The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-18
TiLLMAN DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION.
HIS WORDS ARE VERY WARM

"aue SnOulu De PrOven or Shown
to be False by the Senate-"Get a
the Truth and Punish the Guilt,
or Shut Up"
IL Senator Tillman has his way ther,
Will be another Investigation into the
charges against spe culating Sena tors
When the Chapman resolution was
before the Senate on Thursday, Till
man, with charac cteristic force and
candor, declared that Chapman wa,
not the issue, but that the Senate
should punish Senators who speculat
ed In stocks affected by legislation.
de referred to newspaper charges
that within the past few days Senator
had spcculated in sugar and had made
81, 600 in one day. The Senator charp-
ed is smith, Of New jersey, and the
charge was made by Creelman in The
New York Journal. Smith denies the
charge.
Tlllman wants an investigation he
does not believe in making Chapman
2Ej o,..,r 4 ini.u suilor iur sv.lty Sen
1tors. LII he has his way there will be
another investigation.
lhe resolution relative to bringing
Mr. Chapman to the bar OF the Senate
"as taken up as soon as the routine
business was out OF the way. Mr.. Al
lon said he desired to present some
additional facts bearing on tho sub
ject.
| Mr.. Allen said the Senate should, ip
Justice to itself, take this matter in
hand and deal with 1T promptly He
could understand, he said, the anxiety
oi Chapman to shield those around him
from the consequences of the sentence.
But, as the Representatives OF
seventy million of people," proceeded
Mr.. Allen, 1--WE cannot afford to per-
! init Mr.. Chapman, tho representative
OF powerful Organiza ton which, it
has been charged, exercises great in
huence over this body, to go unwhip-
ped"
The discussion assumed legal and
technical phase, Messrs. Faulkner, Of
West Virginia, White OF California,
Hnd opooner, OF Wisconsin,, arguing on
The law applying to Chapman.
Mr.. HOar moved to refer the resolu-
tion to the committee on privileges
and elections.
MIR. Daniel, DemC crat, of Virginia,
proposed mobilization Of tho resulu-
Clon SO that all reference to executive
clemency be stricken out, leaving the
resolution to require Cuapman 10 ap.
pea: before the Senate and purge
himself of contempt. Mr. Pcttus,
Democrat, of Alabama, argued that
Une investigation be opened afresh, re-
quiring witnesses to appear and testi-
~, instead of furnishing them for past
misdeeds.
Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire,
asked why, If petition was being cir
cuIated In the Senate for the pardon of
Chapman and Senators were being i'm
portuned To sign 1t, 1t was not proper
20 consider resolution on the subject.
was IL n, ceSsary, he asked. that d pc
tItion in remonsCrance bo prepared?
TILLMAN TAKES A HAND.
When Nj. Tinman, Democrat, OF
south Carolina, attempted to question
Mr.. Chandler the latter suggested
tnat the South Carolina Senator OBJ
serve the rule of sitting down during
the reply.
When you play ball, you always
stand up," said Mr.. Tlllman amid
laughter.
Mr.. Chandler vent on to say that If
there were any Senators who had en-
gagged in speculation in sugar stock
whlcn God forbid is the case-then
four years have obliterated the eyi-
dence. The old investigation had
faileG; the tree had fallen and it ought
to lie. 1t would be IL prcposterous pro-
position, he said, after The Jrioulations
of the committees, of the courts and of
the newspaper press, thai Chapman
should be pardOned. Mr.. Chandler
said that he could not conceive that
any executive should grant such u
pardon.
Senator Tillman was then recognized
for speech, ana this caused distinct
sensation on the floor and in the gal
leries. His remarks were as follows
1t seems to me- sir, that we are not
after Chapman; that the original in
veOtigatiOn was not intended to punish
Chapman, but to discover whether any
Senator on this floor had been guilty
Of using his cal position to make
money by specuating in stocks which
were inhunced by his action as Sena-
tor on the committee which reported
the tariff bill. IL is not worth while
to try TO cover up this matter with
badinage and hippancy. The Senator
from New Hampshire will excuse me.
| do not intend that as any reflection
upon his language, but it does appear
to mo that he treated 1T rather flip
PANTY.
"There are to day in the newspapers
OF this country direct charges floating
about and bclng vent broadcast, signed
by correspondents in the gallery, to
new tariff bill was reported with a
change In the sugar schedule, three
Senators had specui ated In sugar stock.
We have another stonch on our hands,
and instead OF it being diiferential
in favor of the trust OF third OF q
cent, as that was, it is now twO-thirds
Of cent in favor Of the trust.
There are two correspondents who
| have. over their own signatures,
charged that Senators have spec lated
within the last week and made money.
Now, If you want to investigate, you
have new reason to investigate. If
you intend to get at the true inward
nees of the matter, to get at the truth
and to punish those who are guilty,
say so and do Gu, or else hush. That
is the whole sun 4. I'd substance OF it,.
We do not want to punish Chapman
alone. We want Havemeycr. We
want the man who bought Senator's,
II they were bought We want the
man who boughtyour Republican com
mittee last week, If they were bought.
That is what we are here for. And
now let the Senator who has moved to
refer the matter, and who loves the
dignity OF the Senate as much as any
Othurman, take the resolution to his
committee and bring back measure
here that will mean something.
1--WE can now make those men who
have charged that Senators have