Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
Senator Tillman Maddened By
Question Asked Him During
Chicago Address
ITO HELL WITH SUCH LAW!"
That Was His Declaration Concerning
Fifteenth Amendment to Constitution
Forty POLICEMEN on Guard During
speech-southerner Raps Mayor
Dunno, of Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-The efforts OF the
colored citizens of Chicago to proven:
United States Senator Benjamin r.
Tillman from delivering an address
here last night in Orchestra hall, be-
cause of the position he has assumed
full.
When the South Carolina senator ar
rived in Chicago early in the afternoon
he was told of threats of injunction
proceedings to prevent him appearing
on the speakers platform and Of a
money consideration that had been
offered if he would cancel his engage
ment, but Mr.. Tiiiinan declared that ii
did not make any difference to him
what the colored people of Chicago did,
he was going to fill his engagement,
and he kept his word.
From the time he arrived in Chicago
until he left for Fond du Lac, Wis, to-
day, Senator Tillnan was guarded by
police and private detectives. This was
in accordance with an order issued by
Mayor Dunno, who was scheduled to
preside at last nights meeting, but who
refused to have anything to do with
the affair, after a committee, compos-
ed of colored citizens, had visited him
few days ago, and offered strenuous
objection to Senator Tillman's appear
ance on the speakers platform.
Senator Till1nan gave his address
protected by forty detectives under
command of Assistant Chief of Police
Schuttler, who took personal charge
of the men. In anticipation Of trouble
a number of policemen were kept in
nearby stations in reserve, but they
were not called for Six colored po-
licemen mingled with the crowd of
blacks and whites which blocked the
street in front of the hall, to arrest
any one who made a disturbance.
In the audience were many colored
people, but they listened to Senator
Tillman'S remarks good naturally and
altho he was interrupted many times
by those who wished to ask questions.
the meeting passed off without any
trouble developing.
In leading up to his address, "Shall
the United States Annex Cuba" Mr..
Tillman took occasion to criticise
Mayor Dunne's action in, refusing to
preside at the meeting.
II have been told that I have been
snubbed by the mayor of this city"
said the senator.
81 never saw Mayor Dunno In my
life. I did not ask him to be here to-
night to introduce me to this audience,
nor did ask any one else to do So. II
any one has been snubbed it has been
those gracious ladies, who planned this
meeting to secure money for the Chi
cago Union hospital who requested
Mayor Dunno, the creature of "a polits-
cal hour, to come forward and add his
mite"
II have been advertised to discuss
the annexation of Cuba" continued Mr.
Tillman, "but in view Of the fact that
I could not discuss that subject with
out discussing the race question, am
going at the matter hammer and tongs,
straightforward like a Like. Therefore
shall discuss the race problem pure
and simple from an American stand
point and not from a Cuban standpoint.
Owing to my experience with the
question and the diligent study have
made of it I believe I am better quail
flied to discuss the question than any
other man in America. I am going TO
base my appeal on facts-not on theo-
RES"
While discussing the fifteenth
amendment of the constitution, which
he declared gave the negro every right
that a white man had, he was inter-
rupted several times by one of his
listeners, who kept asking "how about
Kentucky"
Finally Mr.. Tillman seemed to lose
his temper and exclaimed:
20, shut your mouth You don't
know A. B. &C. of this thing. I forgot
forty years ago more than you ever
knew.
"You make up your minds that
equality before the law, which Che
fifteenth amendment guarantees is
right and should be enforced notwith-
standing it's result. If this law was en-
forced it would result in two states at
least being dominated absolutely by
negroes, while four other states would
be SO near being governed by the ne
gro that there would practically be an
equal division of officers
ITO Hell With Such Law"
A voice-"How about the law?"
Senator Tillman-The law? To hell
with such law.