The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
CAUSED MUCH. TALK
Election Of Woman From the
White House a Sensation.
INDIGNATION EXPRESSED
Under Pressure Secretary Barnes
MAKES a o,alsmenr W nicn Differs
Radically From Story Told
~ 81 mrs. Morris.

Tie fCccible election Of Mrs. Minor
Morris from the wclte house II Mas,-
.in3soa last Thursday, mas since Dei.
ztae unisetsa. su0ject ol cun, erSation
siu< the city. In select society tho
afair mas beea talked about and al
most without exception extreme crit
icism is expressed OF the whole af-
fair. $: - , - <.
secretary Barnes, who seems to
have been responsible for at least the
commencement OF the proceedings, Is.
sued a statement Friday regarding
the affair. His statement differs ma
,terially from the story told by Mrs.
Morris and some of the eye-witnesses.
Grouping the stories, however, to
some extent, the facts seem to be that
Mrs. Morris, a respectable woman,
not insane, whose husband had been
an officer in the army medical corps,
and who had been dismissed, weas
to the white house in an effort to lay
her case before the president.
Size saw Secretary Barnes, who told
her >tEe president could not see her,
and, then, after some conversation, de-
scribed by Secretary Barnes as disor-
derly, he ordered the policemen to re-
move her.
This election was carried out with
Great yigor. Mrs. Morris, being car
ried and dragged from the white house
across the asphalt walks and finally
bundled into a cab and taken to the
house of detention, two policemen and
. .olored man taking part in the re,
mcYaI. General opinion expressed
was that the president would order
an Investigation OF the affair which
would be thorough and serious. Mr..
barnes statement, in part, is as fol-
lows; =
s.Mrs. Morris called at the, executive
once Thursday at about o'clock and
asked to be allowed to see the presi-
dent. At the, time Secretary Loeb was
engaged with the president, and Mr.
Barnes saw her. Upon inquiry as to
the nature Of her business she stated
with considerable reluctance that her
shasband had been unjustly dismissed
from. a branch of the war department;
That she did not propose to- have any
thing to do with the secretary of
war concerning it, but that she want
seds the president to take it up and
see that justice was done.
..She was informed that the prea-
dent could not give personal attention
TO such matter and that the decis-
ION of the secretary Of war would be
nnaL She insisted that she must see
I the president, and was told that that
was ont of the question.
4 6 .sshe replied in a low voice that
she would sec him and that she would
stay there until she did. She was then
adyised to drop. the matter and 60
away quietly. This, in still louder
tones, she. refused to, do. She was
then told that she must either leave
the 6fdce at. once, voluntarily, or it
would Be necessary to have her put
ont OF the building. At this she
sahrfeed at the top Of her voice:
a.I VIII net be put out rushed to
Chair, threw herself Into It, and
shouted, Font you have any hands
laid ON me; am going to stay here
until I see the president
sThe officers repeatedly asked her
to stand up and walk quietly with
them SO that they would not have to
force her, but she refused to do so,
aud defed them in shrieks that were
heard throughout the white house.
There is no truth whatever In the
statement made by many Of the Fri
day meruing papers that negro laid
hold Of Mrs. Morris, and assisted In
carrying her. One of the colored mes
ssengers of the Office followed the po-
1iceman, and gathered up small artt-
cles such as were dropped in the wo-
mans struggles, but there was no
other, foundation whatever for the
statement"