Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-13


uation is again apparent when one
considers that the senator from the
north, who by reason Of his radical
and aggressive utterances. and prob
ably actions. in the past, has acquired
the title of Fire Alarm finds himself
aligned with that senator from the
south (Mr. Tillman himselD. who Is
usually supposed TO have a boiled ne
gro for breakfast (laughter). and who
is known to justify lynching for rape.
and whose attitude. II not that of ha-
tired to the negro. is a feeling akin to
ii. in the belief that white men are
made of better clay and that white
men alone are entitled to participate
In the government. And so this alli-
ance is an unusual one"
Declaring that President Roosevelt
was more responsible ''than any other
man. Mr.. Tillman read from order
No. 3. issued by the war department
February 5, 1906, and signed by the
president, as follows:
The uniform of the enlisted man
Is badge of honor II entities him to
peculiar consideration-it shows that
in the great majority of cases he has
learned those habits of self-command
of self-restraint, of obedience and OF
fearlessness in the face of danger
which put him above most of his fell
lows who have not possessed similar
To strive TO discriminate
against him in any way is literally an
infamy; for it is in reality one of the
most serious offenses which can be
committed against the stability and
greatness of our nation"
THAT is the milk i'm the Cocoanut, ."
calculated Mr.. Tillman, who said II
was this sort of stuff that put into
the head of the negro soldier that he
was entitled to demand social equal
ity"
At this point Mr. Tillman was in
terrupted for the first time. Senator
Nelson asking: would you deny
those privileges to white soldiers? ?"
Il viii go as far as any man in
giving white men. either soldiers or
citizens, their rights" answered Mr..
Tillman.
why should not the colored sol
der. if he conducts himself as a white
soldier, have the same consideration q"
persisted Mr. Nelson.
For the simple reason that God
Almighty made him colored. He did
not make him white" retorted Mr.
Tillman. who added that caste feeling
was universal; and it pulsated even
in the bosom of the senator from Min.
nesota (Mr. Nelson).
Following a colloquy with Senator
Culberson on his position as to the
presidents authority under the arti-
cles of war to discharge the soldiers.
Mr.. Tillman remarked that none of
the negroes discharged would return
to Texas.
"One of them" he continued, that
famous Sergeant Mingo Sander comes
from South Carolina | would like to
meet Mingo and shake hands with
him. But he it not going back to
South Carolina and let me know that
he is coming"
why not?" interrupted Senator
Foraker.
Because the suspicion that might
prevail as TO who really did the kill
ing would make it unhealthy for him
down there. | wish it was not so. but
| can't help it. If he had been dis
charged honorably he would have
come down there and been the big
gest man at negro camp meetings and
relieved respectful treatment from
the whites"
Senator Tillman convulsed the gal
leries and amused many senators a
minute later by illustrating the dis
between the races in
Washington. Negroes are not al
lowed to drink at al the bars in
Washington, as YOU all know" he
said. The last three words were given
especial emphasis, and the senator
waved his hand to include the whole
senate.
Mr.. Tillman said there were some
times when he wished to be dispas-
sionate and deliberate, and he had
prepared in writing a discussion of the
ton 1, L..
to be a confederation or nation. We
are. he said. a nation with a big "N''
but the southern half of the country
had no conception of the word ma
ton" except it is connected with the
word "nigger."
Senator Beveridge asked that a REM
edy be suggested. Mr.. Tillman de-
clined to enter into that phase of the
discussion, saying that it would in
volve another two hours speech. 1t
had simply been his object to point out
that the people of the south were on
the crest of volcano and confronted
with a situation of which the people
of the north had no conception.
Senator Patterson followed, an
nouncing his belief that the president
had the legal right to take the action
he had. but he believed the wisdom
open to question He had no doubt
the president was moved by the high
est motives, and asserted that the as
sertiOn by Senator Tillman that the
president was moved by race preju-
dice was unjust. He believed the
Booker Washington luncheon dis
proved that conclusion. Mr.. Patterson
gave as his reason for speaking that
he did not by his silence wish to be
held to endorse the sentiments on the
race question just expressed.
The senate in the next session, he
said, would have but two democratic
senator's from the north. and II was
his belief that a short time in the flu
ture would see the political dividing
line completely drawn between the
north and south
1t was such speeches as had just
been delivered. he maintained, which
would hasten this condition. Mr.. Till
man, he said was not alone in advo-
cacy of repeating the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments. Governor
Vardaman of Mississippi, and Hoke
Smith had made the same representa-
lions. The repeal of these amendments
would result in a practical return to
peonage for the negro.
Ascertaining that Mr.. Patterson had
never been In the "black belt of Ala
bama or Mississippi Mr. Tillman sug-
gested that ii might be well for him
to go down there "and learn some
thing"
Both Mr.. Patterson and Mr.. Tillmar
agreed that the colonization of the
negro was not the solution, but Mr.
/ Tillman complained when Mr.. Patter'
son insisted that the reason Senator
| Tilman would not agree to have the
negro deported was one of selflshness
because of the value of the negro as
! a laborer.
Il am sorry the senator cannot give
I me credit for a disinterested and hon.
est statement" retorted Mr.. Tlllman
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