The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-25
CALLED HIM DOWN
SOUTH CAROLINA SLURRED in
SENATE By 9OPAINs
end Is ssked Questions by senssor
Tillmau Which Ee Failed
to Answer.

IleI0 TaS Oec119Cly SplllGeC eD
oourter in the U:.itei Ssstss Senate
on Thuriday between Mr.. Tlllmar
and Mr.. 81 ?pkins coz oscarning thu re.
cent Chicago bank failure.
Mr.. Tillman read FROM the neHs-
papers 0 arges to the 4 ct that TIE
Illinois senator had used his cficis]
position to prevent ru ishnent fe1
violation Ct the banking Law and Mr..
Hopkins responHed By charging the
South Carolina sanator with approv-
ing the l,nehing OF negroes and with
securing his election to the senate By
supf ressing the negro vote. II. also
declared that Mr.. Tillman had chang
cd the official report Of his last speech
On the tank question so as to make
it appear that he (Mr. Hepkins) had
eVaded question and to this MIR.
T.llnan responded that be had done
nothing Of the kind. The colo guy at
last became 80 bitter that it was nee
sssary TO call the senators to order.
Tle climax came when MIR. Hop
kins said:
I is time that the country shoulc
known who this modern reform.r 10.
4bo Is be and where dos he coma
from2''
Replying he said that Mr.. Tillnar
:s from South Carolina with a white
population ct 557 600 and black pap.
ulasion OF 7S2 00). This being the
case Mr.. Ti:;man had been able, be
ala, 80 get to tie senate only oy
suppressing the co!o:ed vote-secur
lag majority by manipulation.
which results Ia dsprIving a majority
OF tia people CT the rights guaranteed
10 them by tie constitution. Es
would ask the senator II he wou:d
deny that In speech made in 1900 tr
had said that he had done all &c
could to keep the negroes from Hs:-
ing.
wy should I oeny9" Responded
Ar. Ti;lman prem pity, wien I pu:
ts In the record? do rot deny IL
and I sm willing 10 repeat
Mr.. Hopkins then charged Dis an
sagcn!sa with faVnring the lyrchinQ
II negroes, quoting speeches made by
$he South Carolina senator a year age
70 which reference was made to the
burning alive Of Eeg:os
'Think Of sana:or who csn en-
dorss such bartarisies and atrocities
:,alsipg about the violation OF laT.
How is q matter Of little money tc
os com pared With tbs takiGg OF hu-
man life. !"
Replying, Mr.. Tillman said that be
aad never bsen In a curt Of law ex-
capt as spectator. bus In that ca,
saciSy be had notic7G that when tie
lawyers had poor cases they INDUCED
in a.! manner Of ahu*e Of their oppo-
ner,ts. rs he," be asked, referring
to NJ Hopkins, "the vice presidsn:
of the bonding compsn, ?"
Let us have it-yes or no." went
on the South Carol uian. No response
I ,aks thc refusal to answer q
! confession, as nroof positive that he
IS exertiug hts q rial position to pro,
note the viols:itp OF the law
At the tops Of their voices the two
senators engaged In wrarglng, one
salklEg On bAnks, the other on ne.
groes, until MI. A'drIch finally called
ior tie regular CIDER, on the ground
:has nothing vas before the senate.
and NJ. LsFsl.ette was waiting to
speak.
The dispute was renewed and be.
came even more heated. Nj. Tillnar
ienied that he had said negroes hac
been cowed by lynching to proven:
chem from going to the polls, but de,
,lared that it vas Necessary in South
Carolina, where tee Negroes have g
naiority Of tee population, to "des
roy the brute who outlages white
roman In order tor the white men tc
gain protection for their wives and
daughters"