The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-22
HITS THEM HARD
4 Republican Senator Talks Out Plainly
on The Race Question
The NORTH nYP0CRITE
in Opposing Amendment to Re>olu.

in Oppo>in. amendment to Re>olu.
ton for Direct Election oi United
States senator's. Eorth Maintain,
Treatment Accorded Negro in
| North 40 Eettcr Than in South
That prejudice AGAINST the negro
lis just as intense in the Nort:. as N
the South and thn, the North plays
the hypocrite in is co3tentionS 10
the contrary. WAS body and b!uniy
esser,cd in the Senate Thursday BY
: Republican Senator.
Senator Hor2h. OF Idaho. WAS the
Esaeaker His declarations regarding
he neero y ere made ii tie c.osc ci
a prolonged speech. in opposition 20
The Sutherland amendment 10 the
Senate resolution providing for the
1:l.ction Of Senators by popular vote.
'rhe amendment: would haze the et-
Senatorial elections.
Mr. Borah's proaouncement on
the race question was made in re-
sponSe to the recent assertion OF
Senator Root. that without the Suth-
erland provision the resolution would
deprive the Southern negroes Of Fed
eral protection in the exercise Of the
franchise. Mr. Borah dissented
from the New Workers. view and In
doing so used language which clio
tied CONCENTRATIONS f!om many Sen
a;ors.
NJ. Rc-ah co~tanGed tha; as TIC
.soiut1on stands. notwithstanding !:
gives State legislatures contro! OF
Senatorial elections. Congress would
still have the r:gh; to interfere IN
protecting any citizen whose right OF
franchise had been iIterferred with.
The Idaho Senator expressed deep re-
sret that the race question had been
brought into the controversy and as
tserted that its Introduction was in
tended only to imperil the resolution.
| II wonder how long the North is
going to play the hypocrite and the
moral coward on this question
said NJ. Borah. and added that that
section alwavs had assumed :a1re
wisdom and nor" toleraTce n dear
| :n- with this problem than had been
d:srlayed elsewhere re insisted
that q call o: the ro!! OF the North
/ ern State in which there IS ally
a2reci:b!c number o. negroes. would
,emonst7ate that the North had rot
dealt more leDient!v With the negro
han had other sections.
Tho Northern States have exhio-
tied the sane race p-cjudic" that
,as been shown elsewhere h. as
serted. In the North W" burn the
negro at the stake and there. as in
other sections. we have our race
wars. We push our negroes 20 me
o-tcr edge OF the industrial VOID.
We exhih;, the sama preiudiccs. t."
sane weaknesses. the same :atoier-
ance that is apparent in the South
lcnd
NJ. Dorah declared that II Con
gress had power "rder the eNiS'in-'
provisions OF the Constitution. giving
Congressional control over Senator
| al elections. Il should be exercise.
IF that right ex sts the North mas
the greater obli-ation under il. be-
cause II makes claim 10 il. We
assert the power. but Ne adrai, that
We haven't had the mora courage Il
exercise it.
For himself. he deiied the exist,
ence OF any such power. and said
That he resented such 4 POSITION De.
cause OF the position in which coz
~-ess was placed by it. Concluding
he said:
The negro has been used rs !
nol;ica! football about rs long as
our own sense Gf d.ccncy and Ii
derelop:ng intelligence viii permit
We should 10 longer mistT.at hin.
hi; ne should have the courage =
Inform him rs TO the -"al S;ttatio2
II does NOT benefit him 10 make hi:l
tho subject OF our sophcmoric rh2;,
oric. The negro has advanced 20 tnt
-oint where Ne well mav diso"n2;
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