Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-29

was no danger TO the President; she was
| there seeking to get an audience. to pre-
sent her petition It has been recognized.
oh. so far back that can not even recall
the first time that the right Of petition.
even TO royalty. Ii a sacred right.
This woman called 10 present her petit
ton, and. because she did not behave just
exactly according to the ethics and code OF
Mr.. Barnes, was arrested in this manner,
dragged out. brutslixed. every possible In
dignity put upon her, carried on. hustled
10 the house OF detention and charged with
insanity. and when the request Is made Of
the great and honorable Senate OF tho
United States to investigate these facts I'm
the privacy of executive session. to ascer-
tain whether this man is 1T to be ought
to be confirmed postmaster of the city
where he had performed this piece of cru
| city, that great Senate felt unwilling or did
not dare-I viii not say that but somehow
| or other IL appears that way to me-that
great Senate would not grant the pitiful lit
/ tie plea OF this woman and those who tried
TO oefriend her to let her show how she
/ had been treated
| MAJ. Sylyester's muck rakc-I will call IL
with the handle in the White House, had
scratched about In Washington and got to-
| gether few pitiful stories of Mrs Norris
eccentricities or exeitability and hysteria.
and one thing another and through
/ other instrumentalties--I do not know
where to locate them--an through this city
and in this Senate. and have heard whis-
pered about for the last two months tho
most damaging stories about her past life
hiacken
reputation and TO destroy all sympathy for
| her.
| THE chief OF police was told to invesii-
gate. and though knowing there were five
other men there besides the one who had
written this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS never
went to one OF them. and Paine himself
and L VIII state that | would prove IL IL
had a chance-the evening of the occur
renee was as indignant as anybody else
| that evening, and so expressed himself to
his brother correspondents; but never a
word of protest the next morning. when no
changed his views and began to talk and
say that Barnes was justified, and that ev-
erything that had been done was propet
and could not be helped.
Pretended Investigation.
There is another phase OF this situation
right here. which l want to mention lest
forget it. and that is that Just one month
after Sylvesters pretended investigation
for IT was only pretense; probably he had
an intimation that he must not make It
thorough, that he must convict Mrs. Nor
ris; / do not charge it-but Just one month
after this transaction. Mrs. Morris having
been arrested on the 4th of January--on the
9th day of February a cadetship at Annap-
oils was given to the son of Richard Syl-
vester, a civilian. and a cadetship at An
napolis to the of Elmer E Paine, by
Theodore Roosevelt. the only man who can
give those favors.
Il have been informed-I do not know for
1 nave not asked for any of these things
during my years of service here-but I
nave been told that the cadetships which
the President is allowed to distribute as a
perQuisite of his office are sacrediy re-
served for the sons of army and navy off,
GERS; who can not get into either of the
academies because they have no congress
sional district or state from which to OBJ
tam the appointment. Yet after this prob
ably unpleasant. certainly dirty work by
major sylvester, and after this remarkable
transformation In the opinions and feelings
OF MI Elmer E. Paine, Paine's and Sylves-
Ter sons are given recognition In a most
remarkable and unusual way.
While II may be merely a cdincidence-
ana nave been told that 1t was promised
long oe1ore the occurrence-it is an unfor-
.unate coincidence that the appointments
should have been made Just following the
connection of these men with the effort to
destroy Mrs. Morris case
President Careless of Words.
Mr.. Tfllman spoke OF references In state
ments issued from the White House to
affidavits' in this case. Not an affidavit.
ne SAID. was ever made in the case No
person was ever sworn
1t Is another instance" he said. ''of the
Presidents careless use of words. No ner-
son mas ever made sworn statement.
examined every paper 1t came from the
White House before being sent To the nrint
ing ohice and made careful note of them.
ana had my secretary take memorandum
on them. have got the memorandum in
my ONCE now, and l say there never Was
an andavit made by anybody in the case
Ihere ought to be investigation of
tnls case In connection with some other
matters 1 am not the prosecutor of the
Washington police. II is not NV husI,ass.
DO not concern myself about II am
not on the District committee: tsLa No
,na.f m II; put since have come to in
Vestigate and look into this transaction 1
nave mad my attention called to certain
.nlhgs one Of them 1 saw mentioned in
n Inc PAPERS Ihere are a large number OF
G of
White House grounds while largo areas
Oh the city are unprotected and ali manner
oL cutpurses and purse snatchers ana
e o.,esss are running loose, and felonious
assaults are being made on the white vropo
en- ana white men, and especially on whita
women. VA WHY"
suggests Imperial Guard.
l do not want the President left unnro-
tected think We might put COMPANY of
soldiers around the White House IL we are
gong SO Tar along imperial lines Our
b Ing 81, iaas VINO has recently married and
iion gums across the water Is heralded even
IN the PAPERS as Princess Alice / do nor
hoid the President responsible for that he
cause ne cannot prevent lot of fools on
the headline department of the various
papers who see fit to do so exploiting and
I nurrahinR over and making news out OF
TINS young lady's visit over there l am
sure 1t Is very obnoxious to her.
But say If this imperialistic nro1rar, or
issuing orders to the Senate and the House
Is gong TO Keep up We may as we'll have a
company or regiment of soldiers around
there and get ourselves adjusted by degrees
TO the transition from the simple republican
manners OF our fathers. If the country
wants TO go to the dogs go to the devil
along the lines of changing the form of
government and surrendering the rights Of
the people into the keeping of one man
suppose VIII have to stand it."
Mr Tfilman then said he had another
matter TO call attention to In reference to
the police force. He had made inquiry and
found from Mr.. Darneille the assessor. thar
there are 64o persons who have paid for re-
tan liquor licenses for the year ending
June 30. 1905. He had from the commits
sioner of internal revenue the number OF
persons in the District who have paid for
permits to retail liquor in the District.
which number was S65, showing. he de.
clared. that there are 325 Illicit liquor
dealers in the District"
Mr.. Tillman's Conclusion.
Concluding his remarks Mr. Tillman said:
Mr. President, / have done apologize