The Washington times., 1902-05-08
CONTINUED fron ri2ysi 2i rage.)

ing by attacking the general for ma
licious Justification in order to defamc the
character of an honorable soldier"
The war would never have ended If
the South had been told that the North
intended to put the negroes in control"
he said
"A guerrilla warfare would have been
carried on forever, rather than submission
to such an infamy."
he asserted passionately that the South
would never submit to negro domination.
anu referred ehultantly 10 an incident in
ms state Just after the var. when regi-
ment OF Grants soldiers had not been
able to prevent the whites from carving
an election when the negroes were in an
overwhelming majority.
An Overwhelming Majority.
The census showed 1000 more nel roes
than whites" he said. "Yet We only teat
the Republicans 1900" said Mr.. Tfllman.
Il am surprised it was not 81. .OOO." re-.
marked Senator McComas. sarcasticaily.
"oh. S,9CO was all we needed" said Mr..
iillman We could have made it $4,000
if we had needed them.
And where is the white man who says
we did not do right" he questioned.
rushing into the center aisle and shaking
his fist at the Republicans
Let him hold up his hand and dare to
say So
In referring TO the result of the civil
war he said:
We Southern people realize that we are
a conquered and subiugated race and
lnat we must continue to pay tribute to
you forever. We have paid a tribute of
S2.5OO.e00,000 sirce the war for pensions
and public debt"
Mr. Tillman referred to the raids and
lynchings in the South. and said that
even in Kansas similar raids took place.
and that he had known OF two raids. fol-
lowed by murder, in the shadow OF the
dome of the Capitol. where white girls.
he said. were robbed of their chief Jewel
and then butchcred
Throughout the South" he continued,
there is today horro. hanging over
every household. And yet you turn your
backs upon 1t. and march to the East.
where you murder. and butcher. and tor
ture these poor Filipincs. And you have
done it ALL in three years. in the name
of Christianity. and humanity. and lib
erty- I can see the hypocrite oozing out
all over you" fLaughter.l
ocudtoI DuItCu RepleS.
Senator Burton. Immediately following
Tillman. said that he had never heard
such speech, though he had been told
that they had occurred Immediately after
the war. He scored Mr.. TiIlman viciously
for "boasting of murder and outrage"
and said that he noted with pleasure that
the Democrats had refused TO listen TO
such doctrines
The Philippine bill was taken up i'm
mediately after the Senate convened and
MIR. McComas delivered long and care
fully prepared address. of which he had
given notice on Tuesday. After describing
its provisions for the gradual enlargement
of self-goverrment in the archipelago, he
said: l1s
1T is the highest wisdom to resist the
temptation to go too fast We must go
slowly if We would educate these Malay /!
races in government. Much that Is
opposed to Western instincts must be |
allowed to remain. We cannot occi- |
dentalize the Orient in day. To explode |
a republican government upon the Fill |
pinos at once is to make matters worse ]
for them and for US. We cannot hustle |
the East. We dare not forget that after !
all the East is the East. II we would |
carry to them our institutions we must ,
slowly prepare the way for the free in /
stitutions of the West and urge them !
gently along it. We must avoid too much /
sentimentaiity. Blundc:s are inevitable; |
therefore we MUS. go slow. IL We are |
blind to the force Of oriental ideas in tho
Orient our failure is foredoomed. The /
Filipinos must develop along their own /
racial lines; we cannot refashion them
gress must proceed slowly. and This plan
of temporary government is wise. hu-
name. adequate"
Democratic Attacks Decried.
In answer to the Democratic attacks on
the army he said:
THE minority seek to draw away tho
public mind from the dawning of peace In
he archipelago. They shrink from discus
,ion of provisions of the bill, and for days
ienounce cruelties perpctrated by Ameri-
an soldiers in those islands. They do net
ienounce barbarities and savagery of the
and ladrones. Instead. they
ndict our army, the whole army-gallant
,ouths, sons of Union soldiers. sons of
Confederate soldiers, our volunteers in
irmS, our iioAii thS
North and from the South
rs it patriotic for American Senators
o denationalize themselves for the sake OF
partisan advantage? Is it patriotic to
lutch at every charge against our coun-
rymen in arms under the flag across tho
ca? To assume that Americans are
uilty? To deny the justice of courts
far iuluTmgrfG Df ]
he courts without hearing the facts or
onsidering the Law upon which these
judgments are based? Senators cannot
ather any laurels from patriotic people
y crusade against our whole army. All
umane men denouncc the water cure in
icted by a few to eNtort confession OF the |
lurderers OF their comrades,
1T is true that few OF our soldiers
ave Inflicted the water cure to eNtort
rms to develop treachery. or to discover |
he savaEc5 who have buried their com
ades alive or burned them alive By slow
re- l denounce these instances and de-
lore them. The Presidents ringing
,ords make sure he VIII punish the fcw
nd yindicate the army" 's.
Mr.. McCOmas paid a fine tFihute to Cen I
raj Funston. quoting from number Of
ficcrs on his sallantry ai.i bravery.
reference That Provoked Mr. Tilirnan.
Senator Mccomas' reference TO the con-
i,ions in the South which caused the Till ;
ian outbreak was as folloHs:G
Would that those Senator'S fwhose be- !
tied Democracy quotes Lincoln and the
eciaration OF Independence. who con-
lme themselves with fear tlF; our far
4 islanders may not Immediately have :
public. or, in The tropics, be blankcted
ith the Constitution; would that these i
antiemcn might turn TO their own States {
nd their dark skinned fellow citizens. ,