The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-11-01

The official records show that during
the 6srd Congress many bills inimical
to the colored people were introduced
BY Southern Democrats and pressed
for passage, and but for the efforts Of
Mr. Madden many Of these would
have been enacted into law.
We cali your attention to three Of
these bills: H. r. 1872 introduced BY
Congressman Edwards Of Georgia,
entitled, IA bill to segregate Govern
ment employees Of the white race from
those Of African blood or descent"
f. 4. 595s, BY Congressman Aswell
Of Louisiana, entitled, "a bin to effect
certain reforms in the civil service BY
segregating clerks and employees Of
the white race from those Of African
blood or descent" H. R. 6l50, intro
duced by the now Senator Pat Har-
rison of Mississippi ''To require street
railways carrying passengers in their
cars within the District of Columbia
to provide equal but separate accom-
modations for the white and colored
races, and to prescribe punishment
and penalties for violating its pro-
Visions
There were many others Of this
character, but we simply cite the three
and ask our readers if he can imagine
anything more un-American than an
effort BY the Democrats to put such
laws upon our statute books in viola
ton Of the provisions Of the Consti-
tuition.
Had it not been for Mr.. Madden
these bills would have been enacted
into law, and in connection with his
fight against these measures we find
in the Congressional Record Of June
g, 1914, a speech entitled, Historical
Parallel Drawn by Honorable Martin
B. Madden, on the loyalty of the col
ored soldier versus the proposed seq
regation of colored people" which is a
masterful presentation of the rights OF
the colored race.
Then we call attention to Mr.. Mad
den's fight against the unjust African
exclusion amendment to the immigra-
ton bill of 1915, added as an amend
ment by a Democratic Senate, and to
the denunciations heaped upon him by
the Southern Democrats because Of
his desire to see justice done.
In 1915 bill was being considered
in Congress to make intermarriage .
crime. Mr.. Madden was successful in
his efforts to defeat this bill, and q
short extract from his speech in the
House on January ii. 1915, will, we
are sure, convince the most skepticaI
that his position was right and just:
"Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to the
intermarriage Of the races. The Ne
groes themselves are opposed to such
marriages. The Negroes are willing to
conhne their marriages to their own
race, indeed they would prefer that,
but they have a right to demand that
the women of their race shall not be
considered the legitimate prey of the
men of other races"
On April "a, 1916, during the con-
sideration of H. R. 13048, a bill to
amend the Juvenile Court act in and
for the District of Columbia, Con-
gresham Frank Clark of Florida, a
Southern Democrat, offered the fol
lowing amendment: THAT in the adj
ministration Of this act the white and
Negro children shall be kept entirely
separate, and under no condition shall
they be sent to or kept in the same
institution, and that no probation Of
hcer shall be appointed to deal with
or in anywise look after any child Of
a different race to that Of which such
probation officer is a member" 1t is
needless to say that through Mr.. Mad
den's efforts this amendment was de-
feated.
Mr.. Madden has been one of the
strongest advocates Of the anti-lynch-
ing bill, and it was because of his
insistenee and leadership that the
measure was passed through the
House in the last Congress. In this
connection we find in the Congress
sional Record of January 10, 1922, an