The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-18
OignRsd Senate Has Sensational Day With South CaroIinian
 as Central Figure
WEEPS AS HE DEFENDS
 RIGHTS OF WOMANHOOD
Says Roosevelt By His Conduct In tho Matter Has Not Shown the ln- stIncts of a Gentle
 man.

Washington. January 17.-(special.)- The outrageous treatment received at the hands of the White House police and negro attendant by Mrs. Minor Nor rls, was brought to the attention of the Senate today. and in dramatic speech, Senator Tillman of South Carolina. laid the details before the Upper Body of Congress, in a manner little short of sensational.
 The Senator arose in his place to dls- cuss executive interference with Con- gress. From this he drlfted into exec utive interference with tho press, which, said the Senator, had made the Presi- dent He referred to the fact that cer- tain newspapers would print anything the Presidents agents told them to and a- nally came to the class which would not This brought him to the Morris outrage in which case Assistant Secretary Barnes had issued statement wholly at va- riance with the accounts written by cor respondents, who had seen the woman dragged from the White House. her clothes almost torn off, thrown into a patrol wagon like common felon and hustled off to lock up.
 Revoltlng Features Brought Out.
 Other newspaper correspondents wers informed that the way the story was treated was highly objectionable to the White House from the President down. The revoltlng features of the case vera brought before the Senate and MT. Till- man demanded an investigation Senator Hale of Maine, who made a short defense of the President. and who declared that the Senate was not being bulldozed by him. consented to vote for resolution investigating the Morris affair. Senator Daniels of Virginia. and Senator Hopkins of Illinois thought the matter one be- meath the dignity of the Senate to con- slider. but Tillman declared that the sub- ject was one appealing to him not only as q senator. but as a man, and announce ed that tomorrow morning he would in- troduce a resolution and demand vote upon it. Mir Tfllman presented his reso- lution and if vote had been secured 1t probably would have passed. What eff feet keeping 1t over a day will have Is another question Objection may be made by Senator Hopkins or some other HuDinlSLfHIlOn SenAIpT anu lfldl VIII end it.
 In Very Bad Light.
 Senator Tillman. however. made a speech which puts the White House in very bad light As stated in The Age Herald, at the time the outrage was perpetrated, the Barnes statement which was carried in full by the Associated Press, was very different story from that told by the newspaper correspond- ents who had witnessed the whole af- fair Senator Tillman before making his speech secured a statement from these correspondents, one of which he read in the Senate He declared that these men were willing to appear before the Sem ate committee and testify and that they would show that the Barnes statement was what everyone knew 1t to be- Dur Ing Senator Tillmans speech practically every senator was in his seat the galleries were packed and plainly showed they were in sympathy with everything the South Carolinlan said upon the subject.
 Abounds In Picturesque Expressions.
 The speech abounded in MT. Tillmans picturesque expressions, and was charac- terized by many severe and exceptionally personal thrusts at the President. Al times he wept over what he regarded as the indignities to the lady and his voice and eyes were full of tears when he de- clared in the face of protests from his fellow senators that he would demand an investigation of the White House in- cident
 The reference to the treatment of Mrs. Morris constituted the latter half of a speech based upon the Senator's resolu- tlon making inquiry of the President concerning the status of our relations with the republic of Santo Domingo, and was added to illustrate his theory that the present administration is tending to- ward imperialism. In the first part of the address he characterized the course os the United States in Santo Domingo as a great extension of the Monroe doc trine, and said that if pursued the policy would lead the country Into many seri- ous complications. He accused the Presi- dent of putting the treaty into execution in the face of the Senate's refusal to act. denounced the Senate as willing to sub nit subserviently to all that is asked of 1t, and implored senators to show their and teach the country's ex- ecutlve a lesson. and at the same time serve the country.
 Has Been Dereilct.
 With reference to the Morris incident he declared that the President had been derelict In failing to punish his subordi- mates for their course, and quoted state ments from persons said to have been witnesses to show that the proceedings had been nhuman. He informally pre- sented and said that he would later for mally present a resolution for an inves- tlgation of the entire incident. It was the introduction of this resolution which called out the protest from Mir. Daniels. while MT. Hale objected to the presenta- tion of the matter at all. except upon proof MT Tillman declared his deter- imitation not to be guided by their advice and closed with the reiteratlon of his to bring in the resolution, to morrow. The announcement occasioned a number of hurried conferences. and it Is understood as a result of them MT. Tillman will be urged not to carry out his purpose. Prominent senators on both