The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-10-01
SENATORS DEBATE
WAS INTERESTING
tonight Occurs the Illuminated
Fire Run.
RESULTS OF THE RACES
Bigger Crowd Than Ever at
Pike Last Night,
PROGRAM FOR THE DAY.

PROGRAM FOR THE DAY.
Stock Show and Judging This Morning.
2:2o Trotting Race; Purse $500.
2:35 Pacing Race; Purse $500.
2:17 Pacing Race; Purse $500.
Trotting Race Without Saddle or
Bride.
2:1e Facing Race Finish; Purse $3.50.
Half Mile Dash, Running Race, Purse
SIS.
At 4 p. m, Cresceus, Time 2:o3Iz.
Pike Open from Until II p. m.
At 2:3o p. n1., Balloon Ascension.
At 7:3o p. m, Illuminated Fire Run.
At 7:30 o. NJ, Carnival on South Main
Street.
There was a great crowd at the fair
grounds yesterday, considering the
weather in the fore part of the day. and
a much larger number Of people are ex-
pected to visit the grounds today. Very
unexpectedly to a good many people there
was great interest in the Burton -Tillman
debate. The eloquent Burton showed that
the people Of Kansas need not feel
ashamed Of their senior senator in debate.
whomsoever he may meet, and if the
fiery senator from the Palmetto state
ever entertained the idea that he would
not get a warm reception at the hands
of Kansas people the liberal applause
which greeted him yesterday should for
ever disabuse his mind of that idea. The
races were good, considering the condition
OF the track, anG the big crowd saw the
best line of draft horses, fine cattle, hogs
and sheep ever exhibited on the fair
grounds in this city.
On account of the damp morning, the
people did not collect in considerable
numbers at the fair grounds until after
noon The race track at that time was
very muddy, but teams were kept harrow
ing it while the people looked at the tine
stock or collected about the stands.
1t was after l o'clock when the Kan
sas and the South Carolina senators ap-
peared on~the stand to commence their
debate. The grand stand at that time
was only about half filed. but by the
time the speakers got down to business
it was wei filled. The platform for the
speakers was well to the north end of
4he grand stand, and the wind being in |
the south. it was only with an effort |
that the two senators could make them
selves heard by the big crowd. At one /
time Senator Burton became so fatigued |
that he was compelled to pause for rest. /
The great audience showed intense in
terest in the speeches and each speaker |
was given the closest attention Senator
Burton told the people that Senator Till
man was their guest and he desired that
say, because the question to be debated
was Of great interest to this country and
the race problem was something that
would have To be solved Judge Stanley
was called to preside and after making
q few appropriate remarks he intro
duced Senator Tillman, whom he said |
would open the debate. He stepped to
the front Of the platform and was re-
ceived with applause:
When the applause had subs dod the 4
South Carolina senator stated that he had /
Che opening speech which was an unusual
thing for the negative side. He said the /
question which they were going to debate 4
was of great Importance TO this republic. !
He knew of no other subject Of so much 1
Importance TO a large number Of the peo-
pie of this country. and he knew of no
other question that the people here in (
Kansas know so little about.
People were at first surprised at the /
bold stand taken by Senator Tillman.
but they soon came TO understand that he
was giving the honest sentiment OF the
south on the race problem His conclu-
sion was that We would have to repeal /
the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the constitution as the most rational /
way TO solve the race question. He said
the race question did not very much in
terest the people of Kansas. because there
were about thirty white people in the
state 10 one negro. hut in spite Of this
fact he thought they were important in
the politics of the state because with the
conglomeration of parties here on one
side and the Republican party on the
other he considered that the negroes held /
the balance of power.
He thought it did not make much diff
ference to the white people of this state
which party was in power. because they
were all Kansans. but it was vastly diff
fercnt down IN South Carolina where
there We're $4,000 white people and 7S5.oa)
negroes. He said he had seen negro chit
dren in this city going To school with
white children. If the people here wanted
that. they in South Carolina did not
care. but they would have none OF it in
his state, and ali hell could not make
them have it,
He said that under the fifteenth amend
ment II was proposed 70 have governments
In the southern states that would not rec
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