Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01
FAILED To CONFIRM It
Opposition to the Barnes Nom
nation.
TWO HOURS OF DISCUSSION
Executive Session of the Senate Yes
terday Afternoon.
TO BE FURTHER CONSIDERED
Now Contended That Police Are to
Blame for the Ill Treatment
of Mrs. Morris
TO BE FURTHER CONSIDERED

The Senate devoted two hours yesterday
afternoon to a consideration of the Barnes
case. and the result of the discussion is that
the case will be further considered not only
in executive session. but In the open session
of the Senate. This is due to the declara-
ton of the committee on post offices and
post roads to the effect that Mr.. Barnes
cannot be held responsible for anything
that did not take place in the executive
Office building. and that all the brutality
that occurred outside of that building In
connection with the ejectment of Mrs.
Morris must be laid at the door of some
one else. Senator Carter. in making his re-
port TO the Senate, said:
'In our judgment Mr.. Barnes relation to
this incident must be judged wholly and
solely upon what occurred within the ex
ecutive offices, and as to such occurrences
there is. in our opinion, no material conflict
between the statements submitted and the
published statement of the newspaper cor
respondent who was In the room only at the
end Of the scene
Proposed Investigation of Police.
In view of the attitude assumed by the
committee Senator Tiiman has taken the
position that the responsibility for the bru-
tally in the handling of Mrs. Morris must
be lodged somewhere, and in order to fur
Their fix IL he laid before the Senate today a
resolution calling upon the committee on
the District of Columbia to investigate the
police department of the city to ascertain
the facts IN this case and to discover
whether the rules of that department up
hold such conduct in the handling of per-
sons as in the case of Mrs. Morris.
The resolution. which went over until to-
morrow, recites that the arrest was at
tended with ''indignlty and cruelty" and
provides for an extension OF the inquiry
to the investigation of the affair by the
directing the committee to especially in
quire whether the said superintendent of
police and one of the chief witnesses
against Mrs. Morris have since received
recognition by the appointment OF near
relatives to Office
In the statement of Mr.. Elmer E. Paine,
newspaper correspondent. which has been
submitted to the Senate. 1t is declared that
when once a police officer lays his hands
upon a person to make an arrest it is nee
essary to conclude the arrest, or the officer
will be liable to a conviction on a charge
OF assault. Senator Tillmau desires to
learn through an investigation of the de-
partment whether that is the case, and
whether the officer is without discretion in
permitting a person to leave quietly If the
circumstances indicate that there is no
good reason for landing him in a station
house
Long Contest Probable.
The consideration of the Barnes case
yesterday afternoon by the Senate in ex-
acutiye session gave ample indication that
the nomination cannot be confirmed with
out a lively and long -drawn-out contest
When the doors were closed there were
about forty senators present. the interest
that attached to the last hour of the con-
sideration Of the rate bill being sufficient to
call In a large attendance of the Senate
There was also hope in the breasts of a
number Of senators Of the committee on
post offices and post roads that they might
be able to confirm Mr. Barnes but that
hope was destined to disappointment The
word had been sent out that senators who
would vote for the nomination should be
present for that purpose. But the doors
were not closed very long before it was
seen that the case was hopeless. for the
day, at least. and one by one the senators
went home until. when the Senate ad-
journed, at O'Clock, there were but half
a dozen of them left
Mr.. Culberson Called Away.
The case was opened by motion to re-
commit the nomination to the committee,
with instructions to have full inyesti-
cation of the facts I'm the case. That mo-
ton was made by Mr.. Culberson, and he
proceeded in a forcible manner to give
reasons why that course should be pur-
sued. During the discussion Mr. Culber-
son received news of the Illness Of his
son at MS nome IN THIS city winch made 1t
necessary for him to leave the Senate. He
had not proceeded far and had not finished
his presentation of the case when he left
the chamber.
Senator Carter then discussed the case
basing his views what had happened
at the White House Offices upon the state
meIlt of Mr.. Barnes and other witnesses
who confirmed the Barnes version of the
events. Some of his statements called
up both Senator Tillman and Senator Clay,
both of whom entered into a discussion
with Mr.. Carter.
One of the things that astonished many
of the senators was the statement of Sem
ator Carter that here had been a mistake
on the-part of Senator Tillman in suppos-
ing that the subcommittee would recon-
mend to the full committee that witnesses
be summoned and an investigation be
held. There are several people who re-
ceiyed that information from Mr.. Carter.
When o'clock arrived the discussion of
the case had hardly been got under way.
It will be taken up from day to day, when
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