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Senator and Mrs. TiIIman Landed
at New York Saturday.
ARCHB0LD LETTERS

Read by Hearst Are Important Fac
tors of the Campaign-He is "Glad
That the Light Has Been Turned
Oh the Commercial Democracy
Gang" in This State.
Senator and Mrs. Tillman landed
in New York on Tuesday after ali
absence of five months in Europe.
He is greatly improved in health an
enjoyed his trip abroad very much.
He did not tarry long in New York.
but left for his home soon after he
landed. He crossed the ocean In the
fine steamship Kroonsland. He was
besieged by news gatherers as soon
as he ended in New York.
"Tf Archibald letters that Mr..
Hearst has read are the big thing
of this campaign and the n SUBJ
ject of interest on the other side"
II see that he got McLaurin. |
am not surprised. We were on to
Mctaurin in the Democratic wing
of the senate, and read him out of
the caucus eight years ago. He be-
longs with the corporation-controll-
| ed senator's and we told him So"
81 cannot but feel a little pity for
| Senator Foraker" continued Mr..
| Tillman. He is an old man and Is
no worse than a good many of the
rest Of them-in Ohio, too, I might
add. He, of course, deserves what
| punishment this expose will bring,
but I hope Mr.. Hearst will get the
rest of them.
mo, I will take no active part III
the campaign. 1t is too nearly over
for me to bestir myself. The last
session in Washington was the most
trying 1 have ever known and I was
almost Frustrated at the end OF 1t.
do not want to waste any of my
regained strength.
Senator Tillman paused to engage
In repartee with a Philadelphia
on the tariff question, and then said
that he would hurry to Washington
for a few days. From there he will
20 to his home and rest until his
S-l.1- all L;,,, fN tho nanitQ1 9p11I
Tillman in Washington.
The Washington correspondent OF
The News and Courier says Senator
and Mrs. Tillman arrived in Wash
ington Tuesday night en- route home.
When seer at his hotel Wednesday
morning, Senator Tillman was sur
rounded by half a dozen or mort
newspaper men and other friends,
who had called to welcome HIM
home, and to get his views on thu
Presidential campaign and other
matters.
Senator Tillman is naturally very
| deeply interested in the outcome Of
the Presidential election, and al
though he has been absent, and not
in close touch with the management
| of the campaign, yet his genera
knowledge of the situation leads
him to believe that Bryan will be
the next President of the United
States. He does not intend to enter
the campaign, but will rest from his
! travels, and be ready for the ap-
A%proaching session of Congress in De-
/ cember.
To The News and Courier CORE
spondent the Senator said that h.
had read the Archbold and McLaurln
| disclosures, and that the light hal
been turned at last on to the acts
and doings Of the Commercial De-
mocracy gang" With unusual vigor
| the Senator said: what 1 would
like to know now is this, what
newspaper in the State received any
portion of that five thousand dol
lars from the Standard Oil, and why
is it, the different detective editors
| within the State have not taken the
| trouble to ascertain what n~ewspape."
| supported the commercial Democracy
gang and publish the list so that
the people could know who the ben
eficiaries were"
Continuing, he said: "Certai7
newspapers have been very vigilent
in 'raking up past records. Now lie:
them come forward and give the
| people the names Of the bobtaii
papers in the State that were knock
ing at the doors of the Standard
Oil treasury for 'lubrication.' Had
it not been for the unexpected death
Of President Mckinley it would be
difficult to say just how much harm
| would have been done to the Demo;-
racy of the State by the s%leuth-like
editors of South Carolina so long