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WHAT TILLMAN SAYS ? SENATOR'S SPEECH AT DEMOCRATIC CAUAUS PLEADS FOR FAIR PLAY Senator Tillman Said He Had Not Changed, llut Was the SaRRie DemV v. ocrat Now that He Was When He Went to the Senate Eighteen Years Ago. In expressing a preference for th? chairmanship of the Senate committee on appropriations, at the opening session of the caucus of Democratic Senators, on Wednesday, Senator D. It. Tillman delivered an address before ills party colleagues which will, no doubt, he read with interest by the people of Soutli Carolina. In his address Senator Tillman reviewed his course in the Senate, laid great stress on the manner of liis reception, in December, 1895, by the other members of that body and their opinions concerning him. "I was shunned by many as a 4Wild man from Borneo' and my utterances were not considered worth gerfous notice or thought," said the Senator, who further declared that he had not changed, but was the same Democrat now as then and many by whom at that time he "was almost regarded as an anarchist" had "caught up" with him and "are now leading the procession or trying to do so." In reference to the chairmanship .on appropriations, to which he feels himself entitled, Senator Tillman ex pressed confidence in his ability to discharge the duties of the position and at the same time serve the country by helping President Wilson's administration carry out its policies, especially that of economy. The complete address of Senator Tillman follows: ^ Senator Tillman's Address. 4 Mr. Chairman: I have been in the Senate eighteen years, and have just been sworn in for a fourth term, as . all here know. In all these years, I have seen a great many changes in the Senate and have learned much about public affairs. When 1 came here in December, 1 895, Cleveland was President and a "Gold Hug". Stewart, of Nevada, held the balance of power between the Republicans and Democrats. Being a silver Republican, he was a rantankerous Democrat on that subject, and that alone. He voted with the RenNuhlimns on most, other issues. Bryfj?hism or the "silver craze", as they called it, was in very great disrepute among a certain sort of Democrats. In 1890 Bryan was defeated, as ] have always believed by corrupt use of money. Again he was defeated in 1 900, and in 1908. I always supported and worked for him becauso I thought he was right, and it is a great satisfaction and gratification to me to see that he has at last, by steadfastness and bravery won the. confidence of the American people to such an extent that he dominated the Democratic Convention in Baltimore and is now Secretary of State. I believe, but for his influence and management at that Convention, Woodrow Wilson could not possibly .have been nominated; and if Woodrow Wilson had not been nominated, it is very doubtful whether Democracy would have won the last election. When I came to Washington, I was so ultra and radical in my feelings and utterances, that I was hardly tolerated 'by some men. I was shunhed by many as a "wild man from Borneo" and my utterances were not considered worth serious notice or thought. I was almost regarded as an anarchist. The people have caught up, and some of those wlto wero then lagging behind and pulling back, are now leading the procession or trying to do so. I have seen myself dubbed a "reactionary", ?.im?r>unr that, mav be: while it is now fashionable to be "progressive", whatever that may be. I have not changed at all; I am simply a Democrat still as I have always been, and believe religiously in the principles of Democracy as enunciated at Haltimore. Ilad I been well, I would have had a prominent place in that picture as I have had in so many previous National Democratic Conventions. Realizes Physical Infirmities. Put, alas! my hold on life is nearly spent and physical weakness compels me to husband what little strength T have remaining. However willing I may be, prudence compels more care about the work I undertake and cautiofyaganist overburdening myself or making speeches. In 189f>, Arthur Pue Gorman was the leader in the Senate on the Democratic side, And he and Senator Cockrell largely determined the committee assignments. Neither one of these men is here now. Democrats In the Senate dwindled until they became one-third of the body, and that mirority had so little leadership and wab handled with so little discipline that the Republicans had full sway and perpetrated very many Infamies on the American people and robberies which would have .been prevented by good leadership and dis% cipline. I have never known a. time since I have been a member of the Senate when some Democrat could not be relied on by the Republicans to vote with them in an emergency. Often they got two or three. Prom whatever motive these men acted the result was the same: Democratic defeat and Democratic disgrace. We were a headless, tailless and spineless aggregation of politicians, each working seemingly to have his own way and looking out for himself without regard to the party. There were always men who were willing to submit to the rule of the majority, although that was a fundamental Democratic principle. There has been no real leader in the Senate on the Democratic side since my entry into it. Bailey had the ability and knowledge of public matters, but his infirmities of temper and lack of tact made his leadership unthinkable to some men. Then envy and jealousy were at work. Finally In one caucus we did pass a resolution to make it a party law that a two-thirds vote carried with it