Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1908 — JIM CROW CARS ARE LEGAL [ARTICLE]

JIM CROW CARS ARE LEGAL

So Judge Cotters!. of a United States Court, Has Decided for Oklahoma. Enid. Okla., Sept. B.—Antagonism to the Jim Crow law iu Oklahoma compelling railroads to mailgain separate accommodations for negro and white passengers suffered a rebluff in the case of McCabe ve. the Sente Fe Railway company. Judge J. S. Cotteml. of the United States district court here, held that the law wwa net in conflict with the eonstitution of the United States. The plaintiff’s allegation was that Jim Crow legislation was in violation of the interstate eonrateroe regulations. The court held that the legislative act of this state relative to negro transportation was not an invasion of the plenary power of the federal government to regulate commerce under the commerce clause of the federal constitution.