New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

But the ridiculousness of the situation ,s again @
k Of h, rsdSa s6iiohs and 5 s
once sGaTea efa s ams Of F
ands himself aligned with that Senator from the
POSd POsed to have r broed Negro for BREAKFAST
S r. to 3 us s5s ba4ea tor TO he hs seg IS feeling
akin to e. in the belief that white men are MADE of
to participate in government And SO this alliance
IS an odd one. -
Senator Tillman characterized the Presidents
action ~'as nothing more nor less than lynoh-
ing" He challenged any one to produce in the
army regulations or Articles OF War any foun-
dation for the charge of conspiracy of silence.
mutiny and treason made against the soldiers.
although he declared there was no doubt that
the soldiers were responsible for the Outrage
at Brownsville"
RACE QUESTION AT BOTTOM.
Turning his attention to Senator Foraker, Mr..
Tillman declared the Ohio Senator had belittled
himself by attacking Major Blocksom as a man
whose father was Copperhead. He said
are we never to have an end Of the war and its its
E 69e each of s Other and e to @
ognize the rights OF both sections ..,o IT,. ..
It is equally useless to say these troops dis
The whole issue Involved is one of race and the
sr Is m position the
have taken on the question OF Negro rights he he
a
way. He did 1t, knowing he was flying in the face
OF caste feeling among seventeen millions of South
thirds eefourtRs Of The Northern people He
Vital Vital Character cha Of the issues involved He made
mess Of 1t in the first instance and has made
He speaks of suggestion" In his recent message
motive to crime 70 What & wo1a fhen tsoss SO
SHsE'?' words? 'H' -''S'''9 " O' .
the social question has Been the cause Of great
and noticeable change in the demeanor and action
greater question OF reiationship between the
cannot be much longer kept down
After predicting in the future race
conflict to determine whether the Negro is the
equal of the Caucasian. Mr.. Ttllman continued:
Broadly stated the white lite, people @ o Of the Unsd 20
whether the Caucasian race shall share its in
heritance with the other races of the earth,
this time but these laws are only temporary; and
80 VIII be able to Vote
the struggle for mastery between the races. In
IN 0sfn & the
conditions exist and the large number of mnlatt9es
have migrated there the leaders Of the doctrine
avs anG are y he of S
to ali Of our peopl. that It W We 81 shall deal With each
% ereH oa hs m merits eb af o a Ten Pae e that Te
shall judge each man by his conduct, and not
And again, Every far sighted friend Of the COL
ored race. in its efforts to strive onward and up
lesson alike tg the white man and the black the
SSSty Ss wort, Of treating re- In the Individual man strictly on
Consider the fun import and meaning of these
sincere and honest. or whether, in the fervor OF
fight to Justify tsyc,a an " usrPaon Of
President forgot himself and said more than he in
tended or means
Mr.. Tillman then made the remark already
quoted. asking whether the President was will
ing to act the meaning he took from the
words. Mr.. Tflman went on;
The conditions arc growing more and more aggra-
waited every day; Race entasonism increases in in
teny v Are al S things to drift d until dS drs1I @ TRAGEDIES @
water? Is the statesmanship Of our time made
ansip OF 1850 failed to prevent the dire oatastro-
phe of civil war?
MR.. PATTERSON TAKES THE FLOOR
Senator Patterson followed Mr. TillInan, an
nouncing his belief that the President had the
legal right to take the action he did. but he be-
lieved the wisdom propriety of that action
might be open TO question He had no doubt
the President moved from the highest mo-
tives, and asserted that the censure by the Sem
ator from South Carolina that the President
was moved by race prejudice was unjust. He
believed the Booker Washington luncheon dis
proved such q conclusion. Mr.. Patterson gave
as his reason for speaking that he did not by his
silence wish to be held to indorse the sentiments
on the race question just expressed
. The Senate In the next session, he said, would
have only two Democratic Senators from the
North, and It his belief that a short time
IN the future would the political dividing
line completely drawn between the North and
South.
1t was such speeches as had just been deliv-
cred, he maintained, which would hasten this
condition.
Ascertaining that Mr.. Patterson had never
been In the black belt" of Alabama or Missis-
sippi, MIR. Tillman suggested that it might be well
for him to go down there land learn something"
pose was 10 state correctly the position of the
NcTthern Democrat as opposed to the radicalism
expressed, Mr.. Tillman calculated: "Even If
there should never be another Democrat elected
from the North, the people OF the South will
still stand for white supremacy"
Mr.. Patterson insisted that in his belief only
small minority of the people of the South
in sympathy with the views expressed; that the
better element was decidedly against such
methods, and he did not believe the people of
the North were getting a correct idea Of the
real situation from lectures delivered in North
ern cities by prominent Southerners. Mr. Till
man took this reference to apply to himself and
asserted that he had spoken to q hundred thou
SAND Northerners in his lectures and that he had
received applause and appreciation. The char
acter Of his audiences, he said indicated that
he was addressing the better element He
closed his interruption by issuing a challenge to
Senator Patterson to debate the race question
with him In Colorado at any time or place.
Mr.. Patterson declined the invitation to debate,
ana said he only wished to point out to the pso-
pie of the South that the Democrats of the North
had TO bear the odium and burden such utter
ances entailed This drew quick retort from
Mr.. Tillman.
so far" he said. las my own party is con-
cerned In the North. 1t IS such a shining example
Of ward politicians dirty low Creatures who
use every tactic and every means to buy votes
that don't care If never have any of that
type to back us up We have got no use for
them"
Mr.. Patterson then took up the subject of
lynching, and in connection with It Mr Money
interrupted to quote from memory a statersent
in one of President Roosevelt's books entityed
"Rougning 1t, in which the President justified
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