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hi. VOL XLIII. NO. 84. YIwI3 E"RLI1Y. ,,. 0. T(TU 8 bAY. 00 roC9 V TWIO A3 WEK $1 90 A9 YEA a J------- ___5 . SENATOR TILLMAN ON RACE PROBLEI EUROPEAN PASSPORT SYSTEP SOLUTION or QUESTION. Situation Understood in South bu Misunderstood in North-White Southerner Can and Must Remedy It. senattori B. r.innan's deseriptio last nliht of the problem whieb Col fronits thle souli wa passionate an 1,1hbinlg withi intenlse and( burn-Iin eloquence, says the AugustaChronich It ;Zlowed withi the huridl fire whiie' miadec "P,,itchfork Tinlman' famomv But his suggeste( solution of the prc blem wai the cool, Sober, peaceabi an( inpassionate utterance of a grea kontherncr and a great statesmvn. The scheme proposed last night wa original witi Senator Tillman, and hi specech in igusta mnarked its fir publie eiilnciatioln. WhIethlier or not i is practical, the people of the south ern states will decidte. 'liat plan is the establishment o t-. E u41opeain passport system, con pelling evcry person to have a certifi cate of, -ood character before bein allowe( eilhier. to move away from resi(lnce orl home, 01 to move into new Section compelling every persoi to lave hona fide means of support ete., ant -w-miptly arresting niyon Wh1o appoars in aily community with out, the iIecessary passport. Tlhis, SenIatur Tim: believes, wil hold in cheek the lawless, loafing fiendist ne-ro criminal ela,ss whosl Imlemibers are responsible for. the aw ut toer wliIl Ftalks abroad, 4 :neaclo everY v 1 rue soither wo mai:n. Tile occasion of Mri. Tillmnanl's ad dress on " Thie Race Problem'' wa the openinlig of the lyceum course it this city. An immenonse audietice fille< Miller.-Viiker hall from platform ti gallery. andi greeted the speaker witl eitthiu-iarn. The music was furnish e( by the boys' band of the (leorgh Industrial Home at Macon, a musica aggregatiou which has toured th south in regular concert work. Whet Senator Tillinan appeared( at tie (100 of the atiditorium the strains of Dixi bur.st Ipci tihe air sooln Imiin-led witl tile shouts a11(1 applause of the ilym mense audience. From a Iyeeun stUllpoilt, tie event wals a perfee success. . 1F. (hirlinton, one of the Ilos br illian t (of A ugust a's younuger' atto(13 IeYs, introduned tle speaker. l1ne Tillman sivppeoi to ilte f'ront 1i Lthe plat froml and14 . b.wly be-an: 'llidies and14 Gentlemenvi: Thoul h it recent yei'S in my pathway hias let me fiar away from Agiista, an( I have little opportunity dburinl!g tie oe easioial visits to keep in touch witl the people f' this grad olI vity, whet T tell you that I was born wittin 1: lt I was~135 tast -l iiar old, andi3 dur nwnh31 totod buiness as5 well as pleasun(13 'itn briouiht m3e~ to this (city, you1 wit i'edePstPel d that ' Autetsta ' anud 'An to me3 nor3 cant its pe0ople' he stranger!Cis 'In select ing thle irate prolem1 a1 the sub,ject, I will talk to4 you ana -tonight,- the same suliject upon)3 whiel I spoke there four or' five years ago you wvill roubtless wonderi why1 should cling to a topic ab)out wvhiel most of you are familiar' and( about which you think there.is ver'y littht now or str'ange or profitable I can tel you. A month ago I should not havi thought to select this subject, though I have long been discussing it in th north, where they know nothing abou it and where I f&el perfectly willin1 to tell thorn what I think they ough to know, I told them about it fron .the 'Ben Tillman' standpoint, so you can imagine what sort of stuff the: heard. The Atlanta Riot, ''Two, or three weeks ago tonigh we had what is called the Atlanta riot with the details of which most of you arc familiar, although the e' 11 ,tor has never gotten into the p' pers, and it is 'e'ause of that riot and the il luminating character of the occur rences the 3 that I he.v L elt almos1 compelled ?rom a sense of duty t( take this my first opportunity, to lecture in the south to present to you sonic of the views that have Come to mne illuminated by those blou.4dy.V anld horrible transactions.. ''I do not lay claim to being a pro pliet. I do lay claim to honesty and patriotism of purpose and to having t gOood ecAmnon sense: and it is in the exercise of my patriotism of purpose as well as my usq of common seiisL that I am going to speak to you to Iliu,ht. I am goin to call thiings by a their names: I ai not going to mince - words; I will hurt some feelings and A itread on some toes; but I will tell the itruth as I see it. 