The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
TILLMAN ON HISTORY
SOUTH CAROLINA'S PART IN WAR
OF INDEPENDENCE.
WAS SEVERE ON REPUBLICANS
REMARKS ON PHILIPPINE BILL EX.
CEEDINGLY CAUSTIC.


struggIes-RcpubIic Did Not
Pay Attention Until They Felt the
PitchfOrlS-The south CarOIinian
Had HIS Say with but Little In
terruption-Spoke of the "CaIIous-
ed Majority" ana "the Miserable,
Cnnting, Damnable Attitude, =
which 1t Now Assumes.
Washington, Jan. 30-To-day's ses-
sion of the Senate was entirely void of
the tumultuous scenes which charac-
terized the sessions of the past three
days. After the Philippine Tariff
Measure was taken up at o'clock, Mr..
Tillman delivered speech, devoted al
most entirely to a discussion of the
part his state took in the war for the
independence of the colonies. Inciden-
tally he referred occasionally to the
pending BILL drawing morals, as he
said, for the benefit of the majority,
that they might be applied to the pres
ent trouble in the Philippines and to
this governments treatment of the
Fflipinos. At the conclusion of Mr.
Tillman's speech Mr.. Morgan took the
floor in order that he might proceed at
2 o'clock tomorrow with his proposed
discussion of an amendment which he
has offered to the pending bill.
The South Carolina Senator said he
had little intention to discuss, except
in an incidental way, the Philippine
Tariff Bill. He desired, he said, to
continue the discussion of the every
interesting historical subject" which
had been brought to the attention of
sippi. He would have had something
to say about the matter yesterday had
not Mr.. Lodge employed what he con-
sidered ungracious tactics. These tao
tics where supplemented by other Re-
publican senators, he said, and my
gallant young friend from Indiana (Mr.
Beveridge) leaped into the arena and
charged the minority with conspiracy
and obstruction"
''The Philippine tariff BILL" he con-
tinued. lis very important from the
standpoint of those who propose to
pursue relentlessly and remorselessly
the present Philippine policy, although
the senator from Utah (Mr. RaWlins)
has shown that there is now over there
plenty of money for the carpetbaggers
to spend"
A Shot That Hit Two.
Discussing the historical subject
raised yesterday Mr.. Tillman said:
Il am glad that Massachusetts, has
one representative in this chamber
even il South Carolina has only one"
he interpolated significantly, "who
stands for the principles upon which
this government was founded, those
principles which constitute the true
road to liberty"
He then entered upon an elaborate
account of the part South Carolina took
in the war for independence of the
colonies, although he said he was i'll
prepared to do so great a subject jus
tice.
While Mr.. Tillman was speaking sew
eral senators engaged in conversation
among themselves. To this Mr.. Till
man objected, because of the inter-
ruption and he requested those SO en-
gagged to retire to the cloak rooms.
For once he was, he said, making a
speech for home consumption.
Republicans Feel the PftchfOrk.
"Of course" he said, "the senators
on the Republican side are not inter-
ested. l could hardly hope to reach
on such subject the minds and hearts
of the calloused majority-the CONNER
cialized, money-grab abbing, money-lov-
ing majority, as such a subject is not
in consonance with the miserable, can't
ing, damnable attitude which that
party is now assuming"
By the time he had concluded this
linguistic diversion Mr.. Tillman had
the attention of all the senators pres
ent.
Mr.. Tfllman declared it was the his
tory Of all conquering armies when
prosecuting such a struggle as the
British pressed against the revolu-
tionary colonists, and which is now
being carried on by the British in
South Africa that they committed
cruelties and trampled upon all the
obligations of humanity.
And I would ask the majority in
this chamber" he said, 'Tf, in trying
to force the Filipinos to accept our gov
ernment without promise, they are
not inviting the evaporation of the ma
tives and a spirit of perpetual insur-
rection."
The effort to treat the Filipinos as
"chattels, as CATTLE" he said, was
"damnable," and he charged the ma
jority side with being the real mur-
derers of our troops in the Philip
pines"
But" he asserted. shaking his fin
ger at the Republican side, "if we can
gag you and force down your throats
a scintilla or small dose of the prin-
ciples which actuated the men of Mas
sachusetts in 1776, we will have done
our duty to the country and to hu-
manity."
In a brief colloquy with Mr.. Burton
(kansas), an allusion was made to the
remark of Mr.. Tillinan yesterday
about the burning of negroes in Kan
sas. Mr.. Burton said that no one in
Kansas was proud of committing MUIR
der and Mr.. TilIman retorted They
preferred to murder them in the Phil
ippines."
MIR. Hoar Ts Cautious.
Commenting upon the .sedition laws
promulgated by the Philippine Com
mission. Mr.. Tillman doubted whether
he would be allowed to go at large In
the Philippines IL those laws were en-
forced In this connection, he in
quired of Mr.. Hoar whether the SPRING
field Republican, which. he said, was
opposed 10 the Republican imperial
istic policy. would under those laws.
be permitted 70 be circulated IN the
Philippines,
II decline" said Mr.. Hoar. 10 be
drawn into a discussion of Massacu-
settg newspapers"
IF ! dip into this bucket for any
more light" said Mr.. Tillman. laugh
inRiy, II am afraid I'll not get f."
while ! decline 10 enter upon any
discussion of Massachusetts newspa-
pers" said Mr.. H0ar, II VIII say 20
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