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SEN AM TILLMAN'S ANGER IS AROUSED i ?*< I' IV Dl'fl t Oft I ni.U9?Lr i.i iiLu.iiii/ TO FIGHT FOR COMMITTEE. Speaks of Martin's Conduct as p Despicable and Contrasts their Services.?Quotes Letter. Washington, March 18.?"Senator Martin, after making these voluntary statements and pledges to me, became' a member of the steering committee, which has given him my chairman ship. Fairness ad decency, it seems' to me, required him to notify me of! his change of mind and attitude towards me. He never, at any time, exit press-ed any uneasiness about my j health to me. Had he done so, hisj conduct would not seem so despica- j ble." This is the feature that stands out! more prominently than anything else! in a statement issued to th-e press' I here today by Senator Tillman, this i statement being in the speech he j made before the*senate caucus last: Saturday on th-e question of committee assignments and the seniority rule I when he was refused the chairman-1 ship of the committee on appropriatons. * Refers to Service. Senator Tillman then refers to the fact of his long service for the dem- I ocratic party and also to the fact that: he made his first speech in the senate! which has been designated as "The: Pitchfork Speech." Deiore tsryau made his entitled the "Cross of Gold." Reciting later events in the history of the party and the part he took in them, he says he preached the trih?- j gospel and had as much to do with *>+ the success of wliat is now called "progressiveness" as Bryan himself. That term, properly interpreted in its essence, he says, is the Chicago plat- i form and nothing else. He declared that he did not ask for sympathy, but for justice, that he wanted what he was entitled to, and j nothing more. He then submitted a I -copy of a letter to Woodrow' Wilson under date of January 21, 1913, tell- i ing of the work of the different committees and asking President Wilson for his advice as to which chairmanship he should secure. The reply is as follows: January 30, 1913. j "Brief absence from my office and i constant absorption with thfe busi- j ness connected with the opening of our legislative session here have pre-; vented my replying sooner to your most interesting and important letter of the 21st. I want you to know with what deep ana genuine aypreciauuii; I have read it. I thank you for it ; very warmly, indeed. "Confidentially, the appropriations committee is the committee on winch! you would have the hardest work, but. your letter convinced me that it is\ also the committee in which your in- j terest chiefly lies and where you can: certainly be of the greatest and most constant service. "Ever since I was a youngster I have been deeply interested in our methods of financial legislation. Ever since then I have insisted upon the absolute necessity of a carefully considered and wisely planned budget,! and one of the objects I shall have most in mind when I get to Washing- j ? w-? tt 1 Aflr?C_ I 1011 Will oe CUXiiei^iiccs 1L11 m,y lative colleagues there with a view tJ ; bringing some bucget system into ex-j istence. This business of building up the expense of the nation, piece by piece, will certainly lead us to error and perhaps embarrasment. "I was very much pleased by your onH cJiqII Innlr forward with 1 CC1CVHVU C4.J-i.vt. ?w- ? the greatest interest to being associated with you in council. ^ "Again thanking you for your B splendid letter. "Cordially yours." This Picture and That. P "Contrast my service and work for W the party with Senator Martin's," Sen" ator Tillman said. "Last summer at1 Baltimore l lea tne souin ^aruxmei delegation. South Carolina's IS votes \ were cast first, last, and all Lie time i for Woodrow Wilson, while Virginia, j led by Martin never did give Wilson ! anv votes until he no longer needed ! them. "I decided to write another speech this morning and tell my brother democrats just how I feel, and then leave it all to them. I still feel a great injustice has been done me in this report. I also feel that Senator Martin has not acted the noble part I expected of him as a Virginian, for not once but twice and even three times since I came to Washington in j January ne nas told me ne wanted me i i Ito have on the committees whatever ? place I was entitled to and desired; and he has never notified me.that he had changed his feelings or purposeSenator Martin, after making these voluntary statements and pledges to me, became a member oi' the steeringj c*) in in j tt < which has given him my chairmanship. Fairness and dee licy, it seems to me, required him to notify 11 1- - on/1 ottitnrlo lilt! OI HIS cilclllge Ul UUllU auu auivuuv towards me. He never at any time expressed any uiuasines about my health to me. Had he done so, his conduct would not seem to despicable. When I talked with him about his own race for the chairmanship of the caucus and mentioned to him that I wanted the committee on appropriations he advised me to say nothing about it and keep others guessing, which I did. It