The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-11-26
TiLLMAN TALKS OF
FUTURE POLITICS
Senator Has Choice Of Three Import
ant Chairmanships-Seems to
Want Appropriations.


tirnism and an utter absence OF
bragadocio or undue confidence char
acterized the utterances Of Senator
Reniarnin Ryan Tillman last night in
an interview regarding the future OF
the country under Democratic admin
istration of governmental affairs and
Of South Carolina's share in the good
things accruing therefrom. Senator
TilIman, while in the city, is the guest
of Henry P. Williams, No. 81 East Bat
tery. Last night he attended the ban
ouet at the Charleston hotel in honor
of Admiral Osterhaus and yesterday
afternoon he paid a formal call upon
Admiral Osterhaus aboard the battle
ship Utah. On his visit to Charleston
he is accompanied by Mrs. Tillman, to
whom he affectionately refers as the
senior member of the Tillman firm.
at am not Dragging about what l
am going to do," said Senator Tillman.
81 have the choice of the chairmanship
of three committees Of the senate
three important ones, the approprla-
tons, the naval affairs and the inter
state commerce committees" )"
Asked which he would accept, the
senator declared that he would wait
until he reached Washington upon the
eonvening Of congress.
"tBut as you see it now, senator, TO
which committee are you most inclin-
ed?" was asked.
'T do not want to burden myself" :"
was the reply; 81 do not want to un-
dertake what I can not do justice to-
and for some reasons I am inclined to
the naval affairs committee, but the
appropriations committee carries with
it so much more of influence and pres
tige that just now I am rather In
clined to it. But, of course, remember
that I retain membership on all three
of the committees no matter which l
am chairman of. If, after l investi-
gate the situation, I believe that /
can do the work, I will take the ap-
propriations committee; otherwise, I
will take the naval affairs committee. !"
As to the development Of Charles
ton yard" said Senator Tllman,
land for it's enlargement, that all de-
Dends upon the attitude of the new sec
retary of the navy and the general pol
icy adopted by the Wilson administra-
ton. Meyer, you know, was rather
inimical toward this yard. I have COM
bated that attitude and I think success
fully. If the Wilson administration
favors a policy of development the
navy yard and the naval equipment I
will want the Charleston yard to be
developed in proportion to all others,
as it is the only Southern yard left, and
as it Is the nearest to Panama"
Wilson's Silence Wise.
In regard to the cabinet appoint
ments to be made by Woodrow Will
son. who will soon assume the reins
of the national government, Senator
Tillman thinks that the president
elect has been eminently wise in re-
framing from any statements pertain
ing thereto.
"Wilson is wise in not making the
newspapers his spokesmen in the mat
ter Of cabinet appointments, said he.
@EHe would be running way ahead OF
his hound in shooting off his mouth
prematurely. All the time now be-
tween the convening of congress until
his inauguration Wilson will have op-
portunity to confer with the leading
Democrats of the country and to make
judicious selections
"How about the appointment of
Southern men4' was question pro-
pounded.
"Wilson ought not to appoint an un-
due number of Southern men," said the
senator, "but the soutn has been out in
the cold so long, I hope the return of
Southern man to the presidency after
sixty years will be signalized by re-
turn to the antebellum policy inau-
gurated by the Democrats coming, and
unless Southern men have lost that
characteristic of honor and honesty,
Wilson can not make a mistake If he
picks Southern men for any Office in
his gift, for the South has, as under