The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-12-08
ORCHESTRA

uenmauon, which would make the
kipg Of Dohomey Village blush for
shame this this intelligent superior
creature, Of mixed blood, We must con.
Tess, that this man II he is a man,
and II We judge the situation through
the intelligents conveyed to our minds
by the eyes and ears, we must con.
fess the truth, that the speaker him.
self, was a brute; A man who SAYS.
that he has been patient with us, that
he knows our weakness, that be be-
lieves in giving us justice, life, liberty,
and the pursuits of happiness, that we
ought to be left alone. That the DOS
tonious sting of equality had been
sown in our BOSOM which was caus-
ing all the trouble, is a wanderer of
the trust imposed upon him by the de-
tenders Of American citizenship the
constitution and the flag. He is at
tempting to save others without first
saving himself. We must confess that
he has no power, because his knowl-
edge is limited.
The speaker, Mr.. Macon in his in
PRODUCTION said: Ladies and gentle
men If l may be pardoned for max
ing a personal reference upon an oc-
casion like this, have known but one
country, but one flag. This our flag
which floats over all of our American
states, is a flag that has never wavea
over an enemy and whose glittering
stars bedecked her azure blue. May
remind you. Coming from one Of the
Is original states whose history is
written upon her bosom of the Revolu-
tionary War, never to be erased, gives
me pleasure to present to you the
fruit of South Carolina, who is brave
enough to be true, and trua enough to
be brave, who in the American Sen
ate, has stood for constitutional lib
critics, for all OF our liberties, freedom
of the press, and a defender above all
of free speech / present to you the
greatest of Americans, repeat 1t /
present to you the greatest of Ameri-
can statesman Senator Benjamin r.
Tillman."
Ladies and gentlemen, will you par
don me for a few brief personal re-
marks, before / enter upon the matter
OF the evening: (Applause) Il have
been trying to make a little money
honestly; and when / received let
ter from your ladies, l expected to
come into your city, as have always
done. Imagine-then; my surprise.
Uaughter) / say imagine my sur
prise, know, nor care less what 9TH
ers may do, stand with my fellow
citizens to uphold these ladies in this
noble work for charity. We will set
tie these questions with justice; Tin
terrupted by being questioned what
do you know about IT'D l know as
much about it as any man in this
hall. CCheers.) don't see what have
said yet, a voice in the audience said
COON Cheers and laughter) II you
will wait, don't know that l have
touched the raw, will get to II,
(Cheers) l wonder what all this news
paper Hallabaloo was about, you
would have thought l was an anar-
chist, why one would think that be-
cuse of the racket of a portion OF
your citizenship that you was In Rus-
STA instead of America. 1t was to me
like an opera bun, like the story OF
mother goose. "Fe fly Fun, smell
the blood Of a southern man. dead or
live you must have some, then this
buying OF somebody to gag me, and
then I learned the Mayor, had snubed
me. | have never met him, l never
wrote to him l never asked any body
Tn write to him never knew him and
where does the snub come in at. ZAP
plause) At IL noon the first Monday /
in next month when the gavel falls |
in the o. s. Senate will be there to
take my seat representing the people,
where does the snub come In at ZAP 1
plause.)
In view Of the fact that could not
discuss that question without discus
sing the Negro question, I prefer to
discuss it like a man, prefer to dis
cuss Il from an American point OF
view, 1 lay claim to be as well quail
fed. IL not better qualified, than any
man In America, have studied, have
had more experience than any man IN
this house, / don't see what have
said yet, If you viii wait, don't know
that I have touched the race( let me