Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-18

for the ensuing year: Mrs. Kate
Whitworth, president; Mrs. Lattu
Clarkson, list vice : pres; Mrs.
Alice Blanton, I'd vice-pres. Mrs.
Josie Hawkins, Sd vice-pres.; Mrs.
Nell Downey, Cor. Sec'y; Mrs.
Grace Whitworth, Rec. Sec'y. Mrs.
Hattie Baird, treasurer; Mrs. Lattu
Clarkson, agent for Our Homes.
The program was carried out in
full. The reports for the year
show improvement in all depart
ments of work. An interesting pa
per on "The Rural Church." a de-
bate, was entertaining and instruc-
tive: Resolved, that the present
church methods are adequate to
meet the needs of the rural dis
tricts, Mrs. Orthodox Conservative
taking the Affirmative, and Mrs.
Progressive Home Mission the
negative. We hopefully begin
another years work. K.
While the negro question was
under discussion in the House OF
Representatives at Jefferson City
on February 9TH the following res
olution was introduced by Mr..
Henry Polk, the member from Iron
county:
Whereas, this is a white mans
state and the white man has ruled
its official conduct in the past and
will continue to do so as long as
time lasts, and
Whereas, a great number OF coll
ored men have assembled them
selves at the state capital during
the in~cipiency of the present adj
ministration, and
Whereas, the big negro bucks
continue to loiter and lounge
around the corridors and the in
gress and egress of the assembly
hall, and
Whereas, the white women and
men throughout the state who Wis
it the assembly hall upon business
or otherwise are forced to push and
edge their w~ay'through this motley
crowd of unclean, common stink
ing negroes or return to their
homes or lodging places in the
city. and
Whereas, the toilet rooms, eat
ing counters, benches and seats,
drinking cups, washbasins and
towels furnished at the expense OF
the state for the convenience and
comfort of the members of the as.
sembly and their white employees,
and
Whereas, this horde of colored
youths indiscrimipately and with
im~pudence s all the above nam
ed necessaries and comforts Of
life without authority or consent
given them by this assembly, and
Whereas, the members of the as
sembly and the white employees
consisting of many girls of tender
age and wives of the members o.
this assembly, and boys and men
from every part OF the state are
seeing the colored men forced up.
on them, and
Whereas, this state has always
and wisely maintained separate
schools and churches for the whites
and blacks of the state, and such
rules should be honored by the ne
groes at every public meeting un'
less especially invited to be pres
lent; that Notwithstanding this I'M
written law between the two races
there has been no public function
given at the state capitol during
the year 1909 the negro has no
occupied a front seat and Otter
times has been promiscuously
seated throughout the balcony ant
seating capacity of the hall, fore
ing the whites to take seats by hi
side or leave the hall, and
Whereas, we as members Of TIL
assembly, do heartily approve O
employing the bright, intelligen
! boys and girls of Missouri to he'll
perform the many duties connect
ed with the law.making power 0
this state; it being an education
lin itself, that we condemn tn
+ practice of employing the coloret
man to work side by side with tn
white girl where she is ~compelle,
t to come in contact with him in an.
way whatsoever, her very natur,
revolving against his presence an,
rebelling against his every toucl
t or attention, and
: Whereas, the history of tine col
| ored man, written by atrociou
deeds of himself, in every part o
, our great country and in keepin
: with his true records he has be
come known as the rapist of TIN
: United States and is the fright c
: American womanhood. The out
rage, brutal force and murder G
one innocent white girl by such
thing is sufficient cause for the en-
! tire separation of the two races
, and to keep the negro buck as fa
: away from the white women a
!, possible is not sufficient to segre
gate him from the white race alto
gether, and
q Whereas, the colored employee {
! this house by the name of Frank
J. lin has gone SO far as to offer in
sulting remarks and force his at
!, tentions upon a white girl of S
Z Joseph, Mo-, who is one Of the en-
d ployes of the senate, without an
Z fault1upon her part and withol
y any means of protection to hersel
and
Whereas, such action upon IL
part OF said negro is an insult
I the womanhoed of Missouri and
Il would now be adding insult to il