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THE PASSING OF SENATOR TILLMAN WASHINGTON INTERSTED IN PROSPECT. Few of His Colleagues As Well Known.-" Country Has Not Seen His Like." Washington Special to Richmond -News Leader. The passing of Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman, senior senator from South Carolina, from the scenes of active life, even if he wins in his present struggle with death cals to mind the fact that not in years has the country seen his like. That he must resign from the senate should he live is now apparent. Senator Tillman entered the up per house of congreas iru 1895 as the srecessor to Gen. Matthew C. But ler. During the 15 years that he has seen service ,:a the senate he has witnessed the coming and going of six eolleagues from South Carolina. John L. M. Irby succeeded Gen. Wade Hampton. Upom his death he was succeeded by Col. John H. Earle, he in tarn being followed by John' L. McLaurin, A. C. Latimer, Frank B. Gary, and thce nresent junior sen ator from South Caro!ima, Ellison D. Smith. Talked For a Week. In 1899 Senator Tillman came to the front by advocating the passage of the at that put into operation the navy yard at Charleston. Just be fore the end of the tsession at which he desired to have the act passed, he was informed that it would fail. Some of the big appropriation bills fiad yet been unacted upon and he knew that if he secured the floor he could talk until the short session f congress, to end by law March 4, would come to a iose. He got the floor and held it for almost a week, much of the time, reading from the various poets and other matter from time to time, the while being assisted by his col kagues on the Democratic side. He kept the floor and until an hour be fore adjournment had it. The Re publian leaders compromised and the Charleston navy ya1;d was ap prve. Fought His Colleague. The memorable McLauirin.-Tillman fight on the 'floor of the senate has, never been forgotten. The two Car olinians disagreed concerning the: vote of the former about the ques tion, of the United States making payment to Spain for the Philip pines. The lie was passed and blows followed. In consequence of this difficulty, former President Roosevelt withdrew1 .an invitation that he had sent Sena tor Tillman to attend a state dinner .at the White House in honor of Prince Henry of Prussia. Senator Tillman never again visited the 'White House until after Mr. Taft went in. o Liked toJUU PrdSonr Senator Tillmarn liked nothing bet ter than to stir up Senator Spooner of Wisconsin. For years their 'seats in the senate were directly across the aisle in the chamber, and time and again when the South Darolinian and! 'the Wisconsin man ~took the floor' they literally made the sparks fly.! Each admired the other greatly and! not infrequently, after a battle of 'words that would startie the galler-' ies and ereate the biggest kind of :sensations, they would lock arms sad~ quietly stroll out of the senate cham ber anrd down to the restaurant as if nothing out of the ordinary had hap pened. Another member that Tillman en joyed prodding was Beveridge. The kdianian thought much of Tillman,, ~hat their sarcastie thrusts and merd ciless verbal darts ma-ny times went deeper than was apparent to onlook ers. In fact, there were few men in the senate who did not at one time; or anLother feel the burning words hurled at them by the South Caro linian. He spared neither friend or, -foe when aroused, as the pages of the Congressional Record for the, last 15 years abundantly show. Fought Crum-Hated Roosevelt. If there was one man in the world: thiat Senator Tillman hated more than any other, it was Roosevelt. He never failed to hurl the d'art and the euts went home. Only last year, 'when the question of Senator Till man's participation in the Oregon land deals was being considered, and it was the talk of the day, the real, enmity that existed between the Car olinian and the former president: could not be concealed. The trouble began when Dr. Crum, the negr& collector of customs, was forced on the people of Charleston against their will and given a number of "recess'' appointments. From th at time until today Senator Till man has hated: Mr. Roosevelt bitterly. Liked to Use Big Words It has often been said of Senator Tillman that he used more big words, hyphenated words, than any other man in the senate. He had a choice assortment of stock expressions. Among those he was fond of declar ing that there was a "nigger in the wood pile," and similar statements. He was also an adept in the handling of the words "tomfoolery," "bam boozledi" and "hullabaloo." The records of the senate do not show that there was ever a more rap id speaker than Senator Tillman in that body when he was thoroughly aroused. From his desk directly in front of the vice president's desk he had the opportunity to see and hear e,crything that went on, and many times he would rise suddenly from his seat and before he could. be called to order sent home a string of caustia remarks before his colleague could draw a breath. He had said what he wanted to say, rules or no rules, de corum or no decoum, and having said what he wanted to say, sat down. Fought For Right. For all of the impulsiveness that has characterized the actions of the Carolina senator since he came to Washington, it must be said to his credit that he had as deep a sense of right as any man who ever served in the senate. His actions were often rude, frequently cutting, and some times vulgar, bat those who know Tillman best give him credit in a high degree for private and official honesty. In Washington there is no suspic ion cf wrongdoing that will attach to te name of Senator Tillmant when he leaves the senate. He has made mistakes, "plenty of them," to use his own words, but they have no doabt been mistakes that grew of a ecviction that one could never go too far for right. He has had many enemies; has them now and: will doubtless continue to have them, should he survive his present illness, but few can be found willing to op pose the statement that a worthy or meritorious appeal has seldom been urheeded by Senator Tillman. Former political friends secure no more at his handis than the foe who fought him hardest in the days when South Carolina was split from mo~un tan to seaboard over his iniquitious State liquor dispensiry. He looked upon his commission in the senate as a commission for all South Carolin ians and it is ,believed that he tried) to treat all alike, though many, for merly his politeal opponents, never asked him for assistance. Who Will Succeeed Him? The withdrawal of Senator Till man from the senate naturally raises the question of who will succeed him as a member of the senate naval affairs committee, one of the most important in congress. He has al ways been a hard fighter for a larger naval program and was enthusiastic over the upbuil'ding of the navy gen erally. The question. therefore, as to his successor, is a \nost interesting one. When. he leaves the upper house of congress there will undoubtedly have passed away the most unique charac ter that held membership in it. TTLLMA.N'S GAREER. If Carolia Senator Dies, Unique .and Interesting Figure Passes Away. Mntgomery Advertiser. There is an appealitng pathos to the spectacle of Benjamin Ryan Till man, carried stricken from the field, to spend his remaining days "-the spent and maimed among."'. The fighter has fought his last fight; the' strong and turbulent spirit for a little while }onger must fret in idle ness and impatience. The arenas whieh knew him as a fighter who! took and gave no quarter will know! him no more. The gladiator retires with deadened ad stiffened arms, to watch with lack-luster eyes the fights of other men. His has been a remarkable career, a wonderful career in its turbulence and in the success wrested from that turbulence. He was the strong man always, sometimes violent, sometimes unjust, but never weak. Maakidnd, in its rrogress through life ha been divida into two classes, the Norsej and the Hindu. The Hindu is the subtle, the adroit and the cunning. The Norse is the man who scorns to fight except breast to breast and who knows no weapon but the two-! handed sword. Tillman has been a Norseman, wielding a two-handed s~wod, hewing down his enemies when he could and taking his own share of blows when he must. Age had softened the asperities of his combative nature. 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