The Washington herald., 1906-11-26

South Haven, Mich, Nov. 25-After
having announced in Chicago yesterday
that ne would not trim his speech there
on Tuesday night, by cutting out a dis
eussion Of the negro question, Senator
Tillman spoke here last night and if his
coming Chicago talk is modelled after this
one. there viii be little but the race prob
lem in it.
He started right out with an attack on
up for an hour and a half. incidentally
taking the Republican party 10 task as
being responsible, in a measure. for the
question.
He predicted a bloody war as the nat
uraI outcome of race prejudice. and as
serted that white women in the South
dared not leave their homes without an
escort
he said the white race Of the South
holds women higher than the whites OF
the North do. lie referred TO the recent
election in Chicago. saying that F. L.
Barnett, negro, got votes enough TO
elect him on the Republican ticket, and
then they counted him out
In the opening. he informed his hearers
that he had no set speech on the subject.
but could talk from one to five hours
on the question and still have something
10 relate. He said, in part:
I tell the truth and 7 despise a liar.
The facts Of the race problem are not
known to the Northern people. and those
who write about it are largely smart
aIecs."
All by Nature Liars.
Referring to the negroes in the South.
he said that almost all OF them were
by nature liars and all would steal
The younger element Of negroes are
being taught that they are equal to the
white man and are at this time endeayor-
ing 10 win recognition. led by Booker
7. Washington. haIf-breed. who is
seeking political position The farmers
wives OF the South are prisoners. for it is
not safe for them 10 leave the house
alone for fear OF negro intrusion.
We have in Carolina exhaustcef--sYF
remedies. We have gone tho limit; If
We could have gone further we would
have forbidden any but white men vot-
ing 1 expected a struggle, for never
again will the niger govern the South.
and 1 hope the North viii heed the warn
ing and realize the danger, and by aboI-
ishing the Fifteenth amendment help Us.
AT the same time l doubt if the North
will do this. as I realize it viii be CON
fession of guilt. We will resort N the
shotgun, which is the best instrument I
have ever seen TO make negro stay in
the road
History has no record of where the
negro ruled, and South Carolina will not
be the first TO start IT, The situation is
grave and calls Tor wisdom and all man
ner of craftsmanship. II we had our saw
the negro could never vote.
White Man of Better Clay.
Il believe that God made the white.
man out of better clay than that which
the negro was made from, and as long as
the whites have made the progress they
have in the thousands Of years. we don't
need another race to help us at this time.
IN many states Of the South the negro
holds the vote Of control In West Vir-
ginia the wealthy mine holders have i'm
ported enough negroes 10 give a Repub-
hcan majority, while in Delaware Gas
Addlcks has done the same. In Chicago
the Republicans needed the negro vote
to elect their whole ticket. so a Niger
was nominated for judge, and elected.
and then they counted him out
In South Carolina the Republicans are
rotten. Those who go 10 national con-
ventons when there is a fight on come
back well heeled with money, while post
Office positions are sold, and the State is
as bad as a province in Russia. Repub-
llcanism means negro equality. while the
Democratic party means that the white
man is supreme That is why we South
erners are all Democrats We admit that
the low white men of the South do marry
negro women, but I am unable to trace
a parentage Of a single white woman and
negro man.
Only Lynch Law Left.
'I advocate a passport and police sys-
TEN. so we may keep track Of these ami
mails They are like wild beasts. and
attack helpless women and then fee.
Lynch law is ali we have left. do
not believe in slavery. and could with
stroke of a pen get back the slaves taken |
from my mothers farm, I would not do it. /
You want equality, but you will not
put up with it. Why, then, do you thrust
II down our throats? We have had four
race problems-hrst the Indians, second
the Chinese. third the Malays, and fourth /
the negroes We have disposed of the
first three to the entire country's salts
faction Now, why not the last?
The Southern people are as good as
you Northerners, and in many things are
better. and one OF these things Is thar we
value a woman higher than you. The
question OF voting Will in the long run
be settled by the shotgun"
Senator Tillmsn left this morning for