The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 27, 1903, Page 4, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C.FEBRUARY 27. 1903.
Negotiations have been concluded
and the United States is to have coaling
stations in Cuba.
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A bill has passed Congress authorizing
the minting of Thomas Jellerson
Memorial Association medalions
to the amount of $150,000.
BaMMuanaMWi
Now if Roosevelt would just stick in
a dozen more negro post masters up north
and put one in his < tllee, say give Cortdou's
place to Cuffy. We would be
perfectly happy down South.
There is ti child labor bill up before
Assembly eommitteee in New York
which is arousing a deal of interest.
It is designed to preveut the employment
of children under 11 years of
uga.
The steamer Foulabella arrived in
New York Monday with Sampson
Lodger, 27 years old, said to be the
only survivor of the Martinique horror.
He was a prisoner in a dungeon
in St. Pierre when the city was destroyed
by the eruption of Mt. Pelec.
The Legislature adjourned last Satuidayand
the members mostly got home to
spend Sunday with their families aftei
their arduous labors. There were only
135 acts passed at this session, and while
this seem i to lie a pretty big all, it is far
below tli3 average. We don't mod newlaws
so much as (lis enforcement of the
ones we al ready have.
The Butler-Wagoner contest from
Missouri was settled by the Republican
House committee Monday, by
wiping out Butler's Democratic majority
and changing it intoal.oou
plurality for Wagoner, the Republican,
and he is declared entitled to
the seat. Alleced frauds in St l.mi'm
is charged, which is declared to have
been beneficial to Butler. If the Republicans
cat\'t elect their man they
can unseat his opponent.
Justice Pope's refusal to grant bail
to Jim Tillman was not a surprise to
anyone so far as we have heard. We
trust his action is the marking of a
new era in which the majesty of the
law will be upheld and its violators
will have to put up something more
convincing than a wink and a nod to
securo bail in such cases. We arc
not passing sentence on Tillman, and
we are not saying that nothing will
be done with him or that he will he
punished, but after mature deliberation,
we have eoine to the conclusion
wo would not relish standing in his
shoes.
Miss E. A. (?. t!i nks we should coneed
t!ie right of R >osevelt to entertain
a negro if he sees lit to do so in his own
house. Gianted, but is the White
House at Washing1 >n "his own house?''
When Roosevelt entertains negroes in
the White House a' public receptions, it
is not R'XWdVelt in bis capacity of citizen,
personally entertaining lus negro
f iends, but the ITcjident of the Unitul
States, representing this great enmity
of ours, and Ids individuality is l ist
sight of. If he s.j loves the negro as to
wish personal ass? ciation with him, he
should entertain him sit his private residence
and in his family circle. No one
vvuiiiu tiijrit is; it in, uic oi JWllOIl COIDCS
w lien lie, sis I'r.-fident of the United
State*, endeavors to ram the negro down
f;ie tino.it of the nation a." tlie .social
cpial of I lie An^lo Saxon. lie will find
tills llie hardest job lie ever undertook,
in his insane desire to do this lie is making
a foci of himself and the negroes as
well.
As to J'.x President Cleveland, "lie
has the conservatism, the policy and tiie
tact to tuit the Democrats, and the
broad ar.d liberal views to suit the Republicans."
Yes, he exhibited such an extraordinary
amount of tact and policy, that it
was very hard to tell whether lie was a
Democrat oca Republican.
FOOLS PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Senator Tillman Warns Republicans
of Their Folly.
Washington, February 2t.?The
Indianola, Miss., postoflice cuso occupied
the major portion of the time of
the Senate to-day. Senator Tillman
spoke for throe hours, in continuation
of his remarks begun yesterday on
the race question.
Senator Tillman, in his speech,
said that in dealing with the Indianola
postoflice the President and Postmaster
General transcended their authority
and resorted to meteods which
wore both tvranical and unconstituIT
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tiuuui. xic i>u kiiow wneiner
in figuring up the purpose of their
new-born zeal ''this cold-blooded calculative,
advisedly-taken action "
was not prompted by a low motive.
He charged that 80,000 negroes are
coercing fifty millions of white peo|
pie in the North to deal with seventeen
million white men in the South
in the interest of the eight million
ignornnt negroes in that section.
He referred to the cost in lives and
money on account of the rnce problem
in this countrv, and, addressing
the Republican side, called on them
to meet him upon the same plane
of patriotism, of race prido and of
civilization, and not to fall into the
pitiable cesspool of partisan politics.
He read extracts from the letter of
the President written some time since
covering his views with respect to
appoint merits of negroes to office,
lie wanted to be just to the President,
he said, but the views were superficial.
"How little and small and infintesimal,"
he said, "is the knowledge behind
such a view,"
He added that the people of the
North have no more use for the negro
at close ijuarters than he had.
