The Washington times., 1913-02-10
HOUSE PASSES BILL
BARRING MIXED
MARRIAGES HERE
Measure Making Miscegenation
in District Illegal Is Strong
" Supported.

Legislation designed to maintain
race purity in the National Capital re-
ceived the approval Of the House to-
day when the Hardwick bill to pro-
hibit the intermarriage in the Dis
trict of Columbia of any person of the
Caucasian or white race with a per-
son Of the Ethiopian, Malay. or Mon
golian race, was passed.
The House devoted thirty minutes to
the consideration of District legisla-
tibn and passed three measures af-
fecting the National Capital The
Hardwick bill went through without
debate and on rising vote OF 20 to
When Chairman johnson, of the Dis
trict Committee. moved that the
House go Into Committee of the
whole" for the consideration OF q bill
on the union calendar TO establish a
municipal warehouse here, he was
voted down SO to 20 and the sgrieul.
further District business.
The terms of the Hardwick bill, de-
signed to maintain race purity in WASH
ington. are as follows:
THAT in the District OF Columbia II
shall be unlawful for any person OF
the Caucasion. or white, race TO inter-
mary with any person Of the Ethiopian,
or black. race; Malay, or brown. race.
or Mongollian. or yellow, race: and
the provisions Of this act. such mar
riage shall be null and void. and parties
so offending shall be prosecuted for =
felony. and IL convicted shall be imprfs-
oned not less than two years nor lined
less than 500, or both, at the discretion
Of the court. ~
That any attempt to evade this stat
ute by marrying out of the District OF
Columbia and returning into Il shall
be within its meaning, and such mar
rage shall likewise be null and voio.
and the offending parties shall be pros
ecuted as Aforesaid"
The committee report accompanying
the bill says that almost every State In
the Union has a Law which prohibits
the marriage Of any person Of the
Caucasian or white race with negroes.
In many of the Western States where
there II a fairly large population OF
people of the yellow or brown races.
says the report, the laws have been
extended to prohibit intermarriage with
The latter races.
I'VE feel the District should be In
line with the general sentiment OF the
States Of the Union upon the subject
OF !ntermarriage between the races"
continues the report.
The eight members of the House vot-
ing against the passage Of the Hard
wick bill were Congressmen Madden.
Manu., Barthoidt. MondeIl- Hamilton.
La Fofieete, Kendall. and Fowler.
Before the District of Columbia re-
ceivcd it's bi-monthly spanking at the
hands OF the House today. Mr.. John
son obtained the passage OF two other
bills, as follows:
H. r. 2l714. TO amend the District
code by providing heavy punishment
for any person who unlawfully converts
to his own use the property held in
trust by him for another.
The principal section Of the bin reads:
That IL any person entrusted with
the possession Of anything Of value,
things savoring OF the realty.
for the purpose Of applying the same
for the use and benefit Of the owner or
lentlv convert the same to his own use
he shall, where the value Of the thing
% converted Is 05 or more. be punished
by Imprisonment for not less than
one year nor more than ten years, or
by fine Of not more than $1,000, or
both: and where the value OF the thing
so converted Is less than SIS he shall
be punished by Imprisonment for not
more than one year or by a fine not
II. r. No. g70e. amending the sections
OF the District code relating to embez-
element by an agent. attorney, clerk or
servant The amendment provides that
wnere the property or money 'embezzled
does not exceed SIS. the punishment
shall be for not more than one years
or q fine OF not more
than $500 or both.
Both OF the foregoing bills were op-
proved by the United States District
Attorney