The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-20
T|LLMAN DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION.
HIS WORD ARE VERY WARM

Made Should DO Proven or Shown
to be False by tho Scnutc-"Gct at
the Truth and Punish tho Guilty
or Shut Up"
If Senator Tillman has his way there
| will be another investigation into the
charges against speculating Senators.
When the Chapman resolution was
before the nate on Thursday, Till
man, with characteristic force and
candor, declared that Chapman was
not tho issue, but that tuo Senate
| should punish Senators who SDGculat.
cd in stocks Affected by Legislation.
Hc referred to newspaper charges
that within the past few days Il Senator
had spcculatcd in sugar and had made
$3, 600 in one day. ruc Senator chdrg-
cd is Smith, of New Jersey, and ttu
charge was made by Crcclman in III,
New York journal. Smith denies tn,
charge.
Tillman wants an investigation : he
does not believe in making Chapman
or any other man suffer for guilty SEN
ators. If he has his way there viii bv
another investigation.
Tho resolution relative to hringin&.
Mr.. Chapman to the bar Of the Scnut,
was taken up. as soon rs the rOutlu,
business was out Of tho way. Mr.. A.
len said he desired to present som
additional facts 1a"ing on the sub
j@ct.
Mr.. Alien said the Senate should, in
Justice to itself, take this matter ia
nnnd and deal with it promptly. II,
could understand, he said. the anxiety
Oi Chapman to shield those around him
from tho consequences Of the sentence.
BuG aS the representatives OF
seventy million of people," proceeded
Mr.. Allen, I'VE cannot afford to per
init Mr.. Chapman, the representative,
rl powerful organization which, i,
has been charged, exercises great in
hdcncc over this body, to go unwhip-
ped"
The discussion assumed u legal anJ
trchnicnl phase, Mcssrs. Faulkner, OF
W,st Virginia, White Ol California
and Spooner, of Wisconsin, arguing OF
,he law applying to Chapman.
Mr.. Hoar moved To refer the resolu
tion to tho committee on privileg,
ana elections.
Mr. Daniel, Dome crat of Virginia,
proposed IL modification OF the rrsu,u
Ion so that all reference to cXccu!iv,
,lcmcncy be stricken ont, :uvIng tn
rcso.ution to require { iupnlAn 20 ap
pea before tho Senate and purg,
nlms:it OF contempt. hlr. pcLtus
Democrat, Uf Alabama, argued INA,
ne investigation Oc opened UirCoh rv
HuirlnE Witnesses to appear and tc:;lI
", Instead OF furnishing Ln"in !Ur pa
mlStiCcuS.
Mr.. Chandler, Of New liamp, niry
asked why, |! Il petition va, being car
cu,atrd In the Senate tor the pardon q
Chapman ana ScnatO,s were being; i'm
Fortuncd To sign II, it was not propc
o Conaluc" resolution on the sub ca
Was it II, Glossary, hc ask uu, That Il r,.
c!IlOn IN rclnuusiranuC be prepared
, TILi.MAN TAKES \ HAND.
L Whrn NJ. rluman, Democrat, o,
oouth ',roiina, attempted to uu, 81 OF.
Mr. lhauuIcr The latter sugnusL, ,
tnat tue South Clru.iua = S,naI,,r OH
serve the rule Of sitting down durin.
tuc r''pIy.
, When you play ball, you alway
stand up," said MIR. Tlnmun tml,
! iHuN ht,r.
Mr.. Chandler went on to say that il
Chcrc were any Senators VINO had cu.
-aScd III speculation IN sugar stock.
winch GOu iorDId is tnc c;tsc-Jn,l
TOUR years have obtltcrittud the cyl
uencc. Ihc Old investigation nau
'"iicr: The tree had fnll.n and 1T UuHn.
10 lie. H. would be Il prupustcrous pro
| a.
81 The committee, OF the courts and %
thc newspaper press, that Cnnpmnn
'h0"id Dc pardoncu. MIR. Cuanulyl
oL!u lhnL he could not cOnculvc that
Any executive should grant sucn ii
pardon.
SenatOr Truman was then rccOgnZ Il
ior IL speech, and this caused IL dlsL,ucl
'chHaliOn on the llJOr and in the gal
',rIrs. ii'S remarks were as follows
~ seems 10 me, sir, that VIC arc no.
liter Chapman; tnat tho original m.
rc"tlgatiun was not intended To pun ;
NhhP'u&n, hut TO discover whether tuv
ocnatOr ON THIS nIOr had been Guil ,
If using his Iii t.al Position to MAKE
money hY SpcCu atihg IN stocks wuict.
were iniluncCd ny his action As Il Scnu.
.or on the committee whicn reported
ohc tarll bill. Is not worth wmI,
20 try 10 cover up this matter WIT
mdlnaSe and hlppancy. The Senator
rom New llanpsnlrc will excuse mr.
| DO not int, nd that as any rcilcctloA
lpon his language, but IL does apprar
t. me that he treated it rather ll.p
PANTY.
"lncrc arc to day in the newspapers
| oi this country direct cnarg,s ilUuLln.
| 'Oout ana being sent brOauctst, SIpnuu
| ~ correspondents in the gallery, /,
| acw tarlif Dill was reported with il
! :hangc IN the sugar schcdule, tire,
ocuators had spcCuIutcd in sugar slOcn
We have anUtacr stencil on our hands,
and instead Of it being Il dlfcrentia
n iaVOr OF tie trust OF IL third Of ii
| cent, as that was, it is now twO-thrds
i IL cent IN favor OF the trust.
There are two correspondents who
ave, over their own SIGNATURES
:harg,d d that Senators have speculate,
within the last week and made money.
Now, II you st 20 iEv ',titntr Won
nave Il new fEooUu 10 iuN.sLIu.lL,. .
you lntCud To get at the true inward
hess OF the III Utter, to get i.t the truth
and to puni. II those who arc guilty.
lay SO and co SO, or else hush. Tuur
: the whole sum and substance of il.
we 40 not want TO punish Chapman.
alone. We want llavcmcyer. w,
want the man who bought Senator's
II they were bought. We want th,
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