The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-01-30
NEGROES TARGET
OF LEGISLATION
FOrtner's Bill Sent to the Sen
ate by the House.
FINAL VOTE WAS 62 TO 40.


from Teaching Blacks Precipi-
tates Hottest Fight of Session.
Columbia, Jan. 27.-The hottest
fight of the present session was pre-
cipitated in the house this morning
on the passage of the Fortner bill
prohibiting white people from teach
ing in negro schools or negroes from
teaching in white schools under pen
atty of a fine not exceeding $500 or
Imprisonment for not more than IL
months. The bill was passed to third
reading after a battle royal led by
the Charleston delegation.
The measure was amended without
a dissenting vote to make the same
penalty applicable to 1.-The intimacy
of the races in houses Of i'll repute."
Another amendment was passed pro-
hibiting white nurse from working
in negro hospitals. A third amend
ment made the bill inapplibale to the
teaching of the Bible to negroes by
white people.
By a vote of SO to 80, the house
refused to strike out the enacting
words of the Fortner bill. 1t is doubt
full whether there was any such over
whelming sentiment in favor of the
this vote would indicate. The meas
ure had been recommended by the
governor in his message, but beyond
question more than 38 members of
the house did not believe the meas
ure expedient, voting for 1t because
they feared the accusation in the fu-
ture that they were "nigger lovers
The administration and anti-admin
istration lines were not drawn in the
vote to strike out the enacting words.
HOW THEY VOTED.
The vote resulted as follows:
Ayes-Atkinson, Barnwell, Bethea,
Bolt, Boyd, Brice, Busbee Charles,
Clement, Courteny, Dantzler, De-
Laughter, Evans, Greer, Huter, john
ston Kirk, Lee Lilies, Lumpkin,. Nc
Master, Mcqueen, Means. Melfi, Mich
olson, Pegues, Riddle, Rittenbery, w.
M. Scott, Senseney, Shirley Smiley,
Thompson, Tindal, Vanderhorst, G. t.
Wyche, Youmans, Zeigler-38
.Nays-Speaker Smith, Addy, ], w.
Ashley. M. j. Ashley Blackwell, Bow
ers, Browning, Burgess, Cross Daniel
Fortner Friday, Gasque, Goodwin,
Gray, Halle, Hall Hardin, HaTrelson,
Harrelson, Harvey. ,Holley.. Hutson,
,Irby, James, Jones, Kelley Kennedy,
Kirby, Lybrand, Mcdonald, Miley,
Miller, Mixson, Moore Moseley, Muir
ray, Nelson, Odom, Pyatt, Ready, Ri
ley, Robertson, w. S. Rogers, Jr.,
Sapp, w. w. Scott Sherwood, Stantely
Strickland, Sturkle Summers, Walker
Warren, Welch, White, Whitehead,
Wilburn, c. c. Wyche-59.
FEAR SOCIAL EQUALITY.
The fight over the passage of the
Fortner bill, taken up out of it's order
yesterday at IL O'Clock was opened by
speeches from Mr.. Fortner, Mr.. ] w.
Ashley and Mr.. James, all of whom
urged the passage to the bill chiefly
on the grounds that white teachers in
negro schools made for social equal
ity.
Mr.. Lilies, of Orangeburg, opposed
the passage Of the bill on the grounds
that white men should be allowed to.
manage negroes in their schools just
as they managed them In the fields.
He said, however, that he would be
In favor of the bill If 1t prohibited
white women from teaching in negro
schools.
Mr.. Barnwell, of Charleston, in
whose county about so white women
teach In negro public schools, said
that he attributed the lack of friction
between the races in the low country
to the fact that the negroes were
taught by white people early in life
to respect the white race. Mr.. Barn
we'll opposed the passage of the Fort
ner bill.
MR.. WYCHE, OF NEWBERRY.
Mr.. Wyche, OF Newberry, spoke
against the passage or the bill. Who
but the white, he asked shall teach
the negro his proper position?
Mr.. White, of Charleston advocated
the passage of the bill and Mr.. VAN
derhorst, of Charleston, opposed 1t.
BY a vote of SO to 80, the house re-
fused to strike out the enacting words
OF the bill.
The house refused by a vote OF 40
to 40 to gree to the amendment exem-
pting Charleston county from the pro-
visions OF the bill. Then the Charles
ton delegation started a filibuster to
obstruct the passage Of the bill. The
delegation was ably second by sew
eral members of the house, and the
bill hung fire for\ about an hour be-
fore 1t finally passed to third read
ing.
AMENDMENT REJECTED.
BY vote of SIS TO "a the house re-
fused to adopt the amendment offered
by Mr.. Stanley of Horny, an advoc-
cate OF the bill, to make the measure
apply to negro walters negro nurses
In private houses, negro servants in
hospitals and negroes working in the
same establishments in which white
women are employed.
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