Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-24
PULLMAN IS KICKED OUT.
Roosevelt Will Not Allow Him
 at Dinner to Prince.

Had Withdrawn the Invitation
 Senator Martin of Virginia Will
 Take Till4lan's Place at the Banquet
 Board-Decision Taken as Result
 of Tillman- McLaurin Eight in the
 Senate
 Washington, Feb 24.-Senator Till man of South Carolina is to be barred from the White house dinner to Prince Henry tomorrow night. This deter imitation is the result of the disgrace full episode of Saturday ill the senate. when Tillman brutally attacked his colleague, Senator NIcLaurin, who also violated the decencies by passing the lie
 The president to-day announced that he had withdrawn the invitation. 1t is stated that this action on the part of the president was made necessary from the fact that owing to occur renceS on the floor of the senate last Saturday the senator was declared in contempt of the senate. Senator Mar tin of Virginia, a member of the com mittee on naval affairs. has accepted an invitation to MT Tillman's place. The invitation was extended originally to Nfr Tillman owing to the fact that lie is the ranking minority member of the naval affairs committee.
 Whatever degree of guilt may attach to Senator McLaurin, Senator Tillman is to be visited with the chief pnnisl- ment as being the greater offender. Senator McLaurin is not invited to the state dinner, so that he cannot be dealt with except by the senate itself, whore, with Senator Tillman, he is in con tempt and under the ban of silence. It has not been decided whether Till mans invitation to the Prince Henry dinner, ;is the ranking member of the committee on naval affairs, will be re- called by the president, or whether it shall be intimated to him that he would better withdraw his acceptance. Whatever the conclusion, tomorrow Senator Tillman will be informed that his company is not desired.
 An aggravation in Tillman's case is his persistent charges of bribery in securing the ratification of the peace treaty with Spain. He has repeatedly insinuated corrupt bargains in that connection until the republican leaders determined that they would pin him down to facts the first Oportunity that offered Senator Spooner seized the occasion on Saturday, when Tillman left an opening in his speech, for ques- tions that were so direct that he could not avoid the issue.
 McLaurin was cited by Tillman as ain example of bribery by patronage III the state of South Carolina. There have been other allegations of undue 41,.. i<7nf1 1f1f1 # the treaty. some of them going even to the extent of naming large sums of money alleged to have been paid for votes. The committee on privileges and elections has jurisdiction in the ease of TiIlman and McLaurin, and in the consideration of the question Of dealing with the offending senators an investigation will be conducted.
 The senate is tired of this kind or talk and intends to have it stopped. The "pitchfork' senator has grown more abusive instead of better, al- though he claims to be improving. Ills language is always pointed and fre- quently offensive. It affords amuse- ment for the galleries, but pains those who have a regard for the dignity of the body which claims for itself the highest standing in conducting legisla- tive proceedings. The contempt in which Tillman and McLaurin are will not be removed for a considerable pe- riod.
 Senator Burrows, chairman of the the committee on privileges and cleo tions, said last night that the matter is of such serious importance that it must receive careful consideration.
 It is understood the conferences among senators have shown the exist ence of a considerable sentiment that the apologies made by the South Car olina senators are not deemed sufficient and that the committee will require other and more ample apologies to be submitted to it in writing, with the assurance that such apologies will be reported to the senate before they may purge themselves.
 The whole matter is without prece- dent. and the senate is now to make q precedent ill the matter of punishment and in requiring sufficient apology. The conferences yesterday developed the fact that the senators regard the matter with all the seriousness with which they dealt with it Saturday, and that they intend to take such action as will prevent if possible, similar cpl r,, f,1+