The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-28
TILLMAN WILD WITH RAGE.
NEGROES IN AUDIENCE SMILE
AT SENATOR'S TJRADE.
HOo,s. HOwIs aud Kisses From HIS white
Hearers Greet south Car GILMAN -Lsses
His Temper ami Gives way TO Very
strong mveetIye Riots Rarely Ayerted

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strong mveetIve Riots Rarely Averted
CHICAGO. Nov. Ex-senator Tillman OF
South Carolina addressed 5000 men and
women in Orchestra Hall tonight for the
benefit OF the Chicago Union Hospital.
1t was perhaps the most freuziet appeal
to race prejudice ever uttered by Mr.. Tilt
man.
He held up TO his audience 10 the spectre OF
.black supremacy painted in terrifying
perspective.
He lost his temper when tain ted from tho
galleries; he -cut loose, . as he termed it..
ITO hell with the lawl" he yelled. while
ell but a handful Of his 5000 listeners cheered
madly.
Riot was imminent on several occasions.
Kisses and Interruptions from half a dozen
men in the audience. both negroes and
whites. drove the Senator wild.
y Throw him out! Throw him QUIT rang
In a chorus Of thousands OF voices as the
interruptions were made.
Shut your mouth yelled Mr.. Tillman
At one man who asked him a question.
One tins, when describing the pure
blooded Afro-Americans. a man near the
front said with a laugh: we haven't that
kind of blacks here"
you haven't" rang out the shrili voice
OF the Senator, Look down that aisle
there's a Niger az black as the ace Of
spades"
The man pointed to by the Senator was
q prom ounced type OF the negro. He was
well dressed. Half Of the people on the
ground floor turned to look at him. He
only smiled and sat very quiet.
Angered at the Interruptions that came
from a negro in the gallery the audience
made a demonstration II howled and
be put out.
Assistant Chief OF Police Schuettler. who
sat on the main aisle five rows from the
stage, quickly left his seat and started up
the aisle. BY this time the audience was
yelling SO that the speaker could not pro-
coed. The Senator dropped his hands and
waited.
Just then Judge Miles s. Bacon, who
presided, walked to the front Of the plat
form and ra Used his ham calling for quiet.
but the audience would not be quiet. The
demonstration had proceeded fully a min
ute, Kisses mingled with cries Of Put him
OUT"
Mr.. Tillman faced Judge Bacon, pointed
his finger at a chair and ordered the chair
man TO sit down. This act was not lost on
the audience. which broke forth in greater
frenzy than before.
Meantime two plain clothes policemen
who sat near the offender in the gallery
rushed down the steps. There he is
Kick him out" and Get him. officer were
shouted by the men sitting near. One
officer reached over and grabbed the man
by the collar. He resisted.
The officer gave a violent jerk that landed
the man out in the aisle. Excitement was
at high pitch and it seemed likely that an
attempt would be made TO do the inter
rupter bodily injury.
Down in the dress circle on the ground
Hoor sat half a dozen negro men and women.
They were scattered through the house,
and being so few were easily seen and
pointed out. One Of the men smiled quietly
and appeared to be rather amused than
terrified by the Senator.
Judge Bacon ignored Mr.. Tillman's COM
mand TO sit down and finally made his
voice heard. Il hope" he said, that the
persons will accord Senator Tillmsn that
respect that they would be accorded were
they in South Carolina"
This brought forth roar upon roar from
the audience, which would not be Quieted
for some minutes. When order was re-
stored Mr.. Tillman quickly stirred his
listeners TO another outbreak by this state
ment:
Il can't see where you have been hurt
yet" with emphasis on the hurt" IF
you'll wait a minute I'll say something that
will touch the raw. | haven't started on
this race question yet. I'm going to start
right now"
He termed Mayor Dunno a political
owl and snorted and smiled in utter dis
gust when referring to the "snub" he had
received at the hands Of the Mayor.
-Snub mef A United States Senator for
twelve years? A United s tates Senator
who has dared to say what he thinks on any
and all questions3 This political owl snub
me7'
A yell broke forth that thrilled the big
audience. Kisses sounded above the med
ley.
why" continued the speaker. Il haven't
the honor Of your May or's acquaintance.
I never saw him. / never even wrote to
him. / never sent any n to zee him.
What honor, he snorted, drawing the point
Of his chin almost up to the point OF his
nose. what honor could this man in Chicago
confer on me1"
The audience was wild. Tillman never
let his hold on the sympathetic listeners
slip.
The objections to his speaking IN Chicago
he termed a "hulabaloo.' a tempest in
a teapot" and an opera bouHe.'
Then he parsphrased the nursery rhyme.
numbering back and forth across the plat
form with a cynical curl On his lip and a
flush Of fire in his eye:
Fc, n. 70, FUN.
smell the blood OF a s outhern man!
Be he live or be he dead
! grind his bones to make my bread!