Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-07-20

learned from the remarks made by Senator
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi when
Senator Thompson had finished his speech.
MIR. Williams said:
Mr.. President, two things said by the
Senator from Kansas have struck me favor
ably All Of it, of course has struck me
elOquently, because what he read to the
Senate was all eloquently indicted. One
Of the things that strikes me is his refer
ence to the female sex as the nobler part
OF the human race. | not only agree that
women are the nobler part Of the human
race but the purer part Of it, the prettier
part of it, the most poetical part of it, and
the best part Of it in every way in the
world.
"The next thing that strikes me about
the Senator's speech is his elaboration of
the two words "white'' and ''black'' He
went on to draw map, a part Of which he
painted white and part Of which he paint
eel black. The people who agreed with
him are placed on the white part of the
map and the people who disagree with
him are, OF course on the black part of
the map. 1t struck me right here that I
should offer an amendment to this joint
resolution which could express something
"White'' sure enough, not merely ION the
map but really.
''In great Republic where there is a
democracy and where people pretend, at
any rate, that they are in favor of fra
ternity and equality and liberty you want
homogeneous population that can be vir-
tually and really brothers with one another
You cannot have that with heterogeneous
population where there is no possibility of
blood relationship in lawful marriage. You
can only have it where there is a poten-
1o1;% nf o1o+;o II
riage.
81 have, therefore, made up my mind to
give the Senator from Kansas something
''sure enough white" to talk about, not
merely on the map, but racially and other
wise. [ think the amendment which I am
going to offer can be understood by any
white man or, as they say out West, by
any man ''who is white'' temperamentally
white, who is ''white sure enough, down to
his gizzard," you understand.
II SHALL therefore, offer amendment,
and I do now offer it, in line 9, page 1, of
the joint resolution after the proposition
of and before the noun 'ctizen' to insert
the adjective white, so that the joint reso-
luton shall read:
Section l. The right Of white citizens Of
the United States to vote shall not be de-
med or abridged by the United States or
by any State on account ct sex.
"Now Mr.. President. I move after the
proposition of and preceding the noun
'ctizen' in line 9, page l. of the joint reso-
luton that there be inserted the adjective
'white"
Senator Williams here clearly expresses
it as his opinion that where there is
heterogeneous population there can be no
common democracy. Then since Their is
heterogeneous population in the United
State, it is his opinion that we can have
no common democracy in this country.
Now, Senator Williams is one Of the most
learned and intelligent men in the Sen
ate A part of his studies were pursued
in European universities. Then if he holds
such an opinion, what must be the opinion
of the great number of half-baked, 20
caliber statesmen that the South sends up
to Washington?
This opinion expressed by Senator Will
EamS iS the ma iOritv ODiniOn of the whole