Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-11-13
TILLMAN JABs AT WALL STREET
Also Blisters Cortelyou for Aiding
the "Gamblers."

"A recent lSSuefOI the Denver, Colo
rado, Post contained the following.
first page interview with Senator
BENJAMIN Ryan Tillman, which will
doubtless be interesting to the road
ers of The Courier:
| Unshaven and rather careless OF
attire, BENJAMIN r. Tillman, United
States Senator from South Carolina.
arrived In Denver at noon to-day, ap.
pearing just as one would imagine
that "Pitchfork" Tillman would ap-
pear.
| Senator Tillman comes to the city
70 denver an address at the First
Baptist church tonight.
| But his remarks Off the platform
often have more zest than his public
speeches. Like the tabled Cyclops
ne has but one eye, and one OF his
fnyectives are of Cyclopean fierce
ness, particularly when Wall street
and President Roosevelt are the sub
1ects being discussed
II am watching with much inter-
est to see what effect the financial
troubles in Wall street will have on
the balance OF the country" said Mr..
Tfllman in reply to question.
1T used to be that IL Wall street
got good knock in the head it par
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do not think that 1t will have the
same effect this time, but am watch
ing.
II wonder how long the people Of
this country will allow the United
States Treasury to come to the relief
OF those gamblers down in Wall
street? Whenever they get in a
tight hole along comes Cortelyou and
dumps them out a few millions of
dollars to help them. He says:
Don't let them get down now, boys
and uses government money to help
them out. But 1 suppose the Wall
street gamblers will reciprocate when
1T comes time to secure contributions
to the next political campaign fund
That political campaign fund Is i'm
portant."
Lawson, not Roosevelt, Diu 1t.
"Do you think that President
Roosevelt's attitude has anything to
do with the present financial diff
culties? Some of the New York bank
ers blaming him.
Il don't Gee what he has to do with
1T. l notice in speech he made a
few days ago that he said tht,t he is
not responsible for the financial dis
turbance, but at the same times takes
the credit for throwing on the light
which led to the disturbance. AS far
as I remember 1 believe that Presi-
dent Roosevelt roasted the muckrak-
ers about year ago for turning on
the light. Now he seems to take all
of the credit himself l don't be-
lieve that Roosevelt had much to do
with turning on the light. I think
that Thomas Lawson started it. His
exposures led to the insurance inves-
tigation, and financial affairs have
not become settled since then"
Doubts ROosevelt's Sincerity.
Speaking of Roosevelt, do you
think that he is sincere when he says
that he is not candidate for re-elec-
tion?"
Il have all along maintained that
he is not sincere. OF course I may
be wrong, and II am l will take 1t
all back. But will not take it back
until next June, after the National
Convention is held. If he is not nom
mated, then l will take it back. I
think tina. he wants to be elected
again.
But these gamblers town in Wall
street have been playing their game
of three-card monte the best they
know how, and have been trying to
induce the lambs to come and be
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Hence the present troubles.
Il don't know what the final re-
suit of the financial troubles will be.
tell you, am simply watching"
Sympathizes with the Fighter.
Did you notice that Stuyvesant
| Fish gave e. H. Hartman a black
eye in the Illinois Central AFFAIR.""
was asked.
"Did l notice it? Why, nothing
has done me SO much good lately as
the smash that Fish gave Harahan
and the blow he gave Hartman. All
that Hartman wants to do is to loot
the Illinois Central. If he gets hold
of that railroad he will treat 1t the
same as he did the Alton. In my
opinion, II Fish does nothing but keep
] Hartman from looting the Illinois
Central he should be considered
public benefactor.
Fish seems to be pretty good
| fighter. , wish l had some stock in
the Illinois Central to help nim out.
| notice that he corralled the stock
Of the Amsterdam investors. He has
my best wishes"
Senator Tillman says that the ne
gro question down South Is still a
serious problem. Like the poor"
he said, 'it Is always with US.
While in the city Senator Tillman
will be at the Savoy Hotel. He was
| in Denver last June. At that time
he met his family here and made an
| extended tour of Colorado and the
West.
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