Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1910 — South Carolina Senator Critically III and May Not Recover. [ARTICLE]

South Carolina Senator Critically III and May Not Recover.

The most spectacular United States senator, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, of South Carolina, is critically ill at his home in Washington, D. C. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on the left side of the brain and this was followed by the almost total paralysis of the right side and a serious effect on his power of articulation. It is hot improbable that the attack will result fatally. Senator Tillman is the most marked type of southern democrary and many of his outbreaks in the senate from which he derived the name of “Pitchfork” Tillman were in defense of southern institutions. While -blunt 1n his speech he was somewhat of an orator and one of the men that always drew great crowds to the galleries whenever he was to speak. While not popular as a law maker, he was interesting and made for much that was honorable and his passing will be a matter of national regret.