The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-16
TlLLMAN ON NEGRO RULE
DISCUSSES CONDITIONS SOUTH Be
FORE NEW YORK AUDIENCE.
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7 bs Hk, FebriFry Little thirteenth
Bs dinner Of tho, New York Press ub
em, given tonight atNthe WaId9rtAstoia.
More than 800 club menfA,rs aud Invited
guests occupied places at thc table, ir-
Guiding William } Bryan, Mayor Low aud
Senator TIllmau. President Joseph How.
ard, Jr., announced that President Roose-
Net had expected 20 be present, but bad
sent his regrets. Mr.. Howard read tce
gram from the German ambassador In
which Baron Sternburg said, regarding ii
Venezuelan settlement:
-Four men, negotiated In perfect hGr.
mony and good faith. aud now separate
with best feelings OF friendship II four
men can agree there seems TO be no reason
why four nations should not be able to
agree. feel confident they will as s on as
they trust aud understand each other IN TIE
sumo way as We did.
Senator lIilnIu'S speech was the feature
OF the night He said In part:
~ can not Understand why should haNe
been the only representative Of the august
body OF which / am a member tnlnk
this is an occasion GU which / ought to get
even with the press. You have 365 days
In the year ~ Which to make and unnake
public men; but you don't make and uu-
make them IN the state OF Soutl caro-.
lima
Referring to the negro question. he said
President Roosevelt mad raised subject
tuat viii not easily dow~ 1t had brought
t Dltu d tl1uiDtE VI C"Hiueuis rom prom
tI'',,, ~ O' ~ - ~ q. .'ilu uul luioCu
nintI,o NJ tbnso At,,s u[n' tI
/ who made them, he said: You have had
ms suuJsCl hooS3eNelteu' uauhaeI, ireiaHG-
co ana anIi M h43ted hannaed ireland
something about IL should say something
aG Fis IT. What 6ig are my my EEuaiinGato99s
nepro n,.r,,,,,v, rho,i oitSo,,,b b eJu ~
seScd in Tie Confederatc army he Mad
| tried 70 ioin If and Mad haan nrevoptcJ
/ oniv nv a., acridcHt tbSt don,i,,oG9 Mn ~
/ his cyC Tastlv he bad hsen unnr tbr
/ ground and soon the ravares Of the war
| II Know sop1etbinr Of yyho+ mis- roca
| question has rost Ills rountrr N9ny ~
| Won who ,rrjte ~ aInnontI,' aSou+ a. t,o,,.
| nothing ahour n he continued And If
| you write about 50 grave a subject when
! Won know nothing ~ IL Won ore No loss that,
cr erin H H0'N'is VI 1t ou a. NO ''Ss ,H'''
mir. Roosevelt WAS very wise In saving
| II will take the best Thought az botb sec,
| tons Of this country to solve the problem d."
After an mpassioned recital of the perlls
| to the white people of the South threatened
4 by the Increase ot the powers Of the ne.
! groes in the past few years, he said: I'VE
were compelled by the eXigences Of the
situation 10 use the shotgun and tissue
! ballots and we used both. Why? because
| 10 the state of South Carolina there were
white voters.'
lie SAID that they In South Carolina had
established their free schools and that ever
since there have been more negro children
| III those Tree SCHOOLS than white children.
DO you thlpE u was our purpose to raise
W utgIo 'nluIrn 70 condltlon OF en-
Eu. . ~ ~ s'u'r IN Ihat Lhey may COY,
b," LIT, w., Nv "SAeu' ny tue h"'S "od' no
ne CRED. ,.
,,aI, H.rv months age ne continued, me
t..9t ''uuLt "L",e IeIier. IN Wlrn ne said
al AZ All W,NsS SuIM'u uuhselI qua!l-
sbut tbe door ~ hcne in bIs !'''1E ~, n"