The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 26, 1907, Page 7, Image 7
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Tillman's "Funny" Sj
which he afterwards,
ogized for?Cam
Stinging Reply tothe i
-- ?
uarolinaSenator.
The following is an e
from the Associated Pres
count, of the spectacular 8
of Senator Tilman in the i
this week and the replies tt
referred to in Wednesday^
of The News: When the
mony" testimonials were
Senator Tillman took thi
and delivered a speech iu
to the recent criticism of h
by Senator Spooner. Thise
began with a satirical pict
the Senate as a "minstrel s
which Mr. Tillman late
was his fir9t and last atter
be "funny," an attempt,
at its conclusion brought a
lug denunciation from Si
Carmack in resentment of
sions to him. This was pre
by a serious reply from S?
Spooner on the attitude tak
Mr.Tillman on the race pre
all finally resulting in a s
of nearly two hours behinc
ed doors.
The secret session wa9 f'<
by a brief open one, in whi<
Tillman made a profuse ap
to Mr. Carmack, to all Se
whom ho had brought int<
"first essay in the line of hi
and finally to the whole Sei
"1 very much regret that
undertook to be funny and
never do so any more." M
man then withdrew all he
in his "funny essay" and
it would not appear in the
cord.
This apology was at one
cepted by Mr. Carmack, w
gretted he had questione<
motives ot his friend, and h<
.......I ??.J,.
Senator Culberson \va
signated as performing a
"on the bones." Senutor 1
was called 4>the brilliani
courtly Senator from Vir
whose specialty is oratory
who works his rhetoric ovei
"Next" said Mr. Tillr
we have the dying swan, sn
Tom of Colorado, the Stat
cently bought at auction b;
Guggenheim,and the swan'i
is a dirge for the dyiug Den
cy of the North, stabbed
vitals by Ben's pitchfork,
act is very pathetic indeed
always brings tears int
eyes of the audience.
"Next" we have the red
able Tennesseean, who wat
a knight, a very Hotspur i
lists, whose spear has ruu|
and clear upon the u?
at the White House and wl
made the sparks tly in ma
onset; but his spearhead is
en off; he has been unh<
%
jecch, but before retiring fro
A.pol- ^8t8 8e*ze9 a P?rlaQd ol
lack's er8' aD(* P'ac*n8 'l on
lens weapon (now, alas, no
south er 0[ aQy ug0j he lay8 it
feet of the victorious Roo
xtract 8,8 a Peace offering and joi
_> rainistrels to sing a last sc
ipeech victor of Brownsville,
Senate w^^st'es Democrats to coi
lereto W^ite House and lich
. ice*L ha^dwhich so often smote
> i89U" t
"liar- specialty is a song, Re
all in na,e our *^ol, or K*ve bad
B floor Ple,f0I,mreply
"Next as the negro pr<
imself an(* te'eP'10ne artist in the
ipeech W,l? 0U 01,6 occa8i?n 8ets in
ure ot mun'caHon with the
ihow" U9? on w,re and acts as
r said ceiver aud a repeater, ver
npt to chameleon in his accurac
which reProducing White House
sting- W0 have Senator hailing
5natcr MaS8achusetts, the home
allu 8acre(1 cod, where the A
seeded Tote tor Doug'ad and Lodge
?nator with the Almighty,
en by 1 *le middleman we
blem, l,le Pompadour artist from
ession gia' whose specialty is to
1 clos- an8Wer any question and
depends upon his voice to
allow- convictiou to his audience.
3h Mr. comes the star ol
>ology trouPe? Humshoe Bill froi
nators Missouri. He can danc<
j his hi?hlan<i fling on top of
iroor" fence and never touf
nate. G"OUQd, but his greatest I
I ever wa'^in8 ?n eggs without 1
I will ing the 8hells_
ni'ii uLast W0 have tlio artiat
withdrew words he had u
iu protest.
Senator Tillman, in that
tion of his speech containic
offensive remarks which he
withdrew, with an apolc
Senate, said the press hac
nominated him the "burnl
artist of the Senate," an
added if he were entitled t
appellation or to that of "]
fork Beri,*'at one end of th?
strel line, certainly ''Fire 1
Joe" (Senator Foraker)
not to be ignored at the ?
