Show TALKS TWO HOURS DROPS I Senator Ben Tillman Departs Depart I From Race Problem in inI I i New v Lecture I RAI RAILROADS ROADS AND MONOPOLY c Orator Roars at Way Western Lines Herd Passengers Without Check t. t t. t Senator B. B Den Ben R. R Tillman talked foi Cor or two hours at the First Congregational d church h Monday night and never ut uttered uttered ut- ut I the tho wor word Jn III ii the whole of oC the I lecture Senator Tillman would woul of oC cour course e disdain to say ay colored lIe He did l not nol entirely abstain from roiti the race question however And tUl I dont don't believe o In mob rule he lie said tal in telling what Is going to happen to i E. E H. H Harriman and his Ills kind If something is not done in a legal egal wa way I believe in elections elections- whore where white men vote vole It was a fairly well filled house that had hall gathered to hear Senator Tillman Till Till- m man n talk tall on Trusts Railroads s an and Monopolies The senator from South Carolina was sas Intro introduced by Will H. H 1 Ring King who referred to the speaker er of the evening c as tho the equal as us a statesman states states- m man n of or any man iian In the country countr an anas and andas as rugged rug honest fearless an and cour cour- ageous n Regulation of lIu Senator Tillman TilIman referred to the great interest shown at Ut present In all parts of or the country in the thc regulation of trusts The phenomena of or the Industrial un and financial world worl he lie sal said are arc due tue to changed conditions which make mako an any purl part of or the thc world orld as near an any other othel part as s South Carolina and Massachusetts were In former days lays The rho concentration of oC wealth In the han hands s of the few tew was a problem for 01 forthe or orthe the people to lo deal with wIlh The wealth ho lie said Is 15 produced b by the people Ve c have ha produced the tho wealth he said ol all and we have ha not been able to get our OUI share We Wi are ale are not sure uro whether the government o rules the railroads or UI the Iho railroads the tho gov- gov There are me a few other otiler rich corporations but are aro all Intel Intel- luce laced are 15 or 20 O men inca who lio can call u assemble In New Ne' York and anel map Jut the policy of oC the financial affairs of or the country The railroads s have already y been c concentrated Into a Do dozen or so great systems The They ma may nil all ail be re reduced to lo one says ays ho lie w wants to own all ail the railroads s in Iii tho ho country As 8 s you rou make a few Cow thousand multimillionaIres multimillionaires multi multi- millionaires you OU also c cr create ate te a few million paupers I cant can't cant help wondering won von dering delluS how it Jt is the they let Jet t these big whales live Jive in a u fret free country and eat all ull the little And Anel iid I am nm not a n nor an nn anarchist nor a l list I nm airi U a DE 1 1 t 0 r f t w rid t 0 U toril t. t i 11 rord oril I moct II M n 11 d tl tl l 1 t ii Lii t n I nl t Um ito he had luid really let Jel himsel out that evening The attack took tool the audience by storm of of- ater Water lie He thou then went vent on to lo show that thata a year cal or ur two ago there were vcr miles oC ot railways In the country country coun- coun try iry representing an actual Investment lu In building etc elc of They were capitalized at 1 1100 OO an and were worth perhaps The rho 5 5 he sai said represents nothing but water vater Ive e been traveling out here heie In tho the thoe West Vest e l for months They ore are bad beul enough In the thc South But too the way wao the they treat Ireat you ou here here and and Ive I've traveled trav tray led on the thc Union and anel tho the Southern OU eln and anel the Northern Pa- Pa chIc and the Great Northern an and the Oregon Creson Short Line nn and on them nil alt nilI altI I suppose wh why they herd you Oll like Ill tell teU you jou If Ie they tried to treat us In ill the South the way the they treat Ireat you ou here wc wed we'd shoot tome sonic of ur mn cm em Senator Tillman went vent on the talk or of ortho orthe the tho Immense Importance of railroads s stu lo tu the development e of oC the country countr Every one acknowledges that thal ho he sa said 1 l the business bust busi but want vant lo tu levy on ness Interests ts of or the time country countr a tax tac j bUSI-j of that represents nothing but hut steal He Ho next took tool up the Iho opportunities lu In the western country for Cor the rail rail- loads s and other corporations lo to ac- ac wealth dishonestly tb Control Por Go GU For FOI the railroads continued the speaker two remedies have been sug sug- itc He lie did l not nul believe bellevo in Bryans Bryan's tans plan juan of government o 0 ownership He ITO would rather consider er that tho the great greal- ost misfortune that could happen en to the country He favored oreel control un and amid