Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-18

interests OF the administration. Sec
retary Loeb is the apothecary," he
said, "and pills on Panama, pills on
Roosevelt. pills on railroad rates and
pills on everything pertaining to pub
lie affairs are admin stored in this way
The newspapers have been the funne
through which this quack physic has
been sent abroad, and when some
newspaper man refuses to print which
the president wants there is great
wrath at the executive mansion"
The Morris Incident.
Illustrative of some stories which
crop out over or through the bars,
Mr.. Tillman 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 transgression of some rule the wo-
man sitting quietly in the office had
been dragged .rudely away, her clothes
torn, and ear ring torn out, and thrust
into a carriage and taken away.
ScilatOF Iiaic IfOtcSlS.
At this point Mr. Hale interrupted
Mr.. Tillman to protest against the lat
ter's representation concerning the
Morris incident.
Il hope" he said deliberately, "that
I may mover figure i'm this body as a
general apologist of the administration
or any one connected with it," and
continuing. said:
'But l 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 the most serious and de-
famatory charges against the execu-
tive of this country, the president Of
all the United States, having nothing
whatever that he adduces as proof.
81 must say to the senator that l dc
not deem 1t seemly that here i'm the
senate he should take this occasion OF
discharging the personal feeling of i'll
will he has against the president OF
the United States. 1t is not a specta-
Gle that any of us can look upon
either with satisfaction or toleration,
Silence is Oppressive.
The quiet that prevailed was almost
oppressive. ana it was none the less
marked when Mr. Tillman rose to re-
ply.
II want to say to you, sir" address
ing Mr.. Hale directly, that ! am not
defaming Theodore Roosevelt and
have not allowed my personal feelings
supposing | have any, to indicate one
utterance Of mine today ! want t.
say to you, sir. that If you win offer a
resolution appointing a committee OF
this body, composed Of republicans
alone, to examine into the facts | will
give you the names of four witnesses
as reputable as you or /, who will
swear to the statement I have made
as to what actually occurred"
Mr., Hale-'Let the senator produce
his testimony"
Mr.. Tillman-"You present your
committee"
Mr. Hale-"And his affidavits be-
fore he stands up before the country
and assails in this rude way the presi-
dent of the United States"
Mr. Tillman-"Ah. win you then Of
fer your resolution. appointing a COM
mittee to get at the fdcts?'
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 sena-
tors business as it is mine"
Mr.. Tillman-"No. you have just ac-
cused me of having personal animoslty
and hatred to gratify."
Mr. Hale-'I do not credit the ex-
aggerated statements of the newspa-
per press about this incident. | be-
lieve they are all eXtravagant, swollen
and not justified by facts; but when
ever any senator upon his responsible
ity declares that there should be an
investigation and asks for an investi-
cation so that we may have mot
statements. not virulence, not denun-
citation, but facts. nobody on this side
viii object 20 that resolution"
Mr.. Ttlman--"I will offer 1t and put
you 20 the test. +"
WI Iilllileiii Nii'Ii bh'N'u AhN WI WA
statement concerning the Morris Incl
dent and said that in ignoring the
matter the president had practically
endorsed it. He added that he had
been told that another lady had been
treated at the White House very much
as Mrs. Morris had been made
Hale Again demonstrates.
Mr.. Hale again demonstrated with
Mr.. Tillman for making the senate
the arN1a for the display Of his per.
sonal opinions. He said It was mo-
true that the senate is inclined t,
bend the pregnant hinges of the knee
10 the president, and that the presi'
dent had already learned that the
senate is an Independent body. III
added that senators consult mos
freely with him and advise him i
they differ with him.
Mr.. Tillman then read a typewriter
statement from a newspaper reporter
who said he was an eyewitness of tn
White House incident, in which h
related that he had seen Mrs Morris
cartiad off "Iike n sack OF salt witt