Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-13
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, SUNDAY. JANUARY Is, 1907.

was IN sympathy with the men in
their scheme of revenge.
Turning his attention to Senator
Foraker, Mr.. Tlllman declared the
Ohio Senator hadn't belittled him
self by attacking Major Blockson
as man whose father was a cop.
perhead.
Are we never to have an end
of the war and its bitterness?" he
exclaimed. Are the people of the
North and tn: South never to IL,
derstand each other and to recognize
the rights of both sections? 1t is
useless to deny that the race ques-
ton lies at the bottom of all this.
1t is equally useless to say that these
troops were discharged because
they were negroes. If the negroes
had been treated the same way as
white regulars were treated at
Athens. o., the civil authorities
would have arrested those believed
to be guilty and the matter decided
in the courts. In that incident the
War Department defended the regu-
lars, although they had committed
and it was declared the
troops were the wards OF the ma.
ticn, a very proper and right position
to take.
It Is a Race Issue.
THE whole issue involved is one
of race" cried the Senator, land
the President is primarily more re.
sponsible than any other man for
the position the negroes in the
South have taken on the negro
rights He gave recognition to
Booker Washington in social way.
He did 1t knowing he was flying
In the face of caste feeling among
seveteen million OF Southern white
men and against the same feeling
of two-thirds of three-fourths OIL
the Northern people. He does not
understand the negro, or the deep
and vital character of the issue in
volved. He made mess of 1t In
the first instance and has made
worse mess of the last The we'll
known attitude of the administra.
ton on the social question has been
the cause of great noticeable
change in the demeanor and action
of the negroes throughout the South
and the greater question OF relation
ship beween the races cannot be
much longer kept down."
Predicts Race War.
After predicting In the near future
a race conflict to determine whether
the negro is the equal of the eau
casion, Mr.. Tillman continues:
Broadly stated, the white people
of the United States are face to
face with the vital issue as to
whether the Caucasion race shall
share its inheritance with the other
race of the earth. In Cuba the
question presses for solution and i'm
mediate action. Shall the island
be governed by negroes or white
men; shall it be doomed to the
fate of San Domingo or shall It
be saved for the white man? The
question OF a protectorate or an
nexation and of the future status
of the people there must be determined
in the near future.
THAT is only one phase Of the
question. On the Pacific coast the
relationship between the Nrongol-
ians and the Caucasions is involved.
The President announces himself as
favoring the policy of absolute OBJ
liberation of the race line, the grant
ing of full citizenship to the Jap
anese.
The Americans of the Pacific coast.
as understand it, are bitterly
opposed 10 this policy and without
regard to party line. These Ameri-
cans ought to know what it is for
their best interest, and they ought
to and undoubtedly will have the
sympathy and aid of their fellow
citizens North and South in pro-
tecting their interests, but these
two phases of the race problem sink
Into insignificance alongside of the
greater and more vital question OF
the races in the Southern States
of the union.
The Struggle Surely Coming.
"In six Southern States-South
Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
mississippi and Louisiana-in the
aggregate the negroes outnumber
the whites, and in two of them