The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-26
Senator Tillman Arraigns Presi'
dent Roosevelt in the Senate.
SEN ATORS LISTEN
In Breathl,ss Silence, While the Nor
rls Incident White House Inj ct.
ment, the Fltzslmnon's Letter,
Jui.Jitsu are Used In
Fierce .nunclatlOu.

The recent fo:c' b'e removal from
the White House Mrs. Minor Morris
was made the sui 'ct OF emphatic de.
nuncIation by Mr.. Tillman in the SEN
ate Wednesday. His remarks called
out remonstrances from Msssrs. Hale
Hopkins and Daniel and led to the
very abrupt closing Of the doors and
the sudden adjournment Of the senate
In the middle of the Afternoon.
The speech abounded In Mr.. Till
mans peculiar expressions and was
characterizs I'D by many severe aad ex
ceptionally personal thrusts at the
president. At times he w@pt over
what he regarded as the indiRnities to
Mrs. Morris and his eyes were full OF
tears when he declare d In the ce Of
protests from his follow senators that
he would demand an in 'estigation tf
the White House incident.
The reference to the treatment OF
Mrs. Morris constituted the latter hall
Of speech based upon the senator's
resolution making Inquiry OF the pres
ident concerning the status Of our re.
lations with the republic OF Santo Do
AuluROy duu was dQQCu w III u WE hUS LILO
theory that the present. ADM istra
tion is tending toward imperialism In
the first part Of the address he clarac
teriZed the course OF the United State
In Sant0 Domingo as great exten
sion of the Monroe Doctrine aud said
that II pursued the policy would leao
the country into many serious c)mpH-
cations. He accused the president OF
putting the treaty into execution In
the face Of the senates refusal to act,
denounced the senate as willing to
submit subServiently to all that is ask
ed OF it, and implored senators to
show their independence ard thus
teach the executive lesson aud at
the same time serve the country.
THE MORRIS INCIDENT
With reference to the Morris occur.
ence, he declared that the president
had been derellct in falling to punish
his subordinates for their course and
quoted statements from persons said
to have been witnesses, to sAo8s that
6ftd processing had been inhdman. He
Informally presented and said that he
would tomorrow formally present a
resolution for an Investigator OF the
entire incident.
1t was the introduc lon OF t.iis res
olution which called out the protest
from Mr.. Daniel, while Mr.. Hale Oh.
jected to tho presentation OF the mat.
Ter at all except upon proof. Mr.. TIL.
man declared his determination not
to be guided by their advice and clos.
ed with the reiteration OF his deter.
minatiOn to bring In the resolution
tomorrow. The announcemc cnt Occa
stoned number Of hurried confer4nc
eS ana 1t Is understood that as result
Mr.. Tillman will be urged not to carry
cut his purpose. Prominent senators
on both sides said that the resolution
would command few votes.
Mr.. Tillmam'S refere1 to IT, Q M ".
ris incident was preceded by some re-
marks on the power OF the p1csS in
which he charged that the president
had gradually assumed to direct that
Efforts of the press until White House
news has become cOlOred and doctored
In the interests Of the administration.
Secretary Loeb is the apothecary, ;"
he said, and pills on Panama, pills
on Roosevelt. pills on railroad rates
and pills on everything pertaining to
public fairs are administered In This
way. The newspapers have b cen the
funnel through which this quack ply
Sic has been sent ABROAD and when
some newspaper man refuses to print
that which the president wants there
is great wrath at the executive man
siOn."
\ Illustrative Of some stories which
N crop out "over and trough the bars"
Mr.. Tlllman said that the 50 'dest
and most pitiful example Of anything
that has ever been associated with the
name Cf president was the recent
outrage on Mrs. Minor Morris at the
White House, He said that because
only OF the transgresSion Of some rule
the woman sitting quietly in the Of.
flee had been dragged rudely away,
her clothes torn, an ear ring torn out
and thrust into a carriage and taken
away.
SENATOR HALE PROTESTS.
At this point Mr.. Hale interrupted
Mr.. Tillman to protest against the lat
ter's representation concerning The
Morris incident. II hope, T" he said
deliberately, that l may never figure
In this body as a general apolJgi o
the administration or any one connec
ted with it," and continuing SAID;
"But l say to the senator from
South Carolina that he Is making
statements and assuming fact' fo
which there Is no warrant, and That hi
10 making the most serious and defam
atory charges against the executive o
esRkAis country, the president Of all th'
Z UNITED States, having nothing what
ever that he adduces as pro H.
II must sly to the ser aJor that
do not deem 1t seemly that here II
the senate he should make this tn
occasion OF discharging before us tn
personal feeling of ill.wlll he ha
against the president Of the Unite
States. 1t is not spectacle that an
Of us can look upon either with salts
faction or toleraton."
Tine interruption mad NOT been es
pected and 1t created general interes
throughout the senate chamber an
In the galleries. nhe q liet that pre-
vailed was almost oppressive, and
was mono the less marked when MI
Tillman rose to reply. He said:
II have such respect for the grea
ability, high character and patriot
services Of the senator from Maine