Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-29
"WAsPs" AND TILLMAN.
How Chandler and South carolinian
Became Friends.

How Chandler and South Carolinian
Became Friends.
1.-THE Wasp Of the Senate" is what
they used to call William 8. Chandler
in the days when he was one Of the
most influential figures in that body.
He Is not In the senate now, bat the
developments Of the past week have
shown that the wasp has not lost his
sting.
No one who has followed his career
in the five years that have elapsed
since the railroads drove him out Of
the senate doubted that the wasp pre-
served his stinging power unimpaired.
No ex-senator has been more contin-
uously active more vigorous in inter-
meddling in public affairs. Though the
fact that he had no official position
tended to keep him down to a small
space allowed In the daily papers,
Chandler has been fighting just as in
cessantly out Of office as he did when
he was in. He has been In the fore
front Of all fights to control or regu-
late corporations, especially railroads.
His nimble pen and fertile brain have
been as busy as they ever were.
1t was this which impelled President
Roosevelt to call him In as an aid In
this railroad rate fight. He knew he
could have no more sincerely devoted
ally in any fight against railroads.
Chandler had been writing essays, ar
ticles, open letters and interviews by
the ream ever since he got out of the
senate. Last year he got into a sharp
controversy with Foraker about 1t,
which ragged in the newspapers for
some time and finished in the silencing
Of Foraker.
II this is taken to imply that Chan
dler's fight against the railroads was
caused by the fact that the railroads
drove him out of the senate, then who
so implies this has got the cart before
the horse. The railroads drove him
out Of the senate because he had been
fighting them in the senate.
Tillman says the origin of his friend
ship with Chandler arose In the fact
that In the senate they stood shoulder
to shoulder in every fight to control the
railroads. Chandler fought and beat
the pooling bill time and time again.
And Tillman and Chandler together
fought the Armor trust before the ma
val committee, as they did the railroads
before the state commerce COM
mittee.
But what first attracted Tillman to
Chandler was an incident characters
tic Of both men. The wasp delighted
In stinging all senator's who were
stingable. 1t was his keenest Joy by
some bland sarcasm to lash senator
into fury. Tillman, In his early sena-
torial days was pie for Chandler. The
wasp would lie in wait for hours for
a chance to start Tillman going.
On such occasions Chandler had the
floor and was fiinging darts into TILL
mans hide, goading him continually
into greater fury. Finally the big
southerner leaped to his feet and start
ed for Chandler. with face purple
with fury.
II wish the senator wouldn't do
that" said Chandler. pettishly; ''he
frightens me-"
Tillman stopped short in his tracks
transfixed with amazement. The gal
leries roared tempestuously. Chandler
gazed at him with mild inquiry. The
South Carolinian returned to his seat
without a word.
When he thought II over 1t appealed
to Tillman's sense of humor. After that
Chandler never could provoke him and
he watched the wasp's proceedings
with awe-struck admiration. Soon
they became friends.-New York
Times.