The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-08
SHOTGUNS AS,
 VOTE WINNERS Tillman. Tells Of Use in
 the South. HOT REPLY TO McCOMAS Debate on Philippine Bill
 Again Sensational. South Carolinian Vehemently De- clares that the South Will Never / Submit to Negro Domination. Draws Burton's Fire.
HOT REPLY TO McC0MAS

Washington, May 7.-Discussion of the Philippine bill in the Senate took sem sational turn again today.
 Mir. McComas (Md.) referring to the alleged cruelties of American soldiers. in tine Philippines-cruelties which he deeply deplored-told of some of the .cruelties which had occurred on both sides during the Civil War. Neither side, he said. was to be responsible for those regretta- ble occurrences. as neither side approved of them. In this connection, he suggested that Senators from South Carolina and Mississippi where there is less popular liberty than in any other States" were shouting loudest for constitutional liberty ,n the Philippines. ..-s-
 These remarks drew a sensational reply from MT. Tillman 6. co who declared that it was no longer possible to. sheer away the responsibilities for the infamies committed by the Americans in the Philippines. He said that if it had been government were to be given to the negroes the Civil War would have been prolonged indefinitely. He insisted that, in order to maintain their self respect, the white people of the South had been obliged to subdue the negro, by whatever means they could, using the shotgun as one of the means. He frankly described how tine negroes had been defeated at the polls. admitting that the whites had got ten just such majorities as were neees- sary. ,.
 Negro's Body in Sand. ..
 When we get ready to put nigger's - face in the sand" he shouted. we put -ais body there too. ''t-t@ 4.
 He declared that the people of the South never would submit to negro domi- nation and he hoped Republican Senators would turn from their game of deviltry in the Philippines and assist the South to rid itself of the threat of negro domina- tion.
 While Mir. Tilman was speaking, many of the Democratic Senators left the cham Der, his audience on the floor beisng largely on the Republican side.
 Mir. Burton (kas.) vigorously arraigned Mir. Tillman for his utterances. He as- serted that the Senator who could defend slavery government by the shotgun could not be expected to think we'll of Senators who were tyying to carry good govern ment to the Filipinos. Hc was astonish- ed that a Senator in one breath should make an appeal for unsullied government in the Philippines and in the next should boast of crimes almost unparalleled in history.
 Mir. Burton warmly defended the gov- ernment's policy in the Philippines and became involved in a heated coloquy with MT. Rawlins of Utah because he had denounced some of Mir. Rawlings state- ments as false. He paid a brilliant tribute to General Funston as one of the great heroes of the army
 MT. McComas said the Philippine policy of the minority was one of scuttle and that they would steal away from the islands and leave them to anarchism and imperialism.
 Negro Disfranchisement
 Referring to elections in the South. Mir. McComas said that the Senators from South Carolina and Mississippi (Tilman and Money) cried out against the small percentage of. voters in the early cleo tions in the Philippines After discuss ing 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.
 Tn CCnCluulHk MCSOLIdS Sdtu' Ut administration of President Roosevelt will not haul down our flag in the Philip pines. This administration will follow the path wherein President Mckinley walked.
 While Mir McComas was referring to some of the cruclties of war inflicted on both sides during the Civil War, Mir. Tillman protested against the injection into the debate of statements likely to stir up bitterness.
 Mir 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 Filip- nos He declared that Mir. McComas had passed over with complacency the out rages and iniquities and barbarties" which had been, he said, committed by American soldiers.
 Would Have Kept Up War.
 He discussed the situation in the South and declared that If 1t had been known prior to the conclusion of the war that in the South the reins of government were to be turned over to the negroes, there would have been inaugurated guerilla warfare in the swamps of the South that would have been kept up in- definitely.
 In his own State there were 200, 900 more negroes than whites and in Mississippi S00,OO0 more colored than white people. In order to maintain their self-respect, the whites. he declared 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 re-inauguration of white supremacy in South Carolina, he said the whites had secured a majority of 1900. It might just as easily have been. he said. 5000 or 99000. They simply got such majority as was neces- sary. He referred to the outrages in the Philippines and then he said he had heard only of the application of the .'sand cure'' in the South. He thought .a,d o,trs ac dcScrfhrd tt,flS