Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-29

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large force OF police. but they were
rot needed
HANDS MAYOR HOT ONES
II never saw Mayor Dunno In my
life ] did not ask him to be here
tonight to introduce me to this audi.
enee. nor did ask any one else to do
so.
IF any one has been snubbed Il is
those gracious ladies who planned
this meeting to secure money for the
Chicago Union hospital, who request
cd Mayor Dunno. the creature of a
political hour, to come forward and
add his mite"
81 have been advertised TO discuss
the annexation OF Cuba" continued
Mr. Tillman. "but I'm view Of the fact
that I could not discuss that subject
without discussing the race question.
] am going to go at the matter ham
mer and tongs. straight forward like
a man. Therefore. | shall discuss the
race problem pure and simple from
an American standpoint and not from
a Cuban standpoint.
Owing to my experience with the
question and the diligent study have
made of It believe / am better quail.
fled than any other man in America
to discuss this question. am go
ing to base my appeal on facts, not
on theories"
While discussing the Fifteenth
amendment OF the constitution, which
he declared gave the negro every
right that a white man had he was
interrupted several times by one of
his listeners who kept asking How
about Kentucky?"
Finally Tillman seemed to lose his
temper and exclaimed:
"Oh, shut your mouth: you don't
know the A b c of this thing. I for
got forty years ago more than you
ever knew"
ITO HE'LL WITH THE LAW"
You make up your minds that
equality before the law. which the
Fifteenth amendment guarantees, IS
right and should be enforced not.
withstanding its results. If this law
was enforced it would result I'm two
states at least being dominated alb
solutely by negroes while four Other
states would be So near being govern
ed by the negro that there would be
practically an equal division of Off.
ces."
A voice: How about the law?"
Senator Tillman-"To hell with
such law"
After telling i'm detail how the ne
gro is prevented from casting his bal
lot in the South, Senator Tinman
said:
There Is n great deal more to this
question than the little racket here
in Chicago"
A voice-"How about the negro
iudge?"
Senator Tillman-"Well. 7 will tell
you about your negro judge and
about your political machines putting
him on your ticket and bamboozling
those poor ignorant baboons into
Ielecting him. and then afterwards you
fellows who voted the ticket without
knowing what was on II find a way
to cheat him out OF It.
WON'T STAND FOR NEGRO.
No matter what the people in the
North may say or do, the white race
in the South will never be dominated
by the negro and I want to tell you
that II some state should ever make
an attempt TO save South Carolina
we will show them in their fanatac-
ism that we will make IL red-before
we make IT black
"God Almighty made the Caucas-
ian Of better clay than the Mongollan
or the African or any other race The
Ethiopian is a burden carrier; he has
done absolutely nothing for history
nor has he ever achieved anything Of
any great Importance
There arc no great men among
the race. Vet this people has beer
picked out by fanatics Of the North
and lifted MP 30 the equality Of citi-
zenship and TO the rights Of suf
frage.
CRITICIZES THE PRESIDENT
'N0 doubt many Of you have lis
tened to the oratory Of the greatest
colored man in this country Booker
r. Washington He had white
father. however. and OF his brains
and his character he has got his quail.
tiles from that father"
Senator Tillman then told his audi.
ence Of the attacks on white women
by negroes I'm tho South and declared
that the people Of the North we're in
p great measure responsible for this
state Of affairs
In CONCLUSION Senator Tflman said