The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-24
GOES FOR TEDDY.
Senator TilIman Arraigns Presi'
dent Roosevelt in the Senate.
SENATOR'S LISTEN

1eET, tue FitZS!MluOR Lettsi,
Jui.Jitsu are Used in
Fierce D.nucciation.
The recent fJ,c' be removal iron
the White House Il Mrs. Minor Morri
was made the su-j ct Of emphatic de
nunciation by Mr.. Tillmsn in the sen
ate Wednesday. His remarks callet
out remonstrances from NJ essrS. Hale
Hopkins and Daniel and led to tht
very abrupt closing Of the doors ant
the sudden adjournment Of the senate
IN the middle Of the sfternocn.
The speech aboundeo in Mr. I'll!
mans pe culiar expressions and was
characterized by many severe aao ex
ceptionalIy personal chrusts at the
president. At times BE wept over
what he regarded ss the indignitleS sc
Mrs. Morris and bis eyes we're full OF
tears when be declar, q in the I ce ct
protests from bis fellow sepators that
he would demand an in sestigation CT
the White House incident.
The reference to the treatment
Mrs. Morris constituted the latter hsi
Of e speech based upon the senator :
resolution making Inquiry OF the pres
ioent corc corning the status OF our re.
lations with the republic OF Santo Do,
mingo, and was added to ii!u >trate his
theory that the present aoGinistra
tiou is tending toward imperial sr. lu
the first part Of the address he caArac
terized the course OF the . aiteo Slat"s
Ia Ssnto Domingo as a great exten
sion OF the Monroe Doctrine and saio
that If pursued the policy would leao
the country into many serious conpN.
cations. Ee accused the president OF
putting the treaty into execution II
the fsce Of the senate's refusal to act,
denounced the senate as willing to
submit subsequently to all that is ask
ed OF it, and inplorsd senators to
show their independence ard thus
teach the executive lesson and at
: the same time serve the country.
TIE MoRRIs INCIDENT.
With reference to the Morris occur
snce, he declared that the president
had been derahct in failing to punish
his sDbordinates for their course ana
quoted statements from persons ssid
to have been witnesses, to show that
the proceeding had been inhunan. he
informally presented and said that be
would tomorrow formally present. a
resolution for an inveStigs itn Of the
entire incident.
It was the introduction Of this res
olution which called out the protest
from Mr.. Daniel, while Mr. Hale o.
j7cssd to the 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.
raination to bring in the resolution
tomorrow. The ANNOUNCEMENT occa
stoned 3 number OF hurried conferenc
esanl it is understood thst as result
Mr. Tillnan will be urged not to carry
cut bis u'po>e. Piomiaen5 senators
On both sides said that the resolution
would command few votes.
Nj. Til.mam's refereE c. 20 tie MOI
ris incident was preceded by some re-
marks on the power c: tne press IN
which he charged that the presiden:
had gradually assumed to direct that
Efforts Of the press until White House
news has become colored and doc5oreC
In the interests Of the administration
Secretary Loeb is the apothecary,
he said, and pills on Panama, pill
on Roosevelt. pills on railroad rate'
and pills on every thing pertaining tx
public aft 4srs are administered in uhi
way. The newspapers have been th'
funnel through which this quack ply
sic has been sent abroad and whei
some newspaper man refuses to prin
that which the president wants ther'
is great wrath at the executive man
sion"
Illustrative Of some stories which
crop out "over and trough the bars
Mr. Tillnan sail that the sa 'des
sn6 most p!tiful example OF anythin!
that has ever been associated with the
name If g. president was the recent
outrage on Mrs. Minor Morris at th
White House." He said that bscsus'
only Of the transgression Of some rul'
the woman sitting quietly in the OF
fee had been dragged rudely away
haE clothes torn, an ear ring torn out
and thrust into carriage and takel
away.
SENATOR EALE PROTESTS.
At this point Mr.. Hale interrupte
Mr.. TOlnan to protest against the lat
ter's representation concerning tn
Morris incident. II hope" he sale
deliberately, that may never hgur
in this body as a general a pologi e c
the administration OF any one connet
ted with it," and containing said:
''But I say to the senator fror
South Carolina that he is maxim
ststeneets and assuming cts rc
which there is no warrant, and that b
Is making the most serious aud defan
atory charges against the executive
this country, the president Of all tt