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Mine HORRORS
Due to Greed, Says Senator Tillman to
Augusta Herald Reporter
TALKS OF OTHER THINGS

Standard OIL Company Only for
Efect-Thinks the Judges VIII
Fix 1t 30 as Trusts Will Escape
Serious Harm.
The Herald of Augusta says Sena-
tor B. R. Tillman of South Carolina,
accompanied by Mrs. Tillman. spent
Monday morning in Augusta, while
on their way to attend the golden
jubilee Of Major and Mrs. Harry
Hammond, at Beech Island. The sen
ator and Major Hammond have beeu
friends for a long time AMI he was
looking forward to the great event
at Beech Island with much pleasure.
While in the city many Of the sena.
tors friends met him and expressed
their pleasure at his being In augus-
ia.
When seen by a reporter foe The
Herald Senate. Ttllmen was quite
ready to talk and much Of his words
dealt with the decision recently made
by the United States court juiseg.
notably In the Standard OIL case.
II believe" be said, that the re-
cent decision against the Standard
OIL Company Is like the $50, 200, 900
fine, and l am going to watch which
way the pieces fall before I throw up
my hat and start a hurrah. 1t always
appears to me that In every such de-
cision Of the United States court the
Judge fixes 1t 30 that some Of their
millionaire and multi-millionaire
friends car slip out easily. The In
vestigation OF the sugar frauds is
nothing new. II should have been
done long ago. The law was passed
ten years ago and why In the -
didn't Roosevelt jump into them. and
raise the devil with them instead Of
shouting aloud and tearing his hair
about what he MAS going to do.
am going to-. and the people Of this
country should also watch the graft
ers like a hawk, for 1 expect that
they will find 1t an easy matter to
slip out and go their way unpunish-
ed. If a niger or a poor white man
steals a small amount of some little
goods. he goes to the ~penitentisry,
but let a high hnancier make of with
millions Of the peoples money and
he is presented with a chrome and
hailed as O hero.
About the mine disasters. 1t Is
not for the national government to
attend to the punishment OF the ir-
regularities existing but the States
should be held to account. The ILL.,
nois horror Is only a repetition OF
another result Of the greed Of capt.
talists. The clamor Of the States
for national aid Is a bad thing and
it Is rapidly destroying the belief
Of the people In State government.
The recent u%tterance Of President
Taft for the health Of the country to
be placed under national control is
all wrong, for the health of the peo-
pie was always intended to be regu-
lated by the police laws Of each city
or State. 1t would be impossible
for the government to carry on this
great work successfully. The new
pure food laws were fine laws and
have worked remarkably well and
have done much for the people,"
Getting ear home the senator stat
| ed that he did not know what would
be done to the d~ispensary grafters in
South Carolina
II don't see how they can let one
man go and punish another. and /
am watching with much interest the
results Of the future trials. Who
will be the next governor Of South
Carolipa7 Why there isn't 9 person
living who could tell. The race Is
going to be a stiff one and there are
a number Of strong men ready to
fako rho ioh In Colnmhia