The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-03-28

.beastial, blasphemous, Backyard son
of Belial, old ben tillman, who misrep-
resents the state of South Carolina in
the United States senate invaded the
North Star State last Friday and
belched forth an usual lot of billings
gate against his brothers in black. He
appeared before an, audience of several
hundred at the First Baptist church OF
Minneapolis. The larger portion OF his
auditors were there out of pure curl
osity to see the greatest living mon
strosity this country has produced. II
he thought his Adevilish sentiments
would receive the approval OF the good
people of Minnesota he was as badly
mistaken as he is in his ideas OF SOW
ing the "vexed problem which FUR,
nished the excuse for his presence.
That the devil takes care OF his own,
even in a building dedicated to the
worship of God, was very clearly de-
monstrated; for, there were men, and
women too, who were present, VIII
were prepared to give him Warme
reception than has yet fallen to hi
lot, but were only restrained from Civ
ing him a taste of the medicine which
the brutes of his class administered to
rebellious slaves in the days when one
of them was compelled to give susie
nance from her breasts to the viper,
by a respect fer Gods holy sanctuary,
which even his exasperating utter
ances could not overcome. And his
hurried exit from the rostrum at the
abrupt and blasphemous close OF his
harangue seemed to evidence the fact
that he had a pres eminent OF 1mpend,
ing trouble. But if he did not receive
the actual castigation which his utter
ances Justly entitled him to, he did not
escape the lashings of tongue and pen
which have fallen fast and furious ever
since. Not one Of the papers OF the
state that has come to our notice has
upheld his position and the leading
ones have soundly scored him. The
St. Paul Globe, the leading Democratic
paper of the state, said:
''TILLMAN: NEGRO BATTER
"There ought to be some sort OF curb
put upon such men as Benjamin Ryan
Tillman. Using the position to which
he has been elected by the legislature
of South Carolina he has been a con-
slant and irritating reproach to the
and which he constantly misrepresents
in the councils of the nation, he IS
going about the country, exhibiting
himself and indulging in inf1am q tslt'1
Recommendations Ut A respectable bod OF
citizens: He should be restrained from
using his position as senator OF the
United States to induce people to pay
good money to see him exhibit him
SELF" .s:.e: r.,
."Tillman does not represent the gen
JUS of his age orSparty.' Long afhlla-
ton with the "white trash" of his Sec
ton of the country has made him their
representative rather than the expon-
ent of the ideas of the more respecta-
BILE element of the South. It may be
that he properly represents the atti-
tude of the ignorant whites of South
Carolina with regard to the Negro; it
is quite certain that he represents
them in their uncouth and unwashed
vulgarity." j -. =.
"He made an exhibition of himself
in a church in Minneapolis Friday
night. For the sake of paltry sum
he delivered an harangue appealing to
race prejudices. He INDUCED in Ian
guage that would have earned him
chastisement had his surroundings
been different. He used his theme,
''The Race Problem" to attack the
Negro and his defenders and his TRADE
had none of the qualities Of disgust
ton on a question which entitled him
to hearing"
1.-THE only thing to be said for Till
man is that he has the courage OF his
prejudices. He is probably sincere in
his hatred of the Negro and he may
be right in opposing Negro domination
in his state, but he is not justified
therefore in going about the country
indulging in bad language at so much
per indulgence It is to be regretted
that the constitution provides no
means for the suppression of public
man who becomes public nuisance.
If the public would visit reprobation on
the man by keeping away from his lee
lures the theatrical syndicate that is
exploiting him would throw him over
and give him chance to study the
Negro on his own, stamping ground.
His Eruption into the Northwest
would hardly be worthy of comment
at all but for the fact that it is neces-
sary to make it clear that Senator I'LL
man is not representative OF his race
or his party on the question that ne
uses as an excuse to collect the dollars
of people to whom decency IN Ian
of people to whom 5indecency IN Ian
guage appeals" s~:5 Il ias- ~. .s,s.>< ).
The Minneapolis Times says: 4
"SENATOR TILLMAN'S LECTURE
"The South Carolina senator's ora
torical methods are of the strenuous
sort. and his language is forclble to
the point of offensive cOarseness now
and then. There is wit, some OF It OF
a very grim sort, in his discourse, ana
there is logic and sense in one sent
tence. to be followed in the next by
and folly. # sr-
Senator Tillman has chosen the
Negro as his pet bogie man, partly pc
cause he sincerely believes, as 40 prac-
tically all white southerners, that the
black man should be kept in political
in that section, partly be-
cause he can stir up a row in the SEN
ate at almost any moment by giving
expression to his views on the color
question and incidentally tread1ng on
corns. When he brings on
these disturbances he makes little
political capital for his party and pro
vides much enjoyment for himself LOT
nobody likes row better than TIM
man. Then again, he can coin MS
views into spending money by lectur
ing in the north, where curl osIty ieads
many to go to hear him.
ellis lectures are amusing TO the ]u- |
dicious,s exasperating to those VINO
lake him seriously, but by no % means ~ IN