Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
interesting haws--What Docs TilIman Mean 7
Kruger 10 the Burghcrs.


"AsliiNdroN, ID. c., March 12.-Edi
tors Courier: l send clipping from
inc washington Times which will OK
pam ltsclf. 1t seems Senator Spooncl
brushed Uncle Ben's feathers tho wrong
way ana he cano near tho point of OK.
plosion and tho other side of tho E,usc
WAS glaa to turn him loose, can assure
you.
Dispatches Friday from London and
South Africa state that the war will
cease in thirty days timo, and God speed
tho time. l scnd you a copy of tho mes
sage. The world will admire kruger fo,
his grit alone as long rs time is time.
fot little whilo and another war near
homo, as it is Il settled fact that there
will DO war down in Central America,
President Zolaya, of Nicaragua, seems to
bo boiling over to get at President Tug
lcsias, Of Costa Rica. Woll, such names
will drive any country to war, drink, on
oven suicide.
1T now seems tho Porto Rican tariff
muddlc, which has congcstcd all other
business in Congress 80 long, will soon
end. Tho Republicans now offer some
concessions, which seems to quiet t., J
troubled waters.
The game Of hide and seek continues
in the Philippines. Gen. Otis, after a
six weeks silence, like tho proycrbial
ground hog, has como out of his hole to
ask for 200 pairs Of hand. cuffs and
nearly rs many pairs of legirons
(shackles). The powers hero could not
imagine what in thunder he wanted them
for, but quickly hushcd tho matter up
when told. They wcro to bo used on
American soldiers who had become de-
mcntcd from the heat and cxposurc.
This request, coming with Il p. d. q. at
tachmont, does not sound we'll for thc
present condition of affairs. Yet they
arc facts not to be denied.
The Oconcc and South Carolina bows
arc well.
Our Senators and Representatives. arc
hard at work. | hear many rumors of
opposition this fall from different dis
trIcts, and it seems from here there is
trouble ahead for some of them. but it,
will bc hard to pick out more faithful
intelligent, Woodworking set of men in
the State, and let mo tell you now the
longer man remains member the
more Good he can do for his State. 1t
taxes the new member about four wears
to catch on. If he is good man he is
like old wine and will improve with arc,
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WHAT DOES TILLMAN MEAN?
"Thc great trouble at present is that
the Senator from South Carolina won't
let us on this side of the chamber let
him alonc,' spoke Senator Spooncr. lie
was referring to tho waving of the bloody
shirt by Senator Tillman. The Wiscon-
sin Senator had thanked God the bloody
shirt had been buried and he hoped il
would never he rcsurrccted The South
Carolina Senator had thanked God for
the same thing, but said he insisted upon
digging up the bloody shirt just long
enough to Haunt it a little while. "An
we OF the South ask is to be let Alone"
SlIrirkcd Senator Tillman in a burst of
frenzy. ''We arc not bothcrinr you.r
sand Senator Spooncr, in modifying
tones. "l'ut it seems the Senator from
S"nth Carolina will not let us ON this
side Of the chamber let him alone" Up
jumped Senator Tillman again and
screamed: 81 have thrown down the
gage of battle. Why don't some Of you
take it up?' Every Republican sat mute
as Il clam. The Cullom Hawaiian bill
was under discussion. The old, almost
forgotten sectional issues were not in
v"lvcd. But Senator Iillman had dran-
Grd them forth anyway, and made the
Senate chamber scpulchral with the
clank and clattcr Of dry bones as he
shook the skeletons. Wherefore il is
being inquired, What is Senator Iilhman
up to? His Democratic COLLEAGUES
seemed to enjoy his Haunting of the
m"ldy, bloody shirt before the startled
gaze OF the Republicans, who Slranl;
from it with Il shudlcr. Is it possible
that the whirligig of time has hrouuht
III such a strange change that the Demo-
Gratis now conceive it to be good politics
to wave the bloody shirt, b"';cvinu that
the Republicans will flee from ito # is
that this is the meaning of
senator l1limanS performance of Mon
day, and that his Democratic collcapucs
put him up to Washington Times.