Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-04-28

oHna.
Washington. April ia savage
attack bv Senator Hopkins upon
Senator Tilmau for his defense of
lynchinE and his alleged boast OF
suppression of the Negro vote by
shooting and burning enlivened the
early part of to-day's session of the
senate For am hour &C. looked like
la revival of tho old force bin ant
bloody shirt contest of the past. SO
bitter did the personal passages ID
nally become that other senators
felt impcled 20 insist upon the chair
preserving order by strictly outorc
ing the rules of the body.
The South Carolina senator pre-
.cipitatcd the attack by returning 20
his controversy of Tuesday with the
Illinois senator over the action of
the banks Df Chicago in coming TO
the relief OF the Walsh bank. He
had asked Senator Hopkins III st
were not true that John r.. Walsh
had been indicted for alleged frauds
under the banking laws. Senator
Hopkins had declared there had been
no Indictment OF Mr. Walsh.
Seeking 60 sustain the charge
that the Illinois senator had quib-
BLEED in that reply. Senator Tillmau
quoted from several newspaper re
ports giving the status OF the Walsh
ease. These showed that Mr.. WALSH
had been arrested and held for the
grand jury. that DE was out on
bond given by a company of which
he was the principal stakeholder
and of which Senator Hopkins is
vice president. that there mas been
1--WE different postponoments OF the
case. and that &c was strongly sus
pectcd influence was being cxcrted
.at Washington 60 prevent prosecu
ton The names of Senator Gull
lom and Speaker Cannon were used
with that of Senator Hopkins in
this connection.
This insnuatiou brought a prompt
denial from Senator Cullom and
from Senator Hopkins that they had
half OF Mr. Walsh. Then Senator
Hopkins turned his batteries upon
the South Carolina senator.
"Whu" he asked els this great
modern reiormer who gets up here
ga the senate every morning and
pours forth criticisms upon things
about which be Is incapable OF know
ing anything. and solely for the
purpose of playing 90 the gallery.
who is this man wio insists upon
seeing wrong iu everything any 9th
or man does?
"He holds his seat in this body
through the fraudulent suppression
OF the rights OF majority of the
citizens of his state"
Quoting a speech OF Senator Till
man In which he declared eve have
hung them and burned them in
South Carolina Senator Hopkins
continued.
He bows his head in assent. Ny
God. think OF a man In the United
States who would approve sucn a
barbarOus and treacherous practice.
he talks about possible infractions
OF the banking laws. how Is a little
money 20 be compared with the
burning OF men and women at the
stake without any opportunity OF
protesting their innocence"
Senator Hopkins struck home"
and completely demorallzed Senator
Tnlman. The following explains it,
self:
Senator Tillman angriuy protest
ed that the protection Of civilization
demanded lynching for crimes a
gainst womanhOod. but Senator Hop
kins retOrted that the South Caro-
lima senator's boast had been Of sucn
practices to suppress the Negro vote
Senator Tillman charged the Ini-
nois senator with the evasion Of the
real question. when a lawyer mas
a bad case" ne declared. Il notice
he always attacks the counsel for
the other side.
IN discuss the race question
with the senator some other time
WHAT we want to know is about
these Chicago Banks" He denied
that Negroes had been burned In
South Carolina to keep them from
voting.
Senator Hopkins returned to the
attack, and there was a further ex
change of heated compliments unit
a reference to the lynching at Spring
field, Ohio, brought Senator Fora
ker into the discussion. He ack-
nOwledged there had been a depIor-
able affair IN his own state. but he
rejoiced that the law had triumpbed
as IL had more recently at Spring
held, Mo. Paying a high compli-
ment to Governor Folk, the Ohio
senator said he was glad to be able
to say that OF all the senator's re-
presenting states where such affairs
had occurred but one. the senator
from South Carolina, had ever stood
In the senate chamber to defend
them.
senator Tiilman, flushed with an
GER was returning to the attack up
on Senator Hopkins when he was
taken on his feet by the demand
for order,