The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30

A well-informed and leading Eastern
newspaper says there is quite colony of
Henry George men in Washington, and
several Of them are able, fearless, and en-
| terprising, They have an organization,
and in quiet way are pushing their propa-
ganda in quarters where it is beloved their
efforts will do the most good, and claim to
have succeeded very we'll SO far. One of
the leading spirits talked very enthusiast
cally of their achievements and hopes for
the future.
why" he said, 'you would hardly be.
lieve it, but l have found no less than
| thirteen members of Congress who are
practically Henry George men. Some of
! them do not acknowledge it; in fact, they
would no doubt deny it if publicly charged
with holding to Georges theories; but in
| private life they readily ackno Wedge that
they think his conclusions on the land QueS-
tion are correct. There is very strong
George man In the House, and we hope to
| get him to startle the country with a bold
single-tax speech before the close of the ses-
SION"
This pronounced George man is said to
| be Iillman, of South Carolina. The single
tax propagandists are very anxious to gain
a strong foothold In Washington for they
feel that whatever they do there will count
for much more in the country at large than
| if done elsewhere.
Congressman Tillmans views are radical
in other respects than on the land question.
He advances the proposition that the future
safety of this country lies in larger and
more direct representation of the people in
| the House and Senate, aud thinks that we
ought to have at least six hundred Repre-
sentatives and no less than three hun
dred Senators. In conversation on the
subject, he said: Our national Leg
islature is not keeping pace with our
| growing population. Our representa-
ton in Congress is little more than it was
when our population was but half its pres
ent dimensions. Given greater represen-
tation in the Senate, increase it's present
| proportions four times and the result can
but be helpful to the interests Of the people,
l see, however, no way by which this can
! be done, and for that reason | shall favor.
whenever it is practicable, the admission of
all the new States possible. In my judg-
/, ment Dakota ought to be divided into four
| equal parts, and each admitted as a State "
| The Congressman distinguished for these
radical views, George d. Tillman, of South
Carolina, is cotton planter residing at
Clark's Hill, and represents the Second
District of his State. He was born
near Curryton, Edgefield county, South
Carolina, August 81, 1925. His education
\ is superior, including preparation for the
! University and study at Harvard College.
He did not stay to graduate, but returned
( TO the South without completing the cur
riculum, and read law. In 1648 he was adj
mtted to the bar. He opened an Office at
| Edgefield Court House, and practiced there
until the war. Mr.. Tillman volunteered in
a South Carolina regiment in 1862. When
it was dishanded, he entered the Second
Regiment of South Carolina Artillery, in
which he continued to serve as a private
soldier until the close of the wcr.
Mr.. Tillman was elected to the State
House of Representatives of South Carolina
in 1876, also in 1854 He was mem-
Der of the State Constitutional Convention
held in 1865, under the reconstruction proc
lamation of President johnson. In 1876 he
was member of the Democratic State
Executive Committee of South Carolina
Mr.. Tillman unsuccessfully contested a seat
in the Forty-ffth Congress, for which he
had been a candidate. He was elected to
| the Forty-sixth Congress, lost his seat in
| the Forty-seventh, as the result of a contest,
and since his election to the Forty-eighth
| Congress has continuously represented his
district in Washington.