The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-02

dom. Foraker tartly replied that if
the Senator from South Carolina We're
not speaking in the Senate chamber
he would come within the provisions
of the Revised Statutes in regard to
treason This accusation awoke the
wrath of Senator Rawlins of Utah. He
referred to the trial of Aaron Burr for
treason, and made quotations from the
rulings there to prove that T1llman
was safe Foraker said that he was
glad to hear it, for he was of great
use and benefit in the Senate. He illus
trated much that was useful, even II
he did give aid and comfort to the en-
emies of the United StaAes.
Senator Carmack resented the use of
the words treason" and traitor" and
Senator Hoar was finally drawn into
the strife He went to Ohio for his
ammunition, and found It in the tomb
of Tom Corwin. Using the quot alton.
bloody hands and hospitable graves"
like a hand grenade, he threw them
full into the face of the Ohio senator
and pandemonium broke loose. Rawlins
and Tom Patterson of Colorado were
in the fray and Carmack was prancing
around on the outside, waiting an OPP
portunity to get in a body blow. The
melee became general, Senator quoted
remark of Foraker's and asked
whether under the Philippine statute,
Foraker himself would not be liable TO
the penalties IL caught in those islands.
Il hope not" was the reply. for, II
so the senator from Massachusetts,
would have been hanged long ago..
AT this Tillman pathetically asked
to be left out of the coterie. Foraker
bluntly replied: "Well, if you are
real anxious to be hanged you might
be accommodated" After further
senatorial fibbing and sparring, there
was some CLOSE in-fighting." Foraker
was reading an order issued by Presi-
dent Mckinley last year, when Till
man termed it ukase, and alluded To
"the new Car we have set up in the
White House" This provoked the re-
joinder that 1T was the same kind or
a Car as Thomas Jefferson, when The
Louisiana purchase was made. The
constitution was then thrown into the
ring and a lively discussion of its
merits followed. A shower of recrim-
nations over Porto Rico ensued, and
the clouds gradually disappeared.
Everybody seemed happy when the
Senate adjourned without going into
executive session. 1t went into execu-
tive session, however, on Washing
tons birthday when the Senate was
shocked as it has not been shocked
since the day Henry S. Foote of Mis-
sissippi drew a revolver on Thomas H.
Benton.
Occasionally the storm center. shifts
from desk SO to desk II, in the front
row. This is the property of Fred T.
Dubois of Idaho. Dubois is an Eolus
from the Bitter Root Mountains and
one always brandishing his quivering
spear In his vicinity storms arise as
suddenly as in the vicinity of the Sem
ator from South Carolina. They are
apt to be fully as violent Like Till
man, Dubois is an old hand at the bust
ness. He loves to hear the gale slam
ming the shutters of legislation. and
is apparently ecstatic when the fury Of
the blast uproots senatorial oaks and
tumbles half-constructed snackS TO
the ground. 1t was the spear of Du-
bois that brought about what is now
known as the charity boy blizzard.
While it lacked the vivid lightning
Illuminating Tillman's productions, it
save rise to a debate that lasted two
days and fattened the Congressional
Record correspondingly. Luckily, Du-
bois is sandwiched between his col
leagues, Senator Heitfeld and the vet
eran Francis NJ. COckrell of Missouri,
John w Daniel of Virginia, is back
of him, thanked by Augustus o. Bacon
of Georgia. and James x. Jones of Ar
kansas. w men lOTnduOeS rage anu NAH
storms are cracking senatorial sky
lights they usually preserve their equa-
nimity and save from the wreck what
there is to be saved. The isomeric
lines of discussion are quickly restored
and the atmosphere becomes balmy and
delightful.
1t is somewhat remarkable that these
storms rarely disturb the real pilots
of legislation. Senator Allison usually
remains in his seat, calmly observant
of the vagaries of a cyclone, and Sen
ator Aldrich of Rhode Island, never
shows signs of perturbation Matthew
S. Quay ever turns a deaf ear to the
warning elements, and Mark Hanna
twiddles his thumbs and maintains a
dignified silence. Redfleld Proctor's
mind seems TO be far away in the mar
BILE quarries of Vermont, and Thomas
c. Platt is apparently comparing such
outbreaks with the scenes attending ex-
ecutive committee meetings in New
York in the days of Lemuel Eli Quigg.
Senator Spooner. however, displays the
activity Of a Mother Carey's chicken,
darling here and there in the foul
weather, finally folding his wings and
placidly riding the pillows. Beveridge.
| like Foraker, is frequently drawn into
the conflict and makes himself heard
to, some purpose. Senator Mason of
Illinois, creates his own tempests and
keens tnack of the weather bureau