"We both do the Orlandt
P. 1 h J- ?- ? v mb vauv
' said the BadSer State, an acrobi
said iu8Klerof international" r<
3 Re- lio11, Be *8 8UPple, and
and haying once been a la
e ac- is noted throughout the Ian
ho re- hi8 abiIity t0 maintain th
d the ga,)ve or affirmative in any
, too raeut? Wltb Sreat force and
tiered He sinK8 1)3801 alto? eoPri
enor, and is suburb in
, por- role-"
ig the ^r* Tillman declared th
later Senator Spooner's recent sj
>gy to 11)8 manner wa8 insulting ?
j (je_ possible for a Senator to ass
t cork and *bati ftttack on hi
d he waa unPara'eled, intention;
o this in cold bl00dPitch
11 wa8 actinS worthy of "
J miu- Heap." Mr. Tillman asked
Vlarm w'ien d,d Senator Spoonc
ought come t,ie censor of Senator
jther Explaining the conditio
l> and 'l'9 ^ta'e Coring the4<carpe
government in justifyinj
riot and "ballot stuffing,"
s de- _...
^ lillman 9aid:
>aui 1 '*^e bave not shot any n<
in Soutli Carolina on accou
( Oil.)
" """ politics since '76? we hi
ginia, found it necessary."
r and jje 8ajd jie would not cal
rtiino. negro a, baboon. ,4I believe
nan>" are men." he Baid : "Yet
niling ftre so akin (0 monkeys
,e re- ggientists are looking fc
y one missing link yet."
i song j^jr< Tillman declared tli
nocra gouth had nothing to fear
in its an investigation of the
llin ~
race question in the South
I and Tillman wanted the
0 r'ie to have equality under the
a right to acquire propert
loubt protection in its possessioi
1 once t|)6 right to the pursuit of
n the
piness?"provided his hap
< true does no' interfere with mil
urper Tlie South, he said, was
10 has injj Up anywhere from loi
ny an one hundred maidens ?n<
brok- trons to this "modern 1
^rsed, annually. Race hatred, he
THE LANCASTER NEWS, JANUj
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the
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?.t Great
the V -- ab^ol
them. - ' \ T
D?m* j!
>acher
tiable
f the
T?hde The Great Maj
a ten - *+
?h the
Teat is
:>reak?
from
:s: Aiso a
iwyer,
id for
ie neK
Hardware, Tinv
*n?n?r Furniture. An
iat in and we will mal
>eech,
> Don't foreret tl
ume,"
imself ter than anythii
al and
Uriah
lsince
>r bear'
ns in mr j
: Lancaster
Mr.
?groes
nit of waa growing. The North today
won't *lac* 14 pillion dollars of capital
invested in the South,and self-inII
the ^ere8t' made it the duty of the
they North to move, to do something
they to r0beve the situation. At his
that conclU8i?n Senator Tillman was
,e the *PPl?uded.
Mr. Spooner said that he had
at the no doubt Mr. lillman would refrom
Sret ?ome of hia expressions of
today when hia ancer had ?nL
m nwio " w
sided. He declared himself withnegro
out ma^,ce or without any deliblaw
eratie PurP?8e to offend Mr. Til 1y
and mai1 wlien he spoko the otlier day,
i and a8 ^ie ^()Ut'1 ^>ftrolina Senator
hap- 'ia<^ ehrtr^r^d
pine-s "The Senator from South Car?
olitia saw Ut to include me in
ne.
oiler Per8?naf remarks without any
provocation whatever so far as I
ty t0 can judge. L have no feeling of
1 ma- resentment toward the Sonator
aeast" from South Carolina, for without
said, making any personal application
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lo some men it is a misfortune this
rather than a fault that they do beli
not know how to speak the lan- upo
guage of courtesy and good feel- ber
ing. * * * tha
4<The Senator from South Carolina
saw fit to allude to the fact ^ei
W 6
that I had been defeated for re- ,
election. It was a retort so ob froi
viou?, so easily within the reach my
of the most grovelling controver ha\
sial faculty that I am not 9iir- UP<
prised that it should have been
suggested to the intelligence of ^ee
the Senator from South Oaro ^U(
hna. thu
"The Senator from South Carwit
olina did not need to lift his
belly from the dust to attain to
the height of that great retort. I
believe it to be true, Mr. Presi ciei
dent, and I say it with pride,
that the tact that my seivice Hise
- repo
terminate is a matter of regret uecc
I
I
^anttes
ne of
, Crockery and
come to see us
inge. It is betiiiy?
Comnanv.
Jt "
nearly every Senator upon
i side of the chamber, and I
ieve to uiost of the Senators
in the other side of the cham.
I doubt very much whether
t could be truthfully said
h respect to either side it the
tator from South Carolina
re in my position.
Mr President, the Senator
m South Carolina says that
spear is broken, and that I
re taken a garland of flowers
in that broken spear to the
tite House. Broken or unken,
that spear has never
J : 1 i . t - "
ii uijjpwu hi ine nun 01 the
ter. I am glad to say that
t shattered spear will be
hdrawn from here unstained
,h dishonor or umtained by
' act ol mine with anything
t approaches that name."
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