The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-01
TILLMAN on THE ISSUES.
thinks 1T Important to Combat Fed
eral Usurpation-state Rights
are Sacred-Corporatio
Must be Curbed With
out Federal Inter-
ference.


patch published in the American
from San Francisco says: Senator
Benjamin II. Tilman, after visiting
thirty states since the adjournment
OF Congress and meeting thousands
or people, gives his observations on
the vital questions Of the hour and
the issues that will predominant in
The coming campaign.
lie does not discuss candidates. nor
politicians, because, he says he does
h"t KNOW anythln" about what they
are doing in the way Of political COM
5'naiionS and tickets. He says:
1'Thr one significant transaction
or fact that has come to the front
:alnrc tnc adjournment Of congress
i!aht March is the apparent clash or
Threatened clash between state and
nai'on"l authority in the effort to
cnnlf"l corporations and railroads.
Secretary Root, who has been con-
sRldenrd the brain Of the Administers
iflon, land to Il large degree its mouth
plrrrD whose intellectual grasp Of
Things is recognized by people who
know hIm, declared in substance in
MS New l"rk speech that the pcp-
plr OF This country would see to it
That the reforms and protection de-
mand"d in dealing with trusts and
rallr"adS are granted. that thc Ma
tional Government would be called
npon to act if the state did not move
10 correct the evils.
Immediately there came strong
protests from high Republican sour
rcs against thc tendency to contralizc
power in the Adminisi ration. Justice
Harlan. Ut the supreme court. utter
cd Il vigorous protest, and more re-
Gently Samuel Mccall, of Massachu-
scttS, one Of tnr big Republicans of
The House Of Representatives. pro-
nonncrd against the Root doctrine.
Took Root at his Word.
"But the striking fact that follow
ad thr statement by Root was that
She legislatures in the middle west
and some OF the Southern states set
abont doing just what Root said they
mnsi Il" to preserve their own powers
and authority intact.
OHIO, Indiana, Missouri, Ncbras-
ka, New York, Pennsylvania. North
HHr"lina and Alabama passed 2-ccnt
fare bills and took other prompt ne
t'on IN the direction of regulating
Enr ,,l
Transportation. Governor Hughes
vetoed the New York BILL The Penn
'sylvHna Railroad. which owns Penn
.Sylr"nia. SET about annulling the ,.
cent fare bill in that state. N:urpor-
ations of other states feel grateful.
'ln North 'Carolina and Alabama.
lowPrrr, United States Circuit Judge
tf'lrhard and District Judge Jones
sSSnrd Swrcrin" iniunrtionS restraint
ing the state officials from enforcing
thc laws.
"Th' situation in Alabama is NOT
rs interesting rs in North Carolina.
r'nd"r priirnarI went further in ,lSur-
patton OF power than the Roosevelt
administration seemed willing to fol-
low INN. This Judge undertook. bv
'derrcr. to annual statute Of North
carolina by requiring the railroads
10 allarh a coupon to every ticket re-
prescntin" the difference between the
Old and the new rate and which the
passenger was to hold till litigation
determined whether the law was valid,
when it would be redeemed if the
courts sustained il.
"Thc conStitntionality of the law
was not attacked. 1t could not be at
hacked except upon the plea of con-
1iSration.
Southern was Brought Under.
'Govrrnnr Glenn caused the arrest
vi railroad officials. including Presid-
'rni Finley. Of the Southern, and
Jnhgr rritchard'S interference set
Them free. But when Finley was ar
rested and the Governor dsrcuardcd
The Federal court. the Southern rail
way decided I" obey thc law and Hti-
gale altrrward
Whllc the matter WAS i'm the pub
Mic mind, the pMtocratic press tc,m-
ed with editorials and cartoons, all
intended 10 direct the attention of the
people 10 thc ghost Of state rights,