The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-25
CONTINUES HIS SPEECH
Indian0lia Affair the Text for
 His Remarks.
Says the Prssident Has Plainly Tran scended His Authority by Clos ing Up the Post
 office There.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The Indianola, Miss, postofice case occupied the major portion of the time of the Senate today. Mr. Tillman spoke for three hours in continuation of his remarks begun yes- terday on the race question and was fol- lowed by MT. Carmack of Tennessee. During the morning hour several bills and resolutions were passed and consid- eration was given the bill to further pro- vide for the safe keeping of public money on deposit in national banks. The agrt- cultural appropriation bill also was con- sidered and the committee amendments were agreed except the Statehood rider, which was passed over. The Senate will meet tomorrow at Il o'clock, which. until otherwise ordered. will be the hour for converting.
 MT. Tillman. in opening his remarks. begun yesterday. in reference to the In- dianola. Miss. postoffice case, said the President and the Postmaster General in dealing with the Indianola postoffice had transcended their authority and resorted to methods which were both tyrannical and unconstitutional. He wanted to know if in figuring up the purpose of their new born zeal this cold blooded. calculative. advisedly taken action was not prompted by low motive.
 Coercing the Whites.
 He charged that soo.0OO negroes are coercing 50oo0.00o white people in the North to deal with II, ,000,000 white persons in the South in the interest of the S.o0o.- 900 ignorant negroes in that section. He referred to the cost in lives and money on account of the race problem in this country and addressing the Republican side called on them to meet him upon the same plane of patriotism. of race pride and of civilization, and not to fall into the pitiful cesspool of partisan, pol itics." He read extracts from the letter of the President, written some time ago, giving he views with respect to appoint ments of negroes to office. He wanted to be just to the President, he said, but the views were superficial.
 ''aow little and small and infinltes- mial" he said, lis the knowledge behind such a view" He added that the people of the North had no more use for the negro at close quarters than he had. He cited instances of assaults by negroes on white women and declared the more the Northern people find out about the negro, the less use they have for him. The ball. lot of the negro, he maintained, was a menace to good government and the peo- ple of the North are coming to realize that the enfranchisement of him border ed on crime.
 Reverting to the Presidents utterance that he was unwilling to shut the door of hope and opportunity in the case of worthy and competent colored man. MT Tillman said at first blush there Is not & man alive who would not agree with that sentiment, but he inquired if 1t ever oc- cured to any one that in opening that door of hope 1t might not be shut In the face of the white man.
 The Door of Hope.
 The door of hope in South Carolina, said he, at once time had been closed by bayonets to the whites for eight years while rapine, murder and misgovern- ment ran riot, with an abomination fin the sight of man presiding over the State He declared that he did not hate the negroes and that all negroes are not bad. Only a small percentage was bad and these, he said, are leading the rest and being patted on the back by politicians.
 He regarded it as his duty. he said, to his State to stand forever opposed to any idea of political or social equality on the part of the negro with the whites.
 The purpose of those who endorse the Presidents door of hope policy, he de- c,ared. is that in time South Carolina should become a State of mulattoes and fin this event he predicted that there would be more bloodshed than was ever shed before.
 q beg you for Gods sake" he said. facing the Republican side. mot to pro- duce an acute stage of hatred which will bring the two races together with the re- solve of the whites to die in order to re- tain the supremacy"
 MT. Tillman said his newspaper friends always took great pains to quote every thing he said that was ''hot" leaving out everything that was rational, decent and sane. in their pursuit of sensations and in this respect a great wrong had been done him.
 "A lie,' he said. never had any par ticular truth" and he would not att tempt to make even a start to run down those that have been told on him.
 Makes Fun of Hanna.
 Mir. Tillman poked fun at MT. Hanna and read the title of the bill he recently introduced to pension ex-slaves.
 "oh. my God" said he, "did Mir. Hanna mean that, or is 1t political dodgeT'
 The effect of the bill was, he declared, to give opportunity to interruptions ne- groes to bamboozle and deceive their people by securing subscriptions ostensi- ply to further the interests of the bill. He concluded by saying that fin propor- ton as you arouse false hope in the minds of these people. you are only sow ing the wind, which will flame up Into a whirlwind later on."
 Mir. Tnlman spoke for three hours. He was followed by MT. Carmack (Tenn) who said the action of the President fin the IndIanola case was not in accord with reason justice or the constitution.
 He said that if the closing of the In- dianola postoflce is to be taken as the measure of the strength of the executive and the power of the Federal govern ment then the government at Washing ion deserves to be despised for It's weak ness and imbeciHty. The postoffice be- longed. he said. to the United States. and he inquired if handful of rufaans was more powerful than the government with it's militant President at Its head"
 A bill was passed during the day creat- ing new division of the Eastern Dis tYict of Texas and providing for the hold