The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-03
THINK TOO HARSH
SOUTH CAROLINA HURT AT WAY
TIELMAN AND M'LAURIN
WE'RE TREATED
REGRET THE INCIDENT DEEPLY
1t Is Felt That Roth President ana
Senate Might Have Reen More
Lenient Under the Cir
cUmstanceS.

Charles E. Roche, assistant manager
of the Southern Shipping company, OF
Charleston, S. c., was in ST. Paul yes
terday on his way to the Pacific coast,
where ne goes to look after shipping
matters in which his concern is inter-
ested. Mr.. Roche has a personal ac-
Guaintance with both Senator Tillman
and Senator McLaurin, and he feels
deeply panied that they should have had
a personal conflict on the floor of the
ser ate. as it has placed the state in a
delicate position. While he is willing
to admit that the encounter was entirely
out Of place ard an insult to the dignity
of the senate nevertheless he believes
that the subsequent action of the SEN
ate ara the president was not proper
According to Mr. Roche, the feeling is
running high in South Carolina, and the
people feel bitterly toward President
Roosevelt, whose attitude they consider
to be a direct slap at the state.
1.-The people Of South Carolina regret
more thar any other that their repre-
sertativcs in the senate should have so
far forgotten both their dignity and that
OF the senate as to indulge in a braWl,
and had the senate and the president
treated the affair in the proper spirit,
the ~eproval Of the people Of the state
would Law: been an ample reprimand for
the conduct of both the senators. AS it
is now, a number are almost ready to
glorify either of them, and some even
both. x'fS Z
''Of course I am only speaking from
ruy own observation, which may be more
or less erroneous. It was the one topic
Of Charleston at the time and every
perst n with whom 1 conversed appar-
entity Held the same opinion in regard
to the matter. We consider the suspen-
sion Of our senators as entirely errone-
Gus and unjust to the state which they
represented. From a broader standpoint,
VIC IL nix that we can see where, had
tie suspension not been revoked, a dan
Ger0us precedent would have been es-
tablished that would in all probability
have resulted seriously in the future. If
the suspension had been continued, South
Carolina would have been without voice
in the senate, and it would not have
been possible for US to send new repre-
srntatives there, as we could have done
had the been expelled.
''Then again, if a majority of the senate
wanted to suspend enough members to
pass measure, do not doubt but a way
could be found, had the precedent once
been established, and it is very easy tn
foresee what might be the result if the
majority was INSCRIPTIONS in its meth
DDS.
1--WE are perfectly willing that Sena-
tors Illlnan and McLaur1n should be rep
rimanded severely for their conduct to
any extent that will not infringe upon
the constitutional right of our state to
have it's vote in the senate. Further than
that we are not willing to go.
1.-The withdrawal of the invitation to
Senator Tillman by the president was an
unfortunate affair, in my opinion, in view
the fact that the president had been
specially invited to South Carolina for an
occasion Of great Importance to the
state. We were all looking forward with
great pleasure to the visit Of the chief
executive of the nation, but as affairs
have turned out, in my opinion, it is
doubtful whether it viii be advisable for
President Roosevelt to be present, as
the reception he would receive would not
be what it ought to be. I don't want it
understood that he would be subjected to
anything like insult, or of an insulting
character. That would be the last thing
the citizens of Charleston would do, but
l do believe that their reception will be
cool to an embarrassing degree under the
present circumstances. OF course this
sentiment is not universal as there are
Some people of the same political party
as the president, who would do their ut
most TO make his sojourn in South Caro-
lima as pleasant as possible, but 1 think
the majority do not feel at all friendly
toward President Roosevelt