Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-27
They WILL Be CENSURED
Censure the Only Punishment Likely in
the Case Of Tillman and
McLaurin.
Republicans Want Tillman More
Severely Punished but Democrats
Make Objection.
All Agree that Suspension of the Two
Senators Would be an I'm
3 wise Move. AZ

! IS washington. Feb. 27.-Ihe meeting
Of tas senate committee on privileges
and elections did not result in supply
ing any solution of the difficulty that
the senate is in in connection with the
Tillman-1Mc cLaurin affair. The Repub-
Ican member of the committee frank
" confessed that they had not been
able to formulate scheme which will
relieve the situation and after less
than an houEs discussion they asked
that the committee should adjourn I'M
til 2 o'clock, the understanding being
that the senate should adjourn after
a brief session and thus give the com,
mittee an opportunity to fully consider
this important question. Most sena-
tors looked upon it in it's present
shape as stumbling block in the way
of all other legislation.
The meeting Of the committee was
marked by the best of feeling on the
part of the members and all agreed
readily to preliminary suggestion by
Chairman Burrows that the question
should be approached from a purely
non-partisan standpoint because of it's
general Importance. It was evident,
however, that the Democrats were in-
clined to apprehend some effort at
political advantage on the part of the
Republicans and the channel through
which they expected this manifesto
ton soon became evident when Sena-
tor Foraker made the suggestion that
there should be more severe
s
meted out to Senator Tillman than to
Senator McLaurin. Senator Dubois
met this suggestion with positive
negative, and when the suggestion
was afterwards made that Senator
| 'rillman should be called upon to
prove before the committee that the
charge which he had repeated in the
senate that his colleague had yielded
| to undue influence there was hint
that if this matter should be entered
upon some senators would insist upon
the reopening of the charges on file
| in the committee in connection with
| the election of other senators, which
charges have never been disposed of.
During the morning meeting of the
committee Senator Bailey notified the
Republican members that the Demo
Gratis would not submit to the adoption
of resolution suspending the South
| Carolina senators. He said he agreed
! that they should be punished for their
breach of peace in the presence of the
senate, but he was satisfied that the
Democrats would not submit to any
proceedings which would deprive a
state of representation. Some of the
Republican members of the commit
tee replied that they agreed as to the
unwisdom of proceeding in the way
Of suspension. While no positive state
ment Of policy was made from the
Republican side there was enough said
to lead to the conclusion that the pro-
posed resolution for suspension has
been abandoned and that the punish
ment suggested will be in the form of
censure. Indeed, some of the Repub-
lican members of the committee say
that this is practically the only course
open to them. The Republicans, how.
ever, will contend for more severe re.
buke to Mr.. Tillman than shall be ad-
ministered to Mr.. McLaurin and the
1 Democrats will resist this discrimina-
4 tion. That is now the point of great.
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