The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-21
AGAINST ALL OF
PENDING BILLS
Senator Frazier of Tennessee
Makes Strong Speech Upon
the Negro Question.
VIEWS OF A SOUTHERN MAN
-e,oFNT JUSTIFIED IN THE
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR.

--.-,..-,+on Jan. Ex-senator Frazier OF
-.--,ssoe today spoke on the BROWNSVILLE
- and opposed the passage of any one
80. ending bills for the re-enlistment
O. ~ L,.-o soldiers of the Twenty-fifth
OF - vrho we're discharged without
bt. the president. Senator Frazier 5
I1-2-- v-ere of special interest as ne was
-.--erlber Of the committee on InllltdFs
80 which investigated the BfoWns-
ne incident. his views being those OF
.sIfherner, who had an ihtiiiiate
10 Of the negro race. &C.
% ,I-t-snever" declared Mr.. Frazier any
-, arises regarding the negro, there
~ -srtafn people. 1ncluolng the neetO
s=cif who seem TO think that ne shoulu
h. dealt with in an eAesp'.oLla. ss az
ueei v-sv. that he is to be treated as the
1,5 Of fbe nation, and must be the con
NelL et5s-t Of it's care and soiicitude- NO
slaLt z-rone- can be done the negro. ana
= Greater injury can be lnflicteu upon
- country as a whole thah 10 impress
ne tbe negro such false and erroneous
upoItf,gz Those who have been instTu-
1eoaotsi in placing the entire negro popula-
Allf t,s country in the attitude OF de-
-si.c. fha criminals Of their race, oe7
l,7ee thew were Of their race, nave as
80 a crave responsibility. indeed ihey
s,vs inflicted lasting injury upon the
,,o11try and upon the negro nlnssii- II
.yoro neopIe in every section of the coun-
NO. - are especially solicitous for the
,.vro-a welfare by act or word teacn the
zero that he is to he shown no excep-
,ionsi consideration. but must staho OF
,g,a a, bis conduct and merit alone, they
.,o,,ts render him incalculable benetit ana
,se country a lasting service
Testimony Analysed.
,ralvzins the testimony taken in vari-
aus Investigations, MT. Frazier said there
soi5iars of the TWenty-fifth regiment
NJ i-,stified the president in his discharge
- ne entire body of troops. Speaking OF
he Incentive of the soldiers for the COM
n,ittment of the crime, he said;
.s-o one not familiar with the real char
setter Of the negro race KNOWS OF 80
5,ll,- appreciate the intensity OF feeiinS
rifb which he resents any apparent dls-
elimination against him on account OF ms
r,ca and color This is stTildngiy illus
trsrcd III the intense opposition OF the
negro to those laws in effect in some
stsfas. providing for the separation of The
races i'm railway coaches even WheTe tiie
accommodations are equal and eXactly
like was admitted many of the sol
diers in their testimony that this subject
together with the subject Of indlsnitles
which claimed had been inflicted upon
some of them were frequent matters OF
discussion in the barracks of. the soldiers:
Their restriction I'm the saloons OF
Brownsville. Mr.. Frazier said, gave am
nIs incentive for the resentment that was
shown among them against the people OF
the town.
DiscIaims Prejudice.
"In the conclusions which I have
reached in this matter and in the views
have expressed upon il. l have been
Influenced BY no prejudice against the
negro" he said. Il have never favored
sny policy with reference to the negro
that did not recognize his rights as man
and did not assure him equal and exact
Justice before the law. | have never
fa1ed to condemn every act of lawless-
ness inflicted upon the negro and have
siways demanded for him fair ana i'm,
rsrtiai trial when he has been charged
with the violation of law, it mattered no
how atrOciOus his crime. know th'