The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-28
SENATOR TILL MAN
AS SEEN TaRoUGaTBE EYES OF
A REPUBLIC IN.

AS ShEkN
A REPUBLIC N.
A. A Prophet Ee DEGREES That the
Blind Money Worshippers
Wont Zee.
The New York Press, which Is
strongly R publican in its sentir entf
says 1.-THE eternal principle Ct 'qua
opportunity for men is the OF jcct fo'
which Senator Tillman contends IL
his report to the United States senate
on uhe railroad rate bill. Argument
in support Of that demand We do moi
behold the ranting demagogue OF olo
armed with pitchfork and clustering
a blasphemous TRADE. This Bon Till
nan is the cool logician, the calu con-
Groyersialist who writes an earnest,
dispassionate and unanswerable brief
for contry i by the American people OF
the HIGHWAYS that should be their
own. Ben Tillman OF the wool hat
slips out of the minds eye; In bis
place looms a statesmanlike figure.
The fate that intrusts the repre-.
sentative of a dtscredited minority
with the leadership OF a momentous
legislative battle, on whose outcome
the fortunes of both majority and de-
mocracy are staked, reveals to Us the
shining worth Of this human dia-
mond in the rough. Caief wonder OF
his performance Is that the railroad
crew in the senate, being resolved t.
assassinate the square deal program
and having relir pushed the majoritys
duty to the minority in order the
better to ply their knives should have
appointed as chief mourner q very
Antony to make the stones cry out IN
mutiDy.
Senator Tillmsn, once the most
rampant of radicals. If rs here q plan
at which the younger generation will
live to marvel for its moderation. We
have here the most frel z ed Of the
Bryan agitators preaching tn, dec
trine Of conservatism as the only eS
caps from political and social reVolu-
tion. The breaking down OF party
lines in the senate on this issue In the
strange manner be describes, Is only
one Of the unprecedented features OF
the struggle between people and priv
ilege. In the new alignment Q fforces
we see on the side Of radicallsm. pas
.ionately urgirg immediate govern
ment ownership or outright socialism,
men heretofore known for their milo
in ,istence on caution. On the other
8 de, pleading for the minimum OF ef'
fective government supervision, are
the ''middle-of-the-road non. compro
uissrs, the brandishers Of pitchtorks,
he burn your-citieb" horde OF two
i~1csndiarY campaigns. Y u: genuine
cgrs Iv.tives Of iooay. the lea !ers
wEG stand for reasonable redress o.
existing wrongs SIS against those
drastic and c)nvulSivs remedies to
which the people would repair as their
alternative, are the Tillmans and
Bryaps, and even the Tom Watsons,
OF yesterday.
There is not a line in the Tillman
program to which the supporters OF
the Roosevelt Republican policy can
not subscribe.
Reasonable returns to railroads,
but always and only on actual capt.
tai invested, and not on oceans Of wa
ter.
prohibition OF railroads from
creating the freight in competition
with their shippers in addition to car
rfing 1t.
"Oo1 frmation Of the long-lsed and
long ichsllenged power Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to abolish
extortionate rates.
Prison stripes for rebate crimi-
nails.
ITO these just provisions some
things need to be added. Nothing
can BE- taken away without continuing
the cruel irjlstic, which railroads
and their creatures Standard oil, beef
trust, coal trust and a hundred pri-
vate mouopoiies, are en6icting daily
upon the people.
"With his single prophetic eye this
champion of Americ 81 freedom from
economic shackles can decry the disas
ter that the blind and laundering
knaves will not see. Standing almost
solitary in that wilderness of strata
gems and spells, with Lincoln.like
simplicity and Tillman-.ike fearless.
ness be utte:s his impressive forecast
of the doom the American judgment
holds over the traitors and Of the
wreck American wrath will make Of
their odious system.
THE citizen who Is not struck b?
the import Of the Tillman message
misses the meaning Of the prologue to
the most stirring drama since the War
Of the States.
Pay Small Bills.
There is far too much negligence
everywhere about the small amounts
Of money. 1t not uutrt quently hap
pens that men will have q small
amount charged when they have sui:
ficient money In their pockets to paY