The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-06

the senate was ready to proceed To
business.
Mr.. Iillman. holding in his hand a
copy of the Congressional Record rose
20 question Of personal privilege. He
was proceeding 10 say that ina the Rec
ord yesterday morning there was a very
remarkable speech, when Mr.. Pettus of
Alabama suggested that &c was the Gus
tom of the senate and a rule Of cour-
tesy Co transact no business until the
special committee had returned from
ITS visit TO the president The chair
agreed with him. Thereupon Mr. Til
man, at 1910 b. M, moved a recess for
half an hour. which motion prevailed.
IL was supposed that Mr.. Tnlman al
luded TO the speech made by Mr.. Can
non about the South Carolina claim in
the deficiency bin, which caused some
thing Of "a sensation in the house early
yesterday morning.
Message From the President.
.Messrs. Hoar and COckrel. the spe-
cial committee appointed TO wait upon
the president reported that they had
perfected this duty and that the presi-
uent said he would at once make a
communication In writing.
Immediately Mr. Barnes, assistant
secretary 10 the president. appeared i'm
tAe senate with a message from the
president The message was not read.
Alf. HOar announced that he intended
10 move an executive session unless Mr..
Illiman decided to speak.
Mr. Illman then resumed his re-
marks Referring again to the speech
which he had characterized as ere
markable' Mr.. Tillman said he did not
Know that there had ever been a sim
uar one delivered in either branch Of
congress. He then quoted from the
speech Of Mr.. Cannon In the house
early yesterday morning in which he
gave the reasons for the house con-
ferees receding from their position with
respect to the claim Of South Carolina
lot $4,000 growing out of the war Of
lSl2-I5.
answer to Cannon.
There were two issues, he said. in
VOWED In that speech. one affecting the
dignity of the senate and the other af-
LecLing his own official integrity, re-
sponslbility and personal character.
The speech, he said was wholly indie
Iehslble, indecent and an outrage" He
read from Jefferson's manual regarding
The comfy that must obtain between
Two branches Of a legislature, and
asked whether Il had not been greatly
violated In this case. Power" he said
had made some of these men drunk"
lie then gave a history of South Car
ouna's claim. Answering Mr.. Can
mons criticism with respect 90 legislat-
ing by unanimous consent. Mr. Tulman
said that nothing i'm the house Of rep
resentauves seems to go except by
consent OF a few leaders.
The unanimous consent Of the mem
bers, he said, had fallen into innocu-
Gus desuetude and the unanimous con-
sent he speaks of so strenuOusly here Is
the unanimous consent of those in con-
troll"
South Carolina in this matter. ne de-
clared, had been an outcast with no
voice here and nobody for forty years
TO ask that she shall receive recognition
or justice.
Quoted the Law.
Mr.. Tinmau quoted the law author
ling the payment of interest on South
Cardinals claim. and said it was that
which led the committee on apprOpria-
tons 10 act, simply because it meant 10
DO q long-delayed act of justice to
south Carolina and undo the wrong
which had been done. Mr.. Tillman said
that he had great respect for Mr. Can
non who. as the watchdog of the treas /
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