Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-27
SENATOR T|LLMAN
ON THE WAR PATH
.. uolds a Packed House at Salt
AXE Theater for Three
Hours.
,eRAIGNMENT OF THE NEGRO.
c,v,s Conditions in the sunny
south Thorough Rib-Koasting
on General Principles.

,, senator Benjamin Ttllman OF
-, carolina held . packed house III
saIt Lake theater last night for
Noe hours while he dissected the negro
,ns,ion IN the south. j. ii. Moyle pre-
,aod and introduced the orator, Whiie
80, I. Williams and j. Il. Letcher
80 the platform with their presence
e,so Tillnan had his pitchfork with
Min, and held the genus man, species
1o,,o thereon, while he basted. ilaycd,
IA roasted him from a political. soclo-
,anic.i and historical standpoint. He
- gave SOUTHERN Republicans n rib
-,astine that greatly amused the audi
80 while his description of the Ham
s,,rg massacre" and the exciting
a,sIt connected with 1t was listened 70
MIN GREATNESS attention. Senator T1ll-
vans feelings often got ne petter or
hi,, 40 that they WeIed up IN his tur-
i',iont soul faster than he could frame
Senfonces with which to picture them,
ana he had 10 stop for few seconds
mil he could clear the underbrush
a,gav so 10 speak. for his feelings 10
ard utterance. Senator Tillman cama
rlsht from the cars 10 the theater. as
his train was late, but the WEAKNESS
~ travel evidently failed 10 phase him
w. ne passionate interest he took In his
s,,hiect The syrnpatnies of the great
udience were rnanifestly with the
spsaker for they laughed AT all of his
IyoIlleries and applauded all Of his hits.
Contrary to expectation Senator Till-
man aid not launch out on any tirade
against Roosevelt, and only against Re-
nnhlicauism as far as 1t supported ne
sro domination" in the south. He did
Cav. however, that Cleveland had killed
tbe Democratic party, and If the speak
ar had had a chance to attack the gold
us silver movement of '92 and SO, he
would have attacked the ''goldbug" as
vigorously as negro domination.
The audience got little restless. as
midnight approached, but the orator
held il hard and fast, and only few
left the house because of the lateness
of the hour before he completed his
I'm substance Mr.. Tlllman said; Il
enjoy the discussion of this question.
l know more about 1t than you do
know all about II. Some of you are
here tonight TO see whether the speak
er is the Wild man of Borneo-~what
the irreconcilable recalcltraut Ben
Tillnan looks like. have the habit
of calling things by their right names;
it's the only luxury I ever enjoyed.
This being Sunday, | Will make
this sermon. l viii, therefore. speak
from text. That text Is given me
on the highest authenticity as the
words of Abraham Lincoln, one of the
greatest patriots that this country or
any other country ever knew II is n
letter detailing a conversation between
Mr.. Lincoln and caller. In that in
teryiew. Mr. Lincoln was asked IL he
believed in the absolute equality of
the white and black races. Mr. Lin
coin replied: i am not now, nor have
ever been, in favor of the social and
political equality. They (the negros)
should be voters. nor jurors, nor
hold political Office That is ortho-
dox with the Democrats and II ought
10 be with the Republicans. If anything
is. | have lots Of documents Of the
same character
This is a great and serious question
ms Mr. Moyle has stated; in my
Judgment there is none comparable
with It confronting the American peo-
pie with so dangerous an aspect.
Il do not come to insult YOU nor
TO wound your sensibilities. There is
nothing to gain by taking advantage
Of my position as a public man and
speaker. / have good reasons for my
views. j believe / am right; l know
] am honest. Therefore, ! come TO tell
you the truth. nothing but the truth.
so help me, God and IL you don't like
H. | don't care.
What is the race problem? Ninety