Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-14
TILLMAN ATTACKS PRESIDENT.
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protests of one of the Texas senators and
the congressman from that district. They
We're sent there, he continued. with Il
wholly Inadequate number of officers. as
there were only five officers for the three
companies.
This was done" Mr.. Tillman exclaim-
ed, without any thought or care on the
part Of the President or secretary of war
as to the results. The first thought of
the President was to protect the negroes
and punish the citizens by abandoning the
post. Especially. Maj. Penrose ard Capt.
Macklin,' Mr.. Tillman SAID. "are shown
to have acted with gross negligence AMI
incompetence"
Turning his attention to Senator Fora
ker Mr.. Tillman declared the Ohio sena-
tor had belit-led himself by attacking
Mai. Rlocksom man whose father
was a "Copperhead."
1T is useless to deny that the rae.
question lies at the bottom of all this,
he said. 1T is equally useless to say
these troops were discharged because
they were negroes. II the negroes had
been treated the same way as white reg
ulars wore treated at Athens, O., the
civil authorities would have arrested
those believed to be guilty and the ma:
ter decided III the courts. In that in
stance the war department defended til.
regulars, although they had committed
murder. and 1t was declared the troops
We're the wards Of the national very
proper and right position 10 take"
After referring to the political RICH S
c"nft rrcd on the negro. vhc senator took
up the question of social equality. which
he declared Was being encouraged by tn
President. He said:
'"rake this from his message on the
Brownsville affair: 1T is al the utmost
importance to all Of our people that W.
shall deal with each man Oh his m ariJs
as a man. and not deal with him merely
as a member of a given race; ;ltat w
shall judge each man by his conduct and
not his color
Consider the full import and meaning
of these words, and ;hen consider wheth-
er, in the fervor of fight to Justify an
unwdrrantcd usurpa:ior of power and ex-
crcise of executive authority, the Presi-
dent forgot himself and said mere than
he intended or means. To illustrate. is i,
IoSStDic % utS-.ltDlt lllttl all tpllSlutid
ton Of race and color shall be dismissed
from our minds and not govern our ac-
ton: that racial instincts implanted in
US by nature are to be ignored and all
men of all races to be judged and treated
on the basis of Individual merit
lis President Roosevelt ready to act up
to his own theory and have his children
marry men and women Of the other
races? Would he accept as a daughter
in-law a Chinese, a Malay. an Indian or 4
negro in accord with the doctrine laid
down in his message which I have quot
ed? We all know he would not. and
while fine words butter no parsnips.'
words like these are =. source of meal
culabie evil, coming from such a high
source"
TT Is high time something was being
dore to hive this great and VIA. ques-
ton brought before the country in some
practical and sensible way The deep in
tercst slown in the Brownsville tragedy
is ample evidence that the people Of the
country are beginning 70 feel deep con
Germ in tho various phases of this ques-
ton. and il is absolutely useless for doc
trinares and politicians 20 undertake t.
pooh-pooh the question, and dismiss it
with a wave of the hand. and for one |
am ready to go 70 battle under the slogan
America for the Americans and this is Il
white mans country ard white men must
govern it
Senator Patterson followed Mr.. Tiiman.
announcing his belief that the Preside ut
had the legal right to take the action lie
Tad, but he believed the wisdom or pri-
rricty Of that action might be open to
question.
When M Patterson explained thai his
purpose was to correctly state the posi-
ton of the Northern Democrat as opros-
cd to the rSGicaliSm expressed, Mr.. Till
man calculated: Even if there should
never be another Democrat elected from
I'll. North the people Of the South Will
stand for the white supremacy
Mr. Patterson insisted that i'll his BE-
lief only very small minority Of til"
people of the South were i'll sympathy
with the views expressed.
Mr.. Tllman challenged Senator Pattcr
son To debate the rae" question with him
in Colorado at any Tine ar place. Mr.
Patterson declined tiI- invitation 10 de-
bate.
Senator Mallory had 'nGirat"d his de
sire to discuss the qucr;Dn at the con-
clusion Of Mr. Humans speech. and
doubtless will proceed Monday. us Mr.
Foraker indicated he would call ZIP the
Brownsville resolutions on that day as
soon as III" legislative appropriation bill
had pccn disposed Of.