The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-12-15
TlLLriAN'S TURN TO BE RAN
TANkEROUS'
Like Our "Friend Up the
River" He wants to knOw''
About Contributions.
~ JULIAN HAWTHORNE.

tho pretty HUE Ineatrc Ol inc SeIate
chamber the public favorite, Mr..
Tillman, was announced to do
turn on the theme Of the investiga-
ton by congress Of the alleged pc
cuniary considerations offered to
the attention of members by the
great corporations and financial in
stitutions Of the country.
Upon entering the press gallery
the square-shouldercd and square
faced presence of the senator con-
fronted me from his seat on the
centre aisle, near the back. He
was flankcd by immense scrap books
on his right, and his desk was piled
with documents and books. He sat
moody, grim and solitary, with his
hands before him, like a monarch
of the wilderness waiting to drink
blood. He looked straight before
him, oblivious, seemingly, alike of
friend and foe. The Ishmaelitc
character Of tho man was expressed
in his attitude.
PLATT LIKE ~ WRATH OF NIGHT.
Other senators were in their seats,
and especially noticeable was the
lean figure of Mr.. Platt, isolated,
with folded hands, or sometimes
plucking at the gray beard beneath
his under lip. All that is left of
this parsonage is dry, brown skin.
tightly drawn over Il very charac-
tcristic skeleton. AS Mr.. Tillman s
argument was pretty sure to include
some reference to the senator from
New York his presence was interest
ing; but it turned out that his only
business this morning was to hand
in bill; and nc disappeared, like
q wrath in the night, before the
Man with One Eye had begun his
address.
Hale, Allison and Frye sat on
the same side OF the room and near
one another. Spooner was on the
aisle. Power, which these gentle
men are supposed to WELD, has not
affected any visible gaiety in their
spirits. The desks in the senate
gre separated, unlike those in the
house, and the arrangement seems
suited to the solitary humor Of their
occupants. They abide, each
wrapt in the garment of his own
thoughts; they converse with each
y GLUM LOT II TIE SENATE.
The compact figure and knotted
forehead OF Hale spoke of the cor
rcctness and composure of New
he will weigh his words,
speak little, and to the point. AL
lison's shoulders arc bowed, and
his big head, with it's high crown
and powerful features, has been
softcned by the weight of age into a
certain mildness. Frye appears
much younger than his brethren; :;
yet age is doing it's work upon him,
too; his body is shrunken and
feeble, and he has the look of q
dyspeptic; but the intellect and
efficiency of his oddly formed fea-
Frye is furrowed and haggard,
with deep lines gravcd in his cheeks
and horizontal wrinkles across his
brow. These men doubtless have
their private avocations and diver
slons; yet the main happiness of
their lives must lie in this Cham
Der; and Il more detected looking
group could not be found in Wash
ington.
AGE STALKS LIKE \ SENTINEL THERE.
On the Democratic side arc other
famous personages; Morgan, more
than tourscorc, and looking his full
age, his checks greatly worn and
his flesh reduced; Pcttus, the patri.
arch OF the senate, with grey tuft
on bis chin, and the quiet, philo-
sophie aspect OF a Confucians age;
Culbcrson, of Texas, a grey-haired
young man, with square forehead
and a winning, high-bred countc-
nance; Bailey, of the same State,
sitting next Tillman, smiling and
fresh -colored, Il boy of genius-but
there is far more of age than of
youth in this chamber.
Lesser men came in and took
their seats before Edward Everett
Hale, from the desk of the Presi-
lent, had summoned the Almighty
o preside over their councils. De.
pew had withdrawn himself, but
here was the grey haired, smooth
'ornered Foraker; Scott, Of West
virginia, with Peabody Wetmorc
beside him, par mobile fratrum, |
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