The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27
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| ~oer.tie senator The selection III Ar
Tulman Is aI THE more remarkable
h~.-rau~. the influence II the President
i behind the bill and he and NJ THU
man are not on speaking terms
WI VAS Mr.. Tt1nan put ~ charge
| of this Ill. tile mos important meas
ure II this session. backed ~ TIE a2-
! mInistratione There<rc several sur
misses.
l. The deciding vote by which SIR
Tilman Mas ordered - report the hli4
Mas east ~ the men who ara opposed
| t. the legislation. Mr.. Aldrich. Mr.
| EIkinS. MIR. Foraker. Mr. crane
aud Mr.. Kean had soush} an
! along 10 secure such amendments
as would make the Paw . farce,
| When they failed in thr COM
| mittee because OF the unanimous vote
Of he Democrats on the committee 10
report the bin Ia the Senate without
amendment. these opponents asked
mat senator EIkine. chairman If the
committee. report il To this Nh Dol
liver and other administration Seua-
| tors objected. Thereupon Mir. Aid
rich tartIy said This bill is being re-
ported 10y the vote Of the four Demo
| crats and two Republicans present
It's a Democratic measure. and II SEN
| ator Elkins cannot export it as chair
man of the committee, move that
Mr.. TiIlman. tho senior Democrat re-
port it, He was chosen. but four 81
! the seven votes for him came from ~
p~onents Of the bin. The surmise il
tina they hin Mr.. Tillman Will take
such radical action rs will hurt the
passage of the measure through the
Republican Senate.
>. Tha the selection of MI. Tiliman
was made as a slap at the President.
During all the stages of the discussion
Mr.. Doliiver has been the spokesman
Of the President. who naturally de-
sired the selection Of Mr.. DolIivcr. 1t
would then haye been known as the
Observation-Disclosures bill" But the seIec-
ton Of Tillman Will cause it 10 be
the Hepburn-Tillman bill" Senator
Dolliver is quoted as saying at the
close of the committee meeting that
the decision to place the management
Of tho hill in Senator Ti1lna no hands
was taken simply for the purpose of
b~eclouding the situation and humili-
ating the President" If this is correct
it shows how bitter the feeling must
be when such Republicans as Aldrich.
Foraker. kean, and Crane viii turn
down a Republican Senator, backed
by the President. and give an honor
to Tillman, for the purpose Of "hu-
initiating the President and denying
a coveted honor to a fellow Republi-
can.
3. The real reason, probably. is that
the opponents Of the act took this
course for the purpose Of ''beclouding
the situation This surmise seems
borne out by the fact that Senator AID
rich insisted upon adding to the re-
port 1T being understood that Nom
bers of the committee have the right
to vote as they choose on amendments
or to offer amendments in the Senate
on consideration of the bill" This
means fight and opens the door for a
contest in the Senate that may keep
the body in session until hot weather.
The transfer of the fight from the
committee to the Senate makes the
fight one that will be in the eye of the
world. AS soon as the Statehood bill
is out Of the way Mr.. Tillman will un-
doubtcdly move TO give the bill the
right Of way. Then. if he succeeds.
there VIII come a food Of amend
ments. and the best legal talent in and
out Of the Senate will be employed to
write amendments tina read as smooth
as oil. but that would destroy the leg
lsiatlon. Evidently GIr. Aldrich be-
lreVcs Mr.. Tillman lacks the astute-
ness and legal ability to steer clear of
fiotsam thrown in the stream To OBJ
struct the clear passage Of the bill
and Tor that reason has put him in
It is the critical point in
the career Of Mr.. Tillman's public life.
IT he fails to hold the forces well i'm
hand SO as To secure the passage Of a
Dill that will bring the desired results
the country will throw the blame on
MN. If he is prudent. wise and tact
ful 50 that the bill viii be passed i'm
proper shape, it viii give him great
prestige The whole country will
watch the result With deep interest.
Inc railroad trust is a fighter. II
VII not give up the ATTEMPT to gut
the OIL until every is *
hausted.. Whenever Aldrich and nis
associate Senator'S from Railroad and
fustVlile indicate that they viii fight
10 longer, that Will be evidence that
they THINK they have inserted a clause