The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-26
Its ALL WRONG.'
Senator Tillman Says This of Roose-
velt-Cortelyou Scheme-Helping
Wall Street-Hughes for =,
Presidency.

morning. says the Columbia Record
Of Saturday, and while here discuss
cd briefly few of the livest topics
of tne day. Replying to questions
regarding the fima;rcial situation, and
the Roosevelt -Cortelyou proposition
to relieve the tension, by the issuance
of $5O,OOO,0O0 in Panama bonds and
$1OO,0OO000 in "certilicates of in
debtedncss," he said:
Helping Wall Street Sharks.
"The Panama issue is all right.
That moneys going to be used in
digging the ditch But the other Is
all wrong. 1t is an extension Of the
public debt in time Of peace. The
section authorizing The issuance of
these securities was enacted at the
time Of the Spanisll-American war
and it was never contemplated by
congress that these certificates should
be- issued in time Of peace, to relieve
an emergency merely. They were
intended to be reSorted to OIL
ly in ease of war-and serious
war at that. I do not recall the exact
terms of the section. but | am sure
that the putting out Of these ccrtiti-
Gates at his time is a direct violation
Of the spirit Of the law. 1t may be n
violation of the letter Of the law. too,
for all know.
'But even if it is legal, this pro-
cetlurc is morally wrong. The adj
minis,tration has no right to add Il
hundred million dollars to the ma
tional debit, just to help few Wall
Street sharks out of hole that their
own cupidity and hosgishncss got
them into. The country is perfectly
sound and prosperous. South Car
olina is on splendid basis and so
is every other section that have Wis
tied in my rather extensive travels
recently.
Hughes for the Presidency.
"Whom do you regard as the most
likely Republican nominee for the
presidency9' the senator was ask
ed.
ooh, Hughes, by all mcans,' he
said. "Hughes is the peoples man.
Cortelyou is the man the corpora
tons want. The great vested inter-
ests hate Roosevelt and Bryan equ-:
ally, and will have none of either.
They want man they can run.'
"And you think they can run Cor
telyou7'
"Huh Amt you been reading the
papers7 Don't You know what he's
been doing with public funds at the
back of Wall street? Could they ask
for anybody that they could more
easily 20
"But, Senator'S some one said,
edo you not think that the president
is going to run again, and that mis-
final announcement to that will scare
the other Republicans out Of the
way9'
"Well, Roosevelt will certainly
run if he thinks he cam get the nom
ination,' was the senator's reply de-
livered in a tone which indicated
plainly that Mr.. Tillman doubts
whether the War Lord could get the
nomination now, under any circum-
stances.
Endorses Brewers Roast
"What do you think, senator, Of
the roast that Mr.. Justice Brewer, Of
the United States supreme court,
handed out in Now York the other
night for the prcsident?" a reporter
asked. The senator hadn't read the
press reports of tne speech. He was
told that the associate justice had in
timated, among other things, that the
president had been resorting to the
old politician s trick, in his relations
with the corporations, Of being "for
the law. but against its enforce
ment."
"My opinion, exactly" said Mr..
TIlman. "Roosevelt is the biggest
gmndstaad player in the United Sta
teS.'
Better Salaries Desirable.
Senator Tillman is glad to know
that a bill proposing an increase all
round in the salaries Of the state Of
fn;o)s will he introduced at the next