The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1916-03-16
FAVORS NEGROES HOLDING Pc.
lITICAL POSITIONS IN SOUTH
AND in ARKANSAS.
CRlTiClZES CHURCH PEOPLE
Not In Sympathy With Separate
Schools, Churches, Nor Cars for
Whites and kesroes-SevereIy
Criticized by Papers in South.

The Arkansas Gazette OF January 2,
1915, published Or Brough's annual
report OF the "University Commission
on the Southern Race Question Or
Brough commenced his report by stat
ing that "A condition. not q theory
confronts lis in tie South" and after
speaking of how much the white pee.
pie and negroes were together during
the days of slavery, he continued as
follows
This close social contact OF the
races has now almost entirely disap
j peared In the Southern states ger.
orally there are today no points Of so
cial contact whatever where the two
races meet and exchange ideas. Sepa
rate schools. separate churches, sepa
rate telephones, the Jim Crow law
restrictions OF the ballot not 10 men.
ton violent anti-negro political agita
ton in at least two OF the states.
have produced an alienation OF the
two races without a parallel Every
where throughout the South. despite
the physical contact in n business
way. tie two people live and move
totally different worlds OF thought and
feeling. and that is one of the chief
causes OF the growing danger OF the
Southern situation
DR. Brough continued as follows.
The effect OF this social isolation
OF the negro is OF the greatest I'M.
90
The closing Of the door OF equality
/. OF opportunity to the negro. and his
persistent intellectual and moral pau.
perixation must in the end react upon
the civilization of the white
The association between whites and
negroes during the days OF slavery,
which DR. Brough regrets. has been IN
q measure discontinued. and WAS quite
a different thing to the kind of asso-
citation that would exist II his ideas
upon this proposition should prevail
today In ante .belum time negroes
and whites did not associate as equals
Negroes were not Clamoring for so
cial equality; they did not presume
on any kindness shown them. or AXE
advantage OF any familiarity with
them as they would today II the close
social contact should prevail that Is
advocated by Or BrouEh
From the quoted statements We
reach tho conclusion. land there can
be no other conclusion). that Or
Brough Ia In favor OF social equality;
that he IL opposed to the Jim Crow
saw and Is in favor Of its repeal so
that the negroes may ride In the same
coaches with the whites. that he ~
opposed to separate schools for whites
and blacks. and is. therefore, In favor
Of their consolidation: that he is op
posed to separate churches for whites
and blacks and Is. therefore. In favor
Of tho whites and blacks belonging 10
and going TO the same church.
The Southern people know how 20
treat the negro as they should be
treated. and the Southern people and
the negro are satisfied About the
only trouble the Southern people have
with the negro Is when some North
ern negro. educated In schools where
worships where whites and blacks
worship together. comes south and
stirs up trouble among the negroes.
or when some fanatical dreamer nm.
dertakes 10 agitate social equality IN
the Southern States.
We also have the following Ian,
guage. taken from this famous report
OF Dr Trough;
1 In 1919 there are over 1000 negroes
in the Government Postal Service. al
together there are 22.1o0 negroes in
the employ OF the L. : Government
nr prourh boast% of the fact that
there are 2e50o negroes on tho gov.
ernmeut payroll when EVERYONE
knows that those negroes We're put on
the government payroll by RepuhN
can administration, thai most OF them
are in the Northern States. and that
II was done solely for the purpose of
controlling the negro vote tn the
doubtful states The Doctor knows
that the Southern people will not
now. nor will they ever, tolerate the
negro holding Office In the South, and
that the entire South resented the
appointment OF negro posumisuess
at lndianola Mississippi, by Roose
welt
= He said further
Again. it may he fairly urged that
the white churches or the South have
been pursuing Il penny wise and
pound foolish economy in dealing
with the moral religious nplttl of the
members 81 The weaker race De We
mean to say that one per cent per
/. member is doins our share in eyauge-
Iiging the whole race? God PITS The
Southern Christians the southern
churches and the Southern States II
we do not awake 10 ou. possibility
en- this hour OF opportunity The
Methodists averaged less than tho
price Of a cheap soda water, aud the