The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-19
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
People Who Would Not Go There
While Roosevelt Was President
Call or Taft.

When Senator Tillman walks into
the White House on his return to
Washington and proposes to Pres1-
dent Taft to spill some of that much
famed oil on the troubled political
waters, he will have kept a promise
made more than five years ago not
again to enter the portals Of the exc
cutive mansion so long as Mr.. Roose"
velt should be its chief occupant. Bu:
he Will not be the only member OF the
upper house Of congress to shake
hands with the new president in the
White House and to assure him Of his
cordial loyalty and support. There is
Bailey, of Texas; Nelson, Of Minneso-
ia; Bacon, Of Georgia; Admiral Sch
ley, and others who have already made
a pilgrimage to the White House for
this purpose. and who have already
caught the Taft spirit Of friendliness
and brotherly love.
Five years ago when Senator Till
man was serving in the senate with
John L. McLaurin, his colleague from
the Palmetto State, he became invo1v-
ed n>tha memorable fstic encounter
on the floor of the senate. Invitations
were out to big dinner at the White
: House, and Senator Tillman was e1-
pected to be one of the honored
guests. But when Mr.. Roosevelt
heard of the little scrap with the SEN
ate floor as boxing ring, he prompt
ly withdrew the invitation that had
gone to Senator Tillman. From that
moment the latter declared loud and
long that he would never again enter
the White House while Mr.. Roosevelt
was in it, and so far as known he
kept his promise.
No man in the senate, perhaps, had
a more bitter hatred of Mr.. Roosevelt
than Senator Bailey and the pages Of
the Congressional Record for the past.
seven years will abundantly testify to
this fact. In this respect the Texan
outdid the Carolinian by two years;
Senator Tillman staying away five
years and Bailey seven. Bailey seldom
let an opportunity pass without rap
ping the president good and hard, and
many Of the recommendations made
:by the latter were attacked by Bailey
as being utterly unconstitutional and
: unable to stand the test of the courts.
Senator Bacon, Of Georgia, is an
other senator from the South who
broke with Mr.. Roosevelt many years
ago. and who, now that President Taft
is in the White House, proposes at
once to renew old relations. Like Till
man, he vowed many years ago that
he would never darken the doors of
the White House until there was a
new president, and again like Tillman
he kept his promise.
Another Southern senator, who has
already called on President Taft to
hold out the olive branch Of peace. is
Raynor, of Maryland. He has been,
if possible, even more bitter towards
: the late president than Bailey or any
of the others, and time and time again
. he has raked the chief executive fore
and aft. He thought, some years ago,
that the president had not given Ad-
miral Schley square deal in the
Sampson-Schley inquiry, and in the
events that followed subsequently,,
and inasmuch as he has been a life
long friend of Admiral Schley, he
stuck to him and repudiated Mr..
! Roosevelt.
There have also been large num-
} Der of Republican senators who broke
the bonds of friendship with Mr..
Roosevelt for one reason or another
who have already sworn allegiance to
J President Taft. In fact events Of the
|. past few days indicate that the new
president is soon to bring back into
the fold Of peace and harmony prac-
tically all Of those who for one reason
or another fell out with Mr.. Roose-
velt.