Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-03-05

tlOn reported.
The report of the minority Of the
committee then was read.
In this statement the senators sign
ing 1t say that while they accept the
statement Of the case as made in the
principal report, they do not agree
| with the majority Of the committee as
to tn. punishment proposed by the ma
jority. They then say:
'The junior senator from South Car
olina is guilty of unparliamentary Ian
guage. The senior senator from South
Carolina Is guilty of physical violence.
Neither in the statutes of any state or
in the common opinion Of mankind are
these two offenses the same. The
slightest form Of punishment is a repri-
mand or censure. 1t Is the latter which
the majority proposes to infiict for two
offenses differing in character and
gravity. The minority Of the commit
tee are Of the opinion that this punish
ment is adequate, and that to ignore
the differences between the offenses Is
unjust. The minority Of the committee
is Of the opinion that suspension Of
the two offending senators from their
senatorial privileges heretofore inflict-
ed should now be formally adjudged
and continued for different periods Of
time"
The report concludes by recommend
ing that Senator McLaurin be suspend
ed from his functions as senator for
five days and that Senator Tillman be
suspended for 20 days.
Mr.. Pritchard's adoption to the above
statement is in the following language:
II concur in all the foregoing views
except as to the punishment of the ju
nior senator from South Carolina. It
is my opinion that the punishment he
has already suffered Is adequate to his
offense. I make no recommendations
as to the punishment to be imposed on
the senior senator from South Carolina.
Mr.. Bacon called attention to what
he considered an important omission
In the narrative Of the majority con-
rences Of last Saturday. There was no
official record ofsthe proceedings in the
secret legislative session, he said, but
some Of the salient facts ought to be
brought out. He said that the senior
senator from South Carolina (Mr. Till
NAM had expressed his desire through
the senator from Kentucky (Mr. Black
burn) to make public acknowledgment
Of his error and to apologize to the
senate. The junior Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. McLaurin) had express
ed the same desire through him (Mr.
Bacon). He deemed it important that
these facts should be made a part Of
the record.
When the name Of Mr.. McLaurin, of
Mississippi, was reached in the roll
call, he said:
Being related by kinship to one of
the senators involved, ask to be ex-
cused from voting"
The request was granted.
Mr.. McLaurin, Of South Carolina, one
Of the offending senator's, said in re-
sponse to his name, which had been re-
stored to the roll: II refrain from vot-
ing for obvious reasons"
When Mr.. Tillman's name was called
he rose deliberately-4 Every eye In the
chamber was fixed upon him. His face
was stern and set and he was pale as
sheet. Evidently he was laboring un-
der great emotion.
Among gentlemen" said he, slow
ly, and his words were heard distinctly
in the uttermost parts Of the chamber,
IAN apology for an offense committed
under the heat Of blood is usually con-
sidered sufficient"
Then he resumed his seat amid gasps
of astonishment among senators and
| spectators.
Mr.. Burrows hastened to the desk Of
the official stenographers and directed
that Mr.. Tillman's words be written
out at once.
At the conclusion of the roll call but
| before the announcement Of the vote,
Mr.. Kean, Of New Jersey, who had
voted for the resolution, addressing the
president pro TEN, changed his vote In
the following statement:
Having heard the senator from
South Carolina (Mr. Tillman) again in
suit the senate, change my vote from
aye to no."
The resolutio1,was adopted, 54 to IL,
the detailed vote being as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bacon, Bal
ley, Bard, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Bur-
rows, Carmack, Clark, Of Montana,
Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Cullom, De-
pew, Dillingham;, Dolliver, Dubois. Ell
kins. Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, of
Louisiana, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson,
Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Hoar,
Kearn, Lodge, McCumber, McEnery,
Mcmillan, Mallory. Martin, Mitchell
Money, Nelson, Patterson. Perkins,
Rawlins, Simmons, Stewart, Taliafer--
70, Teller, Turner, Vest, Warren, Wet
more-54.
| Nays-Beveridge, Clark, of Wyoming,
Deboe, DIETRICH, Foster, Of Washing
ton, Kean, Kittredge, McComas, Mil
lard, Pritchard, Proctor, Scott-12.
AS soon as the vote was announced
Senator Burrows demanded that the
statement of Senator Tillman made
during the roll-call be read to the SEN
ate. Scarcely had the clerk concluded
the reading when Senator Tillman, ad-
dressing the president, said:
"The words uttered by me were not
intended to be offensive and If they
were so considered 7 very gladly with
draw them"
AS Mr.. Burrows was about to ad-
dress the senate Mr.. Teller said:
The senator from South Carolina