'I do not oftenIl use a .mnuiliseipt, Ih and I do not intend to use one now, . except for a mimnte, but having in view the layng before you and before e the country my understanding of the t situation, I have deliberately set down in black and white where I could a weigh my words and be careful to s guard my statements, certain funda t mnental principles which I ask you to t permit Ine to read. - Six Propositions as Tillman Sees the Race Problem. t' 1. The white men of the south were - nlever more uinlited or more determi - ed than they are now in the purpose - to maintain white supremacy in each I and every part of every soutiher1 ' state regardless of negro majoritie4, and the thought of social equalitv is ,Rs intolerable oi even more so than the idea of political equality. The - Iwo go hand in hand and cannot he separated. 2. The negroes were never more in ent oin contesting in every way, that they ave this position of the white,.. Their hichers, phi preachers, their !1,Ai6i-icianS andl every or1gani1za1tionl - which they have formed, one and all, arle bent on compelling -. recognition - by the whites of the rights given to the ne.roes by the 14th and 15th I amendments; and in every practicable I way the republican national govern ment is giving aid and comfort to this idea. 3. Rae hatred in every form is growing in intensity with both races. I 4. Lynehiag for rape of white wo 1m0n by negroes will continue as long as the crime is committed and the fact that in many instances the guilty fienld is not caught intensifies tle hat red of the whites toward the negro race and tends to precipitate race 0cnflicts in which innocent an(d good iie,-rces ai- to often tihe only suiffer 5. Amalgamation is the'hope -wid tiinate pullrpose of the ne.-roes; tile obliterationl of tlie color line, and many white men, too man1y. obliviou. to, their duty to their race and caste. are volintar'y crilminals in this regard, while thaik (od, our lhite womel prefer deati to such a fate. In al Iost every comiunlity white men can be found bratZenfly living" openly With cordwomenvi and niothinl is Said0 orI. do(ie aot it. WeO must prolvett I)ur1 wi:men'I at aniy and all hazards else spl ii ni us: and we nmust driaw~ the line of1 easte( bet weenm .white( men anid Ible'!k we~me" and st'iruly compell(l its -..b..rvanc.. junst as eter'nly as we are re.'sived to driaw t he hii'ne bet weent black men and white women. The i fact that th le negro 1r avishes thle whitei woman while the white man only lowers himself to gratify lust with aj willing negro woman as morality is concerned, makes the only difference. 6. The most essential and burning issue with us is how to prevent rape ranther t han try to avenge it. Lynch ing has failed; we must try something else. As the superior race we owe it to ourselves to protect the good and inniocent negroes, of wvhom there ar'e many--millions of them in fact-. fr'om false teachers and bad leaders who are rapidly driving the whites to desperation and to the massacre of the negro, and in a race war which enn have only one result, the destrue tion of the weaker race. Would Help for One Thing, SMy words arc bold. There are not - v*' who would like to discuss this ou 'n. .1 shrink from it, but the .Aet'-too "oriouis and the situa- I tion too .;rave for to speak on it et <ill ai.d not hew :Mi line. Pgreventi rape. Stop it-don't try to avenge it. m iea'i that is the policy, but God, 4kniows I said after I had taken the Alth Of ofiee as governor of South e 17arolina, with the oath warim on my e lips, that I woul(I lead a imlob to lynch n my man, black or white, who would m ravish any woman, black or white-- si Id I meant it. d "But we want a remedy for rape. r ynching has not sueceeded. We mifst 1 lave - remedy. 