The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
TILLLhAlN SPEAKS.
Guarded by Detectives He Talks
Out Plainly In
SPITE OF THREATS

OF Violence In Chicago On the Rae
Question. The Senator Scoraed MoH.
ey Offer and Threatened Re.
strsiniDg Order Which He
Was Told of Them.
| Dsspite the frantic efforts Of Gh
nagroes CT !lhi ago not to have hin
| do SC Sensscr Tillmsn delivered hi
address oa .he race question in tina
city &C ias5 Tut sday night. a dispatch
i:on2 C.ic go ;ys when Senator Till
ma; arri7:d t!::rs early Tuesday sf
tsrnoon he was sold Of threatened in
junction proceedings to prevent hiE
freq appearing On the platform and c!
nozey consideration that had bee
ufercs II he would cancel bis engage
Gent, but expressed scorn for both.
Unsil be ,sft Chicago on "Wednesday
Ssuator Ti;lmsn was eusT6ed by prs'
vate detective snd tie police. This
vas In scc ;daoce with sn oder issueo
bg Msgoc Elward F. Dunno, who was
scasdu;sd to preside at last nights
nesting, brs who refused to have any
saisg TO 90 with 1t afser 8 committee
OF colossG sstizsns had visited him a
few days $50.
Senator TillEan gsye bis address
r.otesssd By 20 cetceGves. In anttci'
cation OF trou Die ncmbef OF police
men were kept ct nearby stations in
reserve, bu: they were not called fo1.
Six negro policemen mingl' ! with the
crowd which blocked the street in
front OF the hsll. In the audience Ters
nsny negroes. but they listened to
Ssnstor Tillman's remarks good na-
turedly and slshough he was interrup
ted many times, the meeting passed
of without trouble.
In leading up TO bis address, Shall
sne Unieed States Annex Cuha," Mr
Tlllmsn took occasion to cristc.ze May
OF Dunne's scttoa in refusing TO pre-
side st ths meeting. Il hsve been told
that I have baen snub5ea by the nay.
or of this ci3y," Ssi6 the se0ator. I
die not ask Mayor dunno &c De here
tonighs. II anyone has been snubtea
il is the gracious ladies', who plsnnsd
sbis meeting to secure mo0ey for she
Chicago Uaion hospital and who rs
eussted Mayor Dunno, the cresture
G; a polisicsl hour, TO come forward
and sdd bis mite.
II lave been advertised to discuss
the annexation Of Csbs," continued
Mr. Tillmsn, but In view OF the fact
shat I ccul3 cot discuss that suE1 sss
without discussing the race QUESTION,
| an going to 90 Ut the matter ham
ner ana tclgs. Therefore, I shall dis
cuss the race problem pure and sim.
rle from an American standpoint sno
not from Cuban stand point. 0 sing
to my experience with tie question
snd the dijigent study I ha7e made Of
IT., I believe I am better q1sEhed 30
discuss this question than any ot7er
man in America !"
While discussing the 18th amend.
nent to the constitution, which he
declared gave the negro every right
that white man hac, he was inter
rupted several times b. one OF his lis.
eeners who kept asking How about
Kentucky?"
Finally Mr.. Tillnsn seemed to lose
his temper and exclaimed:
'Oo shut your mouth. Ycu don't
know the a. B. G. Of this thing. l
forgot 40 yesrs ago more than you
ever K: a."
~ :. make up your minds that
euus:ity bsfc.e the law which she l5e6
axcrlnens guarantees Is right and
sn,uld bs enforced notwithstanding
iss results. II this Law was enforced
iss would result in swo States st lesss
being dominated absolutely BY ne.
gross, while four other States would
be- so near being govsrned bV the ne.
gro that there would practically be an
equal divigion of cfd ceS."
A How ABOUT the lsw?'
Senator Tillman-''The lsw, 20 hell
With such law"
Aftsr telling in detail how the ne.
gIo is prevented fron casting his bsl.
loo in the South, Senator Tlllnan
iaid:
There is a great Zeal more to this
ooestion that the little racket here IN
Chicago"
4 yoice-''How about the negro
Judge?
Senator Til,man: "Wsn, I will tell
ycu about your negro judge snc about
your political machines putting h1n
on yeu ,,cket and bambooz'iDg those
pccr Ignorant caboons inso eiecting
oin, and then afterwards you fellows
who voted the sioke3 wihhoua know
ing what YES on 1t, ind q way &C
cheat him out OF 1t.
mo matter what the people in the
North may say or do, the white race
In the South vii. never be dominated
by the negro and I want to tell yor
now that il some Stste should evel
mako an attempt SC save South Csr
oltna' we will SHOW than IN their ian
aticism that ne viii make 1t red be-
fore We make 1t black. IL
God Almighty made the Caucas
ian Of bs.ter clay than the Mongolisr
or tie African or shy other raca. Th'
Ethiopian is a burden bssrer. Hs hs
dcne absolutely nothing for history
cor has be ever achieved anything 0
srsat Importance. There are no sres
len en- Jag ths race. Yet this peopl
has bsen picked out by the fanatic
ot tie North and lifted up to the equal
: !ty CT ene citizenship and TO the right
2 Of sufrsge. No doubt msny OF you haV