The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-01-14
THE ROOSEVELT.TILLMAN
IMBROGLIO.
HOW The MATTER Is REGARDED IN
WASHINGTON BEFORE SENATOR TILL
MANS SPEECH OF DEFENSE.

(From our regular correspondent.
Washington. D c, January O.
The first of the large White house
receptions took place Thursday night
when the President welcomed the di'
plomats of all the nations represent
ed at tie capital and hundreds Of
guests invited to meet them. 1t is
customary at all of these receptions
to include in the invitations all of
the members of congress and among
those with whom the President shook
hands were large number who had
in their pockets notes of the ad-
dresses to be made Friday excoriat.
ing Mr. Roosevelt for his Secret Ser
vice message. 1t is presumed that
in the social relations the President
and the members of congress drop
oil of their political differences and
no man is cleverer at that business
than the President, who manages
wita fine social skill to perform all
of the amenities without making
guests feel the existing coolness
Conspicuous By their absence
Thursday night were Mr. Tawney,
who is to bear the brunt Of Mr.
RooseVelt's attack on congress for
the national detective bureau squad.
bic, and Senator Tillman. Mr. Till.
.lnaa is putting on the usual brave
froEt and has come out with the
statement that he would be glad to
have his private life and business
connections Investigated and made
pubic, bat these statements are
formal and customary and no one
pays them serious attention.
The Secret Service has been at
wora on Mr. Tillman's record and
has unearthed some questionable
conuec;ions Of the Carolina Senator
with tie S, Paul and Pacific Tim
ber syndicate of Portland Oregon,
whicn the Senator denounced in a
speech almost a year ago. The en-
xlity between the President and Mr.
Tillman is of long standing and the
public is we'll aware of their many
differs. ces, so that i! will not be sur
pr;siug if one of the last acts of MIR
Roosevelt's presidential career Will
be to undo the Senator from South
Carolina as the senior Senator from
OHIO was uudone and laid on the
shelf After the death Of President
Mckinley and Hanna the saying
was current that fate took care OF
sny one who happened to be IN the
wav of Mr. RooSevelts march and 1T
would seem that fate has continued
her work in disposing of those who
have opposed him. Mr. Tawney, it
ia believed, will suffer seriously in
his own constituency for his part in
the Secret Service and it would not
be matter for surprise if Mr. Roose-
velt's exposures will end the national
career of the hot-headed Senator
from South Carolins.
Senator Culberson of Texas INTRO
duced resolution in the Senate this
week deMouncing the Presidents re-
fusal to impart information about the
consolidation Of the Texas Coal and
Iron company by the Steel Trust as
..su arbitrary and lawless act" and
fired another gun in the exciting bat,
tie that is being waged against the
President ii Congress. The speeches
in the lower house Friday were Of a
similar character and 1t is rare that
the history Of the country has shown
> parallel Of such intense feeling III
the legislative body against the CHIEF
eyecutive. Meanwhile the President
goes TRANQUILITY about his business Of
noGtics and pleasure. He appear;