The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-13

peculiar conSideTation-it shows that
in the great majority of cases he has
learned those habits of solf-command.
or self-restraint, of obedience and of
fearlessness i'm the face of danger.
which put him above most OF his fell
lows who have not possessed similar
privileges. To strive TO discrininate
against him in any way is IiteralIv sn
irfamy; for it is in reality one of the
most serious offenses which can be
committed against the stability and
greatness OF our nation"
mat is the milk in the cocoanut."
calculated Mr.. Tillman, who said IL
was this sort Of stuff that put it into the
neads OF the negro soldier that he was
entitled to demand social equality"
At this point Mr.. Tllman was inter
rupted for the first time. Senator Nell
son asking: Would you deny those
privileges to white soldiers?"
VIII go as far as any man in Civ
ing White men. either soldiers or citi-
zens, their rights" answered Mr.. Till
man.
Why should not the colored soldier.
II he conducts himself as a white SOL
n'er, have the same consideration 2"
persisted Mr. Nelson.
For the simple reason that God AL
mighty made him colored. He did not
make him white" retorted Mr.. Till
man, who added that caste feeling was
universal; that it pulsated even in the
bosom of the senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Nelson).
Same as Lynchin1.
Senator Tillman characterized the
presidents action in the matter as
nothing more nor less than Iynching''
he challenged any one to produce in
the army regulations or articles of war
any foundation for the charge Of con-
spiracy OF silence, mutIny and treason
made against the soldiers, although he
declared there was no doubt that the
soldiers were responsible for the out
rage at Brownsville.
Mr. Tillman held that it was contrary
to the fundamental principles of lib
erty of English and American law that
the innocent should suffer because of
the sins of the guilty; also he declared
that a man shall be considered inno-
cent until he is proved guilty.
In this case" he said, "167 men have
been punished. while not more than
twenty had been charged with partici-
patton in the crime"
Mr.. Tillman maintained that the ne
gro troops should not have been sent
to Texas. They were sent there. he
said, against the protests of one of the
Texas senators and the congressman
from that district.
This was done" Mr. Tillman ex-
claimed, without any thought or care
on the part of the president or secre-
tary Of war as to the result The first
thought of the president was to protect
the negroes and to punish the citizens
by abandoning the post
Officers Negligent and incompetent.
Especially Major Penrose and Can
tain Macklin," Mr.. Tillman said. ARE
shown TO have acted with gross negli-
gence and Incompetence"
Mr.. Tillman declared all the soldiers
in the trouble were from Macklin's
company. and that Macklin did not be-
lieve that a negro had seized Mrs. Ev-
ans by the hair, and that he made no
effort TO detect the soldier. This. he
thought, raised the question as to |
or not Captain Macklin was
in sympathy with the scheme of re-
venge."
Mr.. Tillman declared Senator For
aker had belittled himself by attack |
ing Major BloSsOm as a man whose IA
Their was a copperhead. Are we never I
he asked.
'It is useless TO deny that the race
question lies at the bottom of all this |
1t is equally useless to say these troops
were not discharged because they were \
negroes. If the negroes had been
treated the same way as white regulars
were treated at Athens, o.. the civil |
would have arrested those |
believed TO be guilty and decided the |
the war department defended the regu-
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