The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-01
IN MAN F0RESEES TROUBLE.
Co1oNIZATION BRINGING IN TOO
MANY MIXED RACES.

mint the White Race Is Superior
IN the COIored-AcquisitiOn of Ter
ritory by Joint Resolution UncOn-
stitutionaI-Wants New Possess
lions Governed by the White EIe-
,uent Exclusively.
washington, June 90.-Late this after
mon the Senate cleared the legislative
AL, for what may be the final action upon
,t Hawaiian annexation resolutions.
q1rough its action to-day the last of the
,r,ropriation bills that has been pending
IN -onference was disposed of and was
Is,, before midnight. After a debate last
inc three hours, the Senate finally receded
rom its amendments to the sundry civil
bn, and adopted the conference report on
the Indian appropriation bill.
Elr Allison, in charge of the bill, ex-
plained that it was necessary that the re-
rorts should be agreed TO, as this was the
last day of the fiscal year. He pointed out
mat If the bills were not laws by midnight
they would have to be passed again by the
TWO branches of Congress
The delay consequent upon such action
would seriously embarraSs the government
and might force Congress to remain in ses-
sion for several weeks longer.
In denouncing the action of the confer
ees for striking oul the free homes provis-
ions Of the Indian bill, Mr.. Pettigrew
charged the Republican party with being
dominated by the Money power and also
claimed that senators were elected by the
corrupt use OF money.
MIR. Bate, Dem, OF Tennessee, and MI.
Tillman, Dem, of South Carolina, discuss
ed at length the Hawaiian annexation res
olutions. The latter discussed the race
problem from The standpoint of a Southern
man ana was ENTHUSIASTICALLY vigorous in
his remarks.
Mr.. Tillman, in opening his argument,
which was a comparatively brief general
statement in opposition to the resolu-
tons said the whole question had been
fully discussed last winter in executive
session, and it is therefore natural there
should be lack of interest and an un-
willingness to listen TO a repetition of
speeches delivered then"
He regiously believed, he said, that 1t
was uncons ututional to acquire territory
by Joint resolution, but an arrogant ma
jority was pressing forward its purpose
without regard TO constitutional ObHga-
tons or to oath of office.
As to the sugar interests, he said:
when I consider the mastery of the
American sugar trust over the Senate
and the House, as shown in the passage
of the Dingley tariff law, l am forced into
the belief that this trust is not opposed
10 annexation, and that its influence is at
work among the ranks of those favorinS
annexation.
Discussing the race problem presented
Mr. Tillman said: "The Philippines are
ALREADY densely populated with races for
which we have no affinity or liking. 1t
is the same with Porto Rico, and in some
degree with Cuba.
But we have already one perplexing
and harassing problem right here at home
81 mean the negro question.
THE Wisest craftsmanship is unable to
fOresee the final result of the presence in
the same commonwealth of two distinct
races each possessing the same rights
under the law, but one of which Is su-
perior to the other.
of the wheels of progress and a condition
of the WHEELS of progress and a condition
of mongrelism, generalization and retro
gression, such as is appalling to every
lover of the Anglo-Saxon race, we must
settle this question wisely and justly.
1T is impossible for me, familiar as L
am with it's perplexities and dangers, not
10 call a halt and beg senator's to pause
and take care what they do.
with 100000 negroes already among
us, the adding of more colored people pre-
sents to student of sociological and po-
htical questions a grave problem, sol
emn responsibility.
Can we afford to enter upon a scheme
of colnial expansion by conquest with the
inevitable result that we will incorporate
another million and half of negroes, ten
millions Malays, Nigrites, japanese and
Chinese, to say nothing of the hundreds
thousands n SnaniGh
blood, imbued with Spanish thought and
action.
But lest l be misunderstood, I wish to
say that / sympathize with the white men
VINO live in Hawaii; that 1 would not leave
them to the tender mercies of the colored
races, who outnumber them; that 1 am
ready to vote for treaty annexing these
MINDS and even under protest to vote
this resolution with the Pettigrew
aaendment added, though I prefer the
Other as the legal and constitutional meth
Cd OF annexation, if / can get this Senate
70 incorporate an amendment which viii
declare in words what is here declared in
effect, to wit That the colored races, the
negroes Kanakas, the Chinese, are In
capable of self-government, are unfit to
participate in government, and that IN
the future in dealing with these islands
and all the islands which we may con-
quer if we choose to hold them, it will
be the policy of the United States to have
only those participate in government who
have white blood an their veins.
For my part, l declare that the races
are not equal and never were God never
made them So and while 1 subscribe to
uhe doctrine that among the 'inalienable
tnts Of man is The right of life, liberty
ana pursuit of happiness, 1 declare my
unaterable faith in the doctrine that the
white race is superior to tiescolored''
Mr. Tillman maintained that 1s view of
tie declaration of Congress in the war res
buttons, this government in Selling on
Cuoa, Porto Rico and the Philippines. with
sne purpose of holding them, was acting
IL pad faith with the world. The Amerl-
o'- people We're becoming land-grabbers
y'ier the guise of humanitarianism This
gag Ialth, he said, already excited the dis
uost OF European nations and Germany,
WIN her warships al Manila and perhaps
~ nations, would demand their share
o. The booty.
l., am in favor" he declared, vehement
~ OF giving Germany and ali the rest