He cited instances of assaults by
negroes upon white women, and declared
that the more the Northern
peopiO lind out about the negro the
less use they have for him. The b illot.
of the negro, lie maintained, was
a menace to good government and
the people of the North nro coming
to realize that the enfranchisement
of him bordered on a crime.
Reverting to the President's assertion
that ho wag unwilling to shut
tlie door of hope and opportunity in
the face of a worthy and competent
colored man, Senator Tillman said
that at lirst blush there is not a man
alive who would not agree with that
sentiment, but he inquired if it ever
occurred to anyone that in opening
that door of hope it might not fie shut
in the face of ihe white man. T11 ?*
door of hope in South Carolina,- he
said, at one time hud been closed by
bayonets to the whites for eight long
years, while rapine, murder and misgoveriunent
ran riot, with an abomination
in the sight of man presiding
over the State.
lie declared that he did not hate
the negro, and that all negroes ure
not bad. Only a small per contago
are bad, and these, he said, are lead
ins the r^st and being patted on the
back by politicians.
lie regards it as his duty, he said, to
! is State to stand forward opposed to
any manner of political or social equality
on the part of the negro with the whites.
Continuing lie referred to tin adoption
of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution.
l,When you reniorsely stand
b' that," said lie, "and say it is sacred
you force us to face the alternative of a
contlict of races."
The purpose of those who endorse the
President's door of hope policy, ha declared,
is that in time South Carolina
should become a State of mulattoes, and
in this event lie predicted that there
would be more blood shed than was ever
shed tiefore.
"I beg you, for God's sake," he said,
facing tin Republican side, "not to produce
an acute stage of hatred, which
will bring the two races together with
tin* resolve of the whites to die in order
to retain their supremacy."
Senator Tillman said his newspaper
friends always took great puns to quote
everything h? hid said that was "hot,"
leaving out everything that was rational,
decent and sane in th-ir pursuit of sensations,
andiri this respect a great wrong
had b -en done him. "A lie," he said,
"never hud any particular truth," and
lie would not. attempt to make even a
start to run down those that have been
told on him.
Senator Tillman said he did not want,
to see the African driven to the wall and
he did not want to shut the door of hope
in his face, hut he could not consent to
the dominance of that people over the
\\ hites.
Senator Tillman then poked fun at
Senator Ilanua and re id t.'r title of the
bill he j'-cently introduced to pension e:<slavr.s.
"Oil, my God!" Slid lie. "did
Senator Haima mean tint, or is it a p >lilical
dodge?'' The effect of the bill,
was, he declared, to give opportunity to
unscrupulous negroes to bim ioa/le and
deceive their people by securing subscriptions
ostensibly to further the interests
of th 5 bill. He concluded by saying
that, "in proportion as you arouse false
hope io the minds of tlusi people you
are only sowing the wind which will
flame III) in'o a whirlwind 1 Up." <m "
Sen;;'!)!- Tillm in sj? ?kn fur t hrec hours
II" was followed by Sanator Carinick,
of Tennessee, who said the action of the
I'reident in the India:tola case was not
in accordance with reason, justice or
the Constitution.
We take this occadon to return the
thanks of the voters of Union county to
Senator I km ir lass for getting the lull
through i ho legislature, giving Union
ward voting precincts We will riot
hereafter have to wait lifteen hours after
the close of the pdls to ascertain the result
of an election. The City Council
will select the location for the boxes in
each ward and the same will le published
^in the papers.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, Feb. 2tt.
After a serious deadlock in the Senate,
it is believed that a compromise
on tho Statehood bill will bo ilocted '
and will bo followed by the ratification
of the Panama Canal treaty.
Tho details of the compromise have
not been made public but your correspondent
is in a position to say that
it will ho on ttio hnaia of ttn "fwo
state" bill previously proposed with
some modifications providing for separate
statehood for Arizona and NewMexico
when they shall have fulfilled
certain prescribed conditions. This
arrangement has received the sanction
of Senators tjuay, Elkins and
Gallinger, all of whom are for Statehood,
and only the attitude of the
Democrats remain to be ascertained.
The President has advised various
members of the Senate that in the
event of either of the treaties failing
of ratification he will call an extra
session of the Senate. It had been
supposed that with the anti-trust
program completed and the Alaskan
and Panama treaties ratified Mr.
Roosevelt would be satisfied but that
such is not the case he has stated in
unequivocal terms. There is little
hopo that the Cuban treaty can be
ratified beforo the 1th of March so
that an exra session of the Senate is
considered almost inevitable but it is
believed it will be of short duration.
