Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-18
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OF too free use OF the tongue 4
contained in the wordG: Behold
how great a matter little fire
klndlethl' The immediate ilius.rc
ton. In me h story OF current pol
cal affairs in America, is a most
striking one. namely: the Tllln an.
Roosevelt controversy and It's far
reaching consequences.
AS was natural, the fire star, I'D
with oil. Kerosene can always pro-
duce Inflammation, when the ma cl
IS applied. We know more now than
we did at -he beginning OF the con
hagrat on. We know now that the
e teamed Mr.. Arcnbold, the Iegisla-
tive counse. for Standard OIL, was
much interested in the scheme OF
Senator McLaur TO organ re a
commercial Democracy the south,
tina. he was perfectly willing to fin.
ance the scheme, and that Senator
McLaurin was equally willing to be
financed. Through the med um OF
Mr. r. II. Edmond3, OF the Manu-
.acturers Record, and the annua
subscription OF $500 for that mag
azine, and the congressional go-be-
tween, Mr.. S.bley. OF Pennsylyan a.
W tn the usual certificates OF depo.it
Mr.. McLaurin was expected 20 do the
work OF organization. This was sus-
pected in the United States cenate.
but Mr.. Tillman was the one to
express his suspic on that Senator
McLaurin had been subsidized. In
on expression of opinion. Mr..
McLaurin gave Senator T llman the
ne direct, whereupon a personal en-
counter followed In the sacred pre-
cincts OF the senate chamber. The
aHair hav ng assumed this personal
aspect, the two senators of South
Carolina were held IN CONTEMPT OF
the senate for a few days. On ac-
count OF this, President Roosevelt.
withdrew an invitation to Senator
Illlman to attend an official func-
ton at the White House, in honor
OF Prince Henry, OF Pruss a. Il Is
sufficient to say that this public
slight has never been forg ven by
the cenator from South Carolina.
Following ilustr'ous precedent
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ]. III. Tilman
or South Carolina, W thdrew an in
vl{aton to President Roosevelt 70
present a sword to Lieut.. Micaiah
jenkins, of South Carolina. one os
the heroes of the Spanish war. The
withdrawal OF this inv tation was
notify resented IN South Carolina
where everything is resented holy
II resented at all, and q subscrin-
ton for another sword to he nra-
sented to the fortunate lieutenant
was immediately taken up, and an
invitation 20 present the same was
asaln given to the pres dent, which
ne fulh led at the Charleston ax-
position, in the presence of applaud-
ing multitudes.
Editor Gonzales, of The Columtto
state, was ne of the severest err
ic5 OF l. eutenant- Governor Tillman
this matter, and ater Mr.. Com
%aieS was shot and XII led, though
uharmed himself, by Lieutenant
Governor 7 llman. For this Mr.
III man was acquitted, but for 4bis
aiSo he has recently bid farewell to
south Carol ma soil, and gone in sx-
e TO the far west. Followed tho
Crum episode. Followed the cont,n-
ueu attacks of Senator Tillman up-
on the president, from the floor Of
NE senate. Then came the famous
alscu-s on of the railroad rate bill
ana when the vote on the bill was
trembling in the balance though toe
president seemed assured of v cto-
ry, Senator Aldr'ch made his brill
iant coup d'etat, as a means of COM
promiae, by moving that Senator
llllman be made The chairman NJ
the senate committee on the rate
BIZ. This stopped communicat ON
between the president and the re-
Sponsible man in the senate for the
passage of the rate bill, with ex-
oena'or Chandler. of New Hamn-
-hlre' as a somewhat uncertaI, 90
between, who, as the result OF his
mediation, became a near member
Oh the Anan as club. The comnro-
mise was effected, and It is interest.
ing to note that the interzfate corr
merce comm ssion IS now asking for
the very powers that were denied
through Senator Aldrich's mapauver
IL should be recollected also that
Senator T llman, while critjcia5ng
the president for his surrender. was
generous enough to say shat except
TOT his Intervention there would
nave been no railroad rate bill pasg-
ca by congress. 70 lowed the
brownsville affair. In which Senator
lliiman appeared as the defender OF
'he negro battalion; and the pres
ent unfortunate content on between
me pres dent and the ge1ator Witch