Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-29

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L Chicago. Nov Ex-senator finmsn
gave his address Tuesday night pro
tected by forty detectives under com
mand OF Assistant Chief Of Police
Chuttler. In anticipation OF trouble
q number OF policemen were kept In
nearby stations In reserve. but they
were not called for Six negro police
men mingled with the crowd Of white
people and the negroes which blocked
the street in front OF the hall.
In the audience we're many negroes.
but they listened to Senator Till.
mans remarks good.naturedly. and.
although he was Interrupted many
times by those who wished 10 ask
questions. the meeting passed off with.
out any trouble developing.
In leading up TO his address. Shall
the United States Annex Cuba?" Mr..
Tillman criticized Mayor DUNES ac'
ton In refusing to preside at the meet.
Ing. II have been told that ] have
been snubbed by the mayor OF this
city" said Mr. Tillman.
Il never saw Mayor Dunno In my
life. did not ask him 20 be here TO
Introduce me 10 this audience nor did
] ask an yone else 20 do so. II any
one has snubbed me II Is those gra.
cious ladies' who planned this meeting
TO secure money for the Chicago linton
hospital who requested Mayor Dunno.
the creature OF z political party. to
come forward and add his mite"
Il have been advertised 10 discuss
the Annexation OF Cuba" announced
UT. 1iilman. but In view OF the fact
that ] could not discuss that subject
without discussing the race question.
] am going to 20 az the matter ham.
mer and tonss straightforward IKE q
man. Therefore | shall discuss tho
race problem pure and simple from an
American standpoint, and not from a
Cuban standpoint Owing 10 my az.
perience with the question and the
diligent study have made OF n, I
believe am better qualified than any
other ran In America TO discuss this
question. ! am going 10 base my ap-
peal on facts. not on theories"
While discussing the fifteenth
amendment OF the constitution. which
he declared gave the negro every priv.
ilege which the white man had. he
was interrupted several times By one
Of his listeners who kept asking. How
about Kentucky"
Finally Mr.. Tillman seemed to lose
his temper and exclaimed: "Oh. shut
you mouth: You don't know the A.
b c cf this thing. forgot forty years
ago more than you ever knew"
You make up your minds that
equality beneath the law will furnish
equal guarantees Is right and should
be enforced. Notwithstanding its re-
suit. II this law was enforced II
would result In two states at least be-
ing dominated absolutely by negroes.
while four other states would be so
near being governed b. the negro
that there would be practically an
equal division OF offices"
A voice: How about the law"
Senator Tillman continued: The
law? To hell with such law"
After telling In detail how the ne
gro IL prevented from casting his bal.
lot In the south. Senator Tillman said
There is a great deal more 10 this
question than the little racket here
In Chicago"
Voice: How about the negro Judge?
Senator Tillman."
Well. | will tell you about the ne
gro Judge and your political mayor In
putting him on the ticket and BAN
those poor ignorant bah
boons into electing him. and when.
you fellows who voted the
ticket without knowing what was on
Il. find way 20 cheat him out Of
H.
mo matter what the people In the
nortn may do or say. the white race
In the south will never be dominated
by the negro. and ! wan; 20 tell you
now that II some state should ever
make an attempt TO save south Car
olina We will show them in their IA.
naticism that we will make II red be.
fore we make II black.
God Almighty made the Caucasian
OF better clay than the Monaghan or
the African or any other race. The
Ethiopian Is burden carrier. He
has done absolutely nothing for him
self, nor has he ever achieved any.
thing OF any great importance There
are no great men among the race
Yet this people have been picked out |
by the fanatics OF the north and kept |
up to the quality OF citizens and the
right OF suffrage No doubt that many |
Of you have listened 20 the oratory |
Of the greatest colored man Of this
country Booker Washington. He had
a white father. however. and his brain /
and his character he got from the
father"
Senator Tillman then told his audi
ence OF the attacks on white women |
by negroes In the south. and declared |
that the people Of the north were in
a great measure responsible for this
state Of affairs.
In conclusion Senator Tillman said /
Now a general illustration OF the in
Justice that IS sometimes done: Pres
dent Roosevelt discharged three com.
panies Of colored soldiers without a
and In doing 50 he pun.
lshed innocent men for the crime Of a
few In doing this be transcribed the
Of the law. and he ought not
TO have done g."
During Mr. Tiliman's speech a ne
gro man and a Russian were arrested
for creating a disturbance in the gal
Iery.