an obligation on the part of any man who claimed to be a Democrat to obey and vote accordingly, unless it involved his construction of the Constitution or was against his pledges to his own constituents. Urges Adherence to Rule. This is my recollection of it and the resolution ought to be somewhere if we have any archives or records. I am only giving its substance as I recollect it. I have always believed, and believe now, that this rule ought to be religiously observed and enforced. Let the party show to the country that it means business. (Men who are not for us are against us, and the sooner we know it, the better for all concerned. Leadership in the Senate can not come by primary election or from a vote of its members; it must be won on the floor, and the man who aspires to such leadership must demonstrate his capacity as a debater, his foresight and acumen as a leader, his geneneralshlp as a manager, and his capacity to enlist the ardent support of his fellow Senators. Napoleon Honaparte, the greatest military genius of modern times, said "An army of sheep commanded by a lion is better than an army o-f lions commanded by a sheep." The time has come in the history of our party when we must show whether we are capable of governing the country or not. I believe we have the right President, ,but his administration will prove a failure if Congress does not back him up properly. The complexion and work of the committees of this body and the other will determine whether his Administration will be a success and the party able to run the government successfully. I do not believe in any one man being allowed to name the committees or place men on them. It ought to be done by those who have had some experience and opportunity to judge of the special fitness qualifications, and aptitude of his colleagues. It ought to bo done in a way to obtain the best results for the success of the party, and not to gratify men's ambitions and help them get places on special committees because they will get more prestige at home. Work and loyalty t# the party must govern. What we need is "team work" to use a football phrase, and discipline. Above all we need a steering committee that will direct the Democratic majority or indicate to it how Democrats ought to vote. Individual opinions and wishes must disappear from among us until wo get a larger majority. It will depend on how we do the work for the country and conduct the Government whether our majority shall increase or disappear altogether. Democracy has been given an opportunity after more that fff* *r wnoi.o <-?f ovlln nnd eh nil Id it fail ksj jrv;ai o VI v.Aiiv, ?v.. v. , w. ? ? to como up to expectations of the people, some other party will ,be given control of the Government, ltulo of Seniority. Almost from the foundation of the Government the rule of seniority has obtained in the Senate and House. There are some good things about it and some bad. Length of service in the Senate gives experience and knowledge of public a.ffairs which new men ca not be expected to have. Hut because a man has been here a long time it does not entitle him to a chairmanship, unless he is able to fill it acceptably to the Senate itself and do good work for the party. If a man is a failure as chairman of an important committee and cannot explain and defend its bills on the floor of the Senate itself, ho is a failure and ought to be demoted. If he is not loyal to the President and to the platform ho ought to be demoted. I have felt that the committee on appropriations would he too much of a burden for me to carry. I feel that I can best serve my country what little time I have left ,by serving President Wilson's administration and 1 want to occupy in the Senate a place to accomplish that. Of course, I do not know what will be the action of this caucus as to how chairmanships shall be assigned ?whether the chairman of the caucus shall name all the committee chairmen in their order, as his judgment dictates, or whether he shall be assisted in that work by men selected by the caucus?a committee on committees as it were. If we had ^>een together longer and knew each other better, or if the selection of th membership of the committees could be deferred until some time later, until the newer men had had an opportunity to get acquainted with _I ' BACON IS TURNED DOWN ) 1 ' SENATOR (MRK IS CHOSEN \ PRESIDENT PRO TEM. I Action Occasions Great Surprise, Supporters of Georgia Senator Charging Unfair Treatment. After spending the greater part of Friday in caucus, the Democratic Senators succeeded in agreeing upon candidates to fill only three of the five offices of that body. These were Senator James P. Clarke, of Arkansas, to succeed Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, Republican, as president pro tem of the Senate; the Rev. E. J. Prettyman, of the District of Columbia, to succeed the Rev. U. G. B. Pierce, as chaplain, and Charles P. Higgins, a real estate dealer of St Bonis to succeed E. Livingstone "" " I, ? Cornelius, us sergeant-at-arms. .Senator Clarke was elected by a vote of 2 7 to 14 over Senator Bacon, of Georgia, who alternated with Senator Galhnger in the oflice of president protem throughout the last session and whose election had .been considered practically a certainty since the' Democrats gained control. Senator Clarke was placed in nomination by Senator O'Gorman, of New York, and Senator Bacon by his colleague, Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia. Ik)th were eulogized by their champions. Other Senators seconded the nominations. Mentioning the