The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-04
TILLMAN VER TROUBLESOME.
AGAIN INSISTS " A SUGAR sPECU.
LATION IVESTIG ALTON.


out That If iii south Carolina SEN
atOr's Plan SpuId Prevail the SEN
ate Could BdFOrced 10 Devote Its
Whole Tin to Investigating
Charges Against Its Members-An
Exciting ClIOquy Involving a
Question of ieracity EnIivens the
Debate.
Washington, inc S.-The Senate again
made good process on the tariff bill to-
day. covering atut ten pages of the met
al schedule, an almost completing it..
The formal consst against the measure
was main tainedbut all amendments tend
ing to change ie bill as reported. were
voted down, al the finance committee
was sustained. rhe debate was mainly of
a technical clracter The republican
senator's confined the policy of refrain
ing from mal1ig speeches.
Before the taft bill was taken up, Mr..
Tillman of Solh Carolina gave the Sen
ate an hour oiexciting controversy over
the proposed syar Investigations.
Mr.. Vest of Missouri offered a resolution
rectlng that tie skeletons of American
soldiers xii ID at Buena Vista
in 1S47 we're now exhumed,
and asking the state depart
ment to invesigate the subject and re-
port the fact3to congress. A letter was
read in this qnnection from Consul Gen
eral Crittendh saying the matter should
receive the IGNITION of the authorities at
Washington A clipping was enclosed stat
ing that the ZONES of American soldiers
were bleaching in the sun.
The resolutiq was then agreed to.
Mr. Tillman then came forward with
another phase ii the proposed sugar in
yestigation, cloing with motion to dis
charge the committee on contingent ex-
penses from futher consideration of the
resolution recently offered by him to in
vesigate the alleged speculation in sugar
stock The no4on contemplated an i'm
mediate vote by the Senate on the sugar
investigation resolution.
Mr. Tillmar spoke in his usual vehe-
ment style. which attracted much atten-
ton and dreV crowds to the galleries. He
began by presenting a clipping from a
Haverhill, \. H., newspaper, referring to
the recent speech of Mr.. Tilman, and
adding a query as to whether the pro-
posed sugar inquiry would be supplements
ed bylan inquiry into the charges of ex-
Senator Butler, in connection W tn Mr..
Tillnbn's amendment of the South Caro-
Ina iispensary law. The charges against
him were stale, MIR, Tillman said. He
had met them before, and he read an open
lettf written to the people of South Car
oin;. charaeterizing the charges as SIAN
der This was an attempt to divert at
tenqon from the sugar scandal, the SEN
a;o1 declared, but the attempt would fail
lie had come from the plow to the gov
orndship of South Carolina over the pros
trait forms of those constituting the old
regime, and it had won him many enc
mics All the crimes in the decalogue
had been charged against him. He had
appealed to his people, and they had sus-
tainel him, sending him to the Senate
after a heated canvass. in which Mr.
Buuei had sought to fly blow his CTfll-
mans character.
Now the same old eggs were brought
forward. If any man desired TO look into
his Character then, said Mr.. Tilman, he
Oourte6 the fullest inquiry. And any other
senator against whom there was the
breath Of scandal. should have the charges
probed to the bottom and the scandal dis
PEELED. He had made no charges against
the senator from New Jersey, Mr.. Smith,
he declared. but had merely submitted the
published charges now before the public,
end, since the committee had made no re-
port on the resolution, Mr.. Tillman said
Re would now move to discharge the COM
mttee from further consideration of the
resolution. so that" he added, with ris-
ing infection, senators can now put them
selves on record as to whether they want
these charges investigated"
Mr.. Tillman dropped into his chair, but
was quickly on his feet again. He had
he said, approached the chairman (Mr
Jones of Nevada of the committee on con-
tingent expenses, and had been told by
him that he was ready to report the reso-
luton, but was awaiting the action of the
other two members of the committee
Messrs. Jones of Arkansas and Gallingel
OF New Hampshire. -.---....,....
Mr.. Galinger then secured recognition
for a statement of the attitude of the com
mttee, he being the senior member in the
absence of the chairman, MIR. Jones Of
Nevada. Every man in public life feels
the sting of false charges" he said, "anC
must the Senate pause every time such
accusations are brought. to spend its time
and the money of the United States in pur.
suing these charges? II this is to be the
case, then there would never be tariff bill
or any other bill"
Mr.. Vest suggested that there was q
precedent for ignoring charges against
Inc personal character or a senator. lie
referred to the attitude of Senator Thur.
man when an investigation was proposed
against one Of his associates. He had
held the courts were open for private re-
dress, and that it was not for the Senate
TO undertake to right a private wrong
There had been not one dissenting voice
from this position, Mr.. Vest asserted, and
II was not for the Senate to put aside il:
public business to attend TO the private
character of senators.
Mr.. Tillman was again on his feet The
newspapers were trying TO make a fire In
his rear. he said while he was engaged
"a fire in front. His resolution simply
sought to determine whether the finance
committee was the creature of the sugar
trust, whether senators were the tools
and paid agents Of the sugar trust" oil
whether they We're here performing thell
duty as honorable men.
Mr. Gallinger, proceeding, said the peo-
pie OF each senator's state must pass upor
his character. The people Of South Car.
DINA had passed on the character Of the
senator from South Carolina and that was
sufficient vindcation without an appeal
70 the Senate.
Can Senator Aldrlch and the commit.
tee deny a hearing?" queried MIR. TIL
man, when the paper making the charge
offered TO aDDcar and DrOve the charge p