The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

obstacle in their way in this regard by
refusing to accept their joint resignation
the senators have succeeded in placing
themselves before the country in an in
teresting light.
OF the two men TiIlman is the best
known, in his own state and section and
throughout the nation. He has been be-
fore the public longer than McLaurin,
and by reason of his peculiar characters
tics and altogether striking personality
he has come to be widely known, while.
up to short time ago, it could not be
said that McLatrin's fame had Travelled
far beyond the confines Of his own state.
Indeed, he was not known widely even
In the Southern states.
Tillman made his reputation many
years ago, and, unlike many public men,
he-has been able to constantly add to his
string of luster stars. His faculty of
doing and saying things has kept him
! before the public, and, although he has
made many enemies his course which
has been one of hard fought battles from
boyhood, has also won many warm
friends. 1t has been said of Tillman that
ne is the most hated man in his state
Yet he has friends who are loyal and
last ditch
! The personality of the man is truly
magnetic. Rough, coarse, careless in
Gness and abrupt in manner and speech,
1lHnan possesses something which
draws men to him. He is outspoken
courageous, yindictive in speech and un-
/ reconstructed in every political and sec
IONA sense. He is man of powerful
bulld physically and mentally, and it is
| said of him that a drawer man never en-
| tered the ranks of war or politics He
! Is known as fighter, in war, in politics
ana In peace. Many South Carolinlans
E-regard him as a diamond in the rough
His enemies-and the last election in
I ms state showed that he has $4,000 of
told the people he did not want any
| cody to vote for him who didn't like
hlm-declare he is too bitter, too preju-
! olced,. too narrow, too much of dema-
| gGgue to represent them in the United
| states senate. His friends say he is a.
man of the people and that he stands
| Tor the great common crowd, the work.
erS, the farmers and the middle classes.
!1llman is one-eyed man. He lost his
| Ieft eye as result of illness shortly
| after he quit school to go to the Civil
war: In his bitter campaigns in Carolina
! man. He is not sensitive as to his per-
! sonality and while he is possessed of a.
| large bump of self-conf1dence and indi-
! vidual Importance, Tillman fights for his
! pranclples-good' or bad, as the case may
| be. If he thinks he is right heaven and
earth cannot change his opinion. He is
oulit OF hrm stuff and observers of his
| political contests say he has never yet
craw-fished in a single instance.
AS stump speaker and rough cam
! palgner he has no superior and probably
I no equal in the South Many men Of
! finer intellectual qualities than Tillman
I nave gone down under his keen satire
/ and bitter sarcasm in debate. His wit
is sharp and like a two-edged sword
cuts both ways. In the use of language
! of the highly descriptive and picturesque
! kind Ti!lman has no equal. He curses
| like the proverbial sailor. And 1t mat
tiers not where he, is. He selects no time
| and place to swear.
The writer heard him utter String Of
oaths in the United States senate at
! the resent session which resounded
through the chamber as clearly as the
! electric bells which Jingle when the SEN
| ate goes into executive session. OF
| course, the official stenogrdpher failed to
cred at Senator Chandler, of New Hamp-
shire, and Senator Hale, of Maine, in a
discussion involving the rights of ex-
| Confederate soldiers. Tillman had a
| private pension bill of a Mexican vet
eran who had also fought on the side
| Of the Confederacy, which he wanted
passed. but found objection in the pen
sion committee because, his constituent
! had fought against the nation. He swore
! by all the eternal another pension bill
| should not pass the senate until his bill
| had been reported This is the sort Of
! determination and bulldog tenacity that
! has made Tillman what he is today-the
idol of the Bryan straight 16 to 1 Democ-
racy Of South Carolina
T1llman is a native of South Carolina,
coming from the famous Edgefield coun-
ty district, which has long been noted
/ as the scene of many of the states most
! bitter political campaig ns and feudS He
true type Of the self-made man. He was