The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
TIE Z RACE ACE PRNBLsM
DISCUS ED SaTURD Y NsGGT IN
AUGUSTA BY TILLAaN.
The sena'or for the First fine <
pressed Simssf on the Escs
Conditions.

Conditions.
The Augusta Ch.onicla ssJs S.ns-
tor Tii,rsn, who lecspse5 n that
city On Saturday night, declined tc
discuss any other SUI jec5 but tie
race proolem. Tie Chr nicls says
t-ere wss soma d;ff renee OF opinion
Is to the adyisability Of uhe lecture,
and 8 ,elesrsn was sent to the sena-
-cr asking that he talkabous Trusts,
E .tlros6s ard Mono cpoliss," IS was
o,iejEsl2y scheduled, but ne las pre-
psred special speech, - view Ct the
recent trortle ID AI2nsa, bearing
I'D q tie 7ac2 problem as it is today
pat ss siaHss two or tbsee months
sco- snd living lis view:. OF nse5ed
;sci.zticn f.r 8 o5tterea condition
.eSseen the races. According to
SfEaicr Iil!Dsn tee speech is prspar-
&c for ard will he delivered With the
iasention OF belpirg ibe sttus: ;on;
ncr with any possibility Of c:estins
auy friction or feeling, ss nay have
been believed h7 a fes people when
,he request wes made that he not
:.eltva- ebis address Just DOW. Senator
Gilman enpass zss the fact that ne
g discreet enough TO know what TO
ay $50 wieS to s&y 1t, and annvunc.
Sd IS . sieive'y that he Will make his
dsss usre:a1ce on the race SITUATION
u Aogrs,s Saturday evening, His
estsz is as fellows:
T-en>on, S C. Oct. 2 906.
nc G Di worth, AugCs7e, Gs.
81. D ar s,r: I am in re"sip: o1
,c,r :sies1an OF this c2*s a--king ne
10 lee uce on the subject Ct railroads
instead OF the the race problem. Or
dinarily I have no choice bst7een
SUI >cts AMI I am Indifferent as to
whether I talk on one So: ject OF the
other. But jn view OF conditions
which now exist and which hsve been
illuninsted in : most trsg.c way by
she rsce riot in Atlanta fssl 1t 8
nstter OF duty rather than pleasure
70 give uttersnce to scme views that
asve lore bseu under conslosraSlon
By ne. selected the date for ycur
,eatu5e as an cpoortpce time to make
lheu public for TIE reason that IL Is
the fist lecture am to lelivsr 10 tie
Scutc tnis season. think am dis
Greet enough to est Ghe So y r!s
passionately and that ny ut>~,- c. S
would alsy rather than excite angry
passions. We lead reEectes Iatle!
shsn theories, for the disease is ces
pe,ate and crisis is at hand sna
there is no time to waste. It Will re
ouire the osst and wiSsst thought OF
cur people to relieve the conditions
by which we are envi1oned I ftel 1t :
DUTY to contribute my share. Il Es
vite's health permits, I will lecture
at Hope, AK, on Monday, Ojtobes
Ssh, and can just ss well say what !
want to say there, but If pssvsated
csa defer 1t to such tine and p acS
as her condition will permit We to re
50 ne my lecture work. I viii 70: lee
5ure frr you st sll # I sm not permit.
ted uc6er the circumstances 20 choose
my suhjtct You will please let ne
know by 1et1yn mail whas your coo
clusion is.
Vsry truly yours
3. E. Tlllman
The Chronic says the pubic will
bear in mid that Senator Ttlns2
IS one of the most vigorous peISonah
ties in Sisa public eye to dzg. Wast-
CYST ais fsuits, We are uc6er obags
t!cns 20 am. He is the South's ad-
yccate il sae senate Not only that.
Saosto: Tillnan helpsd through g
oiecs O; work in tbs last coogr4ss that
means much 20 every msn, whether be
oc black or white. Ssnascr Tillnsn
says in his letter that be is urged bY
5 sense Ct Guty to SPEAK On this topic,
s1d thsa what be has 10 say will seac
rather to allay than to arouse angry
passions. Now give the senator q
gearing. LIST tie light break FROM
whatever source it may coEe. We
i've in land Of free speech, and the
resultant OF the multitude It voices
that now sound in our esrs viii b.
''tne small SILL voice" that says,