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WHITE PRESS ON THE NEGRO

CONGRESS AND THE NEGRO.
(From N. Y. Globe.)

The growing feeling among Negroes
that there is an inclination in Wash-
ington to discriminate against their
race appears to have some justification
if conclusions are to be drawn from
recent happenings in the capital. The
latest instance of the activity of the
anti-Negro element is seen in the
Lever agricultural bill, which, as
passed by the House, does not offer
federal aid to agricultural colleges for
colored people.

Friends of the Negro declare this
omission was deliberate and part of a
campaign to keep the race down by
depriving its members of the advan-
tages of modern scientific training so
essential for race development and
prosperity. To remedy this Senator
Jones of Washington has put in an
amendment to the Lever bill provid-
ing that Negro educational institutions
shall receive their full quota of the fed-
eral appropriation to which they are
rightly entitled.

As throwing some light on the mo-
tives which actuated Mr. Lever in
framing his bill it is interesting to note
that he represents the Seventh South
Carolina District. Which is all the
more significant in view of the fact
that the General Assembly of that
State only yesterday went on record
as favoring the repeal of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the United States Con-
stitution, which in effect gives Negroes
the right to vote.

There is no doubt that the enemies
of the Negro in the south have been
unusually active since the Democrats
went into power in Washington. In
several states widespread campaigns
have been started to bring about legis-
lation that would allow any county or
muncipality to vote on the acquisition
of land by any particular race. This
would be a most powerful weapon
gainst the Negro.

When the Jones amendment to the
Lever bill comes up for debate it is
promised there will be a considerable
stir in Congress The occasion will of-
fer an excellent opportunity thorough-
ly to air the whole subtact of discrim-
nation against the colored race, and
the friends of the Negro should not
rest until all the facts are brought to
the surface.

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