The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25

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Roosevelt as a peace offering and
ioins the ministrels to sing q last
song to the victor Of Brownsville, who
whistles Democrats to come to the
White House and lick the hand which
give us back onr platform
ty is song, 'Renominatc our idol, or
has so often smote them. His special
"Next as the negro preacher and
telephone artist in the show, who on
one occasion gets in communication
with the White House on the wire
and acts as receiver and q repeat
or, q veritable chameleon in his &C.
curacy in reproducing White House
keys, we have q Senator hailing from
Massachusetts, the home of the sac
red cod, where the Adams vote for
Douglas and Lodge walks with the
Almighty.
A Fling at Bacon. =.
GAS the middlcman we have the
pompadour artist from Georgia, whose
speciality is to never answer any
question and who depends upon his
voice to carry conviction to his aud
ience.
"Then comes the star Of the troupe,
'Gumshoe BILL from 'Old Missouri.
He can dance the highland fling on
top Of a ten rail fence and never
touch the ground, but his greatest
feat is walking on eggs without
breaking the shells.
"Last We have the artist from the
Badger State, an acrobat and juggler
Of international reputation. He is
supple, steady and foxy, and having
once been a lawyer, is noted through
out the land for his ability to get on
either side of any question and main
tain the negative or Affirmative in any
argument, with great force and fer
vor. He sings bass, alto, soprano or
tenor, and is superb in any role"
At this point Mr.. Tillman turned
his attention to Senator Spooner's re-
cent attack upon him. He had not
attended to speak again on Browns
vile, but "the unprecedented actions
and uttcranccs Of the Wisconsin SEN
ator had made it necessary.
Mr.. Tillman declared that in Sena-
tor Spooncr's recent speech, "his
manner was insulting as it is possible
for a Senator to assume,' and that
the attack on himself was mparallel-
ed, intentional and in cold blood.
1t was acting worthy of "uriah
Heap" Mr.. Tillman asked "since
when did Senator Spooner become the
censor of Senators
! Explaining the conditions in his
state during the "carpet bag' gov
ernment in justifying the riot and
"ballot stuffing," Mr.. Tillman said:
"We have not shot any negroes in
South Carolina on account of politics
since '76-we haven't found it neces-
sary."
He said he would not call the negro
a babboon. "I believe they are men,"
he said: "Yct they are so akin to
monkeys that scientists are looking
for the missing link yet.'
Mr.. Tillman declared that the
South had nothing to fear from an
investigation Of the whole race oues-
ton in the South.
eve court such an investigations -
he said.
If the Filipino was unfit for suf-
ia2c. he asekd, how could the negro
be fit for it? lie said there was
grave question as to whether the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the nCnstitution were ever legally
adopted. He doubted if there would
ever be a change in the Constitution.
Mr.. Tillman wanted the negro to
have equality under the law, a right
to acquire property and protection in
lis possession, and the right to the
pursuit of happincss-"provided his
happinc"s does not Interfere with
minc.'
The South, he said, was offering up
anywhere from forty to one hundred
maidrns and matrons to this "modern
beast annually. Race hatred, he
said. was growing. The North to-day
had billion dollars Of capital invest
ed in the South, and sclf-intcrcst
made it the duty Of the North to
move, to do something to relieve the
situation. At his conclusion Senator
Tillman was applaudcd.
Conofor C,,oonoc1o