fact that Mr. Clarke's term would expire in the next two years, his supporters made an appeal for his election on the ground that it wcmld be of assistance to him in his race for re-election. They also urged the fact that Senator Bacon was in line for the championship of the Committee on foreign relations as a reason why he should not be elected to preside over the Senate. The result of the election caused considerable stir, the friends of Senator Bacon feeling that he had not been fairly treated. At the afternoon session Senator Smith tendered his resignation as a member of the steering committee, to which he had been appointed only Thursday. iMr. Smith, who had been especially zealous in his support of Senator Bacon, said he felt his colleague had been made to suffer on his account. He was induced to withdraw the resignation later, but not until there had been a general discussion of the &fffclr. Senator Bacon himself said he had been unprepared for the defeat because he had not known there was any other applicant for the ofTlce. He added that if he had been informed that any other person desired the honor he would have withdrawn from the race. Senator Tillman spoke at some length, charging Mr. Bacon's defeat to the intemperate desire on the part of some Senators to do away with the /established customs of the Senate by retiring the older men in the interest of the new. He found in Senator Bacon the first victim of the modern crusade and uttered a warning against proceeding too far along this line. the older ones and learn of each other, undoubtedly we couM organize a better working Senate as fir as Democrats are concerned than we have had since I have been in it. If I am given the chairmanship of the committee on annronriations. to which I am entitled under all the rules heretofore governing in this body and the custom of almost a century, I would request the right to name at least two of the new men who have just come in to he on that committee to aid me in the heavy work that would be imposed on me. 1 would have the advice and aid of the men already on the committee who are familiar with its work and upon whom I could 'rely also to assist; and by .being permitted to designate the Senator who should take an appropriation bill on the floor and handle it, I feel that I could discharge its duties acceptably, unless my health grows much worse than it is now. Without this help I believe I would break down. My duty to myself and to my family comes before any and all things else. I shay, of course, if made chairman of the committee on appropriations, drop down on the other important committees of which I am a member, naval affairs, and I want to get off of the interstate committee altogether. Where Economy Should Begin. I think we ought, to set about devising ways and means to economize wherever it is possible. The party has come into power after long years of exile under the banner of reform and reduction of expenditures. The people expect it of us, and there are many ways in which expenditures can be reduced. 'But senators and Congressmen should set about this important work by beginning with themselves. I have a messenger on the present little committee I have which never meets or has any business before it. I do not remember in all the years I have been its chairman since 1905 that it has never had a single bill to consider. My correspondence is very heavy and both of my stenographers are kept busy. I could get along, without the messenger and the Re-' publican who gets this committee \ KU1WN TO AI OIKS ! * THREE HUNDRED TONS DYNAMITE EXPLOEES BEING LOADED ON SHIP ? The Countryside for Miles Around Felt the Mighty Hlast, and Tall Buildings in the City of Baltimore Were ltocked as if by a Great Earthquake. It is believed that at least fifty men have been killed and an equal number injured by the explosion of 3 00 tons or more of dynamite that was being transferred to the steamer Alum Chine in the lower Baltimore harbor Friday morning. Many of the victims were members of crews of vessels that were anchored near the Chine when the dynamite intended for use in the Panama canal zone let go. Up to mid-afternoon it had been possible to make up a definite death list. Of the victims four belonged to the crew of the Alum Chine and three were on board the United States naval collier Jason. Twentynine other men on the collier atfO the greater part of the crew of the Alum Chine were injured. The Jason was about 700 feet away at the time. She had just been completed by the Maryland Steel Company and was soon to have had her government trial trip. Six of the crew of the tug Atlantic lying alongside the Alum Chine were killed and the tug practically destroyed. The latest reports place Hie number of dead at twenty and the injured at forty. Of the latter, ten of the Jason's people are said to be fatally hurt. Forty stevedores are unaccounted for. If they were on the steamer It is considered certain that they perished. The tremendous explosion shook the country for miles around. Windows were broken and chimneys knocked off houses a dozen or more miles from the scene of the disaster. At Sparrows Point a school house was partly destroyed and several children hurt. Baltimore was shaken as if by an earthquake. Tall buildings in the center of the city were rocked by the shock. Scores of vessels hurried to the explosion scene. Floating bodies were drawn from the wreckage and some of the injured were rescued from the debris. Thirty or more badly hurt men were brought to Baltimore hospitals. The Alum Chine had been at Balti more