The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-27

washington, February "a large
crowd was attracted to the senate to-
day, most of them visiting Da ughters
of the American Revelation. Washing
tons farewell address was read by Mr..
Dubois, of Idaho. The Omnibus Pubic
building bill vas passed and postoffice
appropriation bill was considered with
out final action.
Mr.. Tillman spoke for nearly two
hours, principally in reply to Mr.. Spoon
er. on the I%ndianola, Miss, postoffice
case. He said that if the policy of the
administration in regard to the equal
ity Of the negro was carried on and
Booker Washington should be appoint
ed 10 the cabinet he would vote for
his confirmation. He did not conclude
his remarks.
During the reading Of the Washing
ton address Reed Smoot, Senator-elect
from Utah entered the chamber and
o a seat beside Mr.. kernS.
The Rawlins resolution calling on the
secretary of war for information con-
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ippInes was favorably reported by Mr..
Lodge n adopted with an amendment
limiting the reply to summaries of the
records and testimony. Another amend
ment which was adopted, excludes the
case Of Major l.. w. T. Waller.
Mr.. kerns, of Utah, presented the
credentials of Senator-elect Reed Smoot
of Utah, which were read. Mr.. Smoot
was sitting in the rear of the chamber
when the document was read. Mr..
Burrows, Of Michigan, stated that a
protest had beer filed with his commit
tee against Mr.. Shoots admission.
The credentials and protest were filed.
A house resolution was agreed to
providing for the erection in Washing
ton, d. c., Of bronze equestrian sta
tues of Count Plaski n Baron Steu-
ben, Of the continental army and APP
propriating $50, 600 for each.
Mr.. Mason then called up the post
office appropriation bill. It's formal
reading was dispensed with the
bill was read for amendment. The
statehood amendment was passed over
for the time being. Mr.. Mason yielded
to Mr.. Fairbanks who presented an
Omnibus public building bill.
Messrs. Daniel and Martin, of Vir-
ginia. made an earnest plea for an in
creased appropriation for a building at
Portsmouth, Va. Mr.. Martin explained
that the amendment was directly in
line with the purpose of the bill and
asked Mr.. Fairbanks why he objected
to it. Mr.. Fairbanks declared that
the committee had information hat
there was a real estate dealer combi-
nation to run up the price. This Mr..
Martin emphatically denied. On a yea
and nay vote, the amendment was lost
20 to 81. All other amendments were
voted down and the bill was passed.
Consideration of the Postoffice APP
preparation bill then was resumed.
The president pro tenn appointed
Messrs. Alger and Bacon visitors to the
military academy. He also appointed
Messrs. McComas and Daniel visitors
TO the naval academy.
Mr.. TiIlman who had been standing
in the aisle endeavoring to get recogni-
ton to speak regarding the ~Indianola,
Miss, postoffice case, inquired what
was up if the postofice appropriation
bill went over. Injecting some hunor
into the proceedings, the president pro-
tenn, replied that he understood the
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was ~convulsed. Mr.. Tillman then said
he proposed to surprise his friends and
astonish his enemies if he has any, by
being very mild and temperate in what
he would say. 'If We a known at
the beginning Of the civil war;" said
he. what we know now there would
have been no war" He inquired why
the large majority of law abiding peo-
pie of I~nianola should be punished be
cause there was a small, lawless and
brutal element. 1t was contrary, he
said. to the fundamental principles of
. A~nglo-Saxon Jurisprudence.
Replying to some remarks made b.
Mr.. Spooner in his speech. Mr.. Tillman
said: 1T IS not in the dream Of the
! widest ass that roams over the south
! ern states with a fair skin on him tha'
the federal government is not supreme
but he said there were some cognate
propositions which have been ignored.
He said that in the south the people
have a constant reminder that their an
cestors thirty-fve years ago were con-
quered.
W are perpetually reminded" he
said, a~ccentuating his words. that We
are in the union but not OF it except to
pay taxes"
The poison II the race condition II
the south, he declared, lay in the referee
system which had been adopted. The
balance of power, ne a in nations
republican conventions was held by th>
machine of the south and that machine
was composed Of negroes. When the
people Of the south, said he, lose pa
tience and do ''cruel. bitter. fearful,