The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
His Resolution Is Not V His Remarks Will Be In Records of the
 Senate.

Washington. June 2S.-Senator Tillman. interrupted the regular business of the Senate today to speak on his resolution calling for an investigation into the eject ment of Mrs. Minor G. Morris at the White House last January.
 He complained his resolutions had been pushed aside constantly for one reason or another He described Mrs. Morris as an elderly lady and referring to his for mer discussion of the case he had been charged with going very far in character izing her ejectment from the White House as brutal and cruel. He recalled that on that occasion he had been charged by another senator with effort to vent his personal feelings against the present chief executive. He had not then been able to supply the proof Since then he had been held up to scorn for having ex- pressed his honest feelings. and he would never again have approached the subject but for the fact that the name of the man, Secretary Barnes who must be held responsible for the act, has been sent to the Senate for the postmastership Of Washington"
 Thrown In Teeth of Senate.
 This nomination he declared equal to throwing the matter in the teeth of the Senate. although the Senate had not shown it's teeth on the subject. He then detailed his efforts to have the nomna- ton of Mir. Barnes rejected reading his letter to Senator Carter, chairman of the subcommittee having the nomination in charge, and much matter bearing upon the subject. He also told of his inef- t4a.-4 firra4. ton on his charges against Barnes, and then said that in order to justify his bringing the matter into the open Sem ate he had drawn his resolution so as 10 1 provide for an investigation by the post | office department in tho matter of Mrs. l Morris expulsion. In order that he might not be accused of unfairness, Mr. 11il- | man had read MT. Barnes defense of his conduct in the Morris affair 1 He also had read the statements of El- l mer E. Payne. who was, he said, one or 1 the six newspaper men at the executive 1 office when the Morris incident occurred. | He commented at some length on MT. l Paynes statement, saying he was the | only one of six who had ever had any l thing to say about the matter outside or | their own papers or private conversations. | This he spoke of remarkable, and l then quoted extracts from MT. Paynes | statement His statement was referred to as in standardization of the White House statement.
 Actual Facts In Case. | In contrast to that statement he pre-. sented what he declared to be the actual | facts in the ease. These were included in statement from James H. Price, another newspaper man who had witnessed the occurrence.
 In MT. Paynes statement 1t was report ed that Mrs. Morris was treated as con siderately as possible, while MT. Price said she was "carried off like sack of salt Mir. Tillman spoke of Mr. Barnes de- nial of another statement by Mir Price that a negro had assisted in the cruel and miserable performance" He declared also that Paine and Barnes had contra dicted each other, ono saying that Mrs Morris had shrieked three times, and the other testifying to the contrary. He also spoke of the testimony of the police par ticpants saying that while one had said Mrs Morris tried to bite and scratch, another had said she wore gloves. 'as. said Mr. Tillman, "a well-dressed lady should.'
 Clothing Shows III Treatment.
 MT. Tillman also discussed the dlffer- ence of their testimony as to whether Mrs Morris had been dragged. and as going to .'prove beyond all possibility of dispute" he said Mrs Morris had fur nished him with the black silk skirt she wore on the occasion. This was torn in many places, while there was round hole at one of the knees, showing that she unquestionably had been dragged. Not only was there hole in the skirt. but there were some holes in the undercloth- ing and hosiery, proof sufficient to prove any man "an arrant liar who spoke to the contrary, said the senator.
 He quoted one witness expressing an opinion that Mrs. Morris was demented,
 
 stion'' that woman under such cir cumstances, should be denounced as in- sane
 "Of course, he said, she was hysteri- cal what woman would not have been so, under the treatment she receiyed?'
 Speaking of the police at the White House MT. Tillman said there is such q tendency toward imperialism as would justify the use of the military for that purpose. If the country wanted to go to the devil along the lines of imperialism. he could stand it. As indicative of this inclination, he added
 "A young lady has married and gone across the water whence she is heralded as Princess Alice don't hold the Pres ident responsible for that for 1t would he unfair to hold him responsible for tho course of a lot of fools who write head lines which must be obnoxious to both the President and young lady
 Treated Worse Than Dog.
 Tn closing MT Tillman declared that Mrs Morris had been treated worse than a dog" ana that the President had en- dorsed this treatment by appointing the man responsible for it to the position of postmaster of Washington where the wo- men of this city would have to come into contact with him.
 q have felt constrained" he said. ito do what I have done, and If anybody does not like it. let him lump it."
 There was loud applause In the galleries when Mr. Tilman concluded. but owing to an objection by Senator Kean the Sem ate refused to vote on his resolution
 On motion of Senator Carter the entire record in the case was ordered printed.
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