The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-04-10
TALKS ABOUT SELF,
The Senator's Condition Has Been
Very Grave-Still Thinks Roose-
welt will be Nominated by
Republicans.
News and Courier.

AhhNSi L
received with a most gracious hos
pitality by Mrs. Tillman and other
members Of the family. | was usher
ed i'll the room occupied during the
day by the senator. lie sat in q large
arm chair gazing in tie log fire that
roared up the chimney, in apparent
~ deep meditation. Whether his vast
intellectual powers wore bordering
over matters Of Statecraft, or Il feel
ing Of meditativc regret akin to sad
ness had possessed him, because Of
his physical disability to indulge the
>.Soft side Of his nature and be among
his flowers, as is his wont. especially
on Sunday morning. T cannot say, but
even at rest | vas impressed with
tie force Of the man. My entrance
awokc him from his revcry. strong
nature reasscrting itself and for
something like an hour he convcrscl
with much Of the fire of his rugged
%eloquence.
I do not aspire to reportorial gen
ius or ability, nor shall [ effect to
produce Il ~stercotyped interview, but
will content myself with giving a
summary Of the most striking things
the senator said. Disavowing all
! knowledge of medical skill, or any in
J clination to assume. to the role Of the
alarmist to which most of us are pre-
| disposed, but seeing what I did see
i and hearing from the senator himself
what I did hear, and applying hard
common sense to the whole, 7 an free
to say that the senator has been
more seriously affected than is gener-
ally supposed, and the apprehension
is not without Foundation that it will
be some time before he is returned to
i his accustomed health, if indeed, such
4 hoped-for condition is wei reach
ed. The senator gave minute par
4 t~iculars Of his trouble and diagnosed
4 his case in the light of a profound
J knowledge of anatomy and physio-
= logy. He asked your correspondent
if he had any knowledge of these
sciences and upon his modestlv af-
firming that he did not. went into a
dissertation on the science Of the
structure of the human body that
evidenced a great ~profundity of
s. thought and study. and applying this
Z. knowledge to his symptoms and how
he was affected. said that he fully
realized that he had narrowly es-
caped a stroke Of paralysis. He re-
Failed that in 1864. when a mere lad,
lie lost his eye and as a consequence
Suffered such a stroke. During the
conversation, without assistance. he
walked across the room, but his To-
comotion was was without a limp
GAS TO my future plans" he said.
Ell shall remain at the Robertson
8S%anatorium at Atlanta until 7 oct
ALL the good there is in it, and if my
health is sufficiently restored to war
rant the venture I will, with Mrs
81 Tillman, go to Southern Europc.'
The trip, if taken, will be one purely
for rest and pleasure.
SY Philosophically as the senator tries
X 10 view the situation there is the ap-
parent struggle between duty to him,
self and family and duty to his conn
q try. There are many questions moi
only Of party. but national import
y hat should receive his attention and
tcmand his presence in Washington
y and he said. with Il sigh Of restless
regret: 81 nate TO be compelled at
this important juncture of national
legislation to be absent from my Of
fetal dulics.' And 7 might add par.
enthetically that the country at large
and especially the senate, will deplore
the absence of such a representative
!who has ga heart to resolve. a head
ito contrivc and a hand to execute
( L asked the senator who, in MS
! kopinion, would receive the Republi,
| Ecan and Democratic nominations fol
7 the presidency. Tn spite of Mr.. Roosc,
\ velt's thrice repeated declaration thai
sAm,e would not accept a third term the
AV9cnator is fixed in his opinion thai
1.-THE convention will be stampedcd in
8thc presidents favor. and that sucl
tcssure vii be brought to bear upon
I'm that, already inclining that way
will be swept by the stream of
,blic and party favor into an accep-
pee. That it is to this end that Mr.
$oOseyclt is Dlayin~ his DOlitica]