legislation today is toward 4be enactment of electoral qualifications which shah ! square with that amendment. Of course. the mere adoption of a consti- | tutiODal law is only one step in the right direction. It must be fairly and
 justly enforced as well. Tn time both | will acome. Hence 1t IS clear to all | that the domination of an ignorant, ir- 1 respons' ble element can be prevented | by constitutional laws which shall ex- cidde from voting both negroes and whites not having education or other qualifications thought to be neces- I sary for a proper electorate. The | danger of the control of an ignorant 1 electorate das therefore passed With this change, the interest which many
 Of the SostbeTB white citizens take in he welfare of the negroes iIas in
 creased. The coloTed men must base
 heir hope on the results Of their own l industry. sedIestraint, thrift and bus l mess sueeess. as well as Epon the a'f and comfort and sympathy which ! hey may receive from their white 1eigbbors of tho South
 Personally I have not the slightest race prejudice or feeling. and recog- uition of it's existence only awakens T my heart a deeper sympthy for I those who have 10 bear it or suffer T T ! policy which. is likely to increase it. There is one other matter to which snail refer. It was made the sub ! 'ect of great controversy during the
 election, and calls for at least pass
 ing reference now. My distinguished
 predecessor has given much attention
 to the cause of labor. with whose
 struggle for better things he has shown the sincerest sympathy. At
 his instance. congress has passed the bill fixing the liability of interstate
 carriers to their employees for injury sustained in the course of employ
 ment. abol.shing the rule of fellow
 s2rvant and tho common law rule as
 to contributoTy negligence, and sub stituting therefor the so-called rule of , comparative neglignce 1t has also passed a law fixing the compensation
 Cf government employees for injuries sustained in the employ of the gov ! ernment through the negligence of the superior; il also passed a model child Ahor law for the District of Colum- bia. In previous administrations an ! arbitration law for interstate rail
 roads and their employees and laws
 for the application of safety devices to
 save lives and limbs of employees of iD- terstate railroads had been nssed.
 Additional legislation of this kind was
 passed by the outgoing congress.
 wish to say that in so far as i can. l hope to promote the enactment