The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-15
SENATOR TILlMAN
MAKES A STATEMENT
EXPLAING POSITION OF MINORITY
ON PHILIPPINES AND CUBA.
Extra sssslon would Hurt Them-Per-
sonal.y Hs Neither Gave Nor Re
ceived Pledges but Worked for
Charleston.
Special to The State,


Senator Tillman, who is here attend
ing meeting of the Clemson board
of trustees, was asked this morning
for al interview regarding his
attitude tho Senate in reference to
the Cubeu, Philippine and Charleston
exposition matters, he was disposed
to be contemptuous and indifferent,
saying he was tired answering the
jokes and attacks of those daily
papers which had always opposed
him and whose stuff the people of
the State seldom regarded seriously
Perhaps the fact that the man Of he
pitchfork had not then breakfssted
had same influence on his naturally
gentle disposition.
However, after rejecting that the
people of the State might want some
information the senator consented to
talk though briefly.
"The question of why the Demo.
cratic minority did not resist the
Cuban and Philippines amendment
has been set forth very clearly in the
congressional record. 1t is not to be
wondered at that these newspaper
editors have taken the wrong Wow,
as they depend on the Associated
Press synopsis which is very meagre
necessarily, and often colored to suit
the Republicans.
'In consultation among the Dem
ocratic senators there was difference
of opinion as to the advisability of
filibustering.. The Philippine amend
ment was altered to our satisfaction
AS far as any such scheme could
be made satisfactory-by prohibiting
the sale Of land, lumber, mines, etc.,
and fordidding any permanent fran.
chises, so that pet-baggers who
Aoy Oo Soul IllSIs " hulllulSIe'T d SO.
called civil government will be very
much hampered in their purposes to
loot the islands.
$50 far as the Cuban amendment
was concerneu, the minority was
hampered by the fact that our Nom
bers of that committee, Messrs. Mo-
ney and Teller, and the latter was
the author Of our Cuban war pledge,
had acquiesced in large measure
with the proposed legislation. They
had secured a much more moderate
and satisfactory programme than had
originally been proposed by the Re.
publicans, and while no entirel,
satisfactory they assured us that the
Republicans in an extra session
whore they would have free hand
would be still more exacting in their
demands.
"The Democrats and their allies
among the Populists and Silver Re-
publicans we're, therefore, confronted
with this situation: The next con-
gress, being overwhelmingly Repub
lican, with larger majorities in both
branches, could be relied on to do
Mr. McKlnley's bidding, and in ad
dition to carrying out the original
programme in regard to the Philip.
pines and Cuba, there was almost q
certainty that it would have passed
the ship subsidy bill. For in addi-
tion to- this a protracted filibuster
causing an extra session would have
given them an excuse to change the
rules and provide for cloture. As it
is, Senator Platt has introduced a
resolution looking to snch change.
think it won't be carried now, but
it certainly would have succeeded if
we had acted as my critics desired.
$50 we as minority had to con-
slider whether we could ultim ately
resist the proposed betrayal of Cuba
and exploitation of the Philippines
successfully in the extra session, and
it appeared wiser to fully expose the
infamies of the two amendments and
then allow vote.
II did what I COULD" said the sem
ator concluding as the breakfast bell
rang, Sin legitimate, decent way,
to get the appropriation for Charles.
ton, and there was practically no
opposition in the senate. The op.
was in the house"
y II gave no lodges and received