The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-07-29
TALKS TO TILLMAN
OREGON JOURNALISTS INTER-
VIEW SENIOR SENATOR :,
BACKS President wilson

South Carolinian Attracts Much At
tention in His Journeying Through
the Western states-Party Attends
Both Expositions and Visits Sites
OF Historial Interest.
The following article recently ap-
peared in the Oregon Journal, pub
lished at Portland, Ore, and is of
interest to the friends of Senator Till
man in this city,:
Far from being the fire eater
which the opposition press through
out the country had pictured him,
BENJAMIN Ryan Tillman, senior Unit
ed States senator from South Caro-
lima, Is man of calmness and slow
utterance. At the home Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Henry w. Hughes, 1924
East Davis street, yesterday after
noon, he told of the triumphs of De-
mocracy in subdued and almost re-
luctant manner. Only when asked
to talk about President Wilson did
he become enthusiastic-and then he
declared no man has more complete
ly the confidence of the American
people than this man of judgment,
dignity and power.
Much Pleased With Exposition.
Senator Tillman, Mrs. Tillman and
Miss Tillman arrived Friday evening
from the south. They had inspected
the Panama-Pacific exposition in a
leisurely and thorough manner after
having come from the east by water
and threaded the Panama canal. On
the subject OF the exposition the SEN
ator was inclined to be voluble, de-
claring that the Canadian and Cali
fornia exhibits alone are Of sufficient
worth to justify the expense of a trip
across the continent.
Il didn't have much opportunity
to meet people," explained the sena-
tor. But every one l did talk poll
tics with was confident President
Wilson has been growing in strength
constantly since the interchange of
diplomatic notes with Germany has
been going on. He should be re-elect-
ed next year by a larger majority
than in 1912.
"He has shown himself to be a
man of calmness, with definite pro-
gram in mind which he is working
out in a dignified way.
Sees PrOgressives in West.
II find the Republicans in Oregon
are of a much different type than
our Republicans back east" continu-
ed the senator. They are broader
more progressive, have the idea that
the party after all Is merely a means
OF securing the bss: possible go.e'n-
ment rather than as an end of itself.
elected George Chamberlain last fall
and would not have elected Harry
Lane when the state is so largely Re-
publican.
Now, back east, 1t would have
taken gigantic political upheaval to
allow the election of Democratic
senator in rock-ribbed Republican
state. It's just in line, though, with
the whole spirit of the west. The
country is young and has hardly be-
gun to touch it's native resources
Oregon Is remarkably fortunate be-
cause it has its full share of these
resources, together with scenic set
ting that can not be surpassed.
Notes Big improvements Here.
Portland has undergone many i'm
provements since i was here before.
That was In 1907, just after the San
Francisco earthquake ard fire. 1t
was an amusing thing to me then to
watch the rivalry of Los Angeles,
Portland and Seattle in struggling to
claim all the Transpacific business
lost by the ruined city But San
Francisco came back and kept the
business the other cities were fight
ing over
After tarrying in Portland for a
week or ten days the senator and his
family will 60 to Skagway, Alaska,
for glimpse of the rugged scenery
Of the Lynn canal. Last year Mr..
Tillman's son, accompanying Engi-
neer Edes. saw this interesting bit of
United States and described 1t so
vividly that he fred the curiosity of
his sire.
VIII Return to Portland.
81 may not get out this way
again." Senator Tillman explained,
"and don't want to die without hav-
ing seen the best things in my native
country. After we have seen this re-
gion, we will come back to Portland
for another week or two and then go
east over the Grand Trunk"
The senator Is now sixty-eight
years old. Though he is not so rug
ged as he was eight years ago in his
previous visit. his massive frame
shows few ravages Of time. Mrs.
Tillman is also well preserved and
was having a happy chat with her
daughters and a few callers while
her husband was entertaining the
newspaper man. She displayed
photograph OF the senator and Thos.
A. Edison taken together. and passed
roguish remarks about the compare
tive tailoring OF the two mems gar.
ments, with the comparison by no
means favoring her husband.
An Apostle OF Education.
Mr.. Tillman is q staunch Demo-
crat. Before that, however, he is an
apostle OF education, of the doctrine
that everybody should be given a
chance, that the world owes its in
habitants the opportunity, at least.
to take advantage of the resources
she has spread forth.
That is why he entered politics in
the first place away back In 1886.
He had come to the conclusion that
his home state was not sufficiently
equipped with good schools of the
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