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When asked If he would not ALLOW
the letter to be published, the sena
tor at first declined, but afterward
consented to it's publication. Thu
letter follows:
MY Dearly Beloved: The paper'
say you are staying in bed. Good.
Stay there.
IF you knew how many %pluocrat!
that fact pleases you would realize
that in no other way a you cause
so much happiness to humans. They
may not be the class Of bipeds whom
you live to please and praise but Goo
works In a mysterious way His Won
ders to perform.
There Is a time for amnesty to.
ward all criminals.
"If you we're here you might dis
turb Mr.. Taft's plan to get nominal
ed.
"(1) All pending prosecutions OF
trusts to be kept on the docket until
the district attorneys report that they
can see no evidence, and then dis
missed.
CD A statute Of limitations-vs.
new prosecutions after n year-not
before.
"(3) The labor unions to boycott
everybody at will, and no injunctions
to be issued.
"(4) The Sherman law to be so
modified that trusts shall be deemed
reasonable and sacred until a court
at the end Of a lawsuit shall say
they are unreasonable.
"(5) The railroads may make
pooling contracts ad lib, divide traffic
and proceeds and agree not to COM
pete with each other.
1.-The %plutocrats and proletriAt all
for Taft!
If you were to get out of bed you
might expose this plan anu defeat
Mr.. Bryan.
"Stay In bed and Bryan will win.
You know l have often told you
you were a great help to the Repub-
lican party by your talk. Now you
will help 1t by keeping quiet CD See!
while you are away I shall urge
Mr.. Burrows to get through a public
ity bill and take the credit away
from you. Will he do 1t?
seriously now-take a rest. Do
not be Worried. Sleep, walk In the
garden and see the glories of the
flowers.
"Vis m%edicatriX naturae. Be a
farmer again and not a stateman
any longer. Faithfully yours, etc.,
WIN. E. Chandler"
Mrs. Tillman Shipping Asparagus.
During the conversation of two
hours or more between Senator TILL
mar and the representative of the
State, Mrs. Tillman. was busily en-
gagged in the packing house, along
with six or eight hands, preparing
asparagus for shipment by express to
Boston, New York, Richmond and
Atlanta. Mrs. Tillman was hard at
work, doing the actual work of wash
ing the asparagus and marking the
boxes for shipment. She has about
eight acres planted in this vegetable
and has orders for all that she can
furnish. At present the market price
Is 40 to so cents a bunch.
When first approached Senator
Ti,,man talked slowly and deliberate
", but after warming up to questions
of interest to him his old time ire
was apparent. While he Is some
what feeble physically, his mind IS
perfectly clear as was evidenced by
the various topics he discussed IN a
vigorous manner and the interest ne
displayed in State and national al
fairs.
When the senator was first strlck-
on he said that the attack came upon
him as If a fash from a gun. He
attributes the present illness to that
with which he suffered A years ago.
when he lost his eye. he was SINH
Iarly effected then and has had sew
eral attacks Of a like character since
that time.
Senator Tillman's wishes are TO get
away from everything and have aD-
solute rest for a time and he reefs
and hopes that this will restore MIN
to hs former vigor.
During the course Of conversation
reference was made to the recent
sneech of Senator -Tillman in the SEN
ate, in which he took the Republi-
cans to task and incidentally gave
President Roosevelt a w~alloping. ne
said hat v before in his life had
he felt less like making a speech
nor had he ever before experienced
such a strain and effort as he dld
while delivering his address on
March 16. He said that he was III
full possession Of his facts and
thoughts, but still he was naDle to
assemble his ammunition as ne
should like to have done. He gave
notice on Saturday of his intention
10 deliver the address on Monda!
and had but a brief period TO pre-
pare his remarks.
Altogether. it may be said ina
Senator Tillman, as e as Mrs
Tillman. hope that the senator VIII
aoon be restored to his usual heath
and will resume his place in the fgn'
for Democracy's supremacy.
Senator. did you see much OF INT
late Senator William James Bryan
of Florida, and what was your opin
ion of him." :,