The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-30
SENATOR TILLMAN
AS sEENraRouaHpHE EYES OF
A REPUBLICAN.
AS A Prophet Re rsories That the
Blind Money ww5rshirpors
Wont Zee.

The New York Press, which l.
strongly II publican In Its ssntiT ents
'ays ''the eternal principle Of qus
opportunity for men is the otJcct fo
which Senator Tillmans confer ds II
nis report to the United States senat'
on Uhe railroad rate bill. Argumen
In support Of that dsmsnd we do no
behold the ranting d%emagogue of OIL
armed with pitchfork and blusterinl
l blasphemous TRADE. This Ben TIL.
man is the cool logician, the calm con-
9roversialist who writes an earnest
dispassionate and unanswerable brie'
Tor control by the American pee pc OF
the 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 dtsoredited minorit,
Nth the leadership OF a momentou.
legislative battle, on whose Outcom,
che fortunes Of both majority and de-
nOcracy are Staked, reveals to us tia,
shining worth Of this human dia-
mend In the rough. Chief wonder G
his performance Is that the railroat
crew In the senate, being resolved I
as~sassinate the square deal program
and having relir q lished the majoritys
duty 10 the minority In order til
better to ply their knives should hav
appoiI It'd az chief mourner q yer,
Antony to make the stones CRY out IL
mutiny.
Senator Tillman, once the most
'ampant Of radicals. Of rs here a plar
It which the younger generation viii
1--we TO marvel for its moderation. w,
ave here the most frel z,ed of th,
Bryan %agitators preaching tn. dec
Irine of conservatism as the only eS
ape from political and social revolu-
lon. The breaking down of part.
lines In the senate on this issue In tbf
strange manner he describes, Is onl,
one Of the unprecedented features O.
Ihe struggle between people and priv
,eRe. In the new alignment Of force.
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. o. the othe,
Gle, pleading for the minimum of ef
'ectlvo government supervision, are
she miudle-of-the-road" nun.compro
nisers, the brandishcrs Of p%itchforks.
ne burn your-cities" holds OF tw,
tlceDdiarY campaigns. Yuu. genuine
; LIB NATIVES Of today, tie lea ,ers
VIC stand for reasonable redress O
x'St'ng wrongs as against thos'
'rastic n cDnvulstve remedies t;
ihich the people would repair as thei
ltsrnativa, are the Tillmans ano
3ryans, and even the Tom WatsonS,
If yesterday.
There is not a line In the Tillmal
program TO which the supporters O.
Inc Roosevelt Republican policy car.
los subscribe.
Reasonable returns to railroads
but always and only on actual capi-
al invested, and not on oceans Of wa
en-.
Prohibition of railroads from
treating the freight in competition
with their shippers in addition to car
q ing It,.
Confirmation OF the lclt 4.,aed and
yong u challenged power oyS, Ghe Inter
state Commerce Cymmissioh to abolish
,xtortiOnate ra tes.
Prison stripes for rebate crim.-
rails.
To these just provisions some
things need to be added. Nothing
can be taken away without continuing
!he cusl II lstice which railroads
inf their creatures Standard oil, beef
trust, coal trust and a hundred prl-
vate monopoiies, are en6lcting daily
upon the people.
with his single prophetic eye thi.
champion Of Americ u freedom from
economic shackles can decry the disas
Ter that the blind and laundering
knaves will not see. Standing almosl
solitary In that wilderness Of strata
gems and epoils, with Lincoln-likt
simplicity and Tillman-.ike fearless.
ness he utte.s ais impressive forecast
of the doom the American Judgment
holds over the traitors and Of the
wreck American wrath will make OF
their odious 8. stem.
The cltiZso 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.