The Washington herald., 1907-01-07
KEEP NEGROES HERE.
Tillman Says to Send Troops
to Philippines Is Unjust.
WOULD MUSTER THEM OUT
If the COIOred Soldiers Attack white
Women i'm the United states, They
VIII Commit Crimes in the Islands.
The FilipinOs, aS Our Wards. Are
Entitled to Protection.

Senator Tillman denounces the sending
of negro troops TO the Philippines as an
unwise and unjust course 10 take He
thinks they should not be sent where the
people trust the government Of the United
States, and will be at the mercy of the
criminal nature of such men.
At the same time the South Carolina
Senator does not think the Presidents
order, discharging the men Of three COM
panies Of the Twenty-hfth Infantry. was
just and right
The sending Of the negro troops TO
the Philippine Islands" said Mt. Till
man last night is a great injustice 10
the Philippine people The islanders are
IA conquered people and wards Of ours.
whom it is our duty to protect, so far as
possible, from harm Of every kind. and
if these negro soldiers are too brutal and
too dangerous 20 be stationed among our
own people, it is an injustice 20 inaict
them upon the Philippine communities"
The South Carolina Senator IS just back
from one OF his lecture tours. having
lectured Friday night at Salisbury, Nd.
on the negro.
dangerous Policy.
My idea Of the Philippine women IS
that they are virtuous." Fe SAYS. If
these brutes will catch white women d.
the throats and commit outrages upon
them al Brownsville and at Fort Reno.
where there are plenty Of white men 60
catch them and shoot them, those Of us
who understand the negro character and
the negro instinct can hardly conceive OF
what indescrbable oUtrages they viii
commit among ignorant and unprotected
Filipino women, who are, as rule. inuo-
cent and yirtuous. It is the most fear
ful thing ] can conceive of. especially
under a set Of incompetent and tuhing
officers as these discharged companies
had"
Senator Tinman is one Of those who
are not at all inclined 10 accept the ex-
PLANTATION given out at the War Depart
ment that the sending OF all the remain
Ing negro troops out Of the country is for
their own good and iu the interest Of a
square deal 90 the negroes themselves.
THE fact that the War Department
makes d rush 10 explain. before anybody
had criticised them, is proof positive that
they are keenly sensitive 90 criticism. and
fear it,. DE continued. What they ought
20 do Is 20 muster out Of service every
negro In the army. but DO IL by act u
Congress, and not by Executive order.
which is a usuTpati0u of authority. But
If we are going 10 have any negro soldiers.
let us keep them at home. where, II they
commit outrages upon women, we can
shoot them, as We ought 20 do, and not
indict them with their brutaHties upon a
helpless people
TilIman TO Criticise President.
Senator THman win join Senator For
aker tomorrow in protesting against the
Presidents action in dischargiug the three
companies Of the Tweuty-6fth Infantry
for shooting Up the town" and he says
he will advocate % bill similar 20 the enc
already introduced in the House by Rep
reseutative Slayden for mastering out all
Of the negro troops. He viii point out the
statement OF Gen. AinsW0rth. that q pro-
traetcd examination of the official records
has resulted in failure to discover "a
precedent in the regular army for the dis
charge Of these troops.
In referring 20 this he said Gen Aims
worth. In my opinion. is the best author
ity I'm the army OF I'm the government
upon such matter Concerning the at
tItUde Of his colleagues from the South
upon this question. the South CsroIinian
said. II should consider it q most uu-
fortunate thing II the Southern Senators,
merely because the negro is concerned.
should allow themselves 10 De led into
supporting the most fragrant Executive
usurpation that We have had in many
day"
Senator Foraker declined yesterday to
discuss the sending Of the troops % the
Philippines. He says that il is % Doe pre-
sumed that whatever movements Of
troops are made by the War Department
is for the good of the service, and he
takes that 10 he so I'm this case.
Il do not consider that this order
taking the negro troops out of the couH-
t-y," said the Senator has anything
whatever to DO with my contention in the
Senate about the Brownsville affair. and
! should not like to express an opinion
upon this action OF the War Department
at all especially at this time