Show mi mm FIGURES III fl SEDATE DEBATE senator tillman denounces policy of pres dent in encourage ng equality of negro W th the white washington the senate listened to a debate on the race question sat arday in which senator tillman was the principal participant and senator patterson of colorado his opponent they brought into striking contrast the ideas of the south and north president roosevelt s action in the matter was the subject of discussion mr tillman held that nothing was involved in it except the race question and that the adminis was responsible for the grow ing acute condition of the race question in the south the president he maintained has encouraged the negro to assert his equality and then had wrought vengeance on a whole bat llon for following that encourage ment he condemned the presidents action in some respects mr patterson defended the dents right to dismiss the troops but said there might be some ground to question its policy he condemned dd in strong terms what he regarded as the radical position of mr and predicted that the extinction 0 the democratic party in the north would follow a continuance of such tactics |