since March 1 and was finishing the loading of a cargo of high explosives for the Panama canal. Friday morning a lighter with four railroad cars was towed to the vessel's side and the task of loading was expected to be finished in a few hours. Nearby were the tug Atlantic and several haunches. Suddenly a puff of smoke came from the Alum Chine's hold. One of the crew noticed it and appreciating the imminent danger i an screaming to the dock, followed by as many men as had time to escape. Right alongside the Alum Chine was the launch Jerome, into which leaped fourteen of the British boat's crew. The men on the lighter made effort to escape. The captain of the tug Atlantic was too far away to render any assistance and too close to escape its coming doom. When the fleeing launch was 200 feet from the Alum Chine the explosion came. There was a deafening roar as the explosive let go. Columns of flames shot out from every portion of the vessel and the air was filled with flying debris. Fragments of machinery and portions of the hull of the boat weighing tons were shot hundreds of feet into the air. Young Woman's Ilody Pound. Mrs. Katherino Godfrey a young widow, was found murdered early Thursday in her flat in New York. Her head and face had been horribly battered, presumably with a club. The police attributo the crime to gangsters. ? Many Offices to Pill. To President Wilson will fall the task of filling over 1,4 00 places made vacant by the refusal of the Senate to confirm appointments by President Taft since December 2. should do likewise. An examination of the svstem which obtained when I came to the Senate will show how the number of employees has increased. I know it is very difficult to have friends clamoring for places and then vote to cut out the number of positions, but we ought to he honest with the people and not give them lip service. Wo ought not to preach economy unless we are willing to practice it, and not make others practice it unless we practice it ourselves. I have thought it worth while to say this much at the opening of this caucus and, being one of the three oldest Democrats in service in the Senate, I hope my motives will not be misunderstood or my purpose misconstrued. VETERANS ATTENTION CAME VERY NEAR BEING IIELI) UP BY THE VETO. Had Not the Bill Been Parsed Over the Governor's Veto the Veterans Would Have Lost. The Spartanburg Journal says if section forty of the State appropriation bill, vetoed by Governor Blease, had not been passed over his veto the veterans of South Carolina could not have received any pensions this year and the interest on the State bonds could not have been paid. Subsequently, however, the bill was passed over the veto, but the matter is not entirely cleared up yet. The section follows: "That in anticipation of the taxes hereinbefore levied, the governor and the State treasurer and the comptroller general be, and they are hereby empowered to borrow on credit of the State so much money f ??/a time i r~\ t Smn 00 ni o t? ii win iiiuv iv i i nic an maj w\ n* vavvi to meet promptly at maturity the interest which will mature on the first day of July and on the first day of January of each year on the valid debt of the State and to pay the current expenses of the State government for tho present fiscal year and for pensions; provided, the sum so borrowed shall not exceed the sum of $000,000." Governor Blease vetoed this bill and then sent a special message making known his intention of refusing to sign the notes jointly with the comptroller general and the State treasurer. The act does not say a majority must sign the notes, but says that all three must sign them. And hence if the Governor makes good his word, not to sign these notes with the Treasurer and the Comptroller General, it will not be possible for the veterans to get any money or for the interest on tho bonds and would possibly make the sale of future bonds mofo difficult. The Governor gave no reason for his opposition to the bill. Tt was vetoed so late in the session that it could not have been amended and had to either be accepted or rejected. The bill was accepted by two-thirds of both the House and Senate and rejected by the Governor. If the Governor consents to sign 1 ? ? ? ? ? A ? ? .11 1? i /-? r I ^ m/\r? n?? m/-vm #"? ti 11 I I113SC IIOIBS W ll.ll 111l i canuiui unit the Comptroller General, the veterans will get their pensions as usual this year and interest on the bonds will be paid. Otherwise, and Mr. rillease has said he would not sign the joint notes, there will be no pensions this year. ? BATTLE MONUMENTS DAMAGED. ? Memorials on Gettysburg Field Soarred by Unknown Vandal. Eight monuments on the Gettysburg battle field were badly damaged Thursday night by a vandal, who evidently used a heavy hammer for his destructive work. The monuments which suffered were the Fifth corps headquarters, Forty-ninth and Ninety-Sixth Pennsylvania, Fortieth New York, Grant's Vermont brigade, Sixth Maine, Fifth Wisconsin and Thirtyseventh Massachusetts. Large pieces of granite were chipped off prominent parts of all the memorials, while in several instances parts of the faces of soldiers were knocked off, guns mashed and parts of bodies broken. It is believed the work was done by some one disappointed in seeking employment in the national park. HOLDERS TORTURE WOMAN. Tried to Make ller Tell Where Her Money Was Hidden. At New York robbers tortured Mrs. Harry Jacobs, wife of a postal clerk, by binding and gagying her Thursday night, and in her presence offered a sixteen-months-old baby a slice of bread spread