The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
Says North Is Responsible for the Negro Outages in
 the South.
WHITES DETERMINED ID
 RUN THEIR OWN STATES
Says South Carolina Will Be Red Be- fore 1t Is BIack-RooseVel Was Unjust In Discharging
 Innocent Negroes.


 Chicago, November 27-The efforts of the coiorcd citizens to prevent United States Senator Ben R. Tillman from de- livering an address here in Orchestra hall because of the position he has as stunned toward the negro race were un- successful
 When the South Carolina senator ar rived in Chicago this afternoon he was told of the threats of indignation pro ceedings 10 prevent his appearing on the speakers platform tonight and of a money consideration that had been offered if he would cancel his engagement. but l ATr. Tillman declined. It made no differ ence to him what the people of Chicago did he was going to fill his engagement, and he kept his word.
 From the time he arrived in Chicago Senator Tilman was guarded by police and private detectives and will be until he leaves for Fon Du Lac, Wis, tomor- row. This is in accordance with an order issued by Mayor Edward F. Dunne. who was scheduled to preside at toniehts | meeting, but who refused to have any l thing to do with the affair after a con mittee of colored citizens had visited him a few days ago and offered strenuous ob- l jections to Senator Tillman's appearance on the speakers platform
 Protected By Forty Detectives. 1 Senator Tillman gave his address pro- tected by forty detectives under command of Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler. In l anticipation of trouble, a number of policemen were kept'n naroy sta ions l reserve, but they were not called for. Six colored policemen mingled with the crowd of white people and negroes which blocked 1 the streets in front of the hall. In the audience were many colored people, but i they listened to Senator Hillmans remarks I good naturedly and although he was in | terrupted many times by those who l wished to ask questions, the meeting | passed off without any trouble developing. In leading up to his address, Shall | the United States Annex Cuba?' MT. Tillman criticised Mayor Dunne's action 1 in refusing to preside at the meeting. Pays Respect to Mayor. "I have been told that ] have been snubbed by the mayor of this city" said the senator. T never saw Mayor Dunne in my life. I did not ask him to be here tonight to introduce me to this audience, nor did I ask anyone else to do so. If anyone has been snubbed it is these gra- cious ladies who planned this meeting to secure money for the Chicago Union hos pital, who asked Mayor Dunne, the crea- ture of a political hour to come forward and add his mite"
 'I have been advertised to discuss the annexation of Cuba" announced MT Till man, "but in view of the fact that I could not discuss the situation without discussing the race question, l am gong to go at the matter hammer and tongs, stragfht forward like a man. Therefore l 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 l have made of it, 1 believe I am better qualified than any other man in America to discdss this question. I am going to base my appeal on facts-not on theories
 Loses His Temper.
 While discussing the fifteenth amend nsent of the constitution, which he de- clared gave the negro every right that a white man had, he was interrupted sev- eral times by one of his listeners, who kept asking: How about Kentucky?" Finally Mir. Tillman seemed to lose his temper, and exclaimed: "Oh, shut your mouth. You don't know the A, B, c of this thing. I forgot forty years ago more than you ever knew.
 "You make up your minds that equal ity before the law which the fifteenth amendment guarantees is right and should be enforced notwithstanding it's results. If this law was enforced it would result in two states at least being domi- mated absolutely by negroes. while four other states would be so near being gov erned by negroes that there would be practically equal division of offices"
 A voice: How about the law"
 Senator Tilman: "The law? To hell with such law"
 Slap at Chicago Politicians.
 Telling in detail how the negro is pre- vented from casting his ballot in the south, Senator Tllman said:
 There is a great deal more to this question than the little racket here in Chicago"
 A voice: How about the negro judge?"
 Senator Tillman: Well, will tell you about your negro judge and about your political machines putting him on your ticket and bamboozling those poor. ig- norant balloons to electing him and when afterWard you fellows who voted the ticket without knowing what was on it found way to cheat him out of it.
 NO matter what the people do or say, the white race in the south will never be dominated by the negro. and l want to tell you now that if some state should ever make an attempt to save South Car olna. we will show them in their fana.i- cism that we will make it red before we make it black. God Almighty made Caucasian of bet ter clay than the Mongolian or the Ali can or any other race. The Ethiopian is a burden carrier. He has done absolutely nothing for himself nor has he eyer achieved anything of great importance. There are no great men among the raca. Yet this people has been picked oil, by the fanatics of the north and lifted ID to the equality Of citizenship and to rights of suffrage. No doubt many of yog have listened to the oratory of the g.saL col ored man of inc country Booker r Wasn-