The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
HE WILL SWIM UP STREAM.

It now seems that those who
thought Senator Tillman would
be lined up with the President on
"rate legislation " are mistaken,
if the interview we publish below
is authentic, and We have no rea-
son to doubt 1.-THE Senator re-
CARDS President Roosevelt's po-
sition on the railroad fight an
attempt to rob the Democratic
party of the glory OF such legis-
lation, which to our mind IS a
confession Of the unftness of our
Democratic leaders. They will
oppose measure which is in the
country's interests simply be-
cause a Republican Presldentsup-
portsit. The South has suffered
too much already from such na-
row partisanship, and it is time
we had some craftsmanship:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 21.
The one absorbing topic in connection
with the forthcoming session OF Con-
gress among CongresSmen, newspaper
men and newspaper readers at the capl-
tai seems to be the railroad regulation
matter. The Senate Committee on In
ter-State and Foreign Commerce, which
met, talked and adjourned here last
week. has been somewhat in the nature
OF a skirmish before the fight, which
promises to be a general engagement
and prolonged one. Senator Tillman,
who is member of the committee, left
for home last night to return some time
during the present week. He is full OF
railroad and says that nothing to come
before Congress this session will be one
fourth the interest. In talking about
the matter with The States correspond
ent at the train last night he said ::
There are so many phases Of this ques-
ton, so many complications. l have
letters and literature, not from any OF
my people in South Carolina: but a
Georgia fellow sent me a whole lot OF
stuff in which it was claimed that the
regulation of rates by the Interstate
Commerce Commission would operate
to hurt the cotton mills OF the South.
For the life of me l am unable to see
how, but he has long argument to
show that it will. This is just an exam
pie of the efforts OF the railroads against
the measure
Senator Tillman was rather conser-
yatiye in his remarks on this subject.
The question of States rights is the one
upon which the opponents seem to be
basine the hopes of defeating it. The
South is jealous; but whether it will be
guided more by sentiment or tradition
in the matter or by justice and its own
and the nations interests is scarcely
open to doubt. The regulation OF rail-
road rates by the Interstate Commerce
Commission is Democratic doctrine
and was embodied in the Democratic
platform long before Roosevelt took it
up. Says Senator Tillman: But Roose
velt wants to get the glory for it. I
think this whole trip through the South
was to get the favor of the Southern
people-to get them to stand with him
and help him push the matter through
as his measure. letting him get the
glory. whereas it is the Democratic
party's declared doctrine. But there's
20 telling what Roosevelt's going to do.
He fiunked most cowardlv and contempt
IDLY when it came to prosecuting the
railroad officials when Morton, q mem
Der OF his Cabinet, was involved. He's
just as apt TO funk now when his friends
and allies among other railroad mag
mates are involved.