The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-06-08

cases on appeal. Juries convicte
each of the appellants; and they al
suffered the penalties of the law
This prompt action on Mayo
Smiths part put the first checl
upon Radical rule in Claibornl
county /; and gave emphasi
to the revolution just gathering
| force, and which restored white
rule in our county and state. May
or Smith joined heart and hand il
the contest, commenced In 1875
supervise the election of Senators
by the people by the appointment
of Federal Registrars, Federal Su
pervisors, Federal Judges and Dep.
uty United States Marshals. Sen.
ator Percy pleaded with the Re.
publican Senators who favored the
joint resolution to vote for it as il
stood and the Democratic Senators
would all do likewise, but if they
attempted to amend the bill by ex-
tension of Federal power to the
Government, he warned them that
the Democrats would vote against
such amendment, and if the amend
ment was put in the bill that it
would be defeated, because the
South would not be willing to ac-
cept the bill in that form.
The object of United States Sen.
ator Percy's speech was to prevent
an amendment being put on that
he thought would defeat the meas
ure. The vote was taken after his
speech on what was known as the
Sutherland amendment. Every
Democratic Senator voted against
the amendment except Senator
Clark of Arkansas, thus endorsing
Senator Percy's position. He was
the first Senator who stated the
position of the South on the cleo
ton of Senators by direct vote,
and the only Senator to warR the
Repubublicans that the amend
meut would defeat the bill. Re-
publican votes incorporated the
amendment in the bill.
Senator Carter of Montana, SEN
ator Nelson of Minnesota, Senator
Depew of New York, Senator
Sutherland of Utah and Senator
Root of New York in their speech
es frankly said in substance that
they wanted "to reserve the right
in the National Government to en-
force the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments" and control South
ern elections in order to count the
negro vote whenever it desires to
exercise such power.
The election of Senators by di-
rect vote came up in its amended
form and Senator Percy's second
speech, February 27th, 1921, is
addressed to the Democratic SEN
ators to show that the South was
unwilling "to put its head in the
lions mouth" by extending FEEDER
al control over elections. No
speech was made by the Demo
Gratis except one by Senator Bacon
of Georgia.
A vote was taken and the amend
ment defeated as predicted by
Senator Percy. Nine Democrats
would have voted for the res
olution without the amendment
voted against. Two Senators who
appreciate the negro question in
the South more than other SEN
ators, voted against it, Senator
Money of Mississippi and Senator
Tillman of South Carolina.
The Senators of Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi and Flor.
ida, and one-half the Senators
of Louisiana and South Caro-
lima voted against the resolu.
ton as amended. The states
with great negro population voted
solldly against it. Senator Percy
should have had everv Southern
Senator behind him. All opposed
the Sutherland amendment except
one, and their personal opinior
was to vote against the bill a:
amended, but their actions would
have been m1sconstrued at home
Senator Percy preferred to risk the
Judgment of the people of Missis
sippi and closes his speech thus
4 eff the ratification was submitted