Show STICKS HIS FORK FRK INTO RAILROADS Tillman Says Many of Their Of Officials Officials Officials Ought to Be in the Penitentiary STILL SORE AT ROOSEVELT GIVES AN INTERVIEW ON THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK 4 4 t f 4 4 J I SENATOR TILLMAN ON 1 PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK Senator Tillman Tiilman after his lecture last night was wal asked about the ques question 4 i tion of or presidential succession 4 Whom will the Democrats name 4 senator 4 L I dont know that they have havo any 4 4 candidate as yet et 4 And the Republicans 4 Vell Well the Republicans seem to 4 4 have a raft if f em but theres none 4 4 yet et fully developed have to tot togo 4 go around the track a time or two to tott 4 t 4 try tt their steps 4 4 Reports haye have been published sen sent senator 4 ator that if President Roosevelt t should accept a third term the south 4 would be for him Is that true 4 4 Young nan man replied Senator Till Tillman f 4 man Impressively you all can put 4 4 It In your our paper that so long as the 4 4 Democratic party part puts a ticket in the 4 4 field and stands on its platform the 4 4 south is going to vote the Demo Democratic cratic ticket But theres ojie ne thing 4 most sure and that is no 4 II lIean lican can candidate for president can 4 4 hope for or success su cess in the south who 4 stands on tie t e Republican principles 4 that endorse a 4 t Senator Benjamin R Tillman of South Souta Carolina took a fall out of the railroads last night in a characteristic address de delivered delivered livered In the First Congregational church r the auspices of the University of ot Utah Mr lr Tillmans lecture was to have hae been a discussion of railroads trusts and monopolies but when the South Carolin Carolinian ian had finished with his first subdivision the time was grown so late that he dis dismissed dismissed missed the monopolies and the trusts with witha a few words Monopolies declared Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Tillman were the creatures of the tariff which is the barrier between the trust and Its competitors Senator Tillman Is not a believer in gov goy government government ownership of railroads but he does believe b lIce that they could be handled and controlled by the thc government so that the capital invested would be given a fair return that the supervision of ot the government would put a stop to all the abuses that now exist that a lot of rail rall railroad railroad road officials ought to be in the peni penitentiary and that fines Imposed are only a drop dron In the bucket so to speak sl ak Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Tillman Is not at all pleased with the railroad rate bill of ot which he was put In charge at the last session of or congress because b causo It Is not enough A large lar e part of Mr Tillmans address last evening was devoted to a description of the quarrel he h had with President Roosevelt that resulted in Mr 11 Til man s standing refusal to go to the White House unless the president apologizes for what Mr 11 Tillman TIliman declares was a gratuitous in insult insult sult suit Senator Tillman also described in detail the Chandler Incident wherein the New Hampshire senator was made the famous when the railroad bill was nearing the crisis of Its candidacy as asa asa asa a measure for tor passage in the senate Senator Tillman Tiliman with remarkable forti fortt fortitude tude forbore touching the negro ques question tiers tion save once People marveled that he has trimmed his speech down so that it contains so little of what everybody knows the senator really wants to talk about the negro question An Unfinished Effort The opinion of oC many man of those who at attended attended attended tended Senator Tillmans lecture last evening was that the effort was not br by bran brany any an means up to the pitch of ot his former addresses In Iii this city Some said that the lecture was like a piece of copy un unedited In edited lacking eliminations here and in insertions Insertions insertions there The man who said this pointed out that If it Senator Tillman hall hail kept on lecturing on the three subjects announced ne no would not have done with his talk before 2 in the morn morning morning morning ing Senator Tillmans lecture is a corch scorch ing lag of or the railroads but his array Is far from the orderly order marshaling of cause and effect that he does so masterfully masterful In his talks on the south and its grievance Senator Tillman was Introduced to an audience of people in the First Con Congregational Congregational Congregational church at 80 Judge William H King presented the senator and paid him high compliment saying among other things that he Is 15 one of the greatest statesmen In America Judge Jude King also called Mr Tillman Tiliman an honest man and that characterization gave the senator numerous opportunities during the course of qC his lecture to refer to the fact that he had been labeled honest so often orten that It seemed as though It were indeed a rarity to find an honest man In this age of dishonesty dishonest Wall Street Coterie It was only a little while back said Senator Tillman Tiliman since the man worth wortha a million was rarely Today owing to our rapid growth and advancement there ore are re many man millionaires and as the millionaires have hae multiplied the multi multimillionaires multimillionaires multimillionaires millionaires have hac kept pace with them There are even A man worth a million now is labeled as poor All of this wealth Is Js produced by the American people and it Is controlled by the little coterie in New York or else elsewhere elsewhere where here that manipulates the stock market but we dont get our share Fifteen or twenty men said Senator Tillman can dictate the policy of finance of oC the United States They The can and do dictate the policies of or 90 0 per cent of the railroads Senator Tillman said that it is the cus custom custom custom tom for tor these big fish Ish to acquire a rail railroad railroad railroad road promulgate a list of improvements and reorganize the stock at a high figure issue bonds have a receiver appointed and where arc are the stockholders The little fellows who bought were always the vic vie victims victims tims I am a Democrat emphatically de declared dared Mr Ir Tillman who must have aw awfully awfully awfully fully hard hands to bring them Into con contact contact contact tact so violently and ani often orten I 1 believe In Inthe Inthe inthe the principle of equal privileges to all and special privileges to none I believe in an equality of opportunity and an equality of burden b but hut I never ever have and never will stomach a malter m master and I dont want p to be bt one Whirl at Railroads Senator Tillman took tool a rattling whirl at atthe atthe I the railroads in the west He enumerated enumerated enumerated a number over which he lie had trav tray traveled travel el d during the last month or two and andr rounded r up somewhat after this fashion They herd berd you OU like cattle 1 I honestly tell you that if the railroads treated us in the south as they do you in the west somebody would get shot TIle The Borah case was a magnet for tor Mr Tillman Tiliman He lie noted he said that Sen Sea Senator Senator ator Borah had just been acquitted of the charge of stealing sixteen thousand acres of land From the way things are being run in he ought to have stolen a hundred and sixty thousand acres said the senator Continued on Page 8 I I STICKS HIS FORK INTO RAILROADS Continued from Page 1 The speaker declared that Secretary Morton had been whitewashed and that his railroad had been whitewashed with him when President Roosevelt and Attorney Ator Attorney ney ne General Geral Moody found out that It I was Morton who had Issued the orders that formed the basis of a court decision to the effect that while a corporation might be punished by fines f es those who were responsible responsible responsible sible for the crimes could not be reached Attack Atack on HarrIman In a vigorous attack atta k on E H Harriman Senator Tillman Timan said that he Is the great greatest est offender of ot all al It I is such men who are the real anarchists The step lower down is L easy One says looking upon the rich violating I 1 11 the law If I he does doe it why not notI Senator Tillman Timan said that the people had it In their power to correct these evils and to bring about a restoration I believe beleve in the election he said so solone long lone as the white man only can vote ote He said the representatives of ot the people were no better than the people themselves and that when the people sent false fase representatives representatives to Washington they must suffer the te consequences Senator Tillman Tillma is on his way wy east after a tour of ot the coast cities cites Last night completed his seventh night and ad day of ot travel and speaking and ad even his robust form tor showed the signs of fatigue Mrs Tillman Tiliman Timan has preceded him on 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