0 When I come to discuss tle remedy 1. .r the remedies for the cotiditions of k viich I have spoken we are confront- k Awith i diTieulties ald obstacles "1 idhich appear almost inisuiperable. li The storm center of, all of this trol. - )Ie is (he necessity for (lie protection f Ile white women of tle South ron the fiends who have been turned S loose upon us by Northern fanatics p Ind we must stop at nothing however !ostly or cruel it may appear, which vill afford our women safety from 0 hese devils in human form. a The only feasible scheme which 1 lave ever hit upon has been rejected ime and againi heeause it involves A. nost radical departure from all of or ideas f Anlmo Saxon liberty and low I adopt it and as a last resort. [It is nothil?g more nor less thani the 4 !stablishmlleit. a11ong" uis of the Euro lean pa.s.sport system coupled with a arge intrease of the officers of the Iw, Most of, whom are to be station r1-y or live at their homes, while in very counlty where (lie negroes are it aill num1t1erotis we wvould have two ir, more to track down suspiciOus and lan-uerous ebaracters. With a half lozell oi. mol'e picked men il every Oiwnship commissioned to make ar ests. willoiut warrant, if, after inves igat ion, it should ble deemed neces ary iller the re-ilations, and also harged with the dulty of ferreting out ill cases of ineendiary teachings "Io itterances which would tend to Ilaw% essiless, we could soonl put the breed- Y !rs of trouble between tle races, vhite or black, inl such hot water ttat hey would. nio%-e oil and out of the ountry. "It is idle to try to put out a fi-e md prevent conflagration if men are llowed to roam about. with ma1t1tche'd mdIo continiq- to set it. Tf we intenld it assei't tanid maintain white suprlt1 cy we m1u1st force the egroes it) ree n lize their Su1bordi nate positil-n alnd 111.w nt Other idea to be dissemimat~ A .I taught. We must compel (vr mIn 11 have n fixed doiivile 'andil Io Llaly'V at work. .1r emle)1d' by i e on'e t'' whom hie can r'efer for (b olitt iLa I (. e Every Man a Passport. tl1uko ('V4 tiv t(il 11111 I11-414111ce I misslpo i-edy the proper officer, 11-1 a e in the pnssport a ;"rilod r111V 4111 I'mr ain-liw, his lionm . l 1 t the muilishment-lt he I yea m th i bl i ah. his 1aw. of conese, wbive SalyIto b()(th ncevs to he consti na1. 1a1d it onlllt to fl e 'ii maaril ly . N -:.-'' 1white nu14n1' 4 an in ins. e :jeio ii nd, we *It is 11)4 ret'Stless l'1ou i(tl ' 124nera-.i i4)n of ne 14'rl' 4s, whose54 blo4'd has been'1 aw'l0') mill, fromUj) ?7411 raio ailn to1 niother r'ailroadt ganfli, from ne 4114 to41 44 anot)hi'er idrunkards, gamibler's th ie-t 'es, liars, Ionafers, matny oIf 1thiem slav' s of thle eocaine habit or habit uated 4) the smoking of d1rugiiged eigarrietts, t he wor)ithless scum of (lhe r'aces-t hese re the creaturecs who ar'e deflourinig urii womenCi andl( drivinig tihe r'aces into condition which will soon precipi ate a thousand bloodly traigedhics all ver the land. That "Equalty" Screed. ''These are the very spawn of the loctrines of Garrison, Phillips, t leecher and John Brown; they are he individual progeny of the aboll ion 'doctrine about the equality of " nan. We must drive them out of theV ountry if we are to have the two " aces live lhere in peace together. t Send Them North. They do not number 5 per cent of e le negro population; they are utter y wvorthless as laborers and the only U >lace ini this country where they ~ nght to be welcomed or