Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

senate. What win happen after the two
s%enators have purged themselves so far as
viii be prepared to rule whenever that
question Is raised.
Blackburn AXE Motion.
At the conclusion Of the ruling Of Mr..
Frye. Mr.. Blackburn said:
II move that the senior senator from
South Carolina be given the floor"
why one senator from South Carolina p
lnteriected Mr.. spooner.
Il move that the two senators from
South C~arolina-began Mr.. Blackburn"
That's right said Mr.. spooner."
BE given the floor" continued M.
Blackburn, ito make any statement in their
own way to the senate to purge themselves
Of the contempt"
The motion was carried.
In a breathless silence Mr.. Tillman arose
to address the senate. He was calm and
collected and gave no indication by his
manner Of the tremendous scene in which
he had been one Of the principal actors a
short tine before. He spoke deliberately
and everyone Of the 100 auditors leaned
forward, eager to catch his words. He
said:
TIlIman Begins Apology.
Mr. President, have, always esteemed
Der OF this body. I had never OI had any
legislative experience when l came here
snd my previous service as governor Of
South Carolina for four years had untitled
sembly with that, dignity ard regard
and habits and rules that is desirable.
l nave been here seven years. l have In
Ma IA time Learned to judge men with a
came here. have found a. great many
people here in whose personal integrity and
gentlemen 1 have implicit condolences but
sshIa ia, submission to party domination
loss how to judge men who in one aspect
appeared 10 be 30 high and clean and
less despicabie. / say this because Of the
fact that one of the senators has seen At
No. he s aebsts 70 th some matters that occurred In
Regrets Any onense.
I want to say that so far as any action
senate as a body or the people Of the
Gg sr.iad. States to feel that have been
courtesy and proper observance OF the
rules Of this body that l regret Il; 1 apollo
glbie for alter u I was Ssa ready scdSd to bH do that that two NO
provocation which was known of all of
you I could not rave acted otherwise tina
and am nT sorry T1u that d Il has Occurred sT tne | Se have
nothing more to say.
Mr.. McLaurin arose at the conclusion Of
Mr.. Tillman's brief address.
He, too, was calm, but 1t was evident that
he was suppressing his emotions by an
effort. He spoke with greater feeling than
had been manifested by his colleague, par
ticularly when he told the senate how
sorely he had been tried by the accusations
which had been made against him from
time to time. His statement follows:
McLaurin Offers His Apology.
Mr.. President, / did not realize thai l
was In contempt Of the senate, nor do l
think now. II my words are read in the
ate, but at the same time, as the senate
has ruled that l am in contempt of this
honorable body, l beg leave to apologize.
been very sorely and severely tried. 1 was
in attendance on the committee on Indian
affairs, when / received a message from a
friend in the senate that my presence was
The history Of the vote on the Spanish
treaty is known to all of you. There have
atoms that 1 had been Influenced by i'm
proper motives in connection with MY vote
on that treaty. Knowing in my own soul
and showing that God in heaven knows It
conferred down to me, / was so outraged by
what l considered a most brutal assault
upon my honor as a man. and especially
of the session, after the action of my\party
associates made a most careful and de-
iberate statement, explaining all those
could ever hold my head up again II I did
not resent It in the place where 1t was de-
livered in the strongest and most forcible
terms that l could employ.
Look for More
with that, Mr.. President. I am done. ex-