The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-01

| Resolution Presented by the Majority
 of the Committee 0M Privileges and
 Elections Adoptedy After Brief Debate
 Minority Reports Showing Diversity
 ofView as to Proper Punishment. l Washington, Feb. 2S-The senate
 committee on privileges and elections
 this morning agreed to report resolu-
 Tillman and McLaurin of South Caro- lima.
 Threo republicans, Messrs. Pritchard
 of North Carolina, McComas of Mary
 land, and Beveridge of Indiana, voted | against 1t.
 As soon as the journal was approved l in the senate. MT Burrows rep of | Michigan, presented the resolution,
 which reads as follows:
 That it is the judgment of the sen- l ate that the senators from South Caro-
 lima, Benjamin R. Tillman and John l..
 McLaurin, for disorderly behavior and | fragrant violation of the rules of the senate during the open session of the | senate, on the 22d day of February in- | stant, deserve the censure of the sen | ate and they are hereby so censured for their breach of the privileges and
 dignity of this body, and from and af- 1 ter the adoption of this resolution the order adjudging them in contempt of l the senate shall no longer be in force and effect"
 The majority report of the committee says that the offence of Tillman was much greater than that of McLaurin. l The legal effect of adjudginC these sen ators in contempt, it is held, was to suspend their functions as senators, and that such a punishmnet for disor dery behavior was clearly within the powers of the senate, but the con- clusion they reached the report says, makes it unnecessary to discuss this question.
 Mir. Bailey presented q report of the 1 democrats, agreeing to the resolution, but dissenting from the view of the republicans that ther ewas difference in the gravity of the offence. They also disagreed with the view that sen ator might be suspended
 The report of the three dissenting re- publicans, submitted by Mir McComas, asserted that the offences of the South Carolina senators were unequal, and that the punishment should not be the same. The report favored the suspen- sion of McLaurin for five days and of Tillman for twenty days. MT. Pritch- ard did not concur with Messrs, Me Comas and Beveridge as to infiiction of punishment on McLaurin and asserted that he had already been sufficiently punished
 When the roll was called on the adop- tion of the minority report, Senators Beveridge, rep, of Indiana, Clark, rep. of Wyoming, Deboe rep, of Kentucky Dietrich rep, of Nebraska, Foster, rep. of Washington, Kittledge, rep. of South Dakota, Willard. rep, of Ne yada, Pritchard rep, of North Caro- lima, Proctor. rep. os Vermont, ami Scott rep, of West Virginia voted mo" on the resolution. It was carried
 MT. McLaurin, dem., of Missippi, asked to be excused from voting on account of kinship with McLaurln of south Carolina. The latter declined to vote and Tillman also declined to vote. saying that among gentlemen an apol- ogy for offences committed in the heat of blood was sufficient"
 MT. kean, rep, of New Jersey, hav- ing voted in the affirmative, said that in view of the remark of MT Tillman he would change his vote
 When the result of the vote was an- nounced, MT. Burrows demanded that MT Tillman's words be taken down. | when the words were read MT. Tillman | said that he did not intend that his ! words would be offensive and, if they | were, he would withdraw them,
 Without objection" said President pro tenn. Frye, they will be with drawn'
 "I object" said Mir Dietrich but in the confusion he was evidently not heard.
 MT, Hoar presented an additional rule looking to the prevention of such oc- currences in the future, which was re- ferred
 The conference report on the con sular bill was then taken up, and the senate agreed to it.