The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-10
SPLIT OF IRBY AND TILLMAN.
TILLMAN DON'T WANT TRBY TO
HAVE A SECOND TERM.

Irby on the other Hand Thinks He Is
Entitled 20 IL and Means to Make
Fight for 1.-THE Interview Of
Evans, TiIImaa and Irby in the
Latter's Committee Room the First
Intimation Irby Had That lie Had
Been Ignored in the New Deal in
south Carolina.
Washington. March e-Although con
Eress has adjourned. and an OF the South
Carolina congressman have gone home,
the members Of the Palmetto colony here
are still specializing upon the causes and
the effects OF the split between Sena-
tor Irby and Senator-elect Tliman. SeHa-
tor Irby may try to disguise the fact as
much as he pleases. but the general i'm
preston prevails here that Tilmau iz
not working in double harness with him
any longer. As near as have been able
to get at the meat" Of this peculiar
contention, the trouble arises over the
next United States senatorship.
Senator Irby wants a second term In the
Senate. He not only wants h. but he de-
mands IL as matter Of right. In re-
cent conversation with him on the subject
AE SAA4 ANAN A4f ltAAtAANtftA ~ AltINE n lAr AAt
for reelection IN spite OF any opposition
that might arise. de contended that it is
the custom TO give a senator, who attends
10 his business acceptably. a second term.
He feels that ne has done all that could
have been expected Of him since he en-
tered the Senate and he VIII therefore ask
the people Of South Carolina TO give him
another term after 1897 when his pres
ent term expires
The friends Of Senator-elect Tillman
say that he does not want Irby to have
a second term, and he viii do nothing TO
assist him In that direction. Who Till
man has selected as his favorite 10 sue
coed Senator Irby will appear later but
just now very little is being said on the
subject. II is claimed that Irby was but
an accident in the first instance, and
therefore he should be satisfied with six
years In the Senate, as the immediate sue
cessor Of Wade Hampton That may
sound all very well for those who have
not tasted Of the senatorial sweets. Sen.
ator lrby may not have been an active
participant in the great debates that
have taken place IN the Senate during the
last two or three years, but he has put
in four years Of comparative luxury, with
private secretary a private committee
room and all Of the trimmings that 20
with a senatorship. He cannot be blamed
for wanting more OF it. They all do. The
more they get the more they want
The only interview that Senator-elect
Tillman and GOV. Evans had with Senator
lrby during the recent visit OF the senator
elect and the governor 10 this city, must
have been very interesting. II took place
down In Senator Irby's committee room.
Senator Irby was spread out in a luxu-
rious reclining chair, with his wool hat
eanted over 10 one side He generally wears
his hat in his committee room, and also
at his private apartments. He Is getting
haln Vani0lW I'm rpnaaunfauna
Standardized Tllman and Gov. Evans
entered the room and proceeded TO relate
to the senator the terms Of the recent
compromise, with the accompanying de-
tails. 1t seems that that was the first.
intimation that Senator lrby had received
on the subject. He is naturally sensi-
tive man, and he at once appreciated the
fact that he had been totally ignored in
the transaction. 1t was a terrible blow to
his pride. but he struggled to control his
feelings and appear Indifferent so far as
he was personally concerned, but ex-
pressed great anxiety as TO the effect IL
might nave on the reform movement in
the state. He went so far, il is said. as to
chide Tillman with a lack Of tact and
political sagacity, and charged that the
editor Of the News and Courier had de
horned" him. The authorized interview
with Senator Irby improperly used the
word deceived for dehorned The latter
his own, for he was going on to tell TIL
man Of the amputation of several parts
OF his political anatomy by the conserva-
tive leaders. 1t was anything but a merry
party. The next day Messrs Tillman
ana Evans proceeded further north TO
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
The night after their departure Sena-
tor lrby went into executive session"
with himself and considered all that he
had heard from Messrs. T!llman and
Evans, In connection with other rumors
and actual occurrences that have been
floating around in South Carolina poll
tics for several months past The re-
suit of his deliberations was the authorized
interview which he gave out to the press
associations. He realized that a deter
mined effort is being made to turn his
political picture to the wall" and he OBJ
jects to such proceedings for the reason
above stated. When Senator-elect Trlman
returned to Washington, on his way home
from New York, it was under
stood that Tillman and Irby were
TO have another consultation. Till
man dined with Representative Talbot
and Strait, but n few doors from the
residence Of Senator Irby but they never
met again in this city. Mutual friends
stated that Tillman and Irby had en-
gagements to meet each other at vari-
Gus places within twenty-four bours
but they managed to keep out of each
others way ike two professional prize
fighters of the present day, engaged in
making "a draw of it
The most remarkable thing about the
pending controversy is the wide differ
enee of opinion as to which side got the
better Of the compromise. Representa-
tives Sheel. Izler, Butler and others contend
that the Tillmanites pulled the wool
over the eyes of the anti-Tilmanites.
On the other hand, Senator Irby and a few
of his friends insist that the conservatives
out-generaied the reformers and obtained
from them concessions that they shouId
not have had. Representatives LafT-
mer, Talbert and Strait are disposed ia
be non-eommittal on the subject b,,t
they are loyal 10 Tillman under all cir
cumstances. Altogether. it is a most in
teresting struggle, and the South CAROLYN
ians at this end of the line cannot under
stand why there should be such a bitter
contest over a constitutional convention.
They are inclined to believe that the real
issue is, ''Who shall succeed Irby in the
Senate in 1872
OSBORNE NOT TO CRUSH ROCK.