permittedl to iV( is anfl ,a the Northern people ~ ,hose sel:e. . of' reconstructioni has r wnodned them. We must hunt thcm reatures down-1 with III same ferrif t tigor and perseveran-e that n .ild look for tigers andt hears whi' 'e loose rmingill- over lie eountr ekiig whaIIt white wvoieni they mligh evotir. If all of them were shot it 1th1lessly as we woldI shoot w il vasts, the vountry wotild be bette 11, but we cannomt do Ilhat. It woull Sbe riglt to d14) it, bevallse we Imligl ill somle innilcent mlen, butl We (1a1 eep them (1n th( elchinlan hevauls f their Amgratt, criminal Imaniner (I vilg kntiil theY vle the cotrlilY < nIII vt I l ir Ilmo lev 411 lifI. Punishment Prescribed. "If the Iilire to hav a 1assp,i Iin ecd acording to lIaw :id givili aill (lescription ol the man who cai ies it is made ak misdemeanor punisl ble with imprisoilment. at lt hard II P have at hioite is also ptnishable i similar waty, the eriminal elaiss wi 1111 diminish either by eimligratii I. reformation, and c(1oditionls wi lpiilN improve. The diffieilty of geting laor f< iy sort of' work inl the loii'try an I tle tomwns lies at the very root C 11 of our troubles. "Suppose those restrictions shoul, ullse somei10 white 111111 who loves do irs better than the purity of' woma" say. 'Why, ytou will ruini labor!' " lT hel with lhel solfishiess I. il e Inatl whoi olares, aild 'ill show youl a hoIuni! "The iegroes o wI olhl sufTer ti rI tile pass port system ar fihe n< l'es who 1re 1) Uei3l as wm.kors anl Ilie, ' ail tere is 1I1: l'iss o labor i nieetilng oirl woeoii ly ri<l(lin. Ill mlltry ol tihese hel lianois. We sloml I'vp themil 41n thicanwn until w ml dIrive them tip their friendis h< 111n1d Mlasonl and1t Dixonls line. Mak lem go up top their Ivarly helove ankee frienils aml vaise hell u1 lere, andl let it'ml slay. "Trhi'e northIi is beiii to have it ts voenil. No lon ao I talke >r Iwitwo anI hal , i imr1s IoI ani I llinioi .4lielq'. 1 :,iloptoile a triek I ilveOin1 1 inl S1,uthI1 Carolina polities. I held titui1 prillialry. I saitl, '1 n1 a w.11it n's white ml:mI m 1 h!ieve I i aliv fronl b vtter 1l111.6111 alny ile-1T h1 ever walikel tiheo' enrtih. I be 're this is a white 1hall 's volintrN lt wiit i eil must goveII it. i )tI I ev it, too, Ihll 111y y-41i InIols. Anil I 'Zwo'-i top (o, evter' Wn, wi tl n li a hili t ill Ilat atil ' lii it. S The10: 7!m-ur:. lated. Timv pIv od' the nuo1rth are' I 11111117 ~ ~ ~ :11. \nvm ilal' t lue "'A act. The Atlant riot hIas illilun lte( tilit hiorizoim like a Hash 4 ilitnin-.( na dark iiiht, 1111 show i the hillsiles manld thevt va11lh's an 'll rkest plma.s ao1 o ee thel hin liog but blolod4, bloodshd by I hilos wilm have hm-1l mlod< th-III(Il 1hose crilos again't I hvir mo iolt'aio tre miilo'' liii sltiltioni lini 'eni onit thli semnloi t of'll it wiill rt ivet the e'indoiinent of thlit hostsa "We' wanlt toi bit just ail himiain lie niei.roes. (ivie It'em life', libla! ve Ithem thle bl)lott. They knoiw nuth1 gof the ballo.it lanar ineapab)2let o nehinig it wiithout tdebauching it. Subject of Amalgamation. A wordh abouit tihe subject of' amal mlfation:i I hae alreadrt'ioy poinited1 til enec'essity for establiing and rigidi iforcing caste feeling between thi eces. Our laws forbid iintermnaririage bt veeni the races, andl that law is or rcetd. The noithern states do ne( urhid it, but I ask in all solemnit hiethei o)r not it is possible to pre mnt ultimate amagamation if whit on are not compelled by publlic opir na and by law to observe the oblign ons of caste. Can our Anglo-Saxo vilizationi withstand the underoimii g priocess5 of a constanit increasei 10 numbflher of mnulatoos anud qua<! >ons5? Oud white ~~~"'.1 will guar to purity of the race in the bra vel itd miost sacred mianneiir. Shall wihit ien 1)0 allowed to destory whlat or' .othnes wivne, sistnr ann,d rinn-hime gYEN RAILROADS HAVE TROUBLES y t A. B. ANDREWS' STATEMENT t TO RAILROAD COMMISSION. r I Southern's Improvements.