The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
7aLHlH SEES HEGR0's FINISH.
The Fifteenth Amendment Repeal
is ssssitabse Some Day, He
Declares.


g Tsba Augusta Herald, Of Saturday
mas the following: j,
have notseen the interviews with
Coagressnan HardWick on his Dill TO
repeas the fourteenth and nfteentn
amendments and don't know just what
Il q. busi do know that just such a
thing is iaevitable. The negro Is
coming down TO his proper status.
It was thus that Senator b. Il.
TilInan spoke last night while waiting
IN Augusta to take train to LoulsI-
ana. Whese he is going to lecture at
chatauoua. The Senator says be will
be away on this trip Of lectures for
about ten days, after which he Will
return TO him home in South Carolina.
There IS nothing going on In ma
tional politics Just now except Jae
Usaal dress parade of Roosevelt" !" he
sid and in reply to the question OF
how long he thought these dress
Darades Eeasd last:
Oh, that'sgcing to keep up just as
long as Roosevelt is President.
Speaking Of the coming convention
and the outlook for President timber
IN she Democlatic party Senator I1ii-
mar said that he had never seen the
country so barren of material TO work
upon as it is at this time. He spoke OF
Parker and German but said he could
rot tell which, if either, would be the
man for the place. He said they
would both be mentioned in the con-
rention and one Of them may be
chosen, but he eonad not say which 1T
vonld likely be He did not know
enough of the standing of either to say
what their relative strength is, but
thinks that Parker has the advant-
age of having no record behind hIm
except that of a judge.
Continuing along the line OF the
Hardwiek bin that Is so be presented
at the next session OF Congress Sena-
tor Tillman said:
- About the only thing that is at,
tracing much comment IN national
political circles now is that Ohio plat
form. and it has not gone far enough
for US to see whether Is is to be a
Iocal or nationl measure
He explained that this platform is
measure that seeks to allow the ne
gro. to govern where he is IN the
majority or else to cut down the repre-.
sentaticn Of the white man, and is OF
the opinion that if it is made a ma
tionai affair it will undoubtedly be
brought up at the convention ana
net by the Democratic party.
sIf this is TO be national rather
than a local issue it will mean the re-
organization Of the old ante-belium
DAYS T mean if the red shirts make
this what that would mean 1t VIII
be then question Of this is whlte
mans county and he mast rnse the
government, majority or no majority.
DON'T mean that it will be condi-
+ion of affairs like those of the days
of the sixties. Then it was a ques-
tion of slavery but now it will be cues
tion simply of the negro or the white
man. :.
repeating the fourteenth and hfteensn
amendments is certainly lnevltaDle 81 .
and is a question only Of time. he
thinks that for the Ohio platform De
nnsbed upon the people of the coun-
Fry. asking for the guarantee OF the
provisions of these amendments would
merely bring the matter to a Crisis
1--WE are waiting for them to play
+leir cards or show their hand, SO we
will know what move to make ne
said. c4L
Speaking of condition in South
Carolina, the Senator said:
The thing that is most interesting