The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

lack OF courtesy. Referring to an incl
dent which occurred the other day In which
Mr.. Morgan declined 20 yield to Mr.. Till
man to reply to 81 statement made by MI
Wolcott. concerning the Suppressed vote"
of South Carolina, Mr.. Ttllman said: Il
have felt indignant at the treatment re-
ceived from the senator IMorganl. Never
in my experience in the Senate have been
treated so discourteously by any member
of the Senate"
Mr.. Morgan endeavored to interrupt Mr.
Tillman. but the latter waved him aside,
saying: 81 decline to yieId to the senator.
He has Tut himself outside the pale or
courtesy and consideration SO far as am
concerned. Mr. Tillman taen explained
that under the present Constitution oi
South IA olina there wece abou- llI.JeO
registered voters, 1000 of whom were col
ored. Ninaty-nine per cen. OF the white
vote in the statc. he sa:'i. was Democratic
in the summer primaries fully - per cent
Of the reg. stored votes were cast. AZ 'hcse
primaries the contests 70: the State Of
fees were made.
There is no lethargy in the politics of
South Carolina" said Mr.. Tillman. I'VE
have much politics to the square mile
as any State in the Union. There is no Re-
publican party in the State. The Repub-
lican machine is composed or federal or
ficeholders who control the patronage and
send delegates to the Republican ma
tional conventions. The elections in Nov
ember are simply notifications Of the prim-
aries. Naturally the result being fore
gone conclusion only four thousand or five
thousand voters turn out in each district TO
vote"
In the course of a criticism of the meas
ure, Mr.. TiIlman said: II do not object TO
a protection OF the whites OF Hawaii but
what i do object to is the Hypocrisy of
those i'm this chamber who maintain that
the people of Hawaii are to be treated diff
ferently from those people who reside in
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and
other Southern States. The whites of the
South are patriotic Americans. L want you
try to do it by hypocrisy"
Mr. Tillnian then read a letter from n
person unnamed who declared that "a man
who dareS TO oppose the sugar baronS In
Hawaii was in jeopardy of his life"
Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, asked for the
name of the writer of the letter, saying
such charge ought not to be made lightly
in the Senate. Mr.. TiIlman declined to give
the writer's name.
After expressing some sympathy with the
argument of Mr.. Tillman. Mr. Clark said:
when the senator from South Carolina
charges senator's on the Republican side
of the chamber with hypocrisy u comes
in very poor grace from him 70 declare by
Almighty God that the negroes of the
South should not vote.
Mr.. Tillman-Suoh a construction can
not in fairness be put upon my remarks.
Mr. Clark-Wisl you say to this Senate
that you not trying in the South to
suppress the negro voter
Mr.. Tillman Cwtth great vehemence)-No.
/ will say that in South Carolina we have
done our level best to keep the "nigger"
from voting.
Mr. Tillman gave notice of an amend
ment substituting the suffrage provisions
of the South Carolina Constitution for the
suffrage provisions of the pending bill
At 4:40 D. m the Senate went into exc
cutive session and 4:45 p. m. adjourned
Bills were passed. as follows: To aid GER
tain States to support schools of mines;
for the appointment of an additional
United States commissioner in the North
ern judicial district of the Indian Terri
tory; to authorize the Union Railroad to
construct bridge across the Monongahela
river; granting to the State of North Da-
kota 10000 acres of land to aid i'm the
maintenance of a school of forestry