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their republican colleagues. It is
the desire of all members of the
committee to find course of action
that will be acceptable to the entire.
senate, and the only difficulty now
appears to be to secure the consent
of those republicans who believe the
occasion calls for more than mere
words of rebuke. The resolution
will impose on the president of the
senate the task of administering the
reprlmand.
PoRTEsT IN TILLMAN'T REHALF FILED.
SENIOR SENATOR has SOMETHING
IMPORTANT TO SAY.
Washington, Feb. 27.-As soon as
the se1ate had been called to order
today MI. Frye, the president pro
tenn, said that by his direction on
last Monday the clerk had not called
the names of the two senators from
South Carolina, they being in con-
tempt of the body. On Tuesday,
he said, he had directed the clerk to
restore the names to the roll in the
event of roll call. He had do2e
this, not because be doubted the
propriety of his action on Monday,
but because q very grave question
was involved which he desired to
submit to the senate itself.
Mr.. Frye said that the senator
from Washington, Mr.. Turner, had
taken an appeal from the decision OF
the chair on Monday, but that amid
the cloud of points of order and
objections, he had overlooked the
appeal and had proceeded with other
business. The chair, Mr.. Frye con-
tinued, forgot the appeal for the
moment, and for his forgetfulness
he begged the pardon of the senator
from Washington. Had he done
such thing wilfullY, he said, he
could never have forgiven himself.
The chair, he said, had received a
letter from the senior senator from
South Carolina Mr.. Tillman) re-
questing that he be heard on the
question of highest privilege. The
chair could not entertain such re-
quest in the circumstances without
the unanimous consent of the senate,
bat at the proper time-perhaps to-
morrow-such request might be en-
tertained.
MIR. Turner called attention to the
fact that he had asked that the pro-
test of the senior senator from Sonth
Carolina be spread upon the min
utes. He had desired, he said, to
insist upon this request of Monday,
but had been cut off by points of or
der and by motion that the senate
90 into executive session. Since
that time, two adjournments had in
terfered with the performance of his
duty.
Mr. Turner maintained that the
filing officially of such protests was
in accordance with the custom of the
British parliament and with the best
parliamentary practice of this coun-
try upon any question involving a
constitutional privilege.
"The senator is right" said the
chair, "and the protest will be spread
upon the minutes without objection"
1t was so ordered.
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, chair
man of the committee on privileges
and elections, said that at the proper
time an opportunity might be af-
forded the senior senator from South
Carolina to make his statement of
privilege, but just now be felt con
strained to object.
Mr.. Hoar suggested that the pro
test spread on the minutes be re-
ferred to the committee on privileges
and elections.
II have no objections" SAID Mr..
Turner.
Mr.. Bacon, of Georgia, said it oc-
Cured to him that the protest was
not matter of further action by the
senate. 1t certainly was question
of too great Importance to dispose of
hastily.
Nj. Hoar contended that the pro-