Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-28
MIR. TILLMAN AGAIN on EXHIBIT
TION.

| fort TO misrepreSent and malign the Ne
gro. He has been and is as much the cause
of irritation TO the northern Democrats
as he is TO the people whom he con-
stantly abuses. 1t is now being realized
that while he pleases the Negro h ating
elements in his own section he is stead
| lily decreasing the Democratic vote in
the northern and western portions of
! the country.
To such an extent has this become
true that the Republicans now give him
| the right of way in the United States
Senate whenever the opportunity pre-
sents itself. But to the point. Sena-
tor TILLMAN in discussing the Indian
ola, Miss, post-office incident is quoted
| as follows:
"Mr. Tillman said the President ard
Postmaster General transcended their
authority, and Iesorted to methods
| which were both tyrannlcal and uncon-
stitutional. He wanted to know if, in
| figuring up the purpose of their new
born zeal, this cold blooded, calcula-
tive, adyisedly taken action was not
prompted by low motive. He charg-
ed that 100000 Negroes are coercing
1000, 900 of white people in the North
to deal with 100000 white men in
the South IN the interest of the 5000,
600 ignorant Negroes in that section
This was giving the alleged ignorant
Negroes. of the Southland credit for
political acumen, the like of which has
never been seen exhibited in any race
since the foundation of the government.
And again:
''He referred to the cost in lives and
money on account of the race problem
In this country, and, addressing the Re-
publican side, called ON them to meet
him upon the same plane of patriotism.
OF race pride, and of civilization, and
not to fall into the pitiful cesspool Of
partisan politics. He read extracts
from the letter Of the President, written
some time ago since, covering his views
with respect to appointments of Ne
groes to office. He wanted to be just to
the q President, he said, but the views
wer superficial.
Z" How little aud small and infinitesi-
m Il, he said, IS the knowlt dge behind
such view He added that the peo-
pie of the North have no more use for
the Negro at close quarters than he had
He cited instances of assaults by Ne
groes on white women, and declared
that the more the Northern people find
out about the Negro the less use they
have Tor him. The ballot of the Negro,
he maintained, was a menace to good
government, and the people of the
North are coming TO realize that the en-
reimbursement of him bordered ON a
crime.
Here is self-confessed murderer of
Negroes dealing in references to great
principles and lecturing the patient
representatives from the North as to
their duties. His insulting assertions
concerning President ROOSEVELT are
worth thousands of vote to the Repub-
hcan Party of the country. He is de-
livering learned dissertations upon the
evils of the Negro suffrage, although
this question has been settled in South
Carolina and the Negro DISTINGUISHED.
His appeal to race prejudice by at
tempting to convey the idea that all
lynchings of Negroes or nearly all of
them are the result of criminal assault
was as ridiculous as it was untrue. In
the same Geographic reports which con-
famed his scandalous utterances appear
accounts of two lynchings, neither of
which were criminal assaults. Here
they are:
Griffin, Ga, Feb. 24.-William Fam
bro, Negro. was shot to death on the
outskirts of this city late last night by a
mob of men, who fired ON his house.
Fambro's wife, who was in Che house,
escaped injury.
The Negro some time ago was arrest
ed on charge of insulting white wo-
man and her child and sentenced to a
term Gin the county chain gang. His
fine vas afterward paid by his employ
er. Over a thousand shots were sent
into the building before the mob re-
tired
Shreveport, La, Feb. 24.-Frank
Brown, Negro, was lynched at Nc
Dade Station, near here, early this
morning. Brown shot a man named
Connell, but not fatally.
He seemed to have wilted when he
came again face to face with President
ROOSEVELT declaration of principles
for he is quoted as follows:
'Reverting TO the Presidents utter
ance that he was unwilling to shut the
door Of hope and opportunity in the
case Of worthy and competent colored
man, Mr.. Tillman said at first blush
there is not man alive who would not
agree with that sentiment, but he in
quired if it ever occurred to any one
that in opening that door of hope 1t
might not be shut in the face of the
white man. The door Of hope in South
Carolina, he said, at one time had been
closed by bayonets to the whites for
eight years, while rapine, murder, and
misgovernment ran riot, with an abom-
ination IN the sight Of man presiding
over the State"
If the incorporation of funds dur
ing reconstruction period exceeded the
robberies of state treasures IL the
South under Democratic rule since then
fru1u tho fiuono;aI oord;k;o,, 80 &hD