The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-05-31
will permit me, and then will not
bother him any more.

] lhe fiSEslDlNp VI Fp'Efss Dpes VI
Senator from Kentucky yield further 4
the Senator from Mississippi?
Mr.. WILLIAMS. II the State Of Ken
lucky did give any pension 10 the Con
Tolerate soldiers upon any other basil
than absolute need and necessity now
the state of Kentucky did something
which no other Southern State, as foi
as know, has done.
Mr.. BRADLEY. That may he true
Mr.. President Kentucky is in the habit
of doing things that no other southern
state ever did.
TUESDAY, APRIL ., 1912.
Anniversary Celebration of Act OF
Emancipation.
Mr.. BRADLEY. 1 ask for the consid.
GRAFTON at this time 70 Senate bill 1sc.
Mr. President, will try to explain
the purpose and object of this bill. In
all the appropriations that have been
made by Congress for different EXPOSE
lions in this country there has never
been anything asked by or given for the
Negro race. The object of this bill is
to enable them, by am exposition, to cell
citrate the semicentcnnial of their free
dom, one Of the most notable events In
history, to call their people together
TO assemble their invitations, their pro-
ducts Of field and shop. to show to the
United States and the world the progres
they have made, thereby inspiring their
race with more activity, earnestness.
ambition, and desire to become valuable
citizens
Since the negroes were freed they hav
increased from i,OO0VO0 to 100000 in
population. They own to-day, notwith-
standing they were freed without any
property, more than s6000oOcOo. They
have l35 private high schools. They
have 3o.Ooo teachers, So banks; 500 news
papers and periodicals. They have de-
creased in illiteracy ~ per cent. Thcy
have 1850 lawyers. ?,5oo physic'al'.ssv-
eral thousand ministers. some 60 whom
are among the ablest men in the Unit
cd States. They have l49 wholeeii, hons
es, secs retail merchants, and i.t| mani
factories. Among them are sc:n lists.
poets, authors, musicians. artists. and
inventors. and they have 100000 chilorei
in the schools.
The object of this bill Is to give
them a chance to cal Prominently to
the attention of the pe)o +, of this Ma
ton what they have accomplished ana
to show their progress, to encourage
their people to the accomplishment Of
greater things. and to show til, white
people the extent Of their improvement
in order that they may better merit
their help and sympathy.
Mr.. President, it seems to me when
We consider the fact that these people
for so many years bent .lie'r backs
in bondage in unreuuited toll in order to
make fortunes for others; that they
were denied every right Of manhood. ev-
cry opportunity OF education; that dur
ing the Civil War. notwithstanding
their freedom was at stake. in the
whole southern country not one of them
ever committed an outrage although they
were left in charge % the wives and
children Of the Confederate soldiers who
were fighting TO continue them In sla-
very, now that they are citizens of the
United States ii is our duty to lift them
up. To help them, to strengthen them.
to encourage them. TO make them bet
ter citizens, and to make them of more
value. force. and virtue in this great
Republic.
This is but a pittance. and 1t is con-
ditioned upon their raising among them
selves $4,000 before they can enjoy the
appropriation. do not think that the
spirit Of economy should be such as TO
prevent the passage of any bill which
has for its purpose the betterment Of
humanity. the betterment of our country
and the Improvement of its citizens. !
hope the bill may pass.
Mr.. President. i will not undertake NJ
this late hour to enter into u discus
sion of the negro problem. l will say
this, however. that l do not believe that
there will be a conflict of races in this
country. Certainly one of the ways to
prevent any conflict is for the superior
race to extend a helping hand to the
inferior race and show they are willing
to do them justice.
am not at all alarmed about the SUI
premacy of the negro over the white
man. If one-tenth of our population. com
posed of negroes, can overcome us or
surpass US in any respect. 1t will be
our own fault. and we should not conf
plain.
The Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hitch
cockl sail that the expositiou in Oma-