The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-27
HE MAKES A STlNGING ATTACK ON
SENATOR MORGAN.
HIS SPEECH ON HAWAIIAN BILL
He Gives Notice OF Intention to Offer
the Election Clause OF the South Car
olina Constitution as Substitute for
the Suffrage Measure In the Bill His
Tilt with Senator Clark Discussion
on the Porto Rican Bill Mr.. Little
field Gets a Scoring.
SENATE.

Washington, February Ex-senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, gave notice
that he would call up the Quay case
again on Monday and would insist
upon it's consideration.
In course Of the consideration of the
Hawaiian government bill Senator
Tillman, democrat of South Carolina,
made vehement attack upon the
measure and arraigned Senator Nor
Gan of Alabama, for alleged lack of
courtesy. The oligarchy which ex-
lists in Hawaii" declared Senate. Till
man, and which this bill perpetuates
is powerful and INSCRIPTIONS. 1t is an
autocracy greater than ever existed
outside of Russia. 1 sympathize with
the senator from Connecticut i'm his
efforts to secure a properly appointed
judiciary for the islands, judiciary
not controlled by the oligarchy which
now has it's grip on the islands,
referring to an incident which oc-
| Cured the other day in which Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, declined to WELD
10 senator T1llman to reply to a state
ment made by Senator Wolcott, of Col
orado. concerning the Suppressed
vote OF South Carolina, Senator Till
man said: Il have felt indignant at
the treatment L received from the SEN
ator tMorgan). Never in my expert
ence in the senate have / been treated
so discourteously by any member of
the vnate'
SehAtor Morgan endeavored to inter-
rupt Senator Tillman, but the latter
waved him aside, saying: II decline
| to yield to the senator He has put
I hn no Ia Of
and consideration so far as 1 am con-
| cerned."
! He then explained the circumstances
Of Senator Morgan's refusal to permit
him to reply to Senator Wolcott. When
rose to explain the situation in South
carolina as it was presented by the
| Senator from Colorado" said he "the
| senator from Alabama said: No, I can
| not permit you to speak now. I'll leave
| you to fight 1T out some other time 1t
| was the first time in my experience that
L had ever been refused a hearing in
like circumstances. No republican
would have denied me the privilege.
| because there is no man on that side
of the chamber SO lacking in courtesy
| and decency."
Senator Tillman then explained that
| under the present constitution of South
| Carolina there were about 114OOO reg
istered voters. 14,00e of whom were col
| OiCo- per cent. OF White
! vote in the state, he said, was demo-
| cratic. In the summer primaries fully
9O per cent OF the registered votes were
cast. AT the primaries the contests for
the state offices were made.
| There is no lethargy in the politics
| of South Carolina" said Senator Till
| man. I'VE have as much politics to
| the square mile as any state in the
union. There is no republican partytin
| the state. The republican machine is
! composed of federal officeholders who
| control the patronage and send the del
egates to republican national conven-
tons.
ply ratificaticns Of the primaries. Mat
urally, the result being a foregone con-
clusion, only 1000 or 5000 voters turn
out in each district ito vote
After calling attention to the fact
| that at the general ELECTION in Massa-
chusetts in 1890 only 2S5, 900 votes were
| cast out of voting population Of $685.
900, and that at the same election IN
| Connecticut the vote was 125,000, oui
of 244,0 legal voters He said: why
do they accuse us of the south of sup
pressing the vote when they are doing
the same thing in Massachusetts,. Why
we don't do half the devilment in
South Carolina as this bill proposes te
Ido in Hawaii. This bill will give foul
or five years more Of contract labor
of slave labor-to the sugar barons
whose remitted duties on sugar will
| make $4,000, ,000." In the course of q
criticism of the measure Senator Till
man said: 'I do not object to a pro-
| lection of the whites of Hawaii, but
what 1 do object to is the hypocrisy ol
those in this chamber who maintain
that the people of Hawaii are to be
| treated differently from those people
/ who reside in Louisiana, Mississippi
South Carolina and other southern
| states. The whites Of the south are
| patriotic Americana
| Senator Tillman then read a letter
from a person unnamed who declared
that "a man who dares to oppose the
! augar barons in Hawaii was in jeopar-
| dy of his life"
Senator Clark. Of Wyoming. asked
for the name Of the writer Of the let
| ter, saying such charge ought not
to be made lightly in the senate.
| Senator Ti1tman declined to give the
/ writer's name.
! In conclusion, Senator Tiliman de-
| clared: 'T propose to offer as an
| amendment to this bin the suffrage
provision Of the South Carolina consti-
tuition and 1 dare you to vote for 1t
| and I dare you not to vote for it
| After expressing some sympathy
with the argument of Senator Tfnman
| Senator Clark, OF Wyoming, said:
4 when the senator from South caro-
lima charges senator's on the republi-
| can side of the chamber with hypoc-
risy it comes in very poor grace from
him to declare by Almighty God that
the negroes of the south should moi
| vote"
| Senator Tillman-Such a constructor
cannot in fairness be put upon my re-
marks.
Senator Clark-Will you say to this
| senate that you are not trying in the
south to suppress the negro vote?
Senator Tfllman with great vehem-
| ence)-No. / will say that in South