The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-18
SENATE BLOCKS i.
MORRIS INQUIRY
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He declared that absolutely to protect
the president would be to make him a
prisoner. He proceeded to say that in
case of the removal Of the president
he would, be replaced and probably
with a. better man. 49, - r = ~ -
"But,' he added, 'swhen the liber-
ties of the people are destroyed moth
ing is left but despotism. That is the
whole subject,'' as he took his seat.
Crowd Hears Attack. g. ,,,-
Washington, Jan. 18.-President
Roosevelt was bitterly arraigned by
Senator Tillmar in a long and care
fully prepared speech, i'm the. senate
yesterday afternoon. No chief execu
tive has been so fercely assailed in re-
cent years. -. -. W ,r .-., -.
Mr.. Tillman s utterances were SO Wit
riolic that Senator Hale twice protest.
ed against his attack and Senator Dan
iel, democrat, declared they were out
Of place in the senate. Despite these
admonitions, Mr.. Tillman continued his
savage denunciation of the president.
The fact that Mr.. Tillman would
again attack the president had been
widely announced and the galleries
could not accommodate the crowds Of
spectators. Mrs. Fairbanks and a
| party of. friends. for a time occupied
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| the house formed a long line around
the rear Of the senate chamber. There
was such desire on the part Of sena-
| tors to miss no portion of Mr.. Till
man s speech, that committee meetings
were abandoned and even the commit
| tee on interoceanic canals postponed
it's hearing. :. --
Mr.. Tillman IS chief attack was a SEN
| sational arraignment of the president
| for his silence concerning the eject
.ment: of Mrs. Minor Morris from the
/ White House. The great audience
listened and them expressed his dis
approval Of the treatment accorded
| Mrs. Morris with vigor and force sell
! dom heard.
Moved Investigation. .
The situation became extremely dra.
| matte when Senator Hale said that if
Mr.. Tillman had proofs that Mrs. Nor.
ris had been mistreated there should be
an investigation and he would support
it. Mr.. Tillmar instantly suspended
his attack and moved that a committee
OF five senators be appointed to inves.
tigate. g.. e.. r. ...@.. /.
Senator Hale said in the course of 8
! colloquy with Tillman: Sat-. t.-..'.
~ do not credit the exaggerated
=, statements Of the newspaper press
about this incident. I believe they are
| all extravagant. swollen and not justi
fed by the facts, but whenever any
senator upon his responsibility de-
clares that there should be an investi
| cation and asks for an investigation sc
that we may have not statements, moi
vlrulence, not denunciati0n, but facts
nobody Oh this side will object tc that
resolution
! ''Poor, Pitiful Liars
| Continuing his remarks, he said thai
"these pooc. pitiful liars, the news
papers, had reported that about the
time the Morris election occurred the
president had written letter to Prize
| fighter Fitzsimmons. showing that his
I dignity had not been SO great a.
had been represented. Nor had. he beer
too dignifed to engage in trial OF
the jiu-jitsu system or to put on the
boxing gloves. In view Of these re
! ports he had waited in the hope thai
the president would take some actor
apropos the, brutal treatment of Mrs
Morris that would do credit to him as {
gentleman, and it was only after hi
had shown such besotted indifference
to public opinion that I felt called upor
to present. a true statement Of the in
cident and ask for an investigation tt
disprove the falsehoods and garbleG
statements given out by Mr.. BARNES Z
/ Mr.. TiDman closed with declaration
of his high regard for womanhood
| taught him by his association with his
mother and wife.
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