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WILL "STAND PAT" ON FIRST ORDER SCORNS MONEY OFFr AND THREATENED RESTRAINING ORDER. Mayor Wouldn't Preside-The Sena tor is Being Guarded by Police and Detectives While in Chicago. Chicago, No,v. 27.---The efforts of the colored citizens of Chicago to pre vent United States Senator Benja: min R Tillman from delivering an ad dress here tonight in Orchestra hall was unsuccessful. When the South Carolina senator arrived in Chicago early in the afternoon lie was told of threatened injinction proceedings to prevent him from appearing on the platform and of a money considera tion that had been offered if lie would cancel his engagement, but Mr. Till man expressed scorn for both. Un til lie leaves for Fond-du-Lac, Was., tomorrow, Senator Tillman will be guarded by police and private de teetives. This is in accordance with an order issued by Mayor Edward F. Dunne, who was seliduled to pre side at tonight's -nooting, but who refused to have anything to do with the affair after a committee of col ored citizens had visited him a few days ago. Senator Tillman gave his add'ress protected. by 40 detectives. In antici pation of trouble 9 nnnibr of police men were kept at nearby stations in reserve, but they were not called for. ?ix negro policemen mingled with the crowd which blocked the street in front of the hall. In the audience were many negroes, but they listened to Senator Tillman's remarks good noturedly and although lie was interrupted many times, the meeting passed off without trouble. In leading up to his address, ''Sliall the United States Annex Cuba," Mr. Tillinan took occasion to criticize .Mayor Dunne's action in refusing to preside at the meeting. ''I have been told that I have been snubbed by the mayor of this city," said the senator. "I did not .ask Mayor Dunne to be here tonight. If anyone has been snubbed it is the gracious ladies, who planned this meeting to secure money for the Chicago Union hospital and who requested Mayor Dunne, the creature of a political hour to come forward and add his mite. I. have been advertised to discuss the annexation of Cuba," continued La~ Mr. Tillman, "but in view.of the fact that I could not discuss that subject Without discussing the race question, I am going to go at thb matter ham mer. and tongs. Therefore, I shall discuss the race problem pure and simple from an American- standpoint and not from a Cuban standpoint. Owing to my experience with the question and the diligent study I have made of it, I believe I am better qualified to discuss this question than any other man in America." . . While discussing the 15th amend ment to the constitution, which he de clared gave the negro every right that a white man had, he was interrupted several times by one of his listeners who kept asking "1How about Ken tucky?" Finally Mr. Tillman seemed to lose his temper and exclaimed: 'Oh, shut your mouth. You don't know the A B C of this thing. I for got 40 years ago more than you ever knew." ''You make up your minds that equality before the law which the 15th amendmeit guarantees is right and should be enforced notwithstand ing its results. If this law was en forced it would result in two States at least being dominated absolutely ly negroes, while four other States would be so near being governed by the negro that there would practical ly be an equal division of offices." A voice-''How about the law?" Senator Tillman-''The law, to hell with such law." After telling in detail how the neg prevented from casting his bal lot in the South, Senator Tillman said: ''There is a great deal more to this question than the little racket here in Chicago." A voice-"How about the negro judge ?" Senator Tillman: "Well, I will tell you about your negro judge and about your political machines putting him on your ticket and bamboozling those poor, ignorant baboons into electing him, and then afterwards you fellows who voted the ticket without know ine what was on it, find a way te cheat. him out of it. ''No matter what the people in the North may say or do, the white race in the South will never be dominated by the negro and I want to tell you now that if some State should ever make an attempt tc 'save South aCrolina' we will show them, in their fanaticism that we will make it red before we make it black. ''God Almighty made the Cauca sian of better clay than theMongolian 0='O n O or the African or any other race. The Ethiopian is a burden. bearer. He has done absolutely nothing for history, nor has lie ever achieved anything of great importance. There are no great men among the race. Yet this people has been picked out by the fanaties of the North and lifted up to the equality of eitizenship and to the rights of suffrage. No doubt many of you have listened to the oratory of the greatest colored man of this country-Booker Washington. He had a white father, however, and his brains and his character lie has in herited from that father. Senator Tillman then told his audi ence of the attack on white women by negroes in the South and declared that the people of the North were in a great measure responsible for this state of affairs. -In conclusion, Senator Tillman said: "Now, as a general illustration of the injustice that is sometimes done, President Roosevelt discharged three companies of colored soldiers without a courtmartial, and in doing this he punished innocent men for the crime of a few. In doing this lie transcend ed the authority of the law and he ought not to have done it.'' During Mr. Tillinan's speech a colored man and a Russian were ar rested for creating a disturbance in the gallery. THE NEWBERRY N ewberi Capital stock paid in Surplus . . . Deposits . . . We do business an bi We extend every cc with safe and sound bc Four per cent. paid ( Department. F Burglar P JAS. McINTOSH, President. C3) 4-J 11R. A. J. BETHEA NAMED PRIVATE SEORETARY. 3ov.-Elect Ansel Also Announces Re appointment of Miss Henderson as Stenographer. rhe State. Greenville, Nov. 27.-Gov.-Elect Uartin F. Ansel announced today the %ppointneiit of Mr. A. J. Bethea of Darlington, the private secretary to Ahe governor, and Miss Alice Hender ion, the private stenographer to the govenior. ,lr. Bethen was highly recommend )d to Mir. Ansel by many influential )ersons of the State and especially by lhose' of the Pee Dee section. Mr. Betlea was born and raised in Mar on aiid moved to Darlington several years ago, where he becamc the edi tor of the Darlington Press, a weekly niewspaper of much moment in the Pee Dee section. Mi. Ansel made this appointment after much deliberate consideration, and it, will doubtless be satisfactory to the people of the State in general. Miss Henderson is at present the stenographer of Gov. Heyward and Bile has been capable at all times, and t1le appointment is de.-orved. She has many friends all over South Car olina who will have cause to congra tulate her. Touch elbows with the rank and file. .SAVINC aNlKe y, S. C. . $ 50,000.00 . . . 25,000.00 . 235,000.0C isiness principles. nsideration consistenil mnking. )n deposits in Savings 'ire Proof Vault. roof Safe. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier -4. M - 4 .8..a" A DEPO from Tukey is ahv Thle ,' l rkey ''Jepos1 giving )Dily diinuer I (ory,. 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