The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-13
SENATE DEBATES
RACE PROBLEM
TlLLMAN DECLARES NJ E G r Q
TROOPS WERE LYNcHED EY
THE PRESIDENT.
DISMISSAL AN OUTRAGE
He Declares in Bitter Speach ne.
noIncng Administration NEGRO
Stand Paterson Defends
Roosevelt's Action.

n Washington. Jan. 12-The senate
!. listened to debate on The race ques
} today in whbch Tillman was the prin-
cinal participant and Patterson. of
. Colorado. his opponent which brought
!ato striking coArast the ideas Of the
, south ana the north on thie question
President Rooaeyelt's action in the
Brownsville matter was the subject
Of the discussion Tillman held that
21thing was involved in Ii except the
race question ana that the ps o ent
administration was responsible for the
1rowing acute condition Of the race
question IN the south
The president he maintained. had
encouraged the negro 10 assert his
/ equality and then had wrought ven
acance on whole battalion for fol
lowing hat cn engagement He con.
domned the pre- ident's action In both
respects
lie characteri2en the presidents ac
ten in dismis ng the negro troop
as nothing more nor less than
| iyuehing' He challenged anyone to
produce in the army regulations or ar
ticfr9 of war any foundation for the |
! charge Of conspiracy Of silence. mn. |
Tiny and treason made against the |
soldiers, al uough he declared there |
was no doubt that the soldiers We're
fespan ible for the outrage at
| Brownsville"
Mr.. Fillman held that II was con- |
| trary 10 the fundamental principles /
| Of liberty Of English and American
law that the innocent should suffer
because Of the sins Of he guilty;
also, he declared, that a man shall be
considered innocent untif he is
proven guilty.
In this case he sail, "1G7 men
have been puni he'd while not mOte
than ~ have been charged with par
ticlpation In the crime"
Patterson Scores Tillman.
Patterson defcadcd the presidents
light to dismiss the troops but be.
lieyed thcr might be some ground to ,
qaes ion it's policy He condemned in {
strong terms what he regarded /
the radical position of Tillman. and
pred cted the extinction Of the Demo
cratic party in the north would follow Il
the continuance of such tactic. 81
The debate occupied four hours a
and was lis ened to with great inter.
est by the throngA which flleI the
galleries, by many members of the p
house, who lined the senate chamber 81
md by many senators. Ii
On several oc c-asions the galleries o,
lad to be warned against applause by bl
he vice president who finally threat. n,
med 10 clear them if the onense were MS
epeatd.
No ac ion was takn of the resolu. pl
ion for the investigation Of the
Brownsville affair. but Foraker gave OF
Iotice thar on Monday he would en- nr
eayor to have il disposed Of be
In the course of his reply to Till Iot
nan, Patterson announced that he II
ad no doubt that The president was ~
loyed from the highest motives. and
serted that the censure by the az
enalor from South Carolina that the "a,
''f-' At4DfF0A bf lhff- DIS. IEf- tr
.ce was unjust. he believed that a..
he Booker r Washington disproved as
1ch conclusion. Patterson gave as ,,,
IS reason for speaking that he did a.,
OF by his silence wish to be h III 10
ldorsc the sentiment on the race
lestion just expressed.
Sees North and South Lines. H..
The seHa.e in the next session. h. -
aid. wo-ld have but two Democratic 80
snatnrs from the north and H was -.
Is belief that q short time in The fu- I.a
ire would .ee The political dividing
ne completely drawn between he ~
1rth and the south .
It was such speeches as had iast -
zen delivered be- maieta.ned. which
oHld hasten this condition VIII
aiterzon explained that his purpose -.
is freely 10 state the position u az
O. northern Democrats to the radi. go
ilsm, expressed. -
Iilman calculated Even IF there
ould "a ser be- another Democrat e.
a~ted from the uo5th the people 81
g s0uh viii sin stand for white r
premacl-" This sediment brought 49,,
plause from the galleries.
Challenged Patterson 10 Debate. e..
Patterson insisted in his belief that -
Iy a very mail minority Of the -.
1ple Of the soBfh were in sympathy -.
Cd the views expressed tha.t the
tier element vas decidedly against ui
eh methods
TH'man challenged Patterson to de- K
e. the race Question with him n Ia,
dorado a. any time or place. Pat Hsl
son decH-ed The invitation 10 de- hea,
.e. and said be only vi he'd 10 point mar
hat both the people Of the south and
D the Democrats Of the north hsd Ridf