The age-herald., 1900-02-27
PULLMAN WAVES
 THE BLOODY SHIRT And Then Says He's Willing to
 Bury it Forever. RAGE QUESTION IN SOUTH Formal Discussion Begun on the Right of Ex-Senator Quay to a Seat
 Hurley Opened the
 Argument
RACE QUESTION IN SOUTH

cusslon of the right of ex-Senator Quay to member from Pennsylvania, was begun to- day by MT. Hurley, of Tennessee. He pre- scented a constitutional amendment against the seating of MT Quay, which was given close attention by his colleagues. He will conclude his speech tomorrow.
 Consideration of the Hawaiian govern ment bill brought out a lively discussion between MT. Tilman and MT. Spooner, of Wisconsin, in which the former admitted that ballot boxes had been stuffed and ne- groes had been shot in the south to madn- tain white domination. An amendment was made to the bill striking out the property qualification of voters for members of the legislature, but little other progress was made.
 At o'clock by unanimous consent the Quay case was postponed, and the Hawaiian bill taken up.
 MT. Cullom offered several minor amend ments and one striking out the property qualification clause of those who desired to vote for representatives and senators in the Hawaiian legislature.
 NIr TYllman argued that his amendment substituting the suffrage provisions of the constitution of South Carolina was in all sense a better provision than that offered by the committee representing the bill.
 MT Tfllman said: "The people of South Carolina in their constitution have done their best ito prevent the negroes from voting What I now ask you to do is to give the Kanakas and Portuguese and the Hawaiian islands the same power of suff- rage we in South Carolina have given the negro"
 No Provision Needed For Whites
 In reply to a question of MT. Spooner, MT Tillman said that the $2O0 property qualification had been put into the South Carolina constitution for the benefit of the negro. ''No provision was needed for the whites" said MT. Tillman, "because the whites would get through any how. We have some conscience in the south as to treatment of the negro"
 In a brief, temperate speech MT. Spooner depreciated a discussion at this time of the racial question which had been pre- cipitated by MT. Tillman.
 
 said MT Spooner, wants debate on this question he can have it. I have respect foq the senator and regard for his ability, but this is not a proper time for discussion of the question. The senator has said that the people of South Carolina have sedulous- ly excluded the negro vote. This is not so. I don't like @ property qualification for voters. There is something of reason in an educational qualification. but manhood suf- frage is one thing and dollar suffrage is quite another. I don't know what may be done by congress with the islands acquired, but as to the islands of Hawaii there are men there who can read and write, and I'll never vote for a provision to exclude a vote of any man because he has not a property qualification"
 Laying Aside the Bloody Shirt
 He then appealed to MT. Tillman to lay aside the bloody shirt.
 MT. Tillman replied that his only reason for rehabilitating the bloody shirt before it was finally and irrevocably laid to rest was that he wanted the position of the southern people to be understood. He was tired of the taunts and sneers at the south ern people. After declaring that in every southern state, except South Carolina, the "negroes" held the balance of power, he added "As such they stand there as a menace to pure suffrage and to good gov ernment, because they are a purohasable quantity, educated and uneducated. We are charged with fraud and corruption and bal=- lot box stuffing Finally, after the bayo- nets had come to us again In 1876, we rose in righteousness and right We took the government We stuffed ballot boxes; we bul1dozed the negroes, and we shot them. And we are not ashamed of it."
 Leaning over toward MT. Spooner and shaking his finger at the Wisconsin sen- ator, MT. TiElman said: 'sWhat would you have done? You would have done the same thing. I see 1t dn your eye" Q.aughter)
 The amendment offered by MT. Cullom was finally adopted. So, too, was the amendment of Mir. Plat, Connecticut, which had been pending several days rela- tive to the appointment and tenure of of- Aces of judges of the Hawaiian courts.
 After the bill had been further amended MT. Butler, North Carolina, offered an amendment restoring to Hawaii the postal savings bank system.
 The amendment was supported by Mr. Butler and MT. Mason, Illinois, the latter declaring this was the only civilized coun- try in the world which did not receive loans from the poor people of the country the only government which was absolutely dominated by the banks. MT. Allison sub- mitted that it would be impossible to ex- tend the postal savings bank system over a part of the United Staes without making 1t general in application
 Without concluding the discussion of the amendment the senate, at $40, went into executive session, and at 5:20 adjourned.