Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-10

has spent a week, now. guessing "a
tine motive of Senator Aldrich and hia
followers ol the Interstate commerce
committee 10 designating senator
TlUman as the champion of the Hep
burn railroad rate bill Opinion ia
divided a. 20 whether a slight 90 the
president or q slight go Senator Dot
liver was Intended. a good many Dc.
Uevo that they meant slight all
around. and wanted 90 make the prop
oaltlnn of federal regulation of rail
road rates ridiculous ln the eyes OF
she country
30 DOESN'T matter great deal what
motive was behind inc move Inc
ihIne of interest o. that Aldrich and
those who voted with him oyerAnoi
thOir mark The country han refused
fo regard the coup ~ "a merry jest
The country, ia fact. doesn't care n
pioayune who reported the biz nom
She committee.
n here WAS any thought that me
president would Pee cnraRed, or thar
advocates in congress Of rate logisia-
fion would be- rendered Into factions.
here again the Aidrlcbiics failed OF
their purpose. Senator Iillmhn -
nn honest man and q brave one Mr.
Rsos yelt Is quoted as having faid.
- believe Senator rllluan VIII handle
che hiD ably and successfully was
Ono comment OF Senator nollivcr
N ls a maxim OF politics that ~.
sponaihilIty makes man conservaf
awe some people. perhaps, would
mo- have believed that So would work
in ihe case cf Tillman. bat it has.
The nory South Carolinlnn has shout
dorcd bis task with breadth ui
atatcamaushlp surprising 90 those who
have Judged him only by hls orator..
cal onfhursts Tillmsn can raui and
witty the atmosphere over the most
trivial thing IN the world. yet there
is no man Ia the senate who dlga
deeper 90 get at the bottom 81 any
question Ot really serious public eon
cern,
a man don't want 10 go buttlng
into senate debate" he said once 20
the writer, unless he has the goods
on him"
This picturesque. and thoroughly
TiNmancsquo expression, is typical OF
the IMAM. A good many senators have
discovered 90 their confusion that TIL
man "had the goods on him when
they least suspected &C. tie jumps into
debate IN what seems the most
reckless sort of fashion making state
ments which, couched tn the language
Do employs sound ridiculous and al
surd Some grave and dignined sen.
ator ventures 20 admonlsh that the
senator from South Carolina SHOULD
connne himself within reasonable
f.nttaN- ~ Faaf fNhna HHIffnfns NIna
down aad delivers up The goods" and
the lecturlng senator's subslde with a
painful prUmptueaa
TilIman IN action ~ sight worth
going mligs 10 see. ne never made
dull speech in his ne Not only Is
DC possessed of a vocabulary that
WinEs like the crack OF a whip, huI
there is a rasping twang in his voice
that makes men want 90 hght Ht
ls 90 the senate what Con. drOsyenol
o. i0 the house, except that OF late
years che veteran Ohio statesman only
gives battle when q cannot Doe avoid
"a whereas Tillman still loves a nghl
fcr the fights sake.
In great glce the opponents Of thg
rarr hill have pointed out that Till
man severely criticised it In recent
speech That bothers Tillman not al
an He doesn't make any pretensloI
to consistency, and. moreover. th'
logic of the situation Is on his side
This isn't az all the sort OF bill TIA
would be- enacted were / alone the
congress Of the United States" be- ad
mlts with perfect cRndOr "hut as
can't have the sort of bll Want
IN hght for the best sort Of q bll
can got"
That Is broad guage utaiesmanshil
and puts % shame some of the yucl
ferrous advocates OF rate Legislation
who insist on the whole hog or moth
inr N II the kind ~ siatesmanshl
that is making Theodore Roosevelt
one of the most influential president
the country has hal And this states
manshin. so different from en- th
popular conceptions OF Tlllman,
going 90 make the senator from soutI
Caroilna one of the nations fOremOs
men The Jest of the senator from
Rn0do Island and hoae republican
senators who voted with him ln con
mlitee seems destined 20 be q sorr
fest Or them, indeed.