Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-11-29
TILLMAN WARNS CHICAGO.

South CaTOilns, discussed Tue CnicSkO
aspect Of The race question in that ciIy
Yesterday before taxing the train for
Fond do Lac, VIE. where he lectaicd
last plight. lie paid lis ina respects to
MAYOR Duane, Whom he rl'icizsd 10 his
Orchestra Hail address Tuesday plight
for declining to preside; denounced Gov
ernor Deneeu rs q trsiiicker in oe9rH
votes. and predicted dark future for
Chicago, saying that the Barnett inc'-
dent 10 the recent election proved in't
city had lost all semblance OF seli-goy-
eTnmeni.
~ msde a great bit Tuesday night
When blis;ered Mayor Danne, SAID
the Senator.
The crowd got up and yelled. II
seemed to agree with my sentiments as
applied to your Mayo
The nomination OF the negro Barrett
for a ludgeship is fair ILLUSTRATION OF
the indifference Of INSCRIPTIONS politi-
clans toward the welfsre OF the country" >"
continued Senator Tillmap. GAS long
a. Governor Deneea and other unscrup-
ulous meu Of his political filth put up
such nominees !of ciiice the country ls
10 danger. Ii's up to The people to put .
stoo to this. Why do ihey stand for II ?
~ have been accused Of coming here
to stir up race hatred, but ] came Tor
no such purpose csn,e to depict n
dilions as they are. Northern people
should Investigate the race question,
which will become one Of their lmminent
periIs, l predict that within i've years
Chicago will have bloody riot arising from
clashes between the whites and the blacks.
The same will take place in all her
northern Ci,ies where the negro is psnd-
cred to by politicians.
"The election and counting out OF
Barnett, your recent colored candidate
for municipal Judge, shows that Chicsgo
has lost all semblance of self-governmen',
because it let political riug nominate
msD the people did not want"
Written threats TO assassinate Mrs.
Adele J. Keeler, burn her hIme ana
destroy the Chicago Union Hospital,
beneficiary of the Tillman lecture, were
placed yesterday in the hands of United
States government officials.
Postofice inspectors Immediately be-
gan searching inquiry, aud arrests are
promised.
A remarkable feature OF the situation
is the fact that the threats we're written
on the stationery of Rev. DIR. w. E.
Tilroe, presiding elder of the Chicago
district OF thel Methodist Episcopal
Church.
1t is believed that someone about the
Methodist Book Concern building, where
Dr. Tilroe has his Office on the second
floor, gained sccess TO the stationery. The
federal Investigation wss begun there.
Themes ge contained threats OF deatb,
destruction and lnceDdiarism; was witt
ten in ink, 10 a religious strain, and was
signed "Grace and Mary Ovens"
DR.. Tllroe was at loss to understand
who could have gained access to his
stationery. He declared that the station
cry used was part Of a lot discarded last
year
Apparently to emphasize his disap-
provaI of the course of Mayor Dunno in
the Tillman affair, Mayor Sherburn Beck
er, OF Milwaukee, who went to Chicago
yesterday to confer with Mayor Dune
over certain municipal-ownersbip matters
hunted up Senator TIlman and made
him his guest at breakfast While not
coqcnrriDg in full with Senator Tllman's
vie SO on the race question, Mayor Becker
expressed the highest admiration for the
southern senator.
Mayor Dune said yesterday regard
ing the Tilman criticisms. "The Sens-
tor is laboring under a misspprehens'on
| if be is quoted correctly. He refers to me
as creature OF the moment. have beei'
before the public four times 10 the last Is
years, aud the public has expressed It's
regard for me 10 msjorities from $4,000
to 90, O0O"