Evening star., 1918-07-03

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Senator Benjamin r. Tillman g
South Carolina died this morning ~
4:20 O'Clock.
The veteran senator became i'll la
Thursday and on Friday suffered .
cerebral hemorrhage. and since Sun
day had been in an unconscious con
dition. The hemorrhage caused pa
ralysis of the left side.
Senator Tillman died In harness.
working up until the very hour h.
was stricken. AS chairman of tn
Senate naval affairs committee h..
worked hard on the great naval ap-
preparation bill which has Just be
come a law. He had been a membcT
of the Senate since 1894, twenty-fo'
years, and his term of office wor
have expired March 3. 1919
Had Asked Reelection.
Although Senator Tillman HI
previously announced he would no
again be candidate for election T.
the Senate, several months ago he
went to his state with a declaration
he felt that in time Of war and with
his knowledge Of naval affairs It was
his duty to continue in the service
of his country. He was in the cam
paign. and this work. added to his
senatorial duties, taxed his strength.
About ten years ago Senator Till
man suffered a stroke OF paralysis
and was desperately ill. He set him
self doggedly to work to recover. and
l. L. s-s.
to see many of his colleagues die who
apparently were healthy men at the
time he was stricken
The members of Senator Tillman'a
family. summoned here several days
ago, were at his bedside when he died
The Senate as mark of respect
the memory of Senator Tillman au-
tourned Immediately after assemblinG
today. adopting resolutions expressins
the regret of the Senate for his death.
Party to Leave for South Carolina.
The congressional funeral party.
composed mainly of the South Caro-
lima delegation in Congress, will leave
Washington at I o'clock this evening
over the Southern railway. and the
funeral will be held from the late
senators home at Trenton. S. c., At
CLOCK IOIlOIloW dltSi hooh. hV wa
gressional party will leave Trenton
tomorrow evening. returning here
Friday.
Senator Smith of South Carolina an
nounced the death of Senator Tillman
to the Senate and presented the reso-
luton of regret. He also moved that
the Senate adjourn until Friday as a
mark of respect, and this was done.
1t is understood that Ii was the wish
of Senator Tillman, expressed before
his death, that Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts,. for many years a close
the Senate.
Tribute In the House.
The customary resolutions express
ing the loss the country sustains
in the death of the distinguished SEN
ator were presented in the House to-
day by Representative Lever of South
Carolina, a close friend Of the late
senator.
Representative Lever made this
statement:
Senator Tillman, more than any
other man of his state during the past
fifty years, impressed his ideals upon
the people. He began his career as .
leader of the organized farmers OF
the state. His first race for go =
ernor was made in 1890, when he was
overwhelmingly elected. reelected
governor in 1892 and in 1884 was
elected to the Senate. His campaign
in the state was the most spectacular
in its history. His aggressiveness in
his first campaign for the senate
brought him the nickname OF Pitch
fork Tiliman' In the Senate he rap
idly Impressed his wonderful per
sonality. and in his later years. al
though enfeebled in health. he be-
came one of the very strongest fac
tors in that body for wise and con-
servative legislation.
His work in behalf of the upbuild-
ing of the Navy is showing itself in
the great efficiency of the naval or
panization of today. He took con-
snicuous part in the framing of rail-
road legislation in the days of Presi-
dent Roosevelt
senatc> Tillman's Career.
Few figures have been more pic.
turesque in the United States Senate
than Benjamin Ryan Tillman. Pitch
fork" Tillman he was called because
of the aggressive manner in which he
attacked his enemies. and because of
was a farmer by profession. He was
criticised for his vitriolic methods
of attack when he first came to the
Senate twenty-four years ago. but he
won the confidence of the
Senate. and in recent years there
we're few men on the democratic side
who were regarded with such con-
ddence by the other members of that
body. He was esteemed for his rug
ged honesty, and, while republican
lCoutinued on Fourth PaRel