Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-30
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TILLMAN IN CHICAGO.
Has His Say and Says II on the Race
Problem,

colored citizens Of Chicago to prevent
United States Senator Benjamin r. Till
man from delivering an address here
tonight in Orchestra Hall were unsuc-
cessful. When the South Carolina
senator arrived in Chicago early in the
afternoon he was told Of threatened in
junction proceedings to prevent him
from appearing on the platform and Of
money consideration that had been
offered II he would cancel his engage
ment, but Mr.. Tillman expressed scorn
for both. Until he leaves for Fond Du
Lac. Wis. tomorrow. Senator Tillman
will be guarded by police and private
detectives. This is in accordance with
orders issued by Mayor Edward F.
Dunno, who was scheduled to preside
at tonight's meeting, but who refused
70 have anything to do with the affair
after a committee Of colored citizens
visited him few days ago.
Senator Tillman gave his address
protected by forty detectives. In antic-
ipation Of trouble a number of police
men were kept at nearby stations in
reserve, but they were not called for.
Sly negro policemen mingled with the
crowd which blocked the streets In
front of the hall.
In the audience were many negroes,
but they listened to Senator Tillrnan's
remarks od-naturedly and although
he was interrupted many times, the
meeting passed off without trouble.
In leading up to his address, shall
the United States Annex Cuba?" Mr..
Tillman took occasion to criticise May
,r Dunne's action in refusing to pre-
side at the meeting. IT have been told
that I have been snubbed by the may
n of this city" said the senator.
I did not ask Mayor Dunno to be here
tonight. II any one has been snubbed
1t is the gracious ladies, who planned
this meeting to secure money for the
Chicago Union Hospital and who re-
quested Mayor Dunno, the creature Of
I political hour, to come forward and
add his mite.
81 have been advertised to discuss
he annexation Of Cuba" continued Mr..
Tillman, but in view Of the fact that
[ could not discuss that subject with
,ut discussing the race question, am
going to go at the matter with hammer
md tongs Therefore / shall discuss the
race problem pure and simple from an
American standpoint and not from a
Cuban standpoint. Owing to my ex-
rerience with the question and the dill
igept study have made of 1t, believe
I am better qualified to discuss this
question than any other man in Amer
lea"
While discussing the fifteenth amend
ment to theaconstitution, which he de-
clared gave the negro every right that
white. man had. he was interrupted
several times by one Of his listeners,
who kept asking How about Ken
tucky?"
Finally Mr.. Tillman seemed to lose
his temper and exclaimed:
"Oh shut your mouth. You don't
know the A B c of this thing. I for
got 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
and should be enforced, notwithstand-
ing it's results. II this law was en-
forced 1t would result in two states at
least being dominated absolutely by
negroes, while four other states would
Re so near being governed by the ne
gro that there would practically be an
equal division Of Offices"
A voice-How about the law?
Senator Tillman-The law? To hell
with such law.
After telling in detail how the negro
Is prevented from casting his ballot in
the south, Senator Tillman said:
There Is a great deal more to this
question than the little racket here In
Chicago"
A voice-How about the negro Judge?
Senator Tillman-Well. I will tell you
about your negro judge and about
YOUR political machines putting him on
your ticket and bamboozling those poor
ignorant baboons into electing him, and
then afterwards you fellows who voted
the ticket without knowing what was
on it, find a way to cheat him out of 1t.
pyho MANILA the
north may say or do. the white race In
the south will never be dominated by
the negro and want to tell you now
that IL some state should ever attempt
to save South Carolina we will show
them in their fanaticism that we will
make 1t red before we make it black.
God Almighty made the Caucasian
of better clay than the Mongolian or
the African or any other race. The
Ethiopian Is a burden bearer. He has
done absolutely nothing for history
nor has he ever achieved anything Of
great Importance.
There are no great men among the
race. Yet this people has been picked
out by the fanatics Of the north and
lifted up to the equality Of citizenship
and to the rights Of suffrage. No doubt
many Of you have listened to the ora
tory of the greatest colored man OF
this country-Booker Washington. He
had a white father, however, and his
brains and his character he has inher-
tied from that father"
Senator Tillman then told his audience
of the attacks on white men by negroes
in the south and declared that the peo-
pie of the north were In a great meas
ure responsible for this state Of af-
fairs.
In conclusion Senator Tillman said:
"Now, as a general illustration Of the
Injustice that is sometimes done: Pres
ident Roosevelt discharged three COM
panies of colored soldiers without
court martial, and in doing this he
punished innocent men for the crime
of a few. In doing this he transcribed
the authority of the law and he ought
not to have done it."
During Mr.. Tillman's speech color
ed man and a Russian were arrested
for creating a disturbance in the GAL