Oakland sunshine., 1915-03-20

born equal. and | but speak the IAN
+, guage OF her heart that throbbed with
patriotism during her lifetime when /
speak on the door of the house of rep
resentatives for justice for every man,
woman and-child in America.
while | would be the last man In
the world to encourage. by word or
thought or deed. anything but loyalty
and devotion to the flag and to the
government. | have sometimes been
amazed to think that one-tenth of the
population of the United States-1O,-
100000 Americans-who have to all In
tents and purposes been 0 tracked
from the privileges of the sovereignty
of which they should be an active part,
are loyal TO the government.
MY nope is that some day there win
be 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 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
as 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 ysur people in the south.
II would be unworthy to speak as
an American representative In the
halls Of congress If / were not to lift
my voice In defense of people who
have been so Disseminated against,
and If the time ever comes that lose
the courage to do that which / believe
to be right in your defense then
would not speak to myself II l 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
it was of more than ordinary interest,
and the audience gave undisguised evil
dence of it's pleasure In having the
speaker let out the secret and take
them into his confidence Mr.. Madden
said:
Personally would have the repre-
sentation In the house Of representa-
hr har nf Manila
who are allowed to vote instead of
the number of people who live in
state And IL that were true we would
have some representation from your
race, because those people down there
of my race south of the Mason and
spect the voice of the sovereign voter.
II am going to tell you a.seeret that
I have never told In public audience
before. We had a Republican con-
gress once or twice -siace l have been
here. All Republicans are not as lib
eral In their views as / am-they are
willing to admit that, and assert it
but ! undertook In a caucus OF Repub-
lican members Of the house one night
to restrict the representation from the
sontbern states until your people had
Justice done tiseW tpsoaoAgsds ap5
plausel, and | 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-mfxed mar
riage bill, that is destined to go the
same way as soon as ft can be reached.
On these points the eloquent Illinoisan
said:
"The legislation which we have re-
Gently been called upon to oppose Is
iniquitgus. 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 crtmi-
nal marriages between blacks and
whites in the District of Columbia.
That was outrageous, not that | be-
lieve In marriages between blacks and
whites, for ] do not, and neither do
you, but l do believe that If a black
: man and q white woman want to mar
ry it is their business
81 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
| nv Judgment. Let them do it. There
are not many of these marriages.
| Neither race wants to do 1t. You
| would rather associate with your own
people, 1t is natural that you should,
but I am opposed to the enactment OF
any law by the congress of the Unit
ed States that makes it crime, / am
In favor of giving every right of de-
fense to maintain the virtue of the
black girls Of America that the white
| women enjoy"
| Pleading for an Americanism that
will not make this republic ashamed
Of itself when the foreigner comes to
| our shores and witnesses the treat
ment we infiict on 100000 patriotic
/ citizens-in a land professedly OF the
i free and the home of the braye-Mr.
| Madden closed with fervent prayer
that "the day be not far distant when
there will be an army of courageous
| men and women Of every nationality
who will be willing to go on the high
ways and byways and preach the doc
trine of equal Justice to every man,