Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27

the hope that the great bill would bear
his name as well as that Of Col. Hep
burn.
But the strong ones of the senate
turned his plans agley. Senator Aid
rich made Tillman the steersman OF
the rate bill The report that Dolliver
had written remained in his pocket.
The committee reported the bill with
out amendment Instead Of steering
the bill through the senate as Hepburn
had steered It through the house, Sem
ator Dolliver was forced to sit and lis
ten to speeches which tore it TO pieces.
Sometimes he made a speech, and once
he made an ambitious effort to answer
the terrific arragnment of Senator
Foraker He championed the president
also and referred feelingly to his ex-
penditure of midnight electricity The
outcome, however was not as happy
as had been planned. Senator Dolliver
may have the battle of his life with
Governor Cummins, "the man with one
idea"
The man at whose doorstep the rail-
road rate waif was left Benjamin r.
Tillman, profted immensely In public
estimation during the past session of
congress. Tllman has often been de-
scribed, yet no pen-and-ink picture OF
this statesman can convey a full Idea
of his peculiaritios. He is called a rude,
uncultivated rustic--he delights, in
fact. to call himself rude" "cornfeld
lawyer" and so on. But this does not
give any idea Of his other qualities He
Is we'll read, in an old-fashioned way;
hut IL would not be true to describe him
as "cultivated." He is dangerous in
debate, but he is not an orator. He is
sometimes almost stubbornly slow in
perceiving a point, vet at other times
his insight Is revealed like a flash of
lightning. As coiner of apt phrases
he is inimitable. He has the gift of
applying nicknames that stick like
chestnut burrs. His similes are some
times drawn from literature some
times from the farm, sometimes from
the shop: but whatever the source, they
are usually so keenly applied that they
illuminate his discourse as with a
searchlight.
1t was expected when Senator Till
man began his talk on the Roosevelt
episode that he
would fling conserva tism to the winds
and pour forth "a TRADE of abuse of
the president. He had done so once
before, taking the Morris incident for
his text, and the effect had not been
good for Tillman. He proved that he
was capable of learning thing or two.
His arraignment of the president was
careful, calm and undoubtedly effect
i've. Whether he had been coached by
more conservative men, or whether he
had Thought it all out by himself"
he was wise in his reserve. Many peo-
pie compared Tlllmans reserve with
Bailey's explosive wrath, to the advan-
tage of the South Caroinan. He had
become conservati tive!
John Sharp williams possesses much
of the aptness of Mr.. Tillman in making
striking SMILES. The Mississippian.
however, Yields a rapier instead of
a bludge on. He is a man Of careful
education in American and German
schools a great reader and careful
student of the law. He does not pos
sess the robust physique of Tillman,
nor does he delight in the rough-and-
tumble wrestling that brings out Till
mans resources. Tillman's voice is
strident, almost piercing, frequently
quivering with emotion or rage and
running about on different keys. Will
liams' voice is clear, steady, monoto-
nous, engaged solely in pouring forth
wit, invective, sarcasm and solid argu-
ment in an inexhaustible stream. His
good nature is almost unfailing. There
is little poison in his arrows He is
perfectly at home in the house and it is
forum exactly suited to his peculiarly
versatile mind.
Between Uncle Joe" Cannon and Mr..
Williams there is the best of feeling.
as is well known. They are, in fact,
warm personal friends, and as such
they take pleasure in thwacking each
other numerically as political enemies.
No one in the house more keenly enjoys
John Sharp Williams thrusts than the
speaker who is often the foil. And no
one has a higher appreciation than Mr..
Williams of Uncle Joes" shrewd
humor and practical sense. When the
members of the house gave "Uncle Joe"
the finest birthday party of his life,
on the occasion of his SEVENTEEN anni-
versary, Mr.. Villains was active in pro-