The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-17
TiIIman Opposed to the Phil- ippine Negro Scheme
WOULD NOT SOLVE PROBLEM
If Roosevelt Sends Senator Jones' Name to the Senate as a Member of the Isthmian Canal commis-
 sion Fight Will Be Made.
BY wArTERsoN srEALEY.

Washington. December 16 - Senatoa Tillman of South Carolina regards the proposition of colonIzing the Philippine Islands with negroes as visionary in the extreme. None of these plans will evec succeed said the senator this afternoon, that is, from the humanitarian point of view. and the American people will insist upon that being taken under considera- ton. Now, say that the negroes are taken to the Philippines There will be the cost of transportation, of the prepar- alton of some temporary habitation until they are able to provide for themselves, and feeding them until they raise, har- vests and market their first ~op. If this Is all the government intends doing for them, the item of expense would be some- thing enormous. It would be necessary to tax the people to the point of oppres- sion.
 Are Wild Dreams.
 "All such plans are ehimerical dreams of the widest character. Possibly with hur- rahs, camp meetings and promises of paradise, two million negroes might be induced to go to the islands, and then you would have seven million left. The removal of the two million is not going to solve the problem The race breeds so fast that two million gap could be filled in no time and the great expense on the other side of the Pacific would still re- main. It's too much like the forty acre and mule scheme that was suggested at the close of the war. It seems we can never get beyond the penetrating stink of this lily white and black and tan bus iness.'
 Opposition to Jones.
 If the President sends to the senate the name of Senator Jones of Arkansas for a member of the isthmian canal commits sion as is now said to be likely, it seems certain that there will be determined on- position to his confirmation. Senator Morgan of Alabama Is expected to lead the fight against him, and from what can be learned. a number of senators on the democratic side will join hands to se- cure rejection. The nominations to the isthmain canal commission whould nrse go to the canal committee for considera- tion Senator Morgan is chairman of this committee and a majority of the com mittee, independent of politics, voted for the Nicaragua canal The influence of the Alabama senator is probably such that an unfavorable report coulu pc made, thus giving Jones opponents the first round.
 Another Lily White Knot.
 Senator Pritchard of North Carolina today gave the President another lily white knot to untie The senator called at the White House and asked the Pres- ident to appoint D. H. Patrick collector of customs at Newberne, N. c. The senator told the President that Patrick was lily white and in sympathy with the republican party in North Carolina. which now stands for a white mans party. The incumbent, Myer Hahn, Is man of wealth and influence. tte was appointed by President Mckinley aud has opposed Pritchard's course in disfran- chising the negro. At the recent repub- lican state convention he was unseated and lily white republican given his place. There seems to be scarcely a doubt that the President will retain Hahn as well as reappoint Wick, the col- ored postmaster, at Wilson.