The age-herald., 1902-05-08

1 McComas said that the Senators from South Carolina and Mississippi CTillman and Money), cried out against the small percentage of voters in the early cleo tions in the Philippines. After discussing the election methods in the states re- ferred to he said: We behold Senators from the two states where there is less popular liberty than in any others shout Ing loudest for constitutional liberty on the other side of the globe"
 In conclusion MT. McComas said the ad- ministration of President Roosevelt will not haul down our flag in the Philip pines. This administration will follow the path wherein President Mckinley walked"
 While MT. McComas was referring to some of the crueltes of war inflicted on 1 both sides during the civil war MT. Till- man protested against the injection into the debate of statements likely to stir up l bitterness.
 MT. McComas had referred to instances | Of cruelties committed by both sides in the civil war, simply, he said, with the Idea that war itself was most cruel MT. Tillman replied to some of the statements made by the Maryland Sena- tor with reference to election methods of south Carolina and Mississippi as com- pared with the outrages said to have been committed by American soldiers on F1lipinos. He declared that MT. Niece mas has passed over with complacency the "outrages and iniquities and barbari- ties which had been he said, committed by American soldiers. He discussed the situation In the South. and declared that II 1t had been known prior to the con clusion of the war that in the South the reins of government were to be turned over to the negroes there would have been inaugurated a guerrilla warfare in the swamps of the South that would have been kept up indefinitely
 Tells Real Situation.
 In his own state there were 100000 more negroes than whites and in Mississippi 100000 more colored than white people. In order to maintain their self-respect, the whites, he said were obliged to take the reins of government in the South by whatever means they could, using the shotgun as one of the means.
 Referring to the reinauguration of white supremacy in South Carolina, he said the whites had secured a majority of 3s00. It might Just as easily have neen, he said, 5000 or 99 900. They simply got such a majority as was necessary. He referred to the outrages in the Philip pines, and then he said he had heard only of the application of the sand eure''
 
 as described was mid.
 When" he declared, i've get ready to | put nigger's face in the sand we put | his body there. too" The South would not submit to negro domination.
 He insisted that the Republicans con- tention was that the negroes of the South were fitted to govern in this country, but that the Filipinos were not fitted to gov ern themselves. In the United Stat e, he maintained. a serious problem con | fronted the government-the negro prob lem-and we might better try to solve tha than to hunt for trouble in the Philip | pines
 Throughout the South" said he, "thert | Is a horror hanging over every household for this awful fear of rapine. And yet | you turn your back upon 1t and march to l the east where you murder and butcher | and torture the poor Filipinos And you | are doing all this in the name of Christi anity and humanity and liberty. I can see the hypocrisy oozing out of you all over" Oaughter)
 Game of DevIItry. You are taunting us.' said he, about our tratment of the negroes of the South, hoping at the same time that we will not interfere with your game of deviltry in the Philippines. We hope you will help us in the South to get rid of the threat of negro domination which hangs over us like the sword of Damocles. Lynchings will continue as long as those fiends rape our wives and daughters"
 MT. Burton of Kansas declared that he never had heard a speech like that of MT. Tillman. 'The man. he said, "who upon this floor can defend slavery and government by the shotgun cannot be expected to think very well of Sena- tors who are trying to carry good gov- ernment to the Philippines. It Is aston- ishing that a Senator in one breath should make an appeal for unsullied government in the Philippines and in the next breath boast of crimes almost unparalleled in history"