sentences:  In the 1880s, Haskell became the president of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad.Haskell and conservative Democrats were bitterly opposed to Ben Tillman's candidacy for governor in 1890.Tillman was an uncouth demagogue who expressed his opposition to everything favored by the conservatives and further irritating Haskell was that while both men lost the function of an eye, Haskell courageously continued to serve in the Confederate army while Tillman dodged service.