The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-29

Senator TlIman Addresses SENATE
on Mr.. Nor. Matter.
TOLD OF THE SKIRT.
Said Not 0nly Vas There Holes ir
That sarment. but Also la
Seine 0ther Articles Of
Wearing Apparel.

Washington, June 20 Senator TIL
nan interrupted the regular busines
of the senate thursday to speak on his
Tesolution calling for an Investigation
into the election 81 Mrs. Minor Nor
lie from the white house last Janu
airy. fe complained that his resolu
ton had been pushed aside constantly
Tor one reason or another. He spoke
q Mrs Morris az en- elderly lady, and
referring to his former discussion ol
the case said he had been charged with
going too far in characterizing her
eiectment from the white house a.
brutal and cruel"
He recalled that on that occasion
he had been charged by another sen
a.or with an effort to vent his person
al feelings against the present CHIEF
executive. He had not then been able
to supply the proof. Since then be
had been held up to scorn for havint
presumed to express his honest feel
ings, and he never would have again
fact that the name OF the man, Assist
ant Secretary Barnes, must be held
responsible for the act, has been sent
to the senate for the postmastershiI
OF Washington. This nomination il
/, considered equal to throwing the mat
ter In the teeth OF the senate, although
the senate had not shown its teeth or
the subject. He then detailed his eff
forts to have the nomination of Mr.
Barnes rejected, reading his letter te
| Senator Carter chairman OF the sub
committee having the nomination II
| charge, and much other bearing an the
subject He told, also, Of his inef
| fectual efforts to secure an investi
! cation of his charge against Barnes
and then said that In order to justify
| his bringing the matter into the oper
| senate he had drawn his resolution sc
as to provide for an investigation OF
the action of the police In e1ecting Mrs
| Morris from the white house.
In order that he might not be &C
| cused of unfairness, Mr.. Tillman hat
read Mr. Barnes defense Of his con
! duct in the Morris case.
He also read the statements OF Ell
mer f. Paine, who was, he said, one
| of the six newspaper men at the ex
ecutive offices when the Morris Incl
| dent occurred.
He commented at some length upoI
Mr. Paine's statement, saying he wa
the only one of those six men VINO ha
ever had anything to do about tn
matter outside of ,neir own paper
or private conversations. This h
spoke of as remarkable, and the
quoted extracts from l4r. Paine stat
ment His statement was referred t
as sin substantiation" OF the state
| ment.
In contrast to that statement, h
presented what he declared to be tn
actual facts in the case. These wer
| included in a statement from Jane
H. Price, a newspaper man who hal
witnessed the occurrence. In MI
Paine's statement it was said that Mrs
| Morris was treated as considerably a
| possible. while Mr.. Price said she wa:
carried off like sack of salt
Mr.. Tillman also discussed the dit
ference of their testimony as to wneth
er Mrs Morris had been dragged, AM
as going 10 prove beyond all possibil
| ity of dispute, he said, Mrs. Morris
had furnished him with the black sill
skirt she wore on the occasion. lhi
was torn in many places, while Their
was "A round hole at one of the knees
| showing that she unquestionahly ha'
! been dragged. Not only was there
hole in the skirt but there were ais
holes in the underclothing and in I'll
hosiery-proof sufficient to prove an
man AN arrant liar who spoke to tn
contrary said the senator.
He quoted one witness as expressing
an opinion that Mrs. Morris was de
mented. and characterized as "quee
proposition that any woman, undo
like circumstances, should be pro
uounced insane.
She was hystericali What womai
would not have been so under the treat
mont hse received
Speaking Of the police at the whit
house Mr. Ti'lman said they are sucl
tendency toward Imperialism as woul
justify the use Il the military for tia
purpose. n tho public wanted To- *,
20 the devil along Tho lines 0f lmps
rialism bee could stand b.
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