The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
SENATOR TILMAN TALKS.
SPEAKS IN CHICAGO DESPITE OBJ.
JECTloNs OF NEGROES.
FORTY DETECTIVES GUARD HALL
colored Men Vainly Offer Money Con.
sideration for Abandonment of Lee.
ture-Mayor Dunno Does Not pre-.
side or Even Attend Meeting.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.--The efforts of
the colored citizens of Chicago to pre-.
vent United States Senator BENJAMIN
II. Tlllman from delivering an address
here in Orchestra hall because of the
position he has assumed toward the
negro race were unsuccessful When
the South Carolina senator arrived in
Chicago he was told of threats of In.
junction proceedings to prevent him
appearing on the platform and of a
money consideration that had been of.
fered if he would cancel his engage.
ment, but Mr.. Tillman declared that
1t did not make any difference to him
what the colored people of Chicago
did, he was going to fiji his engage.
ment, and he kept his word
Until he left for Fond du Lac. Wis.
Senator Tillman was guarded by pn-
lice and private detectives. This was
in accordance with an order issued by
Mayor Edward f.. Dunno, who was
scheduled to preside at the meeting.
but who refused to do so after COM
mittee of Colored citizens mad visited
him a few days ago and offered
strenuous objections to Senator Till
mans appearance on the speakers
platform.
Senator Tillman gave his address
protected by forty detectives in per-
sonal command of Assistant Chief OF
Police Schuettler In anticipation OF
gc
kept in nearby stations in reserve,
but they were not called for. Six
cOlored policemen mingled with the
crowd of blacks and whites that
blocked the street in front OF the hall
to arrest any one who made a dis
turbance
In the audience were many colored
people, but they listened to Senator
Tillmans remakks good naturedly ane.
although he was interrupted many
times by those who wished to ask
questions, the meeting passed off with
out trouble.
After telling in detail how the ne
gro is prevented from casting his bal.
lot in the south, Mr. Tillman said:
mo 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 l want to tell you now
that II some state should ever make an
attempt to save South Carolina we
will show them that we will make it
red before we make it black. God AL
mighty made the Caucasian of better
clay than the Monaghan or African or
than the Monaghan of the African or
any other race. The Ethiopian is
burden carrier. He has done abso-
lutely nothing for history nor has he
achieved anything of great import |
ance. There are no great men among
the race. Yet this people has been |
picked out by the fanatics of the north |
and lifted up to the equality of citI- |
zenship and TO the rights OF suffrage. |
No doubt many of you nave listened |
to the oratory of the greatest colored |
man of this country, Booker r. Wash.
ngton. He had a white father how.
ever. and out Of his brains and his
character he has gotten his qualities
rom that father"
Senator Tillman then told his audi
ence of the attacks on white women
by negroes in the south, and declared
hat the people of the north were in
/ great measure responsible for this
state of affairs.