The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
GIVES HIS VIEWS
Senator TiElman Talks on 0ues-
tons ofthe Day.
TOURED MANY STATES

Says Plutocrat Press Has MiSled Peo-
pie Regarding Real ISSueS-Thinks
That American People VIII Never
Be ''Bamboozled" by Corporation
IntercSts-SayS Capitalization VIII
be Vital Issue in Coming Camp":s;n
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, af-
ter visiting thirty states since the
adjournment Of congress. and meet
ing thousands Of people, gives the
Hearst New Service at San Francisco
MS observations on the vital ques-
tions of the hour and issues that will
predominant in the coming presden-
tial campaign. He does not discuss
candidates or politicians, because he
says he does not know anything
about what they are doing in the
way of political combinations and
tickets.
The one significant transaction or
fact that has come to the front since
the adjournment of congress last
March is the apparent clash, or
threatened clash. between state and
national authority, in the effort to
control corporations and railroads.
Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska.
New York, Pennsylvania, North Car
olina and Alabama have passed two
cent fare bills and taken other prom
inent action in the direction Of resu-
lating charges for freight and pas
senger transportation Governor
Hughes vetoed the New York Dill.
The Pennsylvania railroad, when
owns the State, set about annulilns
the two-cent fare bill. People OF otn-
or States felt grateful except IN
North Carolina and Alabama. Unit
ed States Circuit Judge Jones Issued
sweeping injunctions restraining the
state officials from enforcing the laws
The constitutionality of the la" was
not attacked. It could not be at
tackled. except upon the plea OF coa-
fscation.
While the matter was in the pup
Tic mind, the plutocratic press teemeo
with editorials and cartoons, all la-
tended to direct the attention OF Ene
neople to the ghost Of state -isnts'
which we were told was shot to oeaea
IN 's1 and '65. The country was ieo
to suppose that North Carolina anu
Governor Glenn were attempting re
yival of the old ante-bellum doctrine:
IN truth, these organs Of Morgan.
hartman. Rockefeller, ct al, nave at,
tempted to mislead the people ana
holster up the Root idea OF naelonai
authority upon absolutely ialse
grounds. 7ones
when Judge Prichard and Jones
e+and ND and proclaim in thunoerlns
tones Eve are the nation we hass
+be mower and authority to pro1ec,
vested interests and the state snal
not destroy the property OF the ran
roads " they wave their arms franu
csllv and the ghost of Calhoun IS con
inred from under the bed. Inc oi'
- he gone. People who have eye
.n6 who examined this affair closei!
saw. looking over the judges Snou,
sers the grinning faces OF the ran
road magnates-and the Judges a. a.
mere mannikins, obeying the ofoe'
of their former employers.
The American people will never o.
h.mboozled and driven by fake ap
neaIs to the national spirit, lnVoAe'
70 protect the Hartman MoIsa'
Rockefeller gang in their efforts I
comnel producers Of the country I
+-;hn+e TO them and dividends O
watered stock. >,
The ursurpations of power os III
federal judiciary and the apsoius
sovereignty by many federal ouose
~ tho interests of the trusts ana u
necessity for congressional action
c,early defining and laying down III ~
jurisdiction and power OF leeei*
coprts, will attract more aVtei..o
tSsn +bc great question Of reguiaIan
trusts themselves.
Jndical usurpation and trust apu
os and co-relative questions-ehe ~
are ;nterlocked and one hinges on ~, :,
other. as President RooseVelo Ieeei
y. recognized when he mace lne
sue in 1904 and 1905, that the "a: IA
100 rate fixed by the comnllssA'
sbon,d 90 into effect Immediately q.
stick there till reversed by the co'..
of course we all know he surrenoS
ed on this important point ano III
,1dricb came off victor. TINS olt
7ae;e1atiyes history turns the lshl
+he striking fact that in North C<
o7;na the attempt was MADE 10
lust what the president oecis,t s,:
oil railroads ought to be con.?ei,
70 do But the federal court p''t'
in and said they could not 90 i,
they did. ..o,;x,t;
will be the vital issue III ."s ~ y.
presidential campaign. Inc hoo. !, y
vii he pressed by the Repup'cs
a,d roosevelt; the Democrats "
ns+urallv and inevitably, take
o'@T, Tbis nation must speak taro'
congress and define the poMtls t.s
federal courts that are eiu.I"
~ sotas and everything else hE
throats. or msthod
government. control ana ,or+an+ re5arts e
trusts is the otnet d.o,ineo l!l.. IN
ton which must be oeeer"i"s0 :,
next campaign. a,a Give ap
self-government. We shalI a,+S;n pSS .
4he shadow will ha left. w 49, n.a -
are are bamperea by federal ;.s ln.e. ssed ses'