The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-09
SENATOR TILLMAN
ON RACE PROBLEM
EUROPEAN PASSPORT SYSTEM
SOLUTION OF QUESTION.
Situation Understood in South but
Misunderstood in Worthwhile
Southerner Can and Must
Remedy It.

Senator B. r.. Tillman's S description
last night of the problem which con-
fronts the south was passionate and
throhbiug with intense and burning
cloquence, says the Augusta Chronicle.
1t glowed with the lurid fire which
made "Pitchfork Tillman' famous.
But his suggested solution of the pro-
blem was the cool, sober, peaceable
and impassionate utterance of great
Sortherner and a great statesman.
The scheme proposed last night was
original with Senator Tillman, and his
speech in Augusta marked its first
public enunciation. Whether or not it
is practical, the people Of the south
ern states will decide.
That plan is tie establishment Of
tie European passport system, conf
polling every person to have certifi-
cate of good character before being
allowed either to move away from II
residence or home, or to move into ~
new section; compelling every person
TO have bona fidc means of support,
etc, and promptly arresting anyone
who appears III any community with
out the necessary passport.
This, Senator 1i!lman believes, will
hold in check the lawless, loafine,
fiendiSh negro criminal class whose
members are responsible for the aw-
fnl danger which stalks abroad, Il
menace to every pure southern wo-
man.
The occasion Of Mr.. Tillman's ad-
dress on "'Hnc Race Problcm' was
the Opening" of the lyceum course in
this city. An immense audience filled
Miller-W hall from platform IT,
gallery. and greeted the speaker with
enthusiasm. The music was furnish
cd by the boys band of the Georgia
Industrial Home at Macon, a musical
aggregation which has toured the
south in regular concert work. When
Senator Tillman appeared at the door
Of the auditorium the strains of Dixie
burst upon the air soon mingled with
the shouts and applause Of the inn
~mcnse audience. From lyceum
standpoint, the event was perfect
success.
S. T.. Darlington. one of the most
brilliant Of Augusta 5 younger attor-
ncys. introduced the speaker.
Ben Tillman stepped to the front Of
the pIatfrom and lrwly began:
WLadics and Gentlemen: Though in
recent years in my pathway has led
me far away from Augusta, and I
have little opportunity dnring the oc
casional visits to keep in touch with
the people Of this grand old city, when
7 tell You that | was born within Is
miles of this spot and lived there un-
I'll | was past 10 year" old, and dur
in" all Of my boyhood and younger
manhood business as well as pleasure
cften brought me to this city, you will
rndcrst"od that 'AuguSta' and 'Au-
gusta people, can be no strange words
to ME nor can its people be strangers.
"In selecting the, race problem a.
the subject, I will talk to you aru.lt
tonight, the same subject upon which
[ spoke here four or five years ago,
you will roubtless wonder why
should cling to a topic about which
most of you are familiar and about
which You think there is very little
new or strange or profitable can tell
you. a month ago I should not have
thought to select this subject, though
1 have long been discussing it in the
north, where they know nothing about
it and where I feel perfectly willing
to tell them what I think they ought
to know. told them about it from
the Ben Tillman' standpoint, so you
can imagine what sort Of stuff they
heard.
The Atlanta Riot.
"Two, or three weeks ago tonight
we had what is called the Atlanta riot
with the details Of which most of You
are familiar, although the E. y ..to,~
has never gotten into the ? pers, and
it IS 'e"ause Of that riot and the H.
Illuminating character Of the occur
rences tho 9 that I hGv, felt almost
compelled from a sense of duty to