Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18

ident to take the stand he has. An
swering the question himself, Mr.. TIL
man said that the press has made the
president what he is, and that II has
been through that instrumentality that
he has dared to "bestride the world like
a colossus" He said that an instance
Of the presidents uses Of newspaper
men Is had I'm his employment of
Joseph Il. Bishop as a press agent Tor
the Panama canal. He said that during
the time Mr.. Roosevelt's military record
was being made the newspapers con-
tinually referred to "Col. Roosevelt here
and Col Roosevelt there. until he
seemed to eclipse the regular army of
ficers, who carried the brunt of the
battle"
The senator said he appreciated the
value Of the presidents service In the
army. and he recognized his worth, and
that he has been voted the most popu-
lar man In the United States, and would
not detract one iota from the presi-
dents credit. All of this, Mr.. Tillman
said showed that the president real
ized the power of the press, and he
charged then that he had gradually
assumed to direct the efforts of the
press until the White House news has
become colored and doctored in the in
terests of the administration.
Loeb the Apotheeary"
Secretary Loeb is the apothecary,"
he said, land pills on Panama, pills on
Roosevelt. pills on railroad rates and
pills on everything pertaining to pub
lie affairs are administered in this way.
The newspapers have been the funnel
through which this quack physic has
been sent abroad, and when some news
paperman refuses to print that which
the president wants there Is great
wrath at the executive mansion"
Illustrative of some stories which
crop out, "over or through the bars, -
Mr.. Tlllman said that "the saddest and
most pitiful example of anything that
has ever been associated with the name
of a president was the recent outrage
on Mrs. Minor Morris at the White
House"
He said that only for the transgres-
sion Of some rule the woman sitting
quietly in the office had been dragged
rudely away, her clothes torn, an ear
ring torn out. and she had been thrust
into a carriage and taken away. At
this point Mr.. Hale interrupted Mr..
Tillman to protest against the latter 8
representation concerning the Morris
incident.
II hope" he said deliberately that
may never figure in this body as a
general apologist of the administration
or any one connected with it," and.
continuing, said: But 1 say to the
senator from South Carolina that he
Is making statements and assuming
facts for which there is no warrant,
and that he is making these most seri-
Gus and defamatory charges against
the executive of this country, the presi-
dant NJ oil fhacn TTNnitnI hnx ~
nothing whatever that he adduces as
proof.
Hale Rebukes TiIIman
81 must say to the senator that I do
not deem it seemly that here in the
senate he should take this occasion of
discharging the personal feeling of ill
will he has against the president of the
United States. 1t is not n spectacle
that any of us can look upon either
with satisfaction or toleration."
The quiet that prevailed was almost
oppressive, and it was none the less
marked when Mr.. Tillman rose to reply.
He said:
II have such great respect for the
great ability, high character and
patriotism of the senator from Maine
and have had such intimate association
with him during my service here, which
is not half so long as his own, that he
cannot say anything in the way of a
reprimand to cause me to lose my tenn
per. 1 want to say to you, sir" ad-
dressing Mr.. Hale directly that l am
not defaming Theodore Roosevelt and
l have not allowed my personal feel
ings, supposing 1 have any, to dictate
one utterance of mine today. 1 want
to say to you, sir, that If you will offer
a resolution appointing a committee of
this body, composed of Republicans
alone, to examine into the facts I will
give out the names of four witnesses
as reputable as you or I who will swear
to the statement 1 have made as to
what actually occurred"
Mr. Hale: Let the senator produce
his testimony
Mr. Tillman: You present your COM
mittee"
Mr. Hale: "And his affidavits before
he stands up before the country and
assails in this rude way the president
of the United States"
Mr. Tillman: 'Ah, will you then Of
fer your resolution appointing a COM
mttee to get at the facts?
Mr.. Hale: LET the senator himself
offer it,"
Mr. Tillman: ''It is none of my BUS
mess, 1t is your business"
Mr. Hale: "It is as much the SEN
ators business as it is mine"
Mr. Tillman: "No, you have just ac-
cused me of having personal animos-
ity and hatred to crafty"
Declares Reports Exaggerated
Mr. Hale: ''I do not credit the eXag-
gerated statements of the newspapers
about this Incident. believe they are
all eXtravagant, swollen and not JUS
titled by the facts, but whenever any
senator upon his own responsibility
declares that there should be ar in
vestigation and asks for an investi-
cation so that we may not have mere
statements. nor virulence, nor denun-
citation, but facts, and not so doing
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