The House has been devoting its
attention chiefly to appropriation
bills and has passed a majority of the
regular measures. Leading members
say that they could completo all the
remaining essential basiness in a
period even more brief than that re
manning to tnis congress. Tfie f owler
currency bill has been mnde the
regular order and Mr. Fowler tells
your correspondent that he believes
it will pass both Houses but he is the
only Representative thus far found
who holds that opinion. It is generally
believed that the Aldrich bill
will become a law and it will in a
great measuro supply the relief for
which the Fowler bill is intended.
The last Cabinet meeting was participated
in by Mr. Georgo B. Cortolyou,
who has been sworn in as Secretary
of Commerce and Labor, his accession
adding one more to the lawyers
in the Cabinet, there now belrg
six lawyers out of nine members.
Mr. Cortelyou never practiced law
but is a graduate of Georgetown Law
School, and has received the degree
of master of laws. Secretary Cortelyou
is now engaged in preparing an
estimate of expenses for the new department
and it is understood that
he will recommend that nn appropriation
be made at this session of Congress
for a building for tho accommodation
of this department.
I No answer has baen received to the
cablegram of Attorney General Knox
accepting the olTer of the Panama
Canal Company, subject to the ratification
of tho treaty which has been
signed by representatives of the
United Stute3 and of Colombia. It
is known, however, that correspond
enco by cable has been in progress
between the directors of the French
company and their legal represetatives
in Washington and that the
former are disposed to reject Mr.
Knox's olTer unless some definite
date is set for the acceptance to the
olTer. It is alleged that the French
company is under constant expense
in maintaining the work already performed
on the canal and has moreover
a force of men engaged on the
isthmus and the directors think the
United States should make some provision
for reimbursing them for such
expense as they may incur after the
expiration of tho present option. It
is also claimed that certain Kuropean
capitalists are prepared to furnish
the funds for completing tho canal
if tho United States fails to effect its
purchaso.
1 he President and Mrs, Roosevelt
are both suffering from ill health although
in neither instance is it believed
that their indisposition is serious.
Mrs. Roosevelt fainted at a
recent state dinner and was at onco
ordered by her physician to abstain
from further participation in social
affairs for a brief period. She has
since recovered somewhat and gave p.
musical lust week. The President is,
suffering from an attack of laryngitis
and is under tho euro of a physician,
hut it is belioved that he will soon
recover. Unless an extra session of
the Senate or of Congress interferes,
Mr. Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretary
Root, will leave for Colorado
about tho middle of March for a brief
hunting trip. His long anticipated
'western trip will not bo taken until
about the first of Maj.
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When yon buy Shoes from us
foot it it, and in it you will
our Shoes are solid made to fi
wear.
EMBROID
Our counters are
we are inaKing spec
this sale goes on.
JOHN B. STE
MUTUAL D
R. P. HARRY, M;
Ou Saturday was laid the corner sto ne
of the new Army War College at what
ate known as the Washington Barracks.
The corner stono was laid by the President
who, notwithetanding his indisposition,
insisted in participating in the
exercises. The oration of tho day w as delivered
by Secretary Hoot. The establishment
of the War College has l<mg
been the aim of tire leading army ofllceis
as it will forniah to those olliiersin
the army, who ~ demonstrate at the
special service school an especial .proficiency,
an opportunity to perfect their
military education under the most favorable
circumstances. The location is in
ll<a niin aC W?A! * **
v?.u v/>vj ui Ji oouiii^i/tjii Hi. n?e junction
of the eastern and western branches of
the Potomac Ri rer and the new post is
destined to become one of the finest in
the United States if not in the world.
Good Roads by Property Tax.
Mr. Editor:?As I have seen so
much talk through the columns of
Thk Timks, as well as other papers,
about Good Roads, I thought I would
write you a short letter. I believe
in good roads myself, but make them
a different way to what our good
legislators propose. I think the
right way to have good roads is to
place a tax on the property all round,
land and personal property, and all J
will bear a fair share in making the
good roads, the mill companies and
all persons that haul, wet and dry,
will then pay their share to make the
good roads. Hero in our little town '
there is two little mills, a yarn mill J
and a knitting mill, and for two or
three miles in every direction the
roads are in a very bad fix; these
eomrmnioa Konl oil ** *
t ..nuI ...? mo miio irom
Christmas to Christmas, wet or dry,
and I do think if we had a thinking
legislature they would put the tax on
property, land and personal, Instead
of the head so all who tear up the
roads would pay their part to make
good roads. It is not right to put as
much on poor people who don't haul
as much as one load a year as those
that haul every day in tho year. I
see that our legislators have fixed a
law so the County Commissioners
can place a $3 road tax on the people
so I will close by saying I hope our
Commissioners will think before they
speak.
My best wishes to the editor and
force of Thk Timkh,
W. T. Ward.
Jonosville, S. G., Feb, 23.
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