The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-30

meeting passed on without trouble.
In leading up to his address, Shall
| the United States Annex Cuba 2"
Tillman took occasion to criticise May
or DUNES action in refusing to pre-
side at the meeting
Il have been told that I have been
snubbed by the mayor Of this city"
said the speaker. 4 never saw May
or Dunno in my life. I did not ask
him to be here tonight to Introduce
me to this audience, nor did ask any
/ one else to do so. If any one has been
snubbed il is the gracious ladies who
| planned this meeting to secure money
| for the Chicago Union hospital, and
who requested Mayor Dunno, the crea-
ture Of a political hour, to come for
ward and add his mite"
q have been advertised to discuss
the annexation Of Cuba" continued
i Tillman, but in view Of the fact that
I could not discuss this subject with
out discussing the race question, I am
going to 90 at the matter hammer
and tOngs, straightforward, like a
man. Therefore shall discuss the
race problem pure and simple from
an American standpoint and not from
a Cuban standpoint. Owing to my ex-
| perience with the question and the
diligent study have made Of it, I
believe I am better qualified to dis
cuss this question than any other man
l in America I am going TO base my
/ appeal on facts-nOt on theories
While discussing the fifteenth
/ amendment to the constitution, which
I he declared gave the negro every right
/ that a white man had, he was inter
rupted several times by one Of his
! listeners, who kept asking, How
/ about Kentucky"
Finally Tillman lost his temper and
| exclaimed: "Oh, shut your mouth.
/ You don't know the a 3 c Of this
| thing I forgot forty years ago more
| than you ever knew.
| You make up your minds that
/ equality before the law which the fif-
/ teenth amendment guarantees IS right
1 and should be enforced, nOtwithstand-
/ ing its results. If this law was en-
/ forced il would result in two states at
/ least being dominated absolutely by
i negroes, while four other states would
/ be so near being governed by the ne
Il gro that there would practically be
an equal division Of officers"
/ A voice, How about the law?'
/ Senator TiIlman-''The law? To
/ hell with such law"
After telling in detail how the ne
l gro is prevented from casting his bal
i lot in the south, Senator Tillman said:
mo matter what the people in the
| north may say or do, the white race
1 IN the south will never be dominated
BY the negro, and I want to tell you
now that IL some state should ever
make an attempt to save South Car
Olina' we viii show them in their
fanatiCism that We viii make it red
before we make IL black.
God Almighty made the caucasian
| OF better clay than the monaghan OF
the African OF any other race The
Ethiopian IS 2 burden carrier He has
done absolutely nothing for history
nor has he ever achieved anything Of
1 great importance. There are no greai
/ men among the race. Yet this peOpis
I has been ufclred ont 11w the fanatics Of
the north and lifted up 20 the equality
OF citizenship and TO the rights OF SUI
fFage- No doubt many OF you his lis
tened to the oratcTY OF the creates
colorsG nan Of this country Books
washington he had a white father
, however, and out cf his brain and hi.
character ne has gotten his equalitie.
from that father,
Se1stor EilIa1ah then tcld his aiidl