The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-30
SENATOR TlLLmAN
LOSES HIS TEMPER
Negroes in the Audience Goad the
Southerner to a Fierce
Outloreak

Chicago, Nov. 29.--The efforts of the
colored citizens of Chicago to prevent
United States Senator Benjamin r..
Tillman from delivering AN address
here last night in Orchestra hall, be-
cause of the position he has assumed
toward the negro race We're unsuccess-
;ful When the South Carolina senator
arrived i'm Chicago he was told of
threats of injunction proceedings to
prevent him appearing on the speak
ers' platform, and of a money consider
alton that had been offered if he would
cancel his engagement, but Mr.. Iillman
declared that it did not make amy diff
ference to hm what the colored people
OF Chicago did, he was going to fill his
engagement and he kept his word.
MIR. Tillman will go from here to
Fond du Lac, Wis, where he will de-
liver an address.
Ia the audience We're many colored
people, but they listened to Senator
Iiliman's remarks good naturedly and
although he was interrupted many
times by those who wished to ask ques-
lions, the meeting passed off without
trouble.
In leading up to his address, Shall
the United States Annex Cuba?" Mr.
Tilnan took occasion to criticise
Mayor Dunne's action in refusing to
preside at the meeting. II have been
told that | have been snubbed by the
mayor of this city said the senator
never saw Mayor Dunno in my life.
dld not ask him to be here tonight
to introduce me to this audience, nor
did | ask anyone else to do So If any
one has been snubbed it is these grac-
l0ua ladies', who planned this meeting
To secure money for the Chicago Union
hospital. who requested Mayor Dunno,
lhe creature of a political hour to come
forward and add his mite.
Senator Lcses His Temper.
Il have been advertised to discuss
the Annexation of Cuba" said Sena-
tor Tillman, but in view of the fact
that L could not discuss that subject
without discussing the race question
l ann going at Che matter hammer and
longs, straightforward like a man.
snail discuss the race problem, pure
and simple, from an American stand
point, and not from Cuban stand
point. Owing to my experience with
the question and the diligent study 1
have made of it l believe l am better
qualified TO discuss this question than
any other man in America. | am go
ing TO base my appeal on facts-not on
theory
While discussing the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution, which
ne declared gave the negro every right
that a White man had, he was inter-
!upted several times by one of his lis
;teiSts, VINO kept asking: How about
.kentuclzy?"
Finally Mr.. Tillman seemed to lose his
temper, and exclaimed:
on, shut your mouth. You don't know
The A B c cf this thing. | forgot forty
years ago more than you ever knew
on make up your minds that equality
before the law which the fifteenth amend
meht guarantees is right and should be-
enforced, notwithstanding it's results If
tins law was enforced it would result in
two states at least, being dominated alb
solutely by negroes, while four other
states would be so near being governed
by the negro that there would be practi-
cally an equal division of Offices
a Voice; How about the law?"
senator Tfllman: The law? To hell
with such laws
After telling in detail how the negro is
prevented from casting his ballot in the
south Mr. Tlman said:
There is great deal more to this aues-
tion than the little racket here in Chi.
cago'