The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-31
MADE THEM LISTEN.
TilIman Brings His Pitchfork
Into Play Once More.

Washington, jan 31.-After the Phil
1pp1nes tariff measure was taken up at
2 O'Clock yesterday in the senate, Mr.
T1ilman delivered speech devoted al
most entirely to discussion of the part
his state took in the war for the inde-
pendence of the colonies. Incidentally
he referred occasionally to the pending
DILL drawing morals, as he said, for the
benefit of the majority that they might
be applied to the Philippines.
He desired. he said. to continue the
tcrical subject which had been brought
to the attention of the senate by Mr..
Money! Mass. )He would have had some
thing to say about the matter yesterday
had not Mr.. Lodge employed what he
considered ungracious tactics. These
tactics were supplemented by other Re
publican senators he said and my gal
liant young friend from Indiana (A1r.
Beveridge) leaped into the arena and
charged the minority with conspiracy
and obstruction.
1.-The Philippine tariff BILL" he contfn-
ued, is very important from the stand
point of those who propose to pursue
relentlessly and remorselessly the pres
ent Philippine policy, although the SEN
ator from Utah (Mr. .Rawlins) has shown
that there is now over there plenty of
money for the carpet baggers to spend"
Discussing the historical subject rails
ed the previous day, Mr.. Tillman said:
Il am glad that Massachusetts has one
representative in this chamber-even if
ted significantly, who stands sturdily
for the principles upon which the gov
ernment was founded"
He then entered upon an elaborate ac-
count of the part South Carolina took
in the war for the independence for the
colonies.
While Mr.. Tillman was speaking sew
eral senators engaged in conversation
man objected because of the interrupt
ton and he requested that those so
engaged to retire to the cloak rooms.
For once he was, he said, making a
speech for home consumption ''Of
course" he said. 1.-The senators on the
Republican side are not interested. 1
could hardly hope to reach on such a
subject the minds and hearts of the cal
lous majority - the commercialized
money grabbing, money loving majori-
ty, as such a subject is not in conSon-
ance with the miserable, lying damna-
BILE attitude which that party is now as
suming.' By the time he had concluded
this linguistic diversion, Mr.. Tillman
had the attention of all the senators
present.
Mr., TilIman declared 1t was the his
tory of all conquering armies, when
prosecuting such a struggle as the Brit
ish pressed against the revolutionary
eolonists and which is now being car
ried on by the British in South Africa,
that they committed eruelties and tram
pied upon all the obligations of human
ity.
''And would ask the majority in this
chamber he said, ''if in trying to force
the Filipinos to accept our government
without a promise they are not invit-
ing the evaporation of the natives and
spirit of perpetual insurrection.''
The effort to treat the Filipinos as
charlottesville" = he declared was
damnable and he charged the majority
side with being the real murderers of
our troops in the Philippines.
But" he asserted, shaking his finger
at the Republican side, ''if we can gag
you and force down your throats
scintilla or small dozen of the principles
which actuated the men of Massa-
chusetts in 1776, we will have done our
duty to the country and humanity"
In breif colloquy with Mr. Burton
CKan) allusion was made to the remark
of Mr. Tillman yesterday about Sle
burning of negroes in Kansas. Mr.. Bur-
ton said that no one IN Kansas was