The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-07
TILLMAN A HUMORIST.
South Carolina Senator d Good Story
Teller and a Lively Wit.
0Charleston Post.1


These youths are the seed corn of our
country" So said Senator Ben" Till
man of the students of Clemson college.
an institution that he himself had found
&c. The remark was made at the laying
OF the cornerstone of the Winthrop Nor
NAL and Industrial College for Women
which school he also founded. The occa-
sion, the environment and the words gave
a new view of the vitriOlio South Caro-
nnlan. who is usually regarded as the
champion fire eater of the country His
leadership of the rate-biu fight has al
ready made Americans wonder if they
should not revise their estimate of his
enlgmatlc and contradictory character.
PEOPLE have begun to imagine that he
mas put his worst side out. and that
there is something tenderer and sveete-
concealed under the rough rind of his Der
Sonanty than has been suspected.
once in speaking on the race question
before the senate Tillman alluded feel
lngIy to an old cOIOred servant.
cont know whether Joe belongs 10
me or L belong to Joe he said. Any
now We have been together for thirty
years, and we have agreed to keep to-
getner 70 the end, and should I be the
nrSt TO leave, I know that no tears shed
for me will be more sincere than sJoe's.'
Inc south Carolina senator is a good
story teller. Here is one concerning
constituents opinion Of Cleveland and
roosevelt, the two executives who have
especially felt the prongs Of the TiIlman
Cleveland might run against Roosevelt in
1904 this constituent grew very wroth
i can see, he said. that there IS
more than one difference between the
And what is that dinerence?" inquired
q bystander.
We'll" was the reply. 81 take it that
the only difference is that Mr.. Cleveland
is much too sedate to hunt. and that Mr.
Roosevelt is much too sedate to fish"
Here Is another Tillman story OF an
Garner date Senator Vance was the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor of North
Carolina, and Judge Settle was his Repub-
ncan opponent. Settles followers were
mostly negroes, and Vance had a majority
campaigned together. At one meeting the
Democratic candidate was advised that
certain young women wanted to show
their loyalty TO the party by kissing its
Standard-bearer- Nothing lOath, he de
Scended from the platform and kissed a
dozen or more Of the young beauties. Then
he said:
Settle. I'm kissing my girls: now you
kiss yours
At the time Tillman was having his row
with his colleague. MCI4aurin, which z
one time reached such a pitch that both
resigned. and at another Tiilmau struck
McLaurin in open senate n young repor-
ter was gathering statistics a to the ia
Nor1te recreatiOnS and books Of Washing
nan was approached he looked the re-
porter over qUizZicaIly and replied.
. Every one knows nv faVOrite reCrea-
uon-haVing fun with McLaurin. Ny IA
SresS. -
The reporter thanked him and asked
where Senator DeDew might be found
WHY said Tillman ssChauncey- is i'm
Europe. But" he continued with 2 slv
Efeam in his one eve. Il can give YOU the
information You seek. Depew's favOrite
recreation is PLAYING piuochle and his
tavOrite author is Z. ?. Roe"
can YOU tell me his favorite work %
"Certainlv- Senator Depew's favorite
work is Opening of a Chestnut Burr -