Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-08
THE BOLSHEVIkI NEED A
SENATOR HOAR

THE situation in Russia, with the Boshe.
- Wiki attempting to. remake their coun.
try overnight, suggests that 1t is worth
while telling the story of Senator Tllman,
who has Just announced he is a candidate
for reelection, and jusuhes pointing the
moral
South Carolina had been ruled by the
planters for years before Tillman be.
came a national figure He did not be.
long to the planter class. but was just as
good an American cs any of the men who
had been born of the families which before
the war lived on the proceeds of the work
Of slaves. He set out to organize a polit
teal revolution which should oust the planter
aristocracy and put the power into the
hands of the great majority of the white
voters. Hevstumped the State, telling the
ypecple that they had the power If they
would only exercise it. that they did not
need to submit to the rule of a privileged
aristocracy, and that they were unworthy
sthe name of American if they did not rise
in their might and assert themselves
In the course of time he succeeded In
convincing the plain people of the State
that he was right and they elected him to
the Governorship and about twenty years
ago he was sent 10 the United States Sen.
ate. Refore entering that body he an.
nounced that he intended to throw out of
1t with a pitchforS the bought agents of
capital and privilege and make it demo-
@cratic institution. He thought the other
msrnber5 of what corresponded to the plan.
s tor class in South Carolina or by their
asents.
When this revolutlonist arrived in the
national capital the late Senator Hoar, of
Il Massachusetts, made it his business to get
acquainted with him, He discovered that
Tillman was absolutely honest and inspired
by genuine love for his country and
sincere desire to make it a better place to
live In. But he also learned that he was
Handicapped by lack of education and the
yconsequent ignorance Of the laws of eco.
nomics and of the great forces that have
been at work in bringing the people cf the
world thus far on the road toward freedom.
with tact and patience he set out to teach
Tilman. He lent him books on history
and political economy. He guided him on
Z 4 tours of exploration through the realms of
y literature. And by an exposition of his
own point of view he succeeded In persuad-
Ing the fire-eating radical that there were
other men in the Senate as sincere and
patriotic as he who were seeking tao same
ends of democracy toward which he was
x headed AS a fesult Tillman evolved from
foaming radical eager to turn the world
upside down into broadminded states.
4 man who had learned that progress is
made slowly and by painful efforts. He
also learned TO respect the honesty and
sincerity of his colleagues. He was big
enough to make his confession of faith
ON the floor of the Senate and to take
back the wild things which he had said
"A before he went to Washington He admit.
y "a that he had learned better.
The moral Of all this is obvious. The Boil
s ahevilsi are the Tillmans of Russia. They
are honest. They are seeking the good of
their country. They hope to democratize
NJ 4 ana to do the work while you wait But
1ro6ress is not made in that summary
>dcn.- There is vast inertia in every
&at organization. Revolution cannot
1r<oms it. 1t may beat upon the insti
nnoan blood as the waves OF the sea beat
ION granite cliffs, But the cliffs stand
1Hg only a few crumblng boulders. II
~ time for even the laundering sea tc
y ifs way through a sand bar. And wher
order was given in the eginning tha
waters should be separated from tn,
:lunc the geologists tell Us that count
eous passed before the order wal
Ghs Bolsheyiki do not seem to know
~ bstter than Tillman knew ii befor,
~ JIoar took hold Of him. VIVA
neod. and what Russia needs a. tn,
time Is some man or some grouI
~>th the patience. tact and knowl
no(oe Her TO guide the demo