Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-04
TIILMAN'S YEARN.
L b To Be Assured Of the Com.
- pany He Keeps.
sAAs PEuR EFT SANS REPRooHE BE,

Tho Senatof Wants n Proven That HI
Colleagues Ought Not To Be In the Peni.
tentiary Instead Of the senate-Gallin
gers Soothing Assur.nce-An Issue Of
veracity Between South Carolina and
Nevada Remains Unsettled.
Washington, June 4.-The senate again
made good progress on the tariff bill
yesterday. covering about ten pages Of
the metals schedule and almost COM
pleting 1t. The formal contest against
the measure was maintained, but all
amendments tending to change the bill
as reported were voted down, and the
finance committee sustained. The de-
bate was mainly Of q technical charac-
ter. the Republican senators continuing
the policy Of refraining from making
speeches Before the tariff bill was TAX
en- up Tillman gave the senate another
hour OF exciting controversy over the
proposed sugar investigation. He de-
tended himself from published charges
relative to his administration Of the
governorship Of South Carolina, ard
then moved that the committee having
charge of the sugar resolution be dis
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thus bringing the subject directly before
the senate.
SpOtless Man from Carolina.
. Tillman began his statement by pre-
fenting q newspaper clipping which re-
ferred to charges made against him in
connection with his administration
while governor of South Carolina. These
charges he declared were stale. He had
met them before and he read an open
letter written to the people Of South
Carolina characterizing the charges as
SANDERS This was an attempt to divert
attention from the sugar scandal, the
senator declared. but the attempt would
fail. All the crimes in the decalogue
had been charged against him. He had
appealed to the people and they had sus-
tanned him, sending him to the senate
after aheated canvass. Now the same old
eggs were brought forward. If any man
desired to look into his character he
courted 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 dispelled.
Gallinger Thinks Life Too Short.
Gallinger then secured recognition for
statement of the attitude of the COM
mittee. Every man in public life feels
the sting Of false charges" he said, land
must the senate pause every time such
accusations are brought to spend its
time and the money Of the United States
In pursuing the charges? If that was the
case. then there would never be a tariff
bill or any other bill. As for himself.
Gallinger said he would decline to enter
into an inquiry as to the character of the
senator from South Carolina or of any
other member Of the senate. In his own
good time, and after the resolution had
been carefully examined, there would
be report to the senate"
Position the "Old Roman" Took.
Here Vest suggested that there was a
precedent for ignoring charges against
the personal character of q senator. He
referred to the attitude of Thurman
when an investigation was proposed
against one of his associates. He had
held that the courts were open for pri-
vate redress and that 1t was not for the
senate to undertake to right a private
wrong.
Tillman was again on his feet. The
newspapers were trying to make a fire
in his rear, he said, while he was en-
gagged in a fire in front. His resolution
simply sought to determine whether the
finance committee was the creature of
the sugar trust, whether senator's were
the tools and paid agents Of the sugar
trust" or whether they were here per-
forming their duties as honorable men.