The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Adjournment Taken Yesterday to En-
able the Committee ON Elections
to Reach Decision.
NO ACTION YET AGREED ON
DEMOCRATS OPPOSED TO SHOWING
ANY DISCRIMINATION.
Think TilIman No More Guilty Than
Observation-Disclosures Bill Amend
ments Rejected by the House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Republican
senators have not yet solved the Tillman-
McLaurin problem. Conferences were held
to-day, but there was no action.
The galleries of the Senate were thronged
with spectators when that body convened
at noon. All were anticipating a reopening
of the discussion of the controversy respect
ing the right Of the South Carolina sena-
tors to participate in the proceedings of
the body while under the ban of contempt
Immediately after the chaplain had pro-
nounced the invocation Mr. Foraker was
recognized. He said that on account of the
Mckinley memorial exercises which were
TO be held in-the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives at or about Y o'clock tomorrow
he moved that when the Senate adjourn
to-day it be until las tomorrow. The mo-
ton was agreed to. Mr.. Burrows, chair
man of the committee privileges and
elections, was recognized. He said the COM
mittee in the midst of consideration of
a very important question, a decision upon
which had not been reached. BY instruction
Of the committee he, therefore, moved that
the Senate adjourn. Without objection the
motion was carried and the Senate ad-
journed.
leges and elections this forenoon did not
result in supplying any solution of the
difficulty that the Senate is in. The Re-
confessed they had not been able to formu-
late scheme which would relieve the situ-
alton. and after less than an hours dis
cussion they asked that the committee
should adjourn until o'clock this after
noon.
DEMOCRATS SUSPICIOUS.
The meeting of the committee was marked
by the best of feeling on the part of all
oil the members and all agreed readily TO
a preliminary suggestion by Chairman Bur
rows that the question should be ap-
preached from a purely nonpartisan stand
point because of its general Importance.
1t was evident however, that the Demo-
Gratis were inclined to apprehend some ef-
fort at political advantage on the part of
the Republicans, and the channel through
which they manifested this soon became
evident when Senator Foraker made the
suggestion that there should be a severer
degree of punishment meted out TO Senator
Tillman than TO Senator McLaurin.
Senator Dubois met this suggestion with
a positive negative, and when the sug-
gestiOn was afterwards made that Senator
Tillman should be called on to prove before
the committee that the charge which he
had repeated in the Senate that his col
league had yielded 10 undue influence there
was a hint that II this matter should be
entered on some senators would insist on
the reopening OF the charges on fle in the
committee in connection with the election
OF other senator's, which charges have
never been disposed OF.
During the morning meeting Of the COM
mittee Senator Bailey notified the ReDub-
hcan members that the Democratic mem
bers would not submit TO the adoption of
a resolution suspending the South Carolina
senators. He said he agreed they should
be punished for their breach OF the peace
in the presence of the Senate. but he was
satisfied that the Democrats would not
submit TO any proceeding which would de-
prive a State OF representation.
The committee reached no conclusion in
the afternoon beyond deciding TO refer the
entire matter 10 a subcommittee and 10
meet again Friday TO consider any
recommendations made by the subcommit-
tee. The afternoon session lasted three
hours. and after the Democratic men,