The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-07
BATTLE BEGINS
Senator Tillman Opens Greatest
Fight in Senate's History.
WILL BE TO 4 FINISH.
Senator AIdrich Gives Notice of a Ba:
tie Royal Against the Hepburn
Rate Bill in the Presence
of Crowded Galleries in
the Senate.

the SenSte.
Last week in the Senate chamber
the ring Vas pitched for the great
battle between tAe American people
and the railroads. The following de-
Scription Of the opening OF the battle,
which was written for the New York
American by Julian Hawthorne, will
be read with interest. The public,
says Hawthorne. was present to the
ex sent OF the gallery accommodations,
ard resrl7 every Senator was at his
desk Nothing was core, however,
further thar that TIE com bataots
boeeG to each osher, and put on their
gloves; the seconds conferred rs to the
rules tnat Should govern tie combat,
md arrangements we're made for the
printing and dissemination OF the rec
ords Ct The principals up to this tims.
l is IN :erStoUd that the fight is
to be TO a finish, and will end with a
Knockout fer cne psroy or the other.
No more important eveEt has come
up for decision IN the national pr!zs
Sirg during rscent times.
In other language, Senator Tillnan,
in caarge OF the Dalliver Hepburn
railroad rate bill, made the formal
S, statement that the bill had b:en re-
commended by the committee for pas
sage without amendments, and that be
himself, as soon as he had sufficiently
cigesfed the subject, would present
MS: :5ep2rt upon it in writing.
Laying bis left EaDd on the pile OF
pa p:rs ard volumss on his desk, he
aooed that he wished ten Thousand
copies Of the re ports Ct testimony and
information gathered by the commit
tee to be printed for the better IL
struc.ion Of those interested, iu which
proposal be vas su 2ported BY Foraker
an6 Allison, and, there being no o.
jsction, it VAS so ordered.
ALDR1CHs NOTICE OF BATTLE.
Senator Aldrich tEen arose very
serious end with less color than usual
in his face, though whether owing to
emotion or to insufficient breakfast
did not appear. He obsalVed that in
the orGiasry course OF things tie bill
would have emerged from committee
with amerdnents, and that be belieV-
ed that eli S,netors except Foraker,
$50 objected to any legislation at all.
desired tee bill to be amended. Es
c pt fos these amendments 10 obstruc
t;oa 10 Immediate consideration OF
lie bill would be # red on his side.
Mr.. McCumber amour rced that be
lad q substitute for the entire bill,
witch he sent to the desk, and will
speak On later; and tten other busi-
cesS superveaed and the galleries were
lefs with their mouths open.
Oaa Of tie first things that Till
man said last week, when asked about
tbs bill, was that he did lot regard it
as a partisan measure. L. this ne
showed bis SOUND :srse, and the Amer
!can people will be found in hearty
accord with his attitude.
Aoy senator or Representative who
tries to pay politics with the rate
olll will make tie mistake OF bis
career. Tie people are in earnest;
:ney want to be protected against the
granny, aggression and insolence OF
me railroads. They know that rob-
berries and outrages have been and
6aily are c2mn;tled against the pre-
psrsy and rights Of individuals by
railroads. They want to h2Vs these
Rroags rightsd, and they are lot to
oe deferred frcn having them right
ed by ary special peas about constitu
tional limitations OF legal technical
ties.
TIE PEOPLES POCKETS PICKED.
They kaow that their pockets are
being picked, and they will resent any
suggestion tba5 It can bs legal to
pick them. Nor Will they accept a
remedy which is remedial to the eye
o1ly, and by means OF delays and COM
toliaa6ions turns Gus to be no prac Eical
remedy at al.
SonethiDg must be dons;it must be
done a5 once, AID ii must be 50 done
es to be effective for the end In view.
That is the ultimatum.
Democrat or Republican, House.
Senator or Executive, may take the
credit Of it when it is done-lhat Is
quite immate1ial to the people. But
~noessr opposes its doing-ssill more
ao#eve1 temporarily prevents it,
doing-is never likely to find any ad
eeu.te compensation, either personal
OF political, foi that aot. Moreover,
the act Itself would be futile.
Should the bill, owing to the ma
chinations OF the railroad gang, fsi.
OF be enascula;ed in this session, Il
ali net enly be The cause Of woe 10 its
adrerSaries, but it will be brought ul
auain in a form. ard with an 6npha+