is this phase of the subject I do not understand. I would hate to believe there has been any understanding or any promises or pledges made. As I have no proof I must perforce leave any accusations J unsaid, eui i can not neip me sua-, picion that there must have been a deal of some kind or Senator Martin would not have retired without a show down. On the Rack. "Another phase of this subject and I am through. I have been on the rack, as it were, ever since the caucus met on Monday, last, and have ; persistently refused to consider getting up the committee o.i appropriations or of givir.g up its chairmanship. It seemed that this demand was so insistent and so persistent that suspicious came into my mind, and in analyzing the situation I grew very angry. I declared to the gentlemen of the committee, who came to see nip about it that if T were turned down in caucus I would carry the fight into the senate itself. Yesteraay morning, when there had been no conclusion of the case, I went to the capitol and began writing a speech to be delivered in caucus and was engaged on it nearly all day. It was hot enough, I assure you, so hot it almost burned the paper it was written on, for I was angry from the ground up and my indignation was such that I pulled the bridle off and gave free rein to my vitriolic tongue. Some of you who have heard me ir^days past know that there are few men who can surpass me in saying biting and vindictive things. I was in this frame of mind last night, but, as is often Xhe case with men of my temperament, I slept only two or three hours and tnen waked up and began to think. All public men know that some of their best thoughts and speeches have come to them in this way. I myself know that if I could have recollected them next day, I have made better speeches in bed than I have -ever made on the platform or rostrum. When I analyzed the situation and the conditions here my anger vanished. I thought how j mtiful and contemptible in compari- I son was my fight for my rights and ! the rights of 2ny State as compared j with the great batle to be fought ' and j now being fought by democracy forj the rights of the people. I had ' * ? ? v:j.i? Vv,,* ' cn^ugni ana wnueu umtu unuss uui j my passion was stilled and entirely disappeared when I remembered President Wilson's clarion call in the | last paragraph of his inaugural ad-i dress: "I summon all honest men, allj patriotic, all forward-looking men, to j my side. God helping me, I will notfail them, if they will but counsel and ; sustain me." RJ. 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The Herald, of Athens Ga., believes that President Wilson displayed rare wisdom in selecting the Nebraska statesman for his secreta y of State. The Herald goes on to say it is not to Mr. Bryan's discredit that for three- times was a candi date for the presidency. It rather shows his steadfastness for the principles for whicfi h-e stands. It is a patent fact that he is a statesman of rare ability. His routing of the men representing what is designated the "interests" at the Baltimore conven tion are an atestation of this fact. I And in other ways he has demonstrated his fine knowledge of the political game. It is but natural that Mr. Bryan should be ridiculed and antagonized hv thp men who ar-e engaged in prey ing upon the people. There is a motive in this. Many unthinking people, whenever this crowd indulges, in vituperative attacks upon Bryan, applaud with all their might and ap1 TPHEb A thos of any as k dignified, m. but smar I snappy d fellows 1 extreme. | Hart, David Kahn, know, bettc to design su I 11 .? ? all the requi fectly tailor ? We'll show yoi |r ues at $25. Sc ies more. Men, Ladies, >m the best Mann 5a?C f/Mr Mati at . ? IJUiiO AW* * V AVI* Co. for Men at - Children, Kreppend Sb Co. are the best. N . Our Stock c w ings is C k. I % This store i parently believe that the Nebraskan ( is a menace to the country. The American people are todiay 1 feeling the effect of the hard condi- j tions placed upon them by thQ pre * ? ~ r\ datory interests, ana yet some -ul these very people shout "Bravo!"; whenever these interests make a stab at the man who is fighting their battles. I Mr. Bryan we look upon as the purest man in American politics today. We believe that he has clean hands and an honest determination to serve this country faithfully apd well. They say that Bryan is ambix;? nrv*r\ + "What, do men llUUb. VY licit UJL ?? | accomplish without? He has serv-i ed his country wqll in the past. We! expect that he will perform even greater service in the days to come. . I President Wilson, we 'believe, has I displayed rare judgment in the selec tion of his cabinet. He has not, we j feel, as Senator Dolliver said of Mr.! -v>1 Ar? I Taft, "surrounded mmseu uy mCU who know exactly what they want," but, on the contrary, has selected men who are in touch and sympathy with the needs of the country, and w-e feel particularly gratified in his j selection of William J. 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