The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Has Constitutional Privilege.

f'The newspapers all over the country are informing us that certain bills are administration bi1ls,' said the Massachu- setts. senator, and that certain senators have been at the White House and have arranged with the President what the President shall do about treaty or about a bill or about some other important mat ter of business. It is not anybodys busi- ness to arrange with the President what the senate shall do. We are an indepen- dent body. The time for the President o make up his mind about statutes is after we have passed them, and not before, un- less he avails himself of his constitu- tional privilege to make communication to the entire body by message"
 Nevertheless, it is not expected that Senator Hoar's remarks will have any eff feet upon President Roosevelt. He will continue to tell members of congress in his strenuous fashion what he wants done, and, in fact. will do more than this and threatens extra sessions unless they enact. legislation he demands. Mckinley got what he wanted out of congress be- cause he knew how to handle the mem bers. Roosevelt goes at them with a club, and 1t is surprising that he accomplishes as much as he does.
 Jim TiIlmanism and Ben TiImanism.
 Since the shooting of Editor Gonzales by the Heutenant-governor of South Car olina there has been a good deal written about 'Tillmanism," thus connecting the senator from South Carolina with the lieutenant-governor of that state. But nobody ever drew the line more sharply between the senator and the state official than did the dead editor. Senator Till man can in no way be held responsible for his nephew, or any of his mistakes, great or small. On the contrary Gov ernor Tillman and his father, George Till man, a former member of congress, have always held Senator Tillman responsible for Georges retirement from public life.
 George Tillman was in congress when the reform movement now under the leadership of his brother, the senator, rose to it's height. The congressman was one of those who opposed the reform movement and were swept away by it. He went down with Butler and Hampton and others then prominent For great many years the defeated man and his son held Senator Tillman responsible for that defeat, and strained relations ex- isted between them. Before George 6 death. which occurred a year ago. the two brothers became reconciled.
 Senator Tillman had nothing to do with the election of Lieutenant-Governor Till man, who had no strong men against him. and there were no issues between the candidates. Governor Tillman had served as colonel of a South Carolina regiment In the war with Spain, and he was en- Enthusiastically supported by the members of his regiment. He possesses to a mark ed degree the faculty of making friends.
 He did not have the backing of his uncle, the senator, for the lieutenant- governorship, but in his campaign for the Eovernorship last year he endeavored to create the impression that the senator was for him, when. as matter of fact, the senator held hands off absolutely. Jim Tilllman's efforts to rally the old reform party to his support failed utterly. and largely because Editor Gonzales kept inn pressing 1t upon the people that there was the most radical possible difference be- tween Jim Tillmanism and Ben Tillman- Ism. Time and again he declared that .he senator was In no way responsible foi ais nephew and did not stand sponsor for aim. s..4..-a.