Show Of r TiLE THE RACE U. QU QUESTION TIO Indianapolis News In his address addles at Chicago Senator Tillman Tiliman asked for J bober sober thought on the race question indeed the tho problem Is la ls one that calls for tor the soberest kind of thought thought but but It Jt alt also calls for Cor sober discussion This it did not get from Mr Tillman But Dut Sir Mr ir made two statements conr conI con- con I r which something must be said Ho He declared that this thin Is a white mans manH country and that th the black man never would ouId be the equal of ot the white man mun The Tho first statement is not true now and and Is not true historically the second statement h la is a prophecy and prophecy and nothing nothing- more Inore which ma may or may not be ful- ful tilled This countr country la lIS not and never was a u. white man country We Vo ma may think It would be e better if Ir it were were were- may may wl wish h that It were But nut i It Il iu ItS not u u. white mans man's country countr at ot tho the present 4 time It I is thu this country o of every every citizen citizen r that owns allegiance to It white yal yal- ler her black an un an brown This Is simply t r a question of ot fact Senator Tillman can can riot not change chango the fact by mere de de- de nial Into the tho I question of prophecy wo we wot f t shall not go further thun than to say that thai one one mans man's guess IM is a as good OK we another No ono one can know what the tue conditions Will be be say a thousand years from Crom now HOW So wo we have one statement that thatis 1 is It not true and ond another statement that can not po possibly be bo proved pro And yet ct the speaker did say ray many I things though things though he said them to to which the people must give gl thoughtful consideration Wo We need neel never expect for tor Instance that th white people who live IIvo In communities In which there Is a black maj majority willever will wll ever consent to be bo governed b by thai majority In our h hearts we know thai that such a thing thing- would not be submitted to In Indianapolis Even as It Is the thc people are arc growing restless at the thought that the negroes here hold the balance of ot power and that the they exercise It Invariably on the tho side of at the thc Republican party part without regard tc to the character of or tho the candidates nominated nom nom- b by it The Intelligent broadminded broad broad- minded independent men of ot both parties are profoundly dissatisfied with present conditions But those who look at the question broadly seem to realize that after all aJl the question I. I not so much one of or color as of ot class We Yc should object quite as ns strongly to being governed b by an any class of at men voted solidly for tor one part party A Hunyak Hun Hun- yak ak nl domination would be bo quite as obJectionable objectionable ob ob- ob j as a negro domination However Howe In the South It happens that the division Is along race Taco lines And we say that no law or constitution can hold a white minority In subjection toa toa to toa a black majority To that tact fact we mayas mayas may mayas as well mal make o up our minds We e do not agree with Senator Tillman Tillman Tillman Till Till- man In thinking that the Individual black Is necessarily Inferior Interior to the In Individual Individual Individual In- In white while And the weakness of his argument I Is that it Implies that all negroes are arc practically alike 0 and andaU andall andall all aU whites practically alike He lie takes no account of oC Individual peculiarities That Is not a fair Call wa way to argue But Dut we agree ree with him that the white race is uS a whole Is far fal superior to the bl black ck race ace as a whole and that this superiority superiority Is destined to last for a long longtime tOne time The black block race has achieved little Wo We e arc told that it has had no chance But Dut it Is as old as ns the tho white race lace and has hl ms had the same sune chance that the race has had If Ie It Il be said ald that ho tim white race has Imposed on 01 the negro and held him hOn in subjection the Is that that very fact proves that hat at I that hat lime time the thc white race was wa the he superior The Thu negro when left lefto to o himself Jias has made mado practically no regress Nor had he hehen when hen he lie reach reached cached cd the stationary which stage vas was er very early In his career career attained attained anything approaching the civilization enjoyed b by the yellow races such as ashe I Ithe the he Chinese when the they got to the stationary stage e Our s sentimentalists have ave not nut alwa always s 's appreciated this fact The Thc history of oC the whIte race Is the tol hll history of progress That of the black race ace of stagnation or ot degeneration Now Vow we wo have havo these two races fac face ac to face ace In this count country and the I liin sm IH between cm them Is hs growing Ing bitterer o el every day We e do not think that thai the general welfare Is served ed by those thole who Ret Bet themselves to inflame the feeling which Is already too Therefore There There- fore foro we do not expect much help from flom such mon men as Mr 11 Tillman The situa- situa lon Is tragic and therefore it is be- be ond rond Mr Mi Tillman He lie Is honest and hut earnest but he is not wise vIse |