The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-10
CAUSED MUCH TALK
Election of Woman From the
j White House a Sensation.
INDIGNATION EXPRESSED
o"oer pressure Secretary Barnes
"aHcs O,atement Wnicn Ditfsrs
Radically From Story Told
5y mrs. Morris.

The forciblc election Of Mrs, Minor
N1oiil" from the "hlte house i'll \Vaa,,.
An5.oh last Thursday, mas since. uy.,,
@.-e Univ cr8ai suLJeCL oI cuL,e..,sar1ou
Al the CITY. In select society tho
&Ealr mas Eccn TALKED about and nl.
E:ost without exception extreme crit.
lclsin is expresseu or the whole af.
fair.
oecretary Barnes, who seoms to
have been responsible for ut least the
commencement OF the proceedings. Is
sued Il statement FRIDAY regarding
Inc affair. His statoruent differs ma.
lerialiy from the story told by Mrs.
Morris and some Of the eye-witncsses
Grouping the stories, however, to
some extent, the facts seem to be thae
MIS-. Morris, respectable woman,
not insane, whose husband had been
an officer IN the army medical corps,
ana who had boon dismissed, went
to the white houJe In an effort to lay
her case before the president.
EEc saw Secretary Barnes, who told
her the president could not SEQ her,
and, thcn, after some conversation, do
scribed by Secretary Barnes as disor-
dcrly, he ordered the policemen to re-
move her.
This election was carried out with
great vgor. Mrs Morris, being car
ricd and dragged from the white house
across the asphalt walks and finally
bundled into cab and taken to the
house Of detention, two policemen and
a colored man taking part in the re
moval General opinion expressed
was that the president would order
an Investigation Of the affair which
Barnes statement, in part, is as fol
lows:
Mrs. Morris called at the executive
Office Thursday at about l o'clock and
asked to be allowed to see the prest
dent. At the time Secretary Loeb was
engaged with the president, and Ny
Barnes saw her. Upon inquiry as to
the nature Of her business she stated
with considerable reluctance that her
husband had been unjustly dismissed
from branch Of the war department; !;
that she did not propose to have any
thing to do with the secretary cf
war concerning it, but that she want.
cd the president to take it up and
see that justice was done.
'She was informed that the prcsi-
dent could not give personal attention
to such matter and that tho decis-
ion Of the secretary OF war would be
final. She insisted that she must see
the president, and was told that that
was out Of the question:
"She replied in low voice that
she would sec him and that she would
stay there until she did. She was then
advised to drop the matter and go
away quietly. This, in still louder
tones, she refused to do. She was
then told that she must either leave
the office at once, voluntarily, or it
would be necessary to have her put
ont Of the building. At this she
shriccd at the top Of her voice:
"I will not be put out rushed TO
a chair, threw herself into it, and
shouted. Don't you have any hands
until I see the president
"Thc officers repeatedly asked her
to stand up and walk quietly with
them so that they would not have to
force her. but she refused to do so,
and dcaed them in shrieks that were
heard throughout the white house.
"There is no truth whatever in the
statement made by many of tho Fri
lay morning papers that a negro laid
hold Of Mrs. Morris, and assisted in
carrying her. One Of tho colorcd mes
sengers Of tho Office followed the po
liccman, and gathered up small arti-
cles such as were dropped in the wo-
mans struggles, but there was no
other foundation whatever for the
statement"