Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-23
special to Times Republican.


sentiment at his enemies, and filled with
| good humor when his good times with
fellow senator's were mentioned. The
one uplifted finger of his right hand. the
pitchfork from which he takes his
4 name. was frequently in evidence, and
as the climax to the senator's. jokes or
tales approached the table felr the
stroke of his heavy fist.
/ at understand continued Senator
Tillman, that the University of Iowa
has in it's possession one OF the flags
which was captured from the South
4 Carolina state house during Sherman
march. Tell your old soldiers ard tell
| them plainly that the people of South
Carolina do not care for the return OF
those flags until you people here get to
thinking that it is ignoble to keep these
evidences Of fights with your equals IN
the south. We are as good as you are
and you took those flags without much
OF a fight and burned the state house
j and the houses north and south OF 1t.
II am much interested in universe
ties" said the senator My first lecture
| was delivered before the students OF the
| University of Michigan, who chesred It
wildly. have since toned down por-
tions of myslecture on the race problem
! so as to avoid giving offence If possible.
do this somewhat on the principle
that Senator Hoar asked me to change
my vocabulary short time ago. II had
just made heated speech when he
came to me with concern writ large over
his face, looking for an the world like
the old aunty the cartoonists picture
him. Really, Mr.. Tillman,' said he,
| don't you think It would comport bet
ter with your dignity as senator and
your desire net to hurt the feelings OF
any one Intentionally for you To leave
out the word ''nigger" from your
speeches IL you can when there are 81
100000 people who have not the oppor-
tunity to resent it,? I have always
since tried to do 80. tho often one re-
lapses to the vernacular when in the
heat of argument. I have noticed that
all but possibly three of our senators do
that. One of our new men made his
maiden speech, a very carefully pre-
pared address on some constitutional
question. Az he got warmed UP he
said, What do You find any warrant for
such proceeding?' relapse 10 what
his negro nanny had taught him.
My first speechmaking was done f1f-
teen years ago while I was a farmer. I
became interested in separating the ag-
ricultural college from the sts.te uni
versity. succeeded, the nomination
for governor and election came four
years later. Now we have a university
with an attendance of $50, military
school of the same attendance, and an
agricultural college and a women's col
lege, each with about 500 etuderts. The
agricultural college has been beating
everything about the country in foot
ball until recently the Virginia poly
technic team came down there and beat
them. I think 1t was good thing for
they We're getting swell-headed.'
"A man going from the farm to the
governorship and then to. the senate
would not be expected to be a polished
public speaker. ! have never studied
my elocution, either under a teacher or
from a book. I have found, however,
that I never fail to hold my audiences.
They never get tired. The great thing
about public speaking to me is energy,
that is the great thing with the audi
ence. My wife told me one day during
the summer season. wnen we do our
campaigning. she had listened one af
ternoon in the woods when the other
fellows were more than usually mean
about interrupting and asking ques-
tons that If ! nad berated her. and
scorned her and ridiculed her and made
those cutting remarks and had shown
as much hatred at her in one day as
had that day shown the blind eide of my
face toward my enemies. she would
hate me too, and she didn't wonder that
I had enemies.
Senator McLaurin is doomed to de-
feat in his candidacy for reelection.
Before the Booker Washington dinner
he had some chance but it was mighty
small. Several thousands of men in my
state and all thru the south We're will
ing to get together on new republican,
ism that was decent and got rid of the
negro question, and all that. But now
McLaurin can rot go into single coun-
ty in the state but hundreds of times he
will be asked. But how would you like
to dine with nigger?' He has not the
ghost OF a show. There are five or six
candidates Before the primaries, and
none has shown, enough strength as yet
to win out The primaries occur next
summer. All the uncertainty about what
the action of the people may be or
might mean would have been avoided.
according TO my play, whereby l
thought to sit down upon McLa,irin and
administer his political estate or be adj
ministeredrnyself. But McSweeney had
to act the smart Aleck, because he
wants to run for governor himself but
is not.quite ready. The governor OF the.