Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-01-22
SENATOR BEN TILLNAN
NOT GOING TO RETIRE
South CaroIinian EnIargeS His
Quarters, Anticipating
Political Campaign

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Benjamin
Ryan TiIlman, the "pitchfork" senator
from South Carolina the once head boss
of the big ''fus X" dIspensary liquor es
adjustment in the Palmetto state, when
he was governor, is not to retire from
the senate. He has been here for more
than twenty years, and is likely to be
here many more years, from present in
dications, despite the fact that the
woods of the Palmetto state are full of
candidates chewing on their political
bits.
In many respects, there has never
been a more unusual member in either
house of congress than the aforesaid
Benjamin Ryan Tillman, of Trenton,
c, and last year, when it became noised
around and about the halls of the cap
itol in Washington that, having already
served his state both as governor and
as senator, in the latter place for al
most a quarter of a century, he might
quit the hurly-burly of politics and re-
tire to his big acres of cotton and his
asparagus fields at home, there were
many who were specializing who would
succeed him. They reckoned that this
South Carolina senator would leave a
big hole to fill, and that it would take a
mighty big man to do it. But they be-
Iievad he had seen enough of public life
already done since taking up the COVER
norship of South Carolina many years
ago.
viii Not Retire Soon.
From present indications, the senior
senator from South Carolina is not go
ing to retire any time soon, and this
doubtless will be good "and pleasing to
many of his old-time "Tillmanite"
friends, once citizens mostly Of South
r.
over many sections of the country. The
best Indication that there will be none
of this retirement business withS Sena-
tor Tillman during the present year, at
which time he must come again before
the people of South Carolina for re-
election, is the fact that no man with
such ideas in his head would be enlarg-
ing his political workshop as Senator
Tillman is now doing in Washington.
For the last two or three years, or
since he became chairman of the senate
committee on naval affairs, Senator
Tillman has occupied two rather small
rooms at one corner of the senate end
of the capitol Now, however, he ha
secured in addition to these two rooms
one Of large size, which would easily
swallow three or four of the others
this new one being handsomely equipped
with beveled edge mirrors, chandeliers
that fairly sparkle with bTilliance, AND
furniture the equal of which no com
mittee room i'll congress can boast II
a word, this new addition to the sena,
tors quarters is most magnificent in
appointment.
South Carolina Girls Used
Proud as he is, however, of the bevel
ed edge mirrors, the sparkling chandc-
liers or the magnificent furniture that
go to make up the equipment of this
new committee room, Senator Tlllman
real new pleasure comes when he makes
his visitors acquainted with two youni
ladies from South Carolina, Miss Rem
bert and Miss Weikert. These young
ladies, the senator explained today, will
not supplant the man-power force al
ready in his office. but they winn fill
a very much-needed want in helping TO
work off the big daily mail that &C
cumulates on the senator's desk.
Senator Tillman is very proud of
these two young ladies whom he has
Just brought to his office, as well as
the bevel-edged mirrors, the sparkling
chandeliers and the general magniti-
cence of his new quarters.
Eyes, sir" Senator Tillman said to-
day with all of his old-time fire, these
young ladies just insisted that they had
to have all these new things If they
were to work for me, so knowing they
would get them in the end, set about
to have more room and now you see
all these fine new things the girls have
put in. | reckon il will be a small sized
palace when they get done fixing It
up and then it would be none too good
for them. They are fine girls and need
fine things
All OF these evidences of renewed ac-
tivity on Senator Tillman's part leave
no room to doubt that in his own mind
he has settled the question as TO wheth
er OF not he will retire from the po-
litical arena OF South Carolina. He who
runs may read.