The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-05-17
ANTI-RACE LEGISLATION AT
SPRINGFIELD.
Full Crew Bill Much Alive Yet-Mis-
cegenation Bill Not Yet Dead, but
Sleeping.

More than two months have passed
since the beginning of the long threat
ened race legislation at Springfield
Illinois, which has kept the intelligent
and thinking Negro in a state of un'
certainty and unrest; while the chief
cause of this race agitation, now again
in the limelight, and the thoughtless
of the Negro race in Illinois, in Chi
cago in particular, are going their ae-
eustomed ways of pleasure and profit,
needless of the end of this race agita-
ton, and leaving the battle to be
fought at the halls of the legislature
by a faithful few who have been on
guard since the threatened legal(D
discrimination.
Full Crew Bill.
As is we'll known the "Full Crew
Bill' is designed and will, if passed
in the form urged by the Railway
Trainmen's Union and other such Ia
Dor organizations affiliated, force from
the employment of the railroads in
illinois the Negro train porter, and his
sometimes employment as hagman or
brakeman. That is believed to be the
entering wedge of these labor organi-
cations who exclude the Negro from
their membership, in their policy to
take every job that a White man can
I'LL away from the Colored people, as
few such places as We now have.
Miscegenstion or Inter Marriage Bill.
This bill proposes to prevent the in
ter-marriage Of the Caucasian and Ne
gro races; the best reason given by its
advocates is the "Jaek johnson case,
for which they propose that the Negro
race must suffer in Illinois. In fact,
there has been a uniform attempt in
more than a half dozen states to do
this same thing, at the instigation
first of Gov. Blease at the Governors
Convention last winter. The last per-
son to recommend the passage Of such
laws is the diminutive Republican as
sistant United States District Attor-
ney, Harry Parkin, who prosecuted the
"Jaek johnson" case and doubtless
thinks himself a worthy subject for
high promotion for his great feat of
what he admits was prejudice and
persecution, as reported in the Crib
me."
This bill is the most vicious and far
reaching in its effect Of any legislation
proposed since the "Blaek Laws"
were removed from the statutes Of the
states of illinois, Ohio and other
"northern states"
In short, it proposes to allow no
White person and Colored person to
marry together in this state; but does
not say nor propose to prevent Illicit
relations between the races or among
the same races, which is g matter of
no moment to its advocates. There
fore it matters not how many bastards
are born in this state between the
races. just 50 the bastards belong to
the Negro race and the parents there
Of are not permitted to marry, and by
so doing, legitiRize their offspring.
All the children affected must be-
long to the Negro; since all children
50 born between the races are Negro
children These are denied the right
to have the law adjudge who is the
father, whether he be a White one or
q COlOred one. The parents can't mar
~ and the children must always bear
the ignominy Of being bastardA A
terrible condition 70 eontsmplate for
q race Of unOfending PsOPlsi