-Heavy t Rails Being Laid-Tracks to be Ordored-Marvlous Growth. Col. A. 11. AnIlrews, fir,;t vice-pres ilent of tile Soitihernl liailway Com paniy, was in the city yesterday and ,appeifred bef'ore thle railroad commliis sionl inl anlswer to a letter -written by %he commission to Mr. . 11. Spencer, Seneral manager, five months ago to the very day, says The State. Mr. n Speicer apparently had ignored that comllulnit-ation from the commission lan on the .16tl of August another letter was written and this was fol lowed by a thinl on the 15th of Sep r tember. Tlis last was referred to C Col. Andrews, whIlo a few days ago f n1otitied the coimmissionl that lie would come to Columbia about, the 1st d of October. Tle meetin with the conimission w was not brought abot by tle request of tlie soiti ('ariniila Tral,Tie associa lion. as has 1ben stated in the prints Slieretofore. but had beei arrailedi for efore tie receipt olf tlie letter fromil .! he secretarY of tihat association. Ilowever, tie aIppeal of* (Ile tralfie as soiation Ior better eonnections on the liies f411 tihe S utiliheril was liscuss p ed a'l t.he .ravity of, tle situation I was imlipressfe-d 1111o ('pl. Andrews. 'The railr o iss. 1ak1s ex ..-t-plion Ill the( imea:npressmnil . t t it lits not look t t(or tile in j lerests ii, the publiv til calledl ilp pI :m to id) st) by or!"anli%ntions (of hust iesS meni. T 'le (comp10lainit made to Mlr. Spencer 1by tile railroad commission in May a was along general lines, although hei . wOS reqIlestedl to answer certain defi A aite questions as to what the system e oposes t do in t lie way of making im provement s to meet the chanlged (10clitiols in this State. It will be re memlibered how badly traffic was eoii .ste-l last winter because of t.he in. S-~itiencvty of traekaei.. anid' f miline stock ani t(lih commission at First re itiested to be informed what steps lie wn!l illiou ltake to 1-vmlle v tiles( v4iiili imii. A\s 1L to llcswer' or ' nei -- 4itl i luent cai l .I roll l Mr. Spenier., who lrllaillY -l'e m e1ie14l'1d 1l1at it waw. 'aillil vvi ell' in S,iit11 ('arolina and dil not ap1;preciate Ilie o'lirne-stiess ot (ite cominission, a seonii(d lettre was t, ..r.vilivi l m he1 liith of li, is '1111 Illv mGi ialmaz('r wa.s re(pneste'l to1 ,()MVe .1nSW(l'. On tlie l5th m Selpte1ber dh vim).. -111'illyrote aT Iios 'ITese .' r il s lwavv)yv d I l indl)_,? Thev sill of1 !lisv ".q'-t1 lin iliirjil Ilie slavery (laYs si'r'tit iliiti !ti4vOiisly have we' ii It, a l i l:i v eyiivi l i i a tI our lu 'T'ih lit''i iiilst lhe ljlt iii lie lirave _ atil L' iriuiiis wviuilell u>' the soliitli to i l 1 lir i -ii n.1 \\ 'i ut.s artiniu.,net bie iiirt i b It wh a r' for' t' e first t imeu muisitlbudgeu not onie jit or title fom the posittin we lhive always main taiined that thle neCroes aire noct our ectuals antd cannot he'permitted to prat icipiate ini Lgove'rnmenit without ( lest roying us as a section (of thle Un. ioin. WVe mu tst lhe *just and hiumn e in our deainiigs withl t hem, but we must ever hear in mind the sacred duty to ourselves and onr' a ncestors that the ~ historian of the future shall not re - cord that the six great states skirting t the SouthI Atlantie and (Gulf, through the folly cowardhic and. crimes of -white meni, the states wvhich had giv-1 en to the nation such a brilliant gal -haxy of statesmnen--Calhoun, Hayne, - MelhiffVie, Stephens, Toombs, Ben ta Hill, Mallory, Yancy, JTefferson D)avis, Lamar, Benjamin-thiat these n states became moingrelizedl in the 20th -and 21st centuries andi that the onlce 3 proud and chivalrous slave-holders t had left so pusilanimous a powtfrity e that they allowed their civilizatiGa to r beC destroyed and themselves absorbled 'a by thou' oenm ave. COMMnillieatiois were ot written to Y011 from any idle curiosity to pry illt(l the busilless of your company, but to 