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TALK WITH TILLMAN. The Senior Senator, Who is in Atlan ta, Gives Out an Interesting Interview. Atlanta Constitution. Benjamin Tillman, United States senator from South Carolina, and one * of the best known figures in American -politics, is an Atlantan tempora :ily, making his home for a week or so at the Robertson Sanitarium, on Capitol avenue. With Mr. Tillman is his -wife, and it is on her account that the trip was made. "Still," remarked the senator in this connection, "I was feeling a trifle off my feed the early part of the winter, and there were cer tain symptoms which made me know that there would be no harm done in my taking the treatment here as well as my wife. So I am here and I am glad to say that at present even the suggestion of those symptoms of the early part of the winter are gone and I am -feeling fine." Senator Tillman certainly looks the picture of rugged health, and there is little in his stalwart frame and gener ously proportioned features to even suggest the fact that during his boy hood he was a great invalid. It was while he was in delicate health and 17 years of age that he came to Georgia for a year. He settled below Elber ton, in the flat lands, and there met his wife, their marriage occurring some three years later. "I've never been a free man," he said yesterday. "I always belonged to my mother un til I married, when I was 20, and I never have found a time since then that I did not belong to my wife,' and the senator laughed in a way that suggested little suffering from his life-long slavery. Immigration to South. When asked about the matter oJ immigration to the south the South Carolinian stated: "It seems to me that the north, and by this I mean mostly the northerr cities, are doing more in the way 0 sending foreigners to the south at thiu time than ever before. I think thai this is mostly due to the fact thai they are beginning to be afraid of the congested condition of the cities mad< by these foreigners who populate th( alien quarters of the cities to such at extent that its welfare is threatened Another thing, the drift of immigra ti.on is naturally this way and wil continue to :be. All of the govern ment lands have been occupied an the opportunities in the south aloni agricultural lines are certain to at tract many. They are coming thi -way now, but, of course, this is oni: the dripping as compared with th great number which comes this waj and also which it now looks as thoug the future would bring. "In our state we have an immigra tion bureau and the results have bee very satisfactory. I believe the se~ coast just now seems particularly a tractive to the Italians and othe Latin races because of the opportun ties for raising garden truck, and this these races seem to be most home. I think. too, that this matt< of the Latin races coming to th part of the country in great numbe: is one which carries with it great r sponsibilities. If properly taken ca of. there is no question but that tI undeveloped resources o,f the sou1 can be brought out in a way th will mean much. On the other han if the rush when it really sets th way is not controlled there is dang that our present problem may complicatid, and heaven knows ~ have trouble enough with this mt ter alone. Every one knows that ju now all of the negroes are hurry when possible from the plantatio and the farms to the cities and t. railroads, and there is nio doubt bi that wve need labor to make possil the harvesting of our crops. "I know, too, that an Italian c work all round a negro if he wants but I do not know whether he au want to when it comes to workingi some other man. Perhaps, they v simply want to get on to the rol and th~en start in on their own accoi and then the labor which we so mr nleedI will not be forthcoming. As the d.utionf of the problem. I d say that it wi!! have to be solved time makes possible the solving the meeting of the new condition5 "As to the Equi:able and the im rance questions involved. I ' know enough about it to spea tell the truth, I don't understat1 I would like to. By the time1 through speculating on when and how the Japanese and Russian fleets are going to get together there is not time left in the day to decipher all of the intricacies of the insurance mat ter, except, I dare say, that when the matter is settled between the agents and the officials the policy holders continue to lose as they have done. But I don't know much about the matter, so I had better not say anything. With the war it is different Why, when it started, so far as 1 could learn, my daughter and the members of the Russian embassy were the only ones who were whoop ing it up for Russia. With the con stant losses to her champions, my daughter now says that she is for the Russians because they are white peo ple. But, when the two forces on the sea meet it means more to the Japa nese than the Russians, simply be cause a victory for the Russians would mean a complication and the prolonging of the war. On the other hand, the Russians seem to have ac quired the losing habit, and if they lost it would not mean so much to them, and, with the troubles at home, would certainly tend to bringing the issue to a nearer conclusion. "As for the reduction of the cotton crop, there seems to be no doubt but that there has been a reduction in the acreage and even under the most fa vorable conditions, the crop would not exceed ii,5oo,ooo bales. The out put of fertilizer, however, has been large, but I understand that very much of this has been devoted to corn and, perhaps, some other crops. To me this seems to be a good sign and in the raising of produce at home, rather than purchasing it from a dis tance, the advantage is obvious. "When will I help you to get the new Atlanta postoffice? Well, I will do it always when I can. Anything that is a southern proposition goes with me and gets my vote, you can depend on that. A View of Roosevelt. "As to what I think about the pres ident's present trip I don't care to say much. Since the time he insulted me, during the visit of Prince Henry it was, I have never seen him, and what is more, I don't expect to until he apologizes for his action at that time. Whatever there was of censure regarding my difficulty with anothey member of the senate was entirely a I matter for the senate to decide, and I heard a great many of the republican Isenators say that his meddling i what was none of his business at thai -time was dsrving oif censure. 0: Bcourse, I have seen him, but we have ynever met, and I don't expect we eve: ewill. As for his present hunting trip ,I suppose he wants to make himself conspicuous by doing somethmns different as he always does. "No, I am not troubling mysel; nwith politics or miatters of state thes days. I am simply here with m: wife for a rest and, except for read ring the papers, I don't know and don' vwant to know what is going on1 Ltthe world o-f politics just at this time Ltfor I am simply taking a day off. 1don't know just how long we wil stay, but I know that I like it her *~and we have both been greatly bene tited." eIn his dress. Senator Tillman wa Smuch the same as he has always bee :hfound for years. With trousers tha were creased in every way except th d.pressing club way, linen of the,.ki issuggestive of the country and a ligi Shouse coat, the senator was the sarr )Crepresentative of the people and tl democratic solution of the simple lii Sproblem, which he has always be~ st since his first entrance into politi( ,g with the sobriquet of "Farmer Til rsman." e Special Rates via Atlantic Coast Lini Charleston, S. C., celebration fi antieth birthday, Deutcher-Scheutzt club, May 8th to 14th. Rates: 01 *i~first class fare, plus 25 cents, for tl Iorround trip, from. all points on its li rin the S:ate of South Carolina, fro ISavannah and Augusta, Ga., andi sttterediate points. Tickets on si cMay 8:h. 9th and roth., with final lii to May 13th.. 1905. St. Louis, Mo., Na:ional Bapt anniversary. May 16th, to 24th. Rat< Lf~One first clas fare, plus 25 cents the round trip. Tickets on sale Mi su. 14th.. 15th., and 16th., with final lir ,'tMay 27th.. 1905 i Asheville, N. 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