The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-15
Ben ; 1'ILLMAN
ON NEGRO
Discusses the Race Question
Before N. Y. Press Club
SHOTGUN. TISSUE BALLoN
He Justified the Use Of Both and oavo
Reasons for His Justlflcatlon-.Ha.
Something to Say Of Pres
ldent Roosevelt.
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| NEW YORK. February 14.-rhe thlr.
teenth annual dinner Of tho New Yor,,
Press Club was given tonight NJ +ho
Waldorf-Astorin. On the LETT OF ..,.
dent Joseph Howard, Jr., sat Willi,n
Bryan. while Mayor Low occupied =,
chair on his right. Senator rlllnan wa,
among tho guests.
President J, Howard announced I'm,
president Roosevelt had sent his rerrets
Ut not being able to attend. Mr. Howard
also read q telegram from Baron stern-
| burg
T1LLMAN's SPEECH.
Senator Gilman. Of South Carolina. .a,d
In part:
cannot understand why snould
have been 1.-THE only representative OF tho
august body OF which am d member.
Now nave no message which.I have
como TO deliver to you. In my experience
J nave found That tho better acquainted
the gentlemen OF the press become with
me the better they like me. But / ask
no favofs Of you. como from State
where tho people do their own thinking
| and their own voting,
II think this ;s an occasion on which
Ifought TO get oven with the press You
| have 3o5 days in the year In which to
make and unmake public men. but you
don't make and un1l,ake them In the State
Of South Carolina
| Referring TO the negro question, he
| said that President Roosevelt has raised
| Il subject that will not easily down. II
had brought forth q number Of comments
| from prominent men OF the North and
had raised a storm In the South After
mentioning q number q these comments
and the men who made them. he said:
| t,,,,a hoI - To
velted, Hannaed, Irelanded and finally
| Smooted. and now II seems to me 1t Is
about time that we had some one who
knows something about 1t. say some
thing. What are my oualincations7"
First he said he had been nursed by
negro nanny. Then, although he
had not served in the Confederate army,
he had tried to join 1t. and had been
prevented only by an accident that de-
priyed him OF his eye. Lastly he had
been upon the ground and seen tho
ravages Of the war.
SHOTGUN USED.
mir. Roosevelt was very wise In saying
It will take the best thought OF both sec.
| lions OF this country to solve the prob
| LEM"
After an impassioned recital Of the per,
lis to the white population OF the South
| threatened by the Increase OF the power
OF the negroes In the past few years, he
| said:
! ',We were compelled by the. exigencies
| OF the situation to use the shotgun and
| the tissue ballots, and We used both. Why?
Because in the State of South Carolina
| there were 10000 more negro voters than
| there were white voters"
He said that they In South Carolina had
| established their free schools. and that
| ever since there have been moro negro
children In those free schools than white
| children.
| do you think It was our purpose to
raise these negro children to condition
! OF enlightenment in order that they may
| govern us?'' he asked.
| SPY the holy God. Mol! he cried.
/ Three months ago." he continued. tho
President wrote letter In which he said
1 that when negro showed himself quail
/ ltied to fill public offices he was unwtll-
| Ing to shut the door OF hope In his face"
i Commenting on this. Senator Tillman
said that II the present condition or edu'
cation continued and the negro Is to
4 gain control OF the State OF South Caro-
i lima and the white become subordinated
! the deplorablc result would be that In
a hundred years tho population would DO
half mulatto. lie had no practicable
solution OF the problem, no said. unless
1t be that the North take Its share OF
the blacks-"if you love them SO we'll"
MORE IAIPAsSloNED.
His address grew more impassioned as
he continued. AT first only applause
greeted his utterances, but towards the
end an occasional hiss was heard, ana
/ finally he was interrupted by voice
| crying:
what about your nephew"
Senator Tillinan was at the momens
| defending the summary measure aaopteo
i in the South for the punishment o. nc.
groes guilty OF crime, especially AGAINST ,ssd
| ~ 81 hn aSpitemenE
/ by tho interruption had supsldeu w. ~.
/ ,ru,nan said there was much more ne
could saw and would like to say. put tnae
Ia regarded it as highly inappropriate 70
rercr in public to family AFFAIRS
/ Refore concluding his address ne to9h
4 OCCASION to say that y Ne po,iey ~, ~
raisInr the negro into power IN the
aa,'tt, 10 carried too far the result VIII
~ hIoods,Ind. and It's flow will be upon
~ haods OF those who have tried to
force the white population into sub1ec-
i ton to the black.
This was not n threat, he said. but
simply statement OF what ne knew,
4 from his acquaintance with the condi-
4 lions In the South, would be the ineyl-
j table result,
49, BRYAN'S SPEECH.
William Jennings Bryan said:
4 "I have taken as my subject The Maj.
j Without the Hoe ] appreciate the In
j nuence of the man with the Hoe press.
| YOU gathered here, represent the man
!. with the Hoe but don't forget the man
without tho Hoe. While We could proba-
bly, get along without the daily papers,
we could not get along without the week.
i ~ papers. You will probably find more
truth In the little paper where the editor
Is known, than In the great paper where
editors are not known.
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