The Minneapolis journal., 1903-02-16
IILLMAN IS WILD
South Carolina Compelled to Use the
Shot Gun and the Tissue
Ballot.
He Speaks to the New York Press
Club. Regarding the Fear Of
Negro Rule.

New York, Feb. 16.-The thirteth an
nual dinner of the New York Press club
was given Saturday night at the Waldorf
Astoria. More than 800 members and in.
vited guests occupied places at the tables,
including William J. Bryan, Mayor Low,
Shizoo Kondons of Japan, Walter DAM
rosch, Senator Gilman, General D. E.
Siclles and John Schroers of the st. Louis
Westliche Post. s-<f
President Joseph Howard, Jr., read
telegram from the German ambassador,
in which Baron Sternberg said
.'Four men met, negotiated in perfect
harmony and good faith and now sepa
rate. with best feelings of friendship. If
four men can agree, there seems to be no
reasons why four nations should not be
able to agree I feel confident they will
as soon as they trust and understand each
other in the same way as we did,, i.
Tilman Talks.
Senator Tillman's speech was the fea-
ture of the night. He said, referring to
the negroes:
"You have had this subject Roosevelted
Hannaed, Irelanded and finally Smooted
and now it is about time we had some one
who knows something about it say some
thing. What are my qualifications"
First, he said, he had been nursed by a
negro NANNY. Then, although he had
not served in the Confederate army, he
had tried to join it and had been prevented
only by an accident that deprived him Of
his eye. Lastly, he had been upon the
ground and seen the ravages of the war.
Use the Shotgun.
After an impassioned recital of the per-
lis Of the white population of the south
threatened by the increase of the powers
Of the negroes in the past few years, he
said:
I'VE were compelled by the exigencies
of the situa ton to use the shotgun and
| the tissue ballots, and we used both.
Why? Because in South Carolina there
were 10000 more negro voters than there
We're white voters"
They had in South Carolina established
their free schools, and ever since there
have been more negro children in those
! 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. by the Holy God,
MOI Three months ago. he continued,
the president wrote a letter in which he
qualified to fill public office he was un
willing to shut the door of hope in his
! face
Senator Tillman said that if the pres
ent education continued and the negro is
! to gain control of South Carolina and the
! whites become SuDOTQlIldte, tHG uSplOid-
able result would be that In a hundred
years the population would be half mu-
latto. He had no practical solution OF
the problem, he said, unless it be that the
north take it's share Of the blacks If you
Hove them SO well.
His address grew more impassioned. Al
first only applause greeted his utterances
/ but toward the end an occasional hiss was
heard and finally he was interrupted by
a voice crying. What about your neph-
ew?' Senator Tillman was at the moment
defending the summary measure adopted
Iin@the south. or the punishment of negroes
guilty OF crime, and especially against
| women After the excitement caused by
the interruption had subsided, Iillmar
said there was much more he could say
and would like to say, but that he regard,
ed it as highly inappropriate to refer il
public to1family affairs.
He took occasion to assert that II the
/ policy of raising the negro into power
i in the south was carried too far, the re
4 suit would be bloodshed and its flow
would be upon the heads of those who
i have tried to force the white population
Into sublection to the black.
This was not threat he said: but sim
ply a statement of what he knew. from
4 his acquaintance with the conditions il
\ the south, would be the inevitable result.