The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-29
BARNES T'REAT'ED
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President Sanctioned Proc eding,
T'illn1anSs aid, BY Appointing
Man to Posti1iastersl,ip.
SLAP IN ACE FOR SENATE s. y I E:
South arolirian Dcnoul1ccs the
White Hottse Affair and r fcrs
to Itnpcrialistic Tendency Il
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8(By. Associated Press. y

$5s NVAslIIN GTON, June g. Senator Till
man Interrupted tho regular business Of
1.-The senate to-day to speak on his rcsolu-8
lstonS calling for an Investigation into the
4 election Of Mrs. Minor Morris from the
White House last January. He CONF
lsplained that his resolution had becn;
l5puslled aside constantly for ono reason y;
X Of another. He said 11c IS RIVER would
have again approached the subject but t
Tor tho fact that the name OF the man {,
Assistant Secretary Barnes. who mus, rs
Ibashcld responsib Bile for the act, had been
4 sent to the Senate for the postmastershp!
lot Washington "a "a 5$ tts va
II s This nomination he nsidcrcd equal to,
i(sthrowing the matter IN the teeth Of; tho
fS Senate, although Il the Senate had N not
\ shown It's teeth 81 tho subject He then
Il detailed his efforts TO have the not1itsa-
H ton OF Mr. Barnes rejected .Hf5 He told
Fl also OF his nercctual efforts to secure
IL an Investigation OF his charges against
II Barnes. n In order that he might not DO
y accused OF 8unfatrness, Mr.. Tlllman had;
Il read Mr.. Barnes's defense OF his y con-
Il duet lii the Morris nffal He also had
Il read tho statclne$ ts OF Elmer 2. Paine
\ who was, ne said. one Of the six news
Y paper men at the Tx ecutive Office when
y the Morris incident occurred. He COM
A 8ncnted Mt some length on Mr.s E'aine's
Il statement, saying he was the only one
IL or the six who had ever had anything
II to say about the matter outside 8of thelr
II own ( ia pers or In private conyersat tom
4 This he spoke OF as &"remarkable. and
A then quoted extracts from Mr.. Paine's
!! statemen t. y ssS
President Indifferent.
I In contrast to that sta tement he pre-.
III sentel what he declared to be the actuhi
II facts In the case. These were Inc uded
i III " statement from James Il. Price,
another ewspa per man who n mad wltness-
# I'd the occurrence. In Mr.. Paine state
"A nlent II was represented that Mrs. NJ orris
M Was &trea ted as 8considera tely as possible.
Il while Mr.. Price d said she was carried
ts or Ike "a sack OF sal iS3 2
Mr. Tillman spoke OF Mr.. Barnes's do
,#nial OF another statement ty Mr. Price
that q negro man had assste In the
S#crucla and lnisorn bio port ormance.' tle
said the President had been very In
different as to whether he should get ut
The facts in the case. nnd he could not
& understand why PAine had been singled
out from among the newspaper en-.
f3Ya TIe also discussed the difference OF tcs-8
y ttimonyS5 as to whether Mrs. Morris had
81 been dragged, and as going to proye
p beyond all possibility Of dispute. Il he said
Mrs Morris had furnished him with the
black s. TX skirt she wore on he occasion.
This was torn III hi many pIac ca, lille
Z there Wa 8 4 4 4 ound hole al one Of the
II knees showing that she inquest onnbly
$ mad been dragged. Il Not only was there
NJ q Sholc In the skirt but there were also
IL holes 4 IN the underclothing and IN the
flosicry-proof n suEJccn TO prove any
Be- man !. Gan ardent liar" who spoke to tho
contrary, said the sena tor
.gsSy He quoted one witness as expresslng
81 the opinion " that Mrs. NJ orris was de-
mented, and characterized It as "a queer
# proposltion'th that woman who should
H pray under sue circumstances should De
& pronounced insane. In this connection ME-.
E Tillman said she5 seldom prayed and that
4 when he did his prayers were vol ce!ess.
He admitted that there might have been
st lack OF discretion on Mrs. Morrtss part,
Il but seeing that there were barred doors
between hor4 and the President, he was.
not In danger. ID y !. & 3j N
Drift to Imperialism.
Speaking OF H the police at the White
\ House, MT. Tillman said there Is such a
" tendency toward imperialism as would
IS Justify tho use OF the military for that
I purpose II the count try wanted to go to
j tho devil along the lines OF imperia ism
he could stand t. AS indicative of this
* inclination, he added: NJ Ell 3 .S III
Ne IA young lady has married and gone
across the water. whence she fis heralded
Z. as Princess Alice I don't hold the
President responsible for that, for IT.
would be unfair to hold him responsi bio
4 for the course OF q lot OF fools who write
Il headlines, which must be obnoxious to-
4 both the President and tho young lad ''E2
i In closing Mr.. Tillman declared that
II Mrs. Morris had been treated worse
4 than a dog and that the President had
ii endorsed this treatment by appointing
+ the man responsible for 1t to the posl Is
y tlon of postmaster Of washington, where
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