The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-30
SENATOR TILIMAN
AS SEEN THROUGH TIVE EYES OF
A hEPUBLIoAN.
As A Prophet Fe Teoriss That the
Find Money wershippers
Wont Zee.

The New York Press, which l.
strongly II publican In Its sentiT entt
'ays THE eternal principle Of qus
opportunity for men is the ofjeot 70
which Senator Tillmsn contends II
MS report to the United States senat,
on The railroad rate bill. Argumen
In support Of that damand we do no
behold the ranting demagogue of OIL
armed with p~itchfork and blusterint
l blasphemOus TRADE. This Ben TIL.
man is the cool logioian, the calm CON-
9roversial1st who writes an earnest
dlspassionate and unanswerable brie'
Tor contr9 j by the American pee pie OF
HIGHWAYS that should be thei
own. Ben Tillman of the wool hat
slips out of the minds eye; in his
place looms a statesmanlike figure.
The fate that intrusts the repro
sentative Of a dtsoredite6 min0rit,
Nth the leadership of a momentum,
legislative battle, on whose outcom,
che fortunes of both majority and de-
nocracy are st8ked, reveals to US th,
shining worth Of this human ola
n0nd in the rough. Ohief wonder g
his performance is that the railroa,
3rew In the senate, being resolved I
.s%sassinate the square deal program
and having relir q liBhed the majoritys
duty TO the minority In order tn
better to ply their knives should hev
appoir It'd as chief mourner q yer.
Antony to make the stones CRY out IL
mutipy.
Senator Tillman, once the most
.ampant Of radicals. Of rs here q plar
It which the younger generation viii
live TO marvel for It's moderation. W.
ave here the most frel lied of tht
Bryan %aRitators preaching tn, dec
irine OF conservatism as the only es
;aps from political and social revolu.
ion. The breaking down Of part,
lines In the senate on this issue In tbt
strange manner he describes, Is onl,
one Of the unprecedented features O.
jhe struggle between people and priv.
,leRe. In the new alignment of forces
re see ON the side OF radicalism, pas.
lonately urging immediate govern.
nent ownership or outright socialism
mon heretofore known for their mil
nsistence on caution. Ga the othe,
) de, pleading for the minimum Of ef
'ectivo government supervision, are
5le miodle-Of-the-road" non. Compro
nisers, the brandishcrs Of pitchtorks.
he burn your-cities' horde Of tw,
LEGENDARY campaigns. You. genuine
rs ivatives Of today, tie lea !ers
4hc stand for reasonable redress Q
XtSt'ng wrongs as against thCs,
irastic aud c)nvulsive remedies t;
ihich the people would repair as thei
ltsrnatiya, arc the Tillmans anc
Bryaps, and even the Tom WatsonS,
If yesterday.
There is not a line in the Tillmal
program TO which the supporters O.
he Roosevelt Republican policy car.
lO5 subscribe.
Reasonable returns to railroads
but always and only on actual capi-
al invested, and not on oceans Of wa
.cr. @
prohibition of railroads from
treating the freight in competition
with their shippers in addition to Car
81 ing 1t.
Confirmation OF the lcl .,sea and
ong u challenged power oSEs Che Inter
afate Commerce Cymmissioh to abolish
,xt0rtionate ra tes.
Prison stripes for relate GRIM
Nals.
To these just provisions some
dhings need to be added. Nothing
can be- taken away without continuing
the clusl II j lstice which railroads
and their creatures Standard oil, beef
trust, coal trust and a hundred pri.
vate monopoiies, are e%n1icting dali,
upon the people.
with his single prophetic eye thi.
champion Of Americ In freedom from
economic shackles a decry the disas
Ter that the blind and blunderipe
knaves will not see. Standing almosl
solitary In that wilderness of strata
gems and spoils, with L%incoln.likf
simplicity and T~illman-,ike fearless.
neas he utte.s his impressive forecast
OF the doom the American judgment
nolds over the traitors and OF the
wreck American wrath will make OF
their Odious s. stem.
The cltizao who Is not struck b
tine import Of the Tillman message
misses the meaning Of the prologue tc
the most stirring drama since the Wal
Of the States.
Ray Small Bills.