The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-10-09
groes, backed BY thousands Of soldiers,

groes, backed by thousands OF soldiers,
and $500 white men, backed by noah.
ing but the righteousness OF their
cause We went TO the polls. At the
count we not only defeated the repub-
lican ticket, but won by a majority Of
5000. A howl went up and the gov.
eminent investigated. We were &C
cused Of fraud, but when an exam ina.
ton was made Of the negroes they de.
clared that the election Was fair and
that they had never voted better.
We voted for them. We were forced
to. in order 70 keep the body polite
clean and free from contamination.
"And we had more trouble, over the
equality proposition. The government
dressed 5000 negroes In uniforms, fur.
nished them with new Springfield
rifles, and paraded them up and down
In our part OF the state. We also
armed, not with the new rife, but
with variety OF guns, Of which the
old shot gun, filed with blue whistlers,
was the most prominent. We clashed.
We killed seven negroes the first time
and 100 the second and that company
dlsbapded Immediately and has ne yer
been on parade since. can tell you
all about these riots. was fortunate
in being present when they happened
and II was not long before the govern.
ment learned that 1t was not the uni.
form, but the man behind the gun
that counted.
1.-THE first thing we did after taking
the state was to call a democratic con.
vention. After passing lot Of where.
ases we passed q resolution to the
effect that South Carolina vas
white mans state and white men
would govern IL. In other words, the
word democrat was for white supre,
macy; the word republican stood for
negro quality. Boiled down, democ-
racy meant white, republication
meant black. We have since gov.
erned the state, and would you be
surprised II I should tell you that we
intend to govern. We were forced to
do what we did. We had to kill the
negro militia because these balloons
told our children that they would kill
every white man in the state, and hey
strutted around like bluebottle flies,
all pulled up
1--WE haven't solved the problem.
We still believe white man to be bet
ter than negro, but we have doubled
the school tax and are educating the
blacks so that in few years there will
be thousands OF them ready to vote
under the provisions Of a number OF
southern states. Then will come the
real struggle, for we do not intend to
oe governed by a hybrid set OF off,
cials For the problem WE have only
got poultice. There is cancer In
the body polite, that penetrates to
every vial spot OF the nation, and it
has got TO be cut out. We nope the
north vii retrace the steps IL took in
1865 -repeai Tie Fourteenth and Fiji
tenth amendments. and unite with
US IN solving he ra;e problem,
| live tried 10 gel Il republican mem.
Der Of congress. To debate with me on
this question I've tantalized them,
and I've stuck my pitchfOrk IN and
twisted " around and around. but
they Won't respond In any part OF
the country, before an audience In
such debate. can repeal the Fiji.
teenth amendment in one night.
There will come war between the.
white and black race il the remedy
Is not speedily applied, The negro Is
becoming more and more iusolent
every day"
Tillman was literally ,applauded
His remarks found sympathy. A
number of his last remarks were full
OF sarcasm,