The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-22
TILLMAN IN COLUMBIA.
Senior Senator Taking Rest from his
Arduous Labors-What he has to
Say About His Tilt with
Roosevelt.
News and Courier.

News and Courier.
Columbia, May l0.--United States
Senator Tillman arrived in the city
today from Washington. lie left that
city last night and immediately upon
his arrival here went to the dental
rooms of DR.. MI ore, where he had
some work done, and then he went to
the home of DR.. Babcock, where he
spent several hours before going TO
Trenton.
Senator TiIlman expects to sucnd
ten days at his homo and will leave
here next Monday week for WASH
ington when he will resume his work.
lie says he has had his head to the
grindstone and worked as he has nev-
cr done before and is entitled to some
little rest.
Senator Tillman, in talking about
the rate bill, as it has been adopted,
said that he did not think it was what
ought to have been passed, but he was
convinced that it was better than
nothing. He thought it was at least
beginning. The bill is not in such
shape as he would have liked to have
had it, but some good can be gotten
out of it if the railroad commission
is made up of the right sort of mate
rial.
Senator Tillman said that il has
not yet been determined how many
members are to be on the board Of
commissioners; personally he favored
a large board, say of nine members,
but the house favors board of five,
and he did not know what would be
done in this connection.
Senator Tillman' said that he cx-
pected to have a thing or two TO say
about the Barnes appointment. He
expected the appointment to be con-
firmed, but that would not prevent his
saying what he thought about the
matter.
Senator Tillman was not very talk
ativc about state politics. He did
say that his first duty was to his pco-
pie and to his work, and that he did
not expect to sacrifice his work In
congress to making campaign for
reelection, as he regarded this as n
personal matter. 1t appears that
there is little, if any, prospect of con-
grcss adjourning before the Fourth or
July, and from the tone of Senator
Tilman's talk he does not expect to
take part i'll the campaign.
He said i'll joking way that il
looked like they were trying to as
sassinate the dispcnsary, and last
January they had it down by the jugu-
lar vein.
Senator Tillman said he was deeply
appreciativc of the goodwill and vote
of confidence passed by the democrat
ic convention, and wanted to thank
the democratic party for its kind cx-
presssions towards him.
Senator Tillman had good deal to
say about the contention going on be-
tween himself and the president, and
incidentally Senator Bailey and Mr..
Chandler. He was fulsome in his
tribute to Mr.. Chandler and said that
Chandler was standing up like man,
and showed the highest type of moral
courage in the position he had taken
Just at this time ii may not have been
the popular thing for Mr.. Chandler to
antagonize the president, but Mr..
Chandler had done the right and the
honest thing all the way through the
dispute.
Senator Tilman suggested that ev-
cry senator knew who had told the
fairy tale, and that was the reason
no one had come to the defence of the
president on the floor OF the senate.
Senator Tillman looks well and does
not seem to have suffered at all in
loss Of flesh or sprightlincss because
Of his hard work on the rate bill.
He expects to take thorough rest
while at Trenton.