The Denver star., 1915-03-06

orn equal. and | but speak The In.
uage of her heart that throbbed vii
jatriotism during her II. eiiiiie WheI
speak on the tlOor OF he house oi r>i
! rcsentatives Tor justice for every nan
| woman and child in America.
While l would be- the l.>t man in
the world ~ encourage. b. word VI
thought q, deed. anything hut loyalty
and devotion to the flag :,nG to the
| governments. have sometimes been
amazed to think that one tenth OF the
population of the United States-1O,-
| 10000 Americans who have to all i'll
tents and purposes been ostracized
from the privileges of the sovereignty
| Of which they should be an active part.
are loyal to the government.
My hope is that some day there will
| be Il sufficient number of men elected
from that free section OF the nation
| north Of the Mason and Dixon line
to both houses of congress to shape
policies in such a way that the men
and women of your race south of Ma
| son and Dixon's line will have the
| right to express their views at the bal
lot box and to send their own men-
men Of their own race-to speak for
them and to express their views, to act
rs their megaphones in shaping the
laws and policies of the country of
| which you have right to expect to be
an integral part There is no justice
| in the present situation. No man liv-
| ing can justify the attitude assumed
| toward your people in the south.
Il would be unworthy to speak as
an American representative in the
halls of congress il i We're not TO lift
my voice in defense Of a people who
have been so Disseminated against,
and II the time ever comes that lose
the courage to do that which ] believe
to he right in your defense then l
would not speak TO myself il ! met
myself coming around a corner"
| In reciting his views as TO the basis
Of representation in the house Of rep
resentatives Mr.. Madden related an in
cident that happened years ago when
the matter was up for action in con-
| greSs. As bit of unwritten history
1t was of more than ordinary interest.
and the audience gave undisSuised evi-
dence of its pleasure in having the
speaker let out the secret and take
them into his confidence. Mr.. Madden
said:
Personally l would have the repre-
| sentation in the house of representa-
tives based upon the number Of people
who are allowed TO vote instead of
the number of people who live in a
| state. And IL that We're true we would
| have some representation from your
| race, because those people down there
! of nv race south of the Mason and
| DiXon's line would be compelled TO re-
spcct the voice of the sovereign voter.
Il am going to tell you Il secret that
l have never told in public audience
before. We had Republican con
gress once or twice since l have been
here All Republicans are not as lib
eral in their views as l am-they are
willing to admit that. and l assert 1t
but ! undertook in Il caucus of Repub-
lican members of the house one night
to restrict the representation from the
southern states until your people had
justice done them Iprolonged ap-
plausel, and l came within six votes
of carrying the resolution
Mr.. Madden said some good things
| about the discussion in congress anent
the Immigration bill. which went to its
death largely through his vigorous op-
| position. and to the anti mixed mar
riaye bill, that is destined to go the
| same way as soon as it can be reached.
On these points the eloquent Illinoisan
said:
The legislation which we have re
| tp 10
liniauitous. Take the immigration leg
islation, for example. There was alb
solutely no reason under the sun for
| injecting the African exclusion clause
into that measure. We won out, but
we had to fight for our victory. Take
the next case, the case making erimi-
nal marriages between blacks and
whites in the District of Columbia.
That was outrageous. not that l be-
lieve in marriages between blacks and
| whites. for | do not. and neither do
you, but ! do believe that IL Il black
man and white woman want to mar
ry il is their business.
| Il believe that when they do marry
| the white woman oStraciZes herself
| from her people and the black man
ostracizes himself from his people. but
| IL they want to ostracize themselves
that is their business. They are not
| committing any crime, according to
my Judgment. Let them do it. There
are not many of these marriages.
Neither race wants TO do il. You
would rather associate with your own
people. 1t is natural that You should.
| but am oppoSed to the enactment of
any law by the congress of the Unit
| ed States that makes it crime, l am
in favor of giving every right of de-
fense to maintain the virtue OF the
| black girls of America that the white