The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-03-23
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Der Of colored men In South Caro-
lima including Rev. r. w. Nance,
whom he hopes and believes will be
elected to the bishopric at the next
general conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. and r.
s. Wilkinson. president of the South
Carolina Normal and Industrial Col
lege.
II am satisfied, he said. that
they will bear me out In the position
that they do not ask for social
equality, nor do they seek it. neither
are they anxious to hold official
positions
il All Would Vote for Him
4 II am satisfied further that the
entire colored population of my state
will testify to the fact that the
Southern white man is their best
friend. l believe If 1t were left to
the colored voters of my state and
each and everyone of them had the
power to cast his vote as he pleases
90 per cent of them would vote for
me for any office for which | might
choose to become a candidate"
Jim Crow Car Bill
Referring to the bill which he has
introduced in the senate to provide
separate coaches on street railways
in the District of Columbia, Sena-
tor Blease said that this bill lis not
intended as a political strike at or
insult to the Negro race, but | be-
lieve that the passage of such a bill
will prevent at some time very Sc
rious trouble in the District OF Co
lumbia.
Protection?
Some white man at some time is
going to resist or resent colored
mans. or what he considers a col
ored mans. attention or discourtesy
to some white woman in the street
cars. 1t is going to lead to an as
sault Possibly someone in the car
may be killed or seriously injured
and 1t may lead to serious trouble
between the races. This can be
averted by giving to each race the
same car service, the same rate and
forces no one in any inferior or in
any embarrassing situation. 1t is a
question of protecting both races
Senator Blease introduced the
first bill In the state legislature OF
South Carolina to pension a colored
person. William Rose, who was the
personal body servant of General
Macy Gregg in the Confederate
army.
The Fruit Cake
N trtt
tee of the South Carolina Normal
and Industrial College at Orange
burg, S. C.. As governor of the state
he was chairman of the board OF
trustees ex offieio. Each Christmas
from the time of his governorship to
the present the girls in the domestic
science department have sent to him
and Mrs. Blease a fruit cake. He
delights to refer to this remem-
brance even on the floor OF the sem
ate.
Common School Education
81 always advocated common
school education for the colored
people" he said. "That is. reading,
writing, arithmetic and those things
which II takes to make the colored
man a good citizen and to put him
into position to take care of himself
in whatever deal or transaction ID
life he might have to make
Released 1000 Prisoners
When he was governor of South
Carolina, Senator Blease related, y
found the penitentiary overcrowded
with colored people who had been
overlooked and had served years and
years longer than they should have
They had no money to hire lawyers
no influential friends to work toi
them and l took my secretary ano
went to the penitentiary and inter
viewed all the prisoners personally
and released thousand or NOR.
colored men from that hellhole ano
gave them a new chance In life.
up to my present reports not
one of them has been recommltteu
for any violation of the terms OF MI
parole or for having committed any