with poison, because she would not reveal where she kept *- - ? ? ? ,v t rv e\ of Al*\f nor money, uuuuiuiiiK iv/ i,itvj ov_v/1 j she told the police. "Nod your head, if you will tell us," one of the trio said to Mrs. Jacobs, as he held the broad out to the child. Tho baby knocked it to the floor. They repeated tho offer and the baby again refused the poison. Abandoning this effort tho men searched the apartments. A pocketbook containing $28 was stolen. ? Fell Seventeen Stories. John rirunnon, a marble worker, fell from the seventeenth floor of the municipal building at New York City to tho bottom of an elevator shaft on Tuesday and treated his experience so lightly that those who Ian to his aid found him rolling a cigarette and casually inquiring if an ambulance could be summoned. iRrunnon was saved from being dashed to pieces because he landed on a bundle of empty bags, lie suffered fractures of the leg bones and a slight scalp wound, hut will recover. ? Seized Under Webb Uaw. At T^awton, Okla., under the authority of the Webb law prohibiting wholesale liquor shipments into "dry" states, officers confiscated 43 cases of whiskey and 16 casks of beer which had been shipped to local dealers by firms in Port Worth, Tex., and Kansas City, Mo. The consignment was found at the depot. ' M GIVES HIS VIEWS , ? ? SENATOR TILLMAN STANDS DP FOR RIS RlfiHTC a w uaw aaauu V FIRST CAUCUS IS HELD > TIi? Senior Senator Declares Himself Kntitlod to the Chairmanship of the. Appropriation Committee by the Rules and Custom of the Senate and He Should Have It. When tho Democrats of the new Senate met in caucus Wednesday to elect a chairman, there was no opposition to Senator John W. Kern of Indiana as the new leader. Senator Martin of Virginia, retiring Democratic leader, declared a few days ago he was glad to lay down the responsibilities of his oflice. The retirement of Senator Martin and the candidacy of Senator Kern end a long struggle for control of the Senate of the Sixty-third congress between tho so-called progressive Democrats and the old conservatives. It was generally understood there would be no move to disturb the old tenners in uieir comimuee assignments. Immediately after the caucus assembled, Mr. Kern was unanimously chosen by acclamation. Senator Newlaiuls of Nevada was chosen vicechairman, and Senator Saulsbury of Delaware, one of the newly elected members of the body, was named as secretary of the caucus. The caucus took up committee assignments. The caucus authorized Senator Kern to appoint a committee of nine to devise a plan for the reorganization of the Senate committtoes, with the understanding that he should present his list to the caucus at a meeting later. Senator Tillman made a statement reviewing his political course since his entry into the Senate, explaining his views as to the principles of Senate organization, arguing for the basis of seniority, and expressing his personal preference for the chairmanship of the committee on appropriations, to which, he said, he was entitled under all the rules heretofore governing and the custom of almost a century. In addition to the portion of his remarks which ho made public, covering four closely spaced typewritten naees. it was understood that Senator Tillman told the caucus ho had consulted with President Wilson as to the chairmanship that he should choose, and that Mr. Wilson had urged him to select appropriations. The statement also contained a strongly eulogistic reference to Mr. Bryan, now Secretary of State, and to tho Senator's friendship for him through thick and thin. Senator Tillman said President Wilson was heartily in favor of rigid economy, and that he was ready to back him in it. He was given close attention. When it was suggested that Chairman Kern select the steering committee, subject to approval of the caucus, Senator Ashurst, of Arizona; Senator Owen of Oklahoma, and others objected, declaring that in their fight for the reorganization of the Senate they had been contending for a principle and that they hail understood that tho steering committee was to be elected outright by the caucus. They declared that to let Senator Kern name the committee would be continuing the samo system that prevailed when Senator Martin was chairman. By a vote of 18 to 31, or thereabout, the protest of the insurgent progressive* overruled. There is a protest of some live Progressive bucking against the Kern "harmony program" beforo the matters are settled. ? ATTACKED BY EAGLES. ? Goatherd Tiifted Thirty Feet in the Air by Birds. A letter from Koine to the London Express says a goatherd named Giovanni Sanni narrowly escaped being kidnaped by two eagles while tending his flock in the Asta valley. Despite his resistance, the eagles, which swooped down on the astonished goatherd, lifted him in the air for a height of thirty feet. Then startled by the cries of their victim the eagles released their hold. Another goatherd found tho injured man lying unconscious in a fleld. He is now in a hospital, in a soml-insano condition, and suffering from severe lacerations on the head and shoulders by the talo*s of the eagles, as well as from a fractured leg. ? Voted Against Governor's Veto. Hon. Georgo R. Rembert, the governor's floor leader In the House, voted against the governor's veto of most of the items of the appropriation bill and in some cases he expressed his stand most strenuously. Yjived in This State. David Francis Houston, Secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, is a native South Carolinian and a graduate of the State University. * \ .