The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
WAT IS A NEGRO In LAW9
"A IWPORTlNT QUESTION ~
mn IOI INl COI RTN.
.r.Irn mat mn Oci0rOSn u Not .
NrEra ~ Nppeal Taken MANY Ne
grrEatIon laws Way Ne Affected
ThIrd Racial DlN t.lOn Proposed.

E.H tI'ENNs. Apru me Question
80 . .- , u-grn j. now before the Su-
.... ..srf IT l,Dui-ihu1 The answer
: .N.,f.i With som" anxiety. a. IL might
.-.. prove re-, ulutionaTv. striking AZ
,.> .tI. pohucnl -ducntOanl and legal
..trpn- II Louisiana. Il uot q other
...- u.f the south as we'll
.. I.r,.-..ut discussion grows ont 81
no.. ,.u' dc.rSiun 81 the Louisiana IBIS
curt Judge Chr.tien presiding. in
.. ..rrudWnv case. wherein hs declared
..t.-r rucuhnaE- law passed AZ the
-..--rpu Of the Louisiana Legislature
... n-.l;Iuonal and held that "A person
.. .,,.i ,whlt- and negroI blood ~ not
...rr u tins doctrine - upheld 10y the
-. ,.0r. Court. to which the case has
q. .urrisdly carried. then every Iouisi-
O.. -rttut-. and perhaps many 10 those
.'.r southern States. providing for
o.. -"grrPatIon or separation of the
% ., - the rest settlement oG the race
..- on may prove equally a,.is AL
The statutes referred 10 concern
&c. .ruhil ition ~ inirrmarTiags. the
-. ,rate schools Tor white and negro
iron. the Jim crow car System. the
i -.lrJ,ipn Of races in the street cars,
..t.rrs railway stations hotels and
..rH.u~
Ir- separation has been the settlsR
....v of Louisiana for year, Al its last
-.--.,u ID" Legislature Passed two laws
.t THIS character. one the anti .concu-
nag. law. which makes IL an offence for
Whites and negroes TO live together a.
N nan aud wife intsrmarriaGe was pro-
llN,'ai wears aRo-and the other the
s..-t,lgk Law. which prohibits whites and
r"gro.- from drinking together Not
..iv must they not drink at the same har
iui they ara not even allowed 20 drink
o. different lars In the same building.
saloon must be etheT exclusively for
whites or exclusively for negroes.
rn.-~e laws have heen enforced with
great ,lgor and hav. produced excellent
r.- .li- IN the OPINION of negroes a. well
| 80 whites. The Shattucs law has resulted
/ poo the closing uf probably four ifths Of
u.- saloons IN the State 10 negroes and
1 10 proved blessing tn the race. which
yv.-- "A large part Of IT, present prosperity
O.. he Temperance and prohibition wave
4 Sat has recentlv swept over the South.
." money that was formerly spent for
~-~y now goes into land and improve
p. arfs Iiaisons hetwssn whites ana
gross have Teen almost completely
.,.y cnted in Louisiana by ths new law
such was the stat. 81 affairs when the
o.. SION " Judge ChrstIen was given IN
TO- u-i-- arising ont 81 the anti-cuncu-
.t.- law
Among the troublesome cases un der
...- iaw which came befOrs the authorities
VAS that 81 Octave Tr.adway. a white
man. and Josephine IiRhtill. an octorOOn.
'..' -. one part negro and ssvsn parts
FIJI" They lived in The parish Of Plaque
no urs- Just below New Orleans. and he ing
rrob.hated from masryiuE nv the old
,.r. ..niscegenstion law. they lived to-
.rfr"r a. man and wife and continued 10
., after ~" passage 81 the new anti
..rrghinaKe law The District Attorney
' Pl11usmine~ hegan proceedings against
u.w r." couple fed 10 New Orleans
f.u-vius hat they would he lost to sight
/ . q gr-a' rtty ESPECIALLY 49, the woman
.- ~ netI.v wuI'. that none but an expert
'uld de'so' her negro blood
But family n.tt"rus~- pursued them to
.., city All 80 Tr-sdWay'- family lse-
I've that he haz lbs Rral,.d them and
always aged father testified that lac
HHIld rather HIM dead or IN the
.u'tsntiary than living With a negro
nan. The Cass. was brought l-fore
q. District Attorney ~ New Orleans.
... had he man and woman indicted
.u'. 49, fell 20 Judge Chistisn
I." ivvsr for the defenc,. pleaded
.. Oh" IaN related - unions ~ whites
r-grp-~ and that Jn-ssphn- ~a= not
.sgrp buf an prtorDon The Judge @
med th,. plea declaring that "A person
nom he white blood - predOmi
"a - 100 an octoroOn could not "a any
ming - i"erned "A negro. The cas,
4 H..fpr~ the Supreme Court which d
BE- heard IA" argument and which will
-. b. IA. question. What ~ a negro
w." 'Iv 81 Louisiana does not settls 4
natter In North Carolina and other /
'.'~u states u has been enacted that f,
" '"rsDu having ODe-si Vteenth 81 negro /
. shall - regarded a. a negro and !
"..-.. Arth less proportion of negro /
. shall ic doomed white under The !
lri"r the-s constitutional pro.
/ Josephine Light II would be class. d
."gru and 10th she aud the man
yD 20 ~" i'euitsntmrv Bat ~ 'be
% any .sgIl definition IN Louisiana .
.Hf % negro - how - the matter to .
...Hrru ned
Hr r.tdIly 10 seen that Il Judge /
-, .-iou hOld- josephine l.gh- .
90 ~ hrr class arr. equally free 4
.... restrict .Un- - the Jim Crow
.... u'H"r --pIrItInR laws Intended .
fr" ra0s- IraTt 4 further din F
'nut On 'Gr iupD--iislIfv Of .
..ug fH" proportion Of negro .
Hlp-t ,.I.-~ with certainty. A.
'.... ~ ts'f ere are very few Negroes
...r uu' ~pUI~ white blood In their
~iyri Patterson Who has made .
.E-.s' study of the subject. has /
. .... tins proposition. -Even now !
rr."- ~" 40 longer negroes. One .
f 'U"n have large infusion 81 I
r1d another third have less but y
.a and 81 th. last third ~ would /
'.'l' POO fni an assured specimen of
. '.. AN biOod
o South s'i gparzpns Who have any
49,. .Hri" portion u negro blood ara
a .''f 9- negroes In some States
p" F i"fn"- WHICH are white and
' U"grp.- In tuba and the spanish
-- - IA" REORGANIZATION 81 blood
''- . ~a'-. and a man or woman Who
II r. .r" WHIT" than "olOred blood -
.' % lsnaIoa thera ara three races
r.'. r'd and negroes.
'.. ~N.-' = tns'-. different cla@sth-
%" al-a pf great confusion.
.. Nuri Drepl. means a pure white
y ana and most - the West Indies
u FLORIDA ~ j. used TO mean .
."r-pn. NsXIcO. hite and black.
'I-As q fnIy"d breed 81 any rac@,
half Eskimo. Even the United
."ruU"nt h.sCaFne confused by
"a q. L.. - l