'nary out our. Swori duties of railroad coiII issiollers of this State ider the statute goverihing our acts. We were only asking information to pl,lace ourselves in a correct position before tihe general assembly of South Carolina in our next annual report."' The Solithern11 Railway company k1nows the condition in South Caro lin and ihas experts in traffic man a1-emllel( to) I make iivestigations into trade conlidition, aiid really, the road his suffer-ed as much as has the gen L'ral public o(In acconlit of tle increase in lsiness, which camie witih such a rush and a bounild that it found the r0ad unprepared inl track or inl equip m1ent. It was decided by the commission vesterday to require the railroads to 1itt rollhig truck vaois at the sta tions in all towiis of over 500 iuhabv tants in order that baggage may bt handled more rapidly. The passen 2er Irains arev delatyed because so mialy trunks iuist he carried out of tlie ca--and soi etines pitched out. These truinks Can1 be rolled under the door1. of the e(var. CoI Aidiews talked very frankly to the commlilissimn yester-day aild told themil of the trobIile the liallageieit luid been having to -et Iails anlid roll. ii sltck shipped, aivetriillg to eon Inaw. lie slated 1hat tile trotbles has been lar-'ely n ncOnut of the light nails, On the Spartanburg, Union & 'hnb1hia there will be all heavy rail bv tlie 1irst of ithe new year. 'Ie Co Imnbia and (hreeiville will also be .11nlipped in ,imilar m11ann11er.. The light rails arte 1uia.ble to 11111 tle ileavy Irnins. The i-aks were built for 50 4111 4,11giles, an 1 tle ro4adl is In w . u4 iii " In, (',- on eiigines ind tle ea pacily of the ears hais beeii increased very coisidelrably also. The road iats ordeerel 100 engines. Some ()I these have been delivered ild the others will be delivered just is rapidly as en be turned out. by the makers. The orders fI' these c ines had been placed a long time ago. A great many new box ears have beenl mlered also, ail hese have beenl de layed by one emitse and another. The iilire Omilbed ft the system is to be b.alh.sted. Some of tihe lilies are id.\w in excelleit cuIiditi"un, hut olhers ieed rick balhast andl will be treated in this ma1.1nn1ier as soon as ilie raillroad 40mp1anly vam!!v I-t OwIlhe in (lhe worwk .1, iiprio1vuleiil . I is said that large nill in-oveliti1ts :ne beinig held up on iniit of the ''m rer slit '' inl this 'lle. 1Hil that was 11411 ref'vi--ed to by Col. A11dr1-ew, Yvsterlay. He will sinii K atenwnI il writint as sootn is ll - s baiik to his olTice. The best mniaed radilimi inl l1he world s said to3 bv Ohe I'iinsylvan41ia, aild kl this irelt i1sy t del oested i'i he hhundcic eit irely for hick of reih.fur thei inirease ini buisiniess ii this St ale hias been so) marve'louis hi i is har id toblic evi whati onle -3. 431 lpalmri is a recordl of what lias Th lross tu'nnaz'..e ini this State hats lier11 esed a ver 1 ,000t,000( toins in the nsf five yea rs. Tlhe groi ss earmn gs in ve intcreased from $4,000,00)0 per 1111inmn to( $5,000,000 per annum 1111 inl lhe last five years. The gross earni ngs oif all railroads in South Caro ina five years ago amnountted to but 81 0,000,000 and last year this had in weased to $15,000,000. Such a marvelons increase of bus ness was not looked for, and in the ruattul course of events was not .to be expectedl. Last year the entire gross eratnings of the railroads on thecir South Carolina businees was $14,856,000, and for the year' ending June 30, 1000, the gross1 earniigs were $15,750,000. This is an increase of neairly $1,000,000 within the year. Col. Andrie wsst atedl yesterday that ~ he woutld go to Washington at once to, confer with the authorities there with referenlce to) the schecdules and have the operation et trains rearranged to suit the patio .is, even if the trainu bas t(o leave Columbia half an houlr ear lier' to make (lhe conniection at Bie! - ton.