Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-11
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PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Tillman Warns Republicans OF
Their Folly.

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Tillman Warns Republicans OF
Their Folly.
Senator Tillman recently made 6
strong and logical attack upon the mao
policy of President Roosevelt as indi'
Gated by closing the postoffice at In
dianola, Miss, and the appointment Of
DR.. Crum to be collector Of the port Of
Charleston. His speech occupied g
part of two days, and the following if
synopsis Of It:
Senator Tillman said he proposed tc
surprise his friends and astonish his
enemies, If he has any, by being very
mild in what he would say.
IF we had known at the beginning
of the civil war; said he, what we
do now there would have been nc
war;" He inquired why the large ma.
jority Of law-abiding citizens Of In
dianola shall be punished because there
was a small, lawless and brutal ele-
ment. It was contrary, he said, to the
fundamental prinf nfiples Of Anglo-sax-
on Jurisprudence.
Replying to some remarks made by
Senator Spooner In his speech, Senator
Tillman said: 1T is not in the dreams
CT the widest ass that roams over the
southern states with q wax skin or
him that the Federal government Is
not supreme" but, he said, there were
some cognate propositions which have
been ignored.
He said that in the south people have
constant reminder that their ances-
tors thirty-five years ago were con.
quered. I'VE arg perpetually remind
ed" he said, accentuating his words
that we are in the Union, but not OF
it, except to pay taxes"
The poison in the race condition In
the south, he declared, lay in the ref
cree system which had been adopted
The balance of power, he said, In ma
tional Republican conventions was held
by the machine Of the south, and that
machine was composed Of Negroes
When the people Of the south, said he
lose patience and do "cruel, bitter
fearful, fiendish and savage things
there is a howl from men who know
nothing and who have never been
south of the Potomac. but who have
theorized."
Continuing, and addressing the Re-
publican side, he said that If this pol
icy of Negro equality is carried out
and If some Of them could be given
places in the cabinet he would vote for
them. II will vote for Booker Wash
ington as secretary Of anything. Let
us have a Negro, genuine Negro, not
a mulatto or hybrid. Then let us make
them officers in the army and navy
Let us give them pro rata share Of all
the good jobs, wherever they exist
without regard to local conditions
He added that nothing Of the sort
would be done.
After speaking for nearly two hours
and not concluding, he yielded for an
executive session.
Senator Tillman spoke for three
hours the next day in continuation OF
his remarks on the race question, and
was heard with interest by the Repub-
licans, many Of whom do not agree
with the president in his Negro policy
Senator Tillman, in his speech, said
that in dealing with the Indianola
postoffice the president end postmaster
general transcribed their authority
and resorted to methods which were
both tyranical and unconstitutional
He wanted to know if in figuring uI
the purpose of their new born zea
this cold-blooded, calculative, advis-
edly-taken action" was not prompted
by a low motive. He charged tina,
500, 900 Negroes are coercing 100000 OF
white people in the north to deal with
| II, ,OOO,O 900 white men in the south ir
the interest Of 100000 ignorant Me-
groes in that section.
He referred to the cost in lives ano
money on account Of the race prob.
lem in this country, and, addressing
the Republican side, called upon them
to meet him upon the same plane OF
patriotism, of race pride and Of civili-
cation, and not to fall into the pitifu
cesspool Of partisan politics" He read
extracts from the letter Of the presi.
dent written sometime since covering
| his views with respect to appointments
of Negroes to office. He wanted to be
just to the president he said, but the
views were superficial.
How little and small and infinite
small" he said, 'is the knowledge be-
hind such a view."
He added that the people Of the nortf
have no more use for the Negro al
close quarters than he had. He citec
instances of assaults by Negroes or
white women and declared that the
more northern people find out about
the Negro the less use they have fol
him. The ballot of the Negro, hi
maintained, was menace to good gov
ernment and the people Of the NORTH
are coming to realize that the enfran'
lchisement Of him bordered on a crime
Reverting to the presidents assertion