Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-30
MORRIS CASE ARoUsEs SENATE
Committee Print Criticised for Its
Partisan Character.

Washington Cor. New York Herald.
Considerable indignation is finding express
sion In the Senate over the latest phase of
the incident connected with the ejectment
of Mrs Minor Morris from the White
House, and her subsequent arrest. A print
ed recital of the White House version of
the affair has been quietly circulated among
the members of the Senate. The object Is to
show that there is really no necessity for
the Senate committee to investigate Mr.. B.
F. Barnes, assistant secretary to the Presi-
dent, who has been appointed postmaster
of Washington. The committee on post Of
hces and post roads has refused encourage
ment to the investigation or to summon wit
nesses. 1t has also declined TO permit aibso-
Lutte contradiction of the statements 1t is
an executive document, and makes many
assertions rejecting on Mrs. Morris. 1t is
held that it Is calculated to injure Mrs
Morris standing before the committee.
one OF these documents is from a physi-
clan IN Ashev1ile, N. c.. who says that two
years ago he treated Mrs. Morris for insan-
lty. Mrs. Morris herself has said that she
has never been in Asheville. at which place
this physician declares she was hfs patient
Dr; MOTIFS has asserted that his wife has
not been south of the Potomac river for ar
teen years. 1t is understood that Senator
Iiiiman, who went before the. committee
several days ago, offered to prove the entire
falsfty of the declarations of the AsheviIl o
physician, but the committee brushed hin,
aside, declared in effect that it was not in
terested in his contradictions and forthwith
ordered that this allegation, absolutely un-
supported by testimony other than that of
the physician and contradicted in nosittve
manner, should be printed as part of an
executive document and distributed to SEN
ators.
The committee In its report to the Senate
1t Is understood has stated: THE facts a.
herein stated are substantially corroborated
oS S aii tie persons VINO were present during
the transaction -
That assertion referred to the cjrcurn-
stances attending the brutal eiectment of
mrs Morris from the White House her he
ing dragged along muddy walk to the
west entrance of the White House. and the
1urther disposition that was made of her a r
the house Of detention 9
me Iacts referred to In the committee
, ispoL. relate 10 the statement by Mr.. Barnes
y! what occurred and to the statements of
otiiers VINO gave testimony In supnort Of
ms narrative of those events leaving o,,t oe
conSlderauon other testimony that was CON
Trajectory to it in practically all of its es-
settiai s,,t.t features, which testimony the com
Inittee was told 1t could readily Obtain hy
merely issuing subpoenas TO Witnesses ~
are in this city "A'Aoeses VINO
me Senate will be called upon Mondav
AFTERNOON to take up the Barnes nnu,tna
ton. That body has been nrnyJan3 ma
ohiy plased testimony and Senators ba,a
nao no opportunity up to the nresant ,i,se
~ learn anything from the COMMITTEES Of
"ANo VI tiiiS case. Some soma fnrc
declare that no more psonounced ona ~
iehsive star chamber proceedings could he
imagined than that on which the Rarnee
nomination has been considered since II
mas peeh IN the possession of the Senate
committee on post offices and most roads
ihere Is also comment on the remark
able proceeding of Mr.. Barnes in taking
measures for securing his bond as post.
master or this city In view of the fact
that an investigation of his cource has been
demanded.
Considerable interest is attached to the
nature of the underground informa ton he
has received from some place to warrant
him in preparing to enter the office under
these circumstances