The Washington herald., 1906-11-28

/ 'hOhid Aot Suner Tor the Guilty.
Chicago. Nov. e7.-From behind such a
Gordon OF police guards as never watched
a speaker in Chicago before, Senator Till
man. Of South Carolina. discussed the
negro problem for the benefit Of the CHI
cago Union Hospital in Orchestra Hal
tonight
! The Senator Sas scheduled 10 talk on
| The Annexation OF Cubs" ?" This tonic
! however. he AYERS, is so interviewer with
the race question that 1t IS impossible TO
separate them. Furthermore. when IN
| formed that, as the arch foe" Of the
negro race. strong effort had been mada
/ TO prevent him from Iecturing here at all.
/ he frankly announced that he would en-
/ phasize that portion Of his address deal
/ Ing with the negroes Just TO prove that
/ II is as impossible to gag a Senator as TO
gag the President Of the United States.
/ While denOuncing the blacks in IN
measured terms the South Carolinian
/ criticised President Roosevelt for dis
charging the Texas troops Thereby he
also takes issue with Senator Bailey,
who cordially indorsed this action. on
this point he said:
| II don't believe President P sevelt was
justified in treating the negro troops in
Texas as he did. Because their COM
rsdes would not give up certain guilty
men he dishonorably discharged. without
a eourt-martial, 10 which the men had a
right. three whole companies Of soldiers.
I don't believe the innocent should SUI
fer for the guilty
Negroes Make No Trouble.
There was large sPrinkling Of negroes
in the hall Tillman himself asked that
they be admitted freely. and put his veto
on the police plan TO segregate them in
one Of the galleries that they might be
more easily watched
! The hall was packed. and from the mo-
! ment Of his arrival IN Chicago this morn
| Ing. the Senator has been followed by
such throngs that police escort was Roed-
ed to clear way for him. 4 not to pro-
tect him from violence
Mayor I'uane did, indeed. decline to
preside at the lecture, rsmarking that he
dc not believe a man who approves
mob violence can be q good citizen Sew
cTaI OF the patT0nesses-amoHg them Mrs.
( Dunno and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour. with
drew their names when they read the
| Senator's recent interview.
This did not disturb Senator Tillman in
the least The threats 70 throw bomb
into the hall. 10 attempt his assassination.
or even % create such disturbance as
would prevent the lecture. were either
mere vapOrings or were abandoned as a
result Of the completeness of the police
precautions.
CEe white man called. GO 1t. Fire
brand,' as the speaker warmed 10 his
| address. and was instantly elected from
/ the hall A few other comments from
the audience were curtIy answered by
\ Mr. TIlman.
Hall Filled with Police.
| One hundred policemen and an uncer-
tain number Of detectives watched about
the Senator and in the hall. under COM
mand Of Assistant Chief of Police Scheut-
tier.
Former Judge Miles s. Macon presided.
and on The platform with the speaker
were almost two score society women in
terested in the hospital. for the benefit Of
which the lecture was given
And they tried TO gag me-" said the
Senator. after describing the pleasure
with which he accepted an invitation to
! lecture for the benefit Of a Chicago
| charity.
/ And your mayor, a man I never met:
man I don't know, and don't want 10
know. Your mayor declines TO honor Us
with his presence because he is afraid
/ he might confer an honor on me. Honor.
/ The mayor of any city confer an honor
on United States SENATOR BAH
4 did not know when / arrived here
/ whether / was in America or Russia. If
/ Ia been an anarchist, l could not have
/ been treated as q more dangerous char
/ acter- And all because L would not do
The viii Of the Chicago negroes, do
anybody's viii? Bah.
When the gaveI falls at the opening
of the next session of Congress I shall
be in my seat in the United States Sen
ate; and now this mayor Oh. forget it.
Must Change Fifteenth Amendment.
! Il came here to discuss the annexation
\ OF Cuba. and I can't 90 that without
taking up the race question. I want you
to realize the gravity OF the race Ques-
| ton
Il have lived among negroes and 1 know
them. If the white men did not govern
the negroes the negroes would goyern the
whites
/ I'VE have made some changes in the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments in
South Carolina. The voters there must
| know how 10 read and write and pay taxes
on $500 worth Of property.
I'VE have made these rules rather elas-
| tie TO suit the necessities OF the case.
/ We may have stuffed baI!ot-boxes and re-
sorted to the shotgun, but we never
SINK to the infamy of electing a negro
! to office.
Encouraged by the treatment they
have received in the North. the negroes
| have come to think they are better than
a white man. They are not as good as
white men. They never have been, and
I tney never VIII be
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