The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1910-04-30
ANOTHER BLOW At THE RIeHTs
or OUR PEOPLE
An ERort Being Made TO Haxs Con
srsss plserinlnst Against the
Let Every colorsd Man Protest at
once Against This Injustice.

Acts" by which the United States
Government makes large donations OF
money each year to the several States
and Territories for education in Agri-
culture and Mechanical Arts.
The Amendment Of August 30th.
1890 to the Morrill, Acts expressly pro-
vides that when but one institution
in a state receives the whole sp-
preparation under said Acts. that In
stitution shall make no distinction on
account Of race OF color in the adj
mission Of students. It also provides
that It shall be lawful to divide the
fund between two institutions-one
for white and one for Colored stu
dents-in those States where the state
law reUires separate schools for the
races.
The appropriation from the United
States Treasury to each State and
Territory under the Morrill, Acts was
forty thousand dollars last year and
will be forty-FVe thousand dollars next
year and fifty thousand dollars each
year ever after for the support in
instruction in Agriculture and the
Mechanical Arts.
Fify-One States and Territories are
now receiving grants Of money under
the NORTH Acts. In thirty-fve Of
these States the Morrill, Acts grant
is given to an institution which makes
no distinction In the admission OF
students on account Of race and color.
In sixteen States the grants Is d.
vided between two schools-cne for
the ColOred people and one for whites.
An Amendment known as Bill II.
R. 24316 has been introduced In the
House Of Representatives by Mr.. Bou-
tell to extend the benefits Of the Nor
I'll Acts to the District. Of Columbia.
The Boutell Amendment contains a
provision that viii be far-Feachfng
and disastrous in its effects upon the
rights Of the Colored people, for it
seeks to amend the Morrill, Acts so
as to allow the George Washington
University-an institution which does
not admit Colored students-to re-
ceiVe the entire appropriation for
the District OF Columbia
II this amendment passes It viii set
the seal Of approval Of Congress upon
discrimination against our people by
Educational Institutions on account OF
race and color and will open the way
for the practice Of this same evil BY
the thirty-one institutions receiving
aid from the morrill, Fund and who
now refuse to discriminate against the
admission Of Colored students, be-
cause to do so would make 1t unlaw-
full for them to participate in the
benefits Of the Morrill, Acts.
In addition to the above mentioned
evils, the Boutell Amendment, If II
passes, viii result, eventually, In TAX
ing from our people all Of the benefits
they now receive under the Morrill,
Acts.
While the Boutel Bill processes to
amend the Morrill, Acts only for the
benefit Of the District Of Columbia, it
is a dangerous precedent, for II Con-
gress win agree to disregard the plain
provisions Of the law and discriminate
against the Colored people In the Dis
trict Of Columbia, there is nothing to
prevent that body from doing the
same thing at the request Of any Of
the thirty-fve white institutions now
admitting Colored students; and IL
the benefits Of the morrill, Acts can
be taken from the Colored people in
the District Of Columbia in open Vio-
latiOn OF the law, why not the same
thing be done in any other State or
Territory in the United statesl
It is the duty Of our people; every
where. to resist this encroachment up
% their rights at the very beginning
for Whsn once the precedent has been
established for the discrimination By
Congrsss against ColOrsd citizens be-
cause Of race and color, this work
win go on until every right guaran-
ted the race under the Constitution
has been taken from It.
The time has come for every Col
ored person IN the United States and
for every church, society and news
paDer among Ne to protest against the
passase Of the B0uteH Amendment
and 70 DO 20 At once. This iniquitpus
measure win not paas Congress IL the
voters e TIE race in the North. East
and West IN Hrite their oOngress-
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