The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-02-19
popoINo AN ISSUE.


stance, is afeport in The Washing
ton Herald Of a receut discussion 0
this sort in the senate
Senator aIcLaurin, of Mississippi
opened the way by delivering
speech directed to the point that tn,
political activity Of tine negro shouic
be discouraged and not encouraged b,
any section Of the country. The negro
he said, was unfit for self-govern-
ment.
Senator Beveridge. of Indiana. in
terrupted to inquire if that was the
reason the south DISTINGUISHED The
negro.
so far as that is concerned, re-
torted Mr. MeLaurin. / under
stand there are towns in Indiana
where a negro is not allowed to get
off a train and step on the side
walk
Mr. Beverages voice rose to a
high pitch in repud'a ting this state
ment of the senator from Mississippi.
There was not foot Of Indiana soil,
he declared, whore every man, regard
less OF race. creed. or color, was not
allowed to exercise freedom Of action.
and ,De right to vote as he pleased
He went on to say that Senator Till
man had openly declared that the
south would not permit the negro to
vote, and he assumed that Senator
Tinman on this question, was
spokesman for the south
With some severity. Senator Ba-
con. Of Georgia, told the senator from
Indiana. that he assumed a great deal
in saying that Senator Tnlman spoke
for anybody but hipself and his state
on this question.
Senator Money adinonished air.
that he should not make
such statements for anybody Thf
were siieneed when Mr..
Hale demanded the regular order Of
business"
Mr. McLaurin seems to have been
the only one Of the participants in
this little debate who kept his rudder
true. The others were trimming 70
the wind Amries. See how grand sen
ator Beveridge appeared in his decta
ration that every man in indiana
whether black or white, had tde r'eh
to vote as he pleased. yet he knew
perfectly well that IN many towns In
the southern part Of his state such al
Evansville. for example, race feeling
ran high and occasionally broke our it
riots against the negro. The negro ma,
be free to vote IN Indiana, but he 4
not free to live, ana senator Heya-
idge knows il perfectly we'll So VIA
does he do but pass the ban bac,
the south hy recalling Senate 1'fn
mans declaration that the south 3gl
not permit the negro to vote ard al
suming that Tillman in this spoke s5
the south. That was the hes; set
away" he could make from a difficult
question.
Now, what does Senator Bacon. a.
Georgia do but recent the suggestion
that the declaration attributed to TIL
man Is fairly Representative o. tht
south's view Of this matter. That Is
he seelninsly resents such a sugges-
ton, though he confines himself to 9
general denial OF Tillman's AUTHORITY
to speak for anyone but himself anG
his state Yet Senator Bacon, oil his
part. knows very well that the soujG
does not intend that the negro shal'
vote in sufficient numbers 10 have
any appreeiahle effect upoa the poliu-
cal situation Aud senator Money, 81
e,lssissippi. who Joined in Senator
Baeon's protest against acceptance of
Tnlmans utterance as an expression
of the south. knows it, too. In fact
Senator Moneys colleague. who ha3
started the discussion, had made prac-
tieally the same avowal.
The race question is thorn ia the
side 81 The nation and it VIII continue
to cause political writings undf
it is boldly and honestly pluekea
out.
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