The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-26
RESTORED TO SENATE ROLL
ACTION IN THE CASES OF 1YLLMAN
 AND M'LIU UREN.
Pres. Pre- Fem Frye Cancels His Order so as to shift Responsibility to Senate Some Doubt us to Whether His First Action Was Justifiet--O Offending Mem bers WilI, According to Plan Last Night, be Suspended for Definite Period To-day.

Period To-day.
 Washington, Feb. 25.-The most im-
 portant development to-day in connec-
 tion with the TiIlman- McLaurin epi-
 sode of last Saturday was the act of Senator Frye, president pro tenn. of the
 senate, in ordering the clerk of the sen
 ate to restore the name of the two
 South Carolina senators to the senate roll. If the present plan is carried out
 this act will be followed by the adop-
 tion by the senate of a resolution, be- fore vote on any other subject is talk en, practically endorsing the action of the president pro tenn. in ordering their names erased and suspending the two senators for some definite time.
 The order of Senator Frye for the restoration of the names to the roll was issued almost immediately after the senate convened to-day and was the re- suit of general conference among the republican leaders of the senate When asked for an explanation of this order Senator Frye said:
 Tn my rulings yesterday l believe that I was strictly within parliament tary>law; that senators in contempt are not entitled to recognition either to speak or to vote, and that logically their names should not be called. I still adhere to that opinion, but, desirous of shifting the responsibility from the chair to the senate, have directed the clerk to restore to the roll the names of the two senators from South Carolina"
 When asked if the result of this ac- tion would be the recognition of either of the senators to either vote or speak Senator Frye replied that it would not and that that was question which must be decided by the senate. He de- clined, however, to state how the ques- ton would be brought to the attention 0f the senate.
 Inquiry in other quarters developed | the fact that there had been a confer | ence of the republican leaders In Sena- ! or Aldrich's committee room during | he forenoon, and the extent of Senator l Frye's ruling, and especially it's far reaching effect, not only in this case, put as a precedent, had been very ex- laustively discussed the construction being that the action of the president [ pro tenn. in striking the names of the South Carolina senators from the roll md his refusal of a request to have heir names called was beyond prece- lent in the senate and not entirely jus flied
 On this account it was decided that his particular phase of the question hould be immediately taken up by the on privileges and elections. senator Burrows, who is chairman of hat committee. was called into the con- erence and the details of carrying out he plan was intrusted to him.
 It was decided that resolution hould be formulated providing for the suspension of the two sena- DTS, and that this resolution should be assed upon by MT. Burrows commit ae and presented to the senate as soon s possible after the converting of that ody tomorrow. The general opinion outh Carolina men should be punished ) some extent for the altercation of ' and the senators present ere quite agreed that suspension i ould be the most practicable and req t 1nable form for inf1icting this punish l lent The question of time was left 6 definite, the understanding being that g lis should be determined by the com- ittee, which meets tomorrow morn- g. q
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