that brou brought ht him to tho the topic of or railroad rate rale le legIslation I 1 am nm willing to acknowledge that I President ent Roosevelt is untitled entitled to as much credit or 01 more than any other man aLan for bringing this thil mailer maller before the thc country ho he declared i 1 am proud of or tho the United States Slates senate enate he declared III In ono one of or his digressions that formed really reany the bright points of the lecture Mem Membership lem- lem is 15 the highest in that bOll body gift ulft in ill the thc han hands 8 of or the people with the time the exception of tIme the Presidency ency lie tho time senator I is more powerful than lo of or a stale iC if no s with the party in the only If It you Ou are arc not in tIOW power I timing thins you ou get ct Is the liberty liberty liberty-a a liberty libert I often enjoy of oC of standing up lii an and Veil Veiling telling tell tell- of or think what you rou ing lug these thesa pe people th tim them in e explained how howit Tillman lillman then delegated byI by bytho it that ho he had been was S motion of or Senator Al- Al tilt the on I senatorE senators sena setma- corporation inch head of or if the as lie he called It U to take tule charge torE tors tiie lie Hepburn rate rato bill lIe Ho tal said he heImel of the had Imel his be best t In the thc debate dehate that lint consid- consid followed a followell-a a that hat h he tie debate ever hol held on cleel tho thu lb of the senate senale tim th lie he faUlt raull liim Im a a. mu aint LiFt an aIx any man alive e confessed eel f I CUll can beat hlat mo me at it that thal That light Me of getting the bill In lii the the- process L l. William explained he lie C intermediary hud had acted a an ama r and presIdent Roose- Roose Senator Tillman veit an lie he Is why all an the Hou House e. e That the quarrel with ith brought up that hind hael en ecI In Ina OIl on his blow froni ii a of the senate the floor noor fac un ill liar ii 11 calls ou O a hen U a mun ont dont hit him Uti iii you PoU South time the well vell ou ht as go ml blow yOU first or mit business was hiS loUdl declaration n a accused PresideD en tIm lh HunkinS on evelt ot of Hoot also l 0 accused iO rind rate protecting bill an Secretary wh when 11 I Iwas Iwas was proposed to bring U a charge against ug that Atchison Topeka t Santa Fe Fc company oll Returning to railroads tI his tall talk rifted drifted to harriman again If th there's theres a a. man in ID time the United States who ou ought ht to wear weal stripes he declared referring to HarrIman It Jt Itis Itis is that thai man who Imo is so puffed putted up UI and ando so o insolent that if It they hec keep keel on un you will find men who iio will t ill III into inlo mobs and will vIli string siring men like up op upon on oil lamp po I 1 dont don't believe e In mob rule either I r believe belle In election where white men muon vote o t 0 The rile remedy Senator Tillman proposed pro pro- I po posed ed by which the people ma nay may obtain speedy legIslation effectually control control- Ing lug the railroads of the time country was wasby lJ by sending to congress s both senate and house men who would represent ent the people in this matter mailer Fault Paull Lies Lits With limo Clio People I Ill In In of or I one ODd your our neighboring states state he lie wl said referring to Montana thero hero was as a senator who called himself elC u II Democrat who was practically turned out o of that body on omi account of tho ho method of or his election The charge Is openly made that thal a II new senator from Colorado ii was zis elected ejected b by bribery We 1 e Ih In Jn u Li country w whore lOze 10 R J N fault If H the legislature Is and amid corrupt it ii Is because c the people al' al aro aio debased cel or 01 corrupt If H you ou want re relief re lief from government Jo by such men reform the time man un under cr your our hat It is a pitiful thing that these two stales states from which thc these o senators come arc are with two neighboring states stales thi the only ones that give S1 the thc ballot to worn woman tom You cant can't buy a s In Inthe Inthe the lie South with all tIme the mon on Wall ull street The trusts were welO v vcr Very ry touched on oil at ut time the conclusion of the Iho lecture The Tho remedy r was wu u again aln with tho lie people though Senator Tillman claimed that the tariff bree breeds s trusts I l If we we- haven't son sense o enough to make I Ithem them quit better quit fooling with the ballot bo box bot at all It will save save- the salaries you ou pa Ila Mr I. I Tillman was in tim th the tho afternoon at the time Tabernacle Ho lie did dida iel iela a little shopping with Mrs Irs Tillman who Imo has accompanied him hini on his Ion long tour Mrs Tillman loft for foi home homo with some presents for 01 her children white while the time senator I left Ct for ful Butte continuing on oil hl his lecture tout loui |