The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-10
CARRY THEIR FIGHT To
FLOOR OF THE SENATE
TiIIman and MCLaurin Create Sensation by En-
gagng in Heated WrangIe
Suggestion Made That Neither South CarOnan Is Entitled to Seal
in That Body


was that he had been bought by pat
rOnage," and that he had renewed his
/ former contract with President ROose-
I welt Entertaining the high persona
regard that he did for both the late
I president and his successor. Mr.. Nc
/ Laurin said it would be unnecessary
| for him to say that neither would stOOB
| to so ignObIe an act.
1t was true that an unfortunate con-
dition Of affairs had existed in his state.
and that he had recommended good
men for Office because he did not de-
/ sire to see a repetition of the horrible
affair at LakeVille. when a negro post
master had been burned to death He
! had voted for the war with Spain. and
/ declared that in the same spirit iu
/ which he had cast that vote, he felt
/ that he was compelled to support the
administration thar conducted it. he
/ stin thought that the conduct of the
war should have been non-partisau,
and during its progress he had never
| heard from President McKinley's lips a
/ word concerning party advantage.
Charges Against Him.
/ While without official knowledge OF
/ the charges brought against him by
/ his Democratic colleagues, from the
/ newspapers he understood that the
Z
] opposed the ratification of the treaty
| Of peace with Spain; that he had up
/ held the administration in its Efforts
! to restore order in the Philippines and TO
that end had voted for an increase ia
| the standing army, and that he was
| in favor of the upbuilding Of the Amer
lean merchant marine.
IF these are the only charges" said
/ he, dramatically, they are true, and
L
wished TO vote against his party upon
/ the question of ratifying the peace
treaty. and had il not been for re-
/ opening of hosbities in the Philippines,
would have deferred to the opinion Of
/ his colleagues.
But" he declared, the dictates OF
! reason and conscience should not ba
stiied by the party lash"
( With bitter words Mr.. McLaurin then
/ proceeded TO excOriste the new leaders
of the Democratic party who had he
said, guided the party to its destrue-
/ ton during the last six years. and were
/ trying to cruelty those who would seek
to draw the Democrahc-=s-ty 80
/ its old allegiance.
Is Still a Democrat
| He still proposed. he said, to vote in
/ his judgment for what he believed TO
I be along the lines OF Democratic prin-
/ ciples, but he did not propose to place
/ himself against a proposition which ha
/ believed to be for the best interests
/ Of the people, simply because it was
/ advocated by Republicans.
/ II conclusion, Mr.. McLaUrin said he
/ did not propose to be drawn from his
/ own party, nor to be forced into al
/ fliation with the party with which he
/ did not care to ally himself, and that
/ rlr7hffp rrrrner1nrae r1 a
! act according to the dictates of his own
| conscience and best judgment
/ When Mr.. McLaurin took his seat
| Mr.. Jones of Arkansas took the dOOr.
| Some of the statements made by Nr.
! McLaUrin Mr.. Jones considered q re-
/ Election upon himself and said he de-
sired to offer a statement concerning
/ the incident to which Mr.. McLaurin
! had referred.
At the extra session Of che senate
/ last spring he had been asked by the
! caucus officer for the list Of senators
/ who were to be summoned TO a caucus.
/ and Mr.. McLaurin's name being men
/ toned, he (JOnes) had said that he
/ himself would see the senator from
/ South Carolina.
Jones' Talk With McLaurin.
Il met him in the cloak room said
/ Mr.. Jones, and, recalling the fact that
I he had not attended a Democratic eau
! Gus for more than two years, / asked
what his status was. He replied that
/ his relations with the party were such
/ that he thought it would be embaT-
RAISING for him TO enter the Demo
/ cratic caucus. I then said TO him
I d" You do not wish to be invited,
them and he replied. Certainly AS
I to the charge of Interior motive on my
/ part" continued Senator Jones. ~ am
/ content to treat il with the contempt
/ It deserves. 1t is notorious fact that
/ everyone seems 10 understand. except
( the senator from South Carolina. that
/ there has been no Democratic caucus
at this session of congress. i have DO
hesitancy, however, ia saying that in
/ q recent conversation with a leading
memebr Of the other side. said to him
that I did not think the Democratic
caucus could undertake to provide COM
/ mittee assignments for the senator
from South Carolina
/ Mr.. Tillman o. South Carolina was on
mis- feet when Mr. Jones concluded. Iu
his Characteristic way he answered
that while his name had not been mem
toned, he realized that he was the
cause Of it all He would not a this
time make an extended reply.
Briefly he reviewed the controversy
] btANCGlt llAAloElL anu f-FltcApl -tAtlA4tl
which LED to the joint tender Of their
designations to the governor Of South
I Carolina last spring, and told OF the
governors suggestion that the resigna-
tons be Withdrawn.
Tillman is Bitter.
Mr.. Tillman said he cOntended that
the governor was simply "a box into
which he had put letters for the leeis-
latU~-. and they could not undo their
ar ... Mr.. McLaurin had FASTENED
L. .. iraw his letter. Mr.. Tuman
ale had examined the record and
tnfl of about geo cases in the history
OF the government where senators had
resigned, Mr.. McLaurin enjoyed the
distinction of being the only one who
had Withdrawn his resignation after
Offering it,
AS TO McLaurin' 8 charge OF cOnspir-
acy to humiliate him By barring him
from the Democratic caucus, Mr. Tiu-
man called attention to the fact shat
he had not been in Washington durfn.r
the extra session of the senate last
spring.
This conspiracy he said. sis 4
dream conjured up by him. il is q
creation of his own BRAIN"
Mr.. McLaurin made no reply to SIR.
Tiliman. but in replying to Senator
Jones, said that he did not desire tb4t
there should be anything personal 81
his charge that there had been am ..fil-
terror purpose in anything he had
done