The age-herald., 1902-02-28
Democrats Preserve Stclid Silence
 When Bryan is Mentioned

from the tiresome wordiness of mil lionaires' club" Thus some good may come out of even a personal fight be- tween two Senators of the United States.
 So far as the Democratic party and the real interests of the people are con cerned, Tillnan- -McLaurinlsm of South Carolina and Wheelerisn of Kentucky have Joined forces for the deplorable election of another Republican House of Representatives.
 One grows weary over the incessant newspaper filings at Southern courtesy" Southern politeness Southern man. ners," Southern gentlemen" and so on, which began with Kentucky Wheeler's extraordinary exhibition of rudeness to the nations guest and to millions of the nations citizens. The universal sneering at Wheelers Kentucky chivalry'' is meant to be applied to the South, for rightly or wrongly Kentucky Is accepted as Southern State.
 While all this Wheeler-aroused ridieulo of the South was with its whiskybottle accompaniment was still being flung at the whole South. the Tillman-McLaurin incident arose to doubly increase the vol ume of jeering and sneering for with reasonable Justification the public of the North assumes that Southern people se- leet their senators and representatives from their best class of men. Of course Southerners know this is only partially true; but all our people are judged by the loud and vulgar types amongst thoso whom we send to Washington; these are called typical Suutherners," and our peo- pie are sneered at accordingly. Neith- CT the press nor the people of the North will look back of our boors to see the Southern people as they are at large, the best-bred best hammered and most civil element of the American population.
 Tillman's action in forcing the Pres fdent to withdraw his invitation to the South Carolinian to dine at the White House has greatly increased the cackling or the geese. What beautiful Southern courtesy was that shown by Senator Till man In insisting on dinning with a man who didn't desire his presence" exclaims one of the leading and most respectable Of metropolitan journals. That kind of sheer at the manners of the whole South is enough to sting to resentment every Southerner. and it offends all the moro because it was invited by a Southern Sen ator.
 In the circumstances which arose from the personal fight in the Senate the Isresi- dent could not have had Tillman as an of- heial guest at an official dinner. for tbe very reason that the South Carolinian was in contempt of the Senate No man could have acted more delicately in tho emergency than the President He asked Senator Cockrell one of the oldest and most honored of Democrats to kindly hint to Tillman the difficulties of the situation and to suggest to him that he recall his acceptance of the invitation to dinner, T1llman firmly declared to follow the sus- gestion, leaving the only possible. in- pression to be that he intended to dine as the guest of a man who couldn't give him a place at table. That forced the President to send what amounted to a di. rect statement that Tillman would not be received
 All this is very unhappy-it Is miser able; and 1t is shameful that all the South should be sneered at because one South erner was both ignorant and willful!
 1he narrow escape of Admiral Miller from death in the Park Avenue Hotel nre In New York the other night recalls to my mind the veteran sailors greatest pride and great sorrow, both of which came to him together.
 In 1897 the then Commodore Miller wac ba ITt,ita navy in the greatest naval review in his- tory-that held in the Solent, the arm of the sea that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England The re- view was in honor of the diamond jubilee or Queen Victoria and it took place in late June. Commodore Miller, who was selected for the honor by Hon. Hilary A Herbert of Alabama before the latter's retirement from the office of Secretary or the Navy, was promoted little out of his regular order so as to give him desirable rank for his duties in England, and he selected as his flagship the Brooklyn, which year later Schley made the most famous ship on the seas: the Brooklyn being in 1897 fresh from the builders
 Admiral Miller's wife and beautiful young daughter proceeded to England by mall steamer in order to enjoy with him the Jubilee celebrations in which he was
 
 jubilee week the admirars daughter be- came i'll. and after a few days of great suffering she died her death taking place on the eve of the Fourth of July.
 That year, according to a custom that had been long observed the Society of Americans in London gave a splendid Fourth of July banquet. the feast being served in the great Queens Hotel, Ken sington, immediately overlooking the Palace of Kensington in which Queen Victoria was born. All the American consuls stationed in the kingdom and the more prominent American public men then in London were invited to the ban quet. The chief guest of honor at those annual dinners is the American ambas- sador. On this occasion MT. Hay was ambassador; MT. Whitelaw Reid, special ambassador to the jubilee.
 The first toast was to the President, and MT Hay arose to respond. He spoke very briefly to the toast and then in pathetic eloquence he referred to the death of Miss Miller, ''the beautiful daughter of my intimate personal friend" Having spoken few sentences with won- derful elouuence, force and beauty, MT. Hay asked his hosts to excuse him in der that he might join his sorrowing friend.
 Few of us who were present had heard of Miss MiiIer's passing away; but the appalling suddenness with which death had robbed Admiral Miller of the sweet