Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-25
THEIR NAMES RESTORED
President Frye OF the Senate Re.
scinds Action Regarding Till
man and McLaurin.
DESTROYS OF Shifting the Respon-
sibility for Punishment on
Senate Members.
Leaders Held Conference and
Decide on Temporary Sus.
pension OF Fighters.

Washington, Feb. 25.-The most I'M
portant development today IN cohhec-
zion with the Tillman- McLaurtn cpl
sode was the act of President Protenl-
pore Frye in ordering the clerk OF the
.anote to restore the names of the two
South Carolina senators to the senate
roll. II the present plan is carried out
Ah,s act will be followed by the adop-
ton by the senate of resolution before
= vote on any other subject is taken.
practically endorsing the action OF the
president protempore in ordering their
names erased and suspending the two
senators for some definite time. The
order of Frye for restoration of the
names to the rolls, issued almost imme-
diately after the senate convened today,
was the result of a general conference
among the republican leaders OF the
senate. Frye Is desirous of shifting the
responsibility from himself to the SEN
ate itself. The committee on privileges
and elections will prepare resolution
providing for the temporary suspension
of the two senators and present the
same to the senate, probably tomorrow.
When asked for an explanation of his
order, Frye said: I'm my rulings yester-
day believe 1 was strictly within par
liamentary laws; that senators in con-
tempt are not entitled to recognition
either to speak or vote and that logical
" their names should not be called. l
still adhere to that opinion. but desir-
GUS of shifting the responsibility from
the chair to the senate, have directed
the clerk to restore to the roll the names
OF the two senator's"
When asked If the result of this ac-
ton would be recognition of either of
the senators to either vote or speak.
Frye replied it would not, and that it
was question which must be decided
by the senate. He declined, however.
to state how the question would be
brought to the attention of the senate.
Inquiry in other quarters developed the
fact that there had been a conference
OF republican leaders In Senator Aid
richss committee during the forenoon
and that the extent of Frye's ruling and
especially Its far reaching effect, not
only IN TINS case, out as precedent.
had been very exhaustively discussed,
the construction being that the action
of the president protein in striking the
names OF the South Carolina senator's
from the roll and his refusal of the re-
quest to have their names called was
beyond precedent in the senate and not
entirely justified. On this account it
was decided this particular phase of
the question should be Immediately ta-
ken up by the committee on privileges
and elections. 1t was decided that a
resolution should be formulated provid-
ing for temporary suspension of the
two senators and that this resolution
should be presented to the senate as
soon as possible after convening tomor-
row. The general opinion of the snnat-
crs present was that the South Caro-
lima men should be punished to some
extent for the alteration Saturday, and
the senators present quite agreed that
suspension would be the most practical
BILE and reasonable form of inflicting
this punishment. The question of time
was left indefinite.