Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
T|LLMAN HAS HUNCH
He's Confident Bryan Will Be
Next President.
PASSES THROUGH CAPITAL
Hands Out Hot Ones to Taft, Roose-
welt and G.. O. P.
BRYAN NOT ROOSEVELT HEIR
Inquiry About Republican Cam
paign Funds-Expects Repeti-
ton Of Roman Fall.
PASSES THROUGH CAPITAL
BRYAN NOT ROOSEVELT HEIR

senator Ben 11lInan or SOutn CdrOllnd
a few more lines in his face and little
more gray at his temples. but looking as
strong and rugged as before his serious
illness Of last March. is spending today in
Washington
He landed in New York only yesterda y
from the other side. This evening he viii
leave town for his home.
Mrs. Tllman is with him.
Converse tionally. the senator was as
characteristic of yore. He started of
by telling the reporter for The Evening
Star that as a result of his health hiber-
nation in Europe since early last spring
he didn't know thing Of current date or
interest and couldn't be expected to offer
any comments on affairs. political or 9TH
erwiSe.
I've just been squatting around like a
cabbage, said he. locking at pictures
did hear a rumor that Taft and Bryan
and some others were running for the
presidency, but ! couldn't get it verified.
"All the papers from over here were
three or four weeks old when / got them
Even news from home loses its freshness
in that time.
But with this little explanatory intro
duction the senator permitted himself to
be switched over mentally. to the subject
of the campaign Before he fed to his
room to dictate two or three columns on
Europe as She Is Today" for a New
York paper. he had pitchforked a few
candidates and issues in genuine old-time
style.
Confident of Bryan's Election.
While the senator. who never has as
pired to shine in the difficult role of q
campaign prophet, didn't quite offer to
stake his immortal soul on a Bryan vic
~I,,,, hot -1,af 1,n Goc
read and heard, and from what he knows,
blIndfoded. of present-day conditions, he
believes the peerless reader has "a
blamed good chance And he would
like to know where the republicans re-
Gently procured the big bunch of money
with which, Bryan charges, they intend to
buy the election.
"Whered they get it, fiercely demand
ed the senator. quoting famous phrase.
My boy, that is question that will
never be answered by the republican
party. They can't answer it and they
will not try"
They say they are going to make the
list of contributors and the amounts pub
lie after election" suggested the reporter.
The senator snorted.
Don't you fool yourself into believing
1t will be An honest list" said he. Such
list as that made public by the repub-
lican party will never be an honest list
until dishonesty in connection with it Is
made penitenttary onense.
My bill for the publicity of campaign
contributions passed the Senate last ses-
sion and went over to the House. And
look what happened to it there! They
hitched to 1t the Crumpacker provision
for IN investigation OF election methods
In the south. In the south. mind you, the
only place at the present time where elec-
tons are clean and honest.
But 1t strikes me that the most terri
BILE thing about this proposition Is not
-,;YV L. % ASSI,
the election. but that there is the suppo-
sition that the people can be bought.
Roosevelt as Diaz Disciple.
rs it not difficult to imagine that the
people will tamely submit to the Next
canizing of this government by President
Roosevelt? And yet that Is what they
will help to do if they elect Taft, for
Roosevelt nominated him and is manag-
ing his campaign.
president Diaz always names himself
as his own successor. Roosevelt named
Taft. There is mighty little difference
in the manner Of procedure"
the idea Of Bryan calling himself Roose-
Presidents "stolen policies" and de-
clared with superlatfve emphasis that II
he thought Bryan would chase the Con
garnet or down in the cellar, as Roose-
Welt has done" he would hope for the de-
feat of the peerless one at the polls
I'VE have had big dose Of imperial
ISM he added. And l. for one, don't
want any more"
Senator Tillman suggested that there
was something else folks should not Dc
fooled about.
Most Of the newspapers" he declared
| SAY that Taft is certain to be elected
WhQthar NJ a mill
don't want to forget that these news
papers are not saying it because they
think it is true. They are saying 1t ir
the hope Of making 1t true.
at the way all tho papers went afte,
Bryan in previous years. roasting him
for campaigning and speechmaking and
generally on account of what they termed
| lack of dignity You don't hear any.
| thing like that this year. do you?
Then. why? Just because Mr.. Taft i.
trying to go Mr.. Bryan one better. and
has talked himself into such shape tina,
he has to travel with medical specials,
| and have his throat sprayed every couple
Of hours.
Panic VS.. Bank Guarantee.
II don't wonder" the senator continued
that MT Bryan has been making a hi
with his utterances on the subject Of the
government guaranty of bank deposits
I can imagine that people who just re-
| Gently were squeezed to death in a re.
publican panic and couldn't even draw
| their own money out of the banks are ir
something of a receptive mood for any
good remedy that Is proposed by the
| democratic candidate for the presidency
Senator Tillman jumped back for a mo.
| ment to the subject of his European
travels. remarking thas he had founc
| time to read up a lot on Roman history
| with particular reference to that period
when the republic went to the demnitior
| bowwows. and adding that If conditions
| over here in the United States didn''
change pretty soon there would be danger
of modern happening of the same sort
He thought the preliminary condition:
up to date had been very similar.
| Mr.. TiIlman will not take any part ir
| the campaign and will make no speeches
| He told The Star reporter that while ht
| felt very we'll indeed, he really didn'
know in just what condition his healti
| was as he hadn't tested II by hard worl
He didn't think it would be particularly