The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-01-24
HELD AUDIENCE BREATHLESS.
Senator Tillmal ACquitS Himself More
CredltabIy than Ever Before.

Never since he became u member OF
the upper branch of the National
LEGISLATURE has Senator Tlslman
acquitted himself more admirably
and creditably than he did today in
his speech on the Brownsville trag-
edy. Encompassed by aliving wall
of humanity Oh the floor of the
senate chamber, while overhead in
the galleries were packed eager and
interested Americans of both sides
and colors, for more than two hours
the South Carolinian held his audi
ence spellbound by his eloquence
and orstory.
He never appeared to better ad-
vantage and, departing from his
usual custom of extemporaneous
speaking, he had fortified himself
with carefully prepared and studied
manuscript. However, he did not
contine himself to the typewriter
text which was spread out before
him on his desk, but used it merely
to refresh his memory on salient
| features. 1t was u memorable scene
and remarkable speech, delivered
in convincing and impressive man
ner, and at times, when picturlns
occurrences with which he had be-
come familiar through personal ex-
periences, the voice of the speaker
I became II lemulous with emotion and
pathetic with portrayal. Nobody
cared to leave the chamber or gallery
while Senator Tillman was speak
ing, and it is doubtful whether any
address in the Senate since the close
of the civil war has been listened to
more attentivelY and by more ap-
preciatiye assemblage than that
which hung upon every word of the
Senate from South Carolina today.
He was accorded the floor after
long effort between Senators Black.
burn and Foraker, in which each
We'd with the other expressing their
mutual consideration and esteem,
and the former took occasion, as
Mr. Foraker expressed it, to deliver
"hi. valedictory to the Senate.
This was brought about by the
presentation of the substitute reso-
luton by the Ohio Senator, in which
reference to President Roosevelt's
action was to be eliminated, and a
committee of inquiry authorized to
gets the facts IN the Brownsvllle al
fair last August.
Senator Tillman at the outset al
luded to the mingling of the Ken
tucky and Ohio Senators with u
quotation from the Scriptures: "How
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in harmony" and then
proceeded to unlimber his artillery.
Throughout his entire speech he
maintained that he was not an ad-
voeate of disorder or lawlessness save
in punishment for offences against
"the glorious trinity, womanhood,
wifehood and motherhood"
lie drew graphic picture of the
Reconstruction period and declared
the act of South Carolina in throw
ing off the yoke of the oppressor in
1876 was a fitting celebration of the
one hundreith anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence. 1t
marked the triumph of civilization
over barbarism, and there had been
no occasion for repetition during
the thirty years that have elapsed
since the regime of the carpet. Dagger
in the South. Furthermore, he
asserted, that the people of the
Southland were better fitted to
manage and protect the negro, to
whom they were accustomed, than
fanatics elsewhere, who would not
take the pains or trouble to acquaint
themselves with the environment of
the blacks.
In his concluding remarks he
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