The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-18

five Senators be named for the purpose of inquiring into the incident.
 Mr. Hale suggested that as tho pro- ceeding was informal tho motion should be withdrawn and brought in proper shape tomorrow. and MT. Till man consented.
 Objection Fly Hopkins. Here Mir. Hopkins interposed an ob- jection to the entire proceeding. say ing that he saw mo more reason why the Senate should investigate the af- fairs of the Presidents household, than the President should investigate the personal affairs of the Senator from South Carolina. Mir. Hale said that he had not pretended to bind any senator by assenting to such a resolution, but personally he would not oppose the resolution.
 Mir. Daniel entered q most earnest plea with MT. Tillman not to introduce the resolution. He evidently regarded the matter as of very great moment, and scarcely raised his voice above a conversational tone. He referred to his feeling of attachment for Mr. Tillman. and said
 This is very delicate matter and hope the Senator will refrain from presenting such a resolution as he has indicated.
 Tt is to be presumed he went on, that the President will do what Is right in his own house, the house of the first citizen of the country, and I regard such a resolution as an inva- sion of the comity of the Government"
 Not only was he against the present. ation of the resolution, but he regretted that any allusion had been made to the Morris affair.
 This is not a tribunal which ought to take Jurisdiction in such matters" he added.
 MT. Tillman declined to accede to the request, declaring that his resentment of the mistreatment of lady was such that he could not reconcile silence and inaction with his idea of propriety Referring again to the testimony of witnesses, his eyes filled with tears and his voice was almost choked with emotion when he quoted one of the newspaper men who had been present as saying that he had since been up- braiding himself with tears in his eyes that even at the risk of personal in jury he did not rush to the rescue of Mrs. Morris"
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 And what are you going to do about it?" continued the Senator in a voice now attuned to high key. Let these imperialistic practices continue?
 Nothing? Then indeed will the Senate sink into contempt, into a con tempt that will be deserved into tho contempt of every good man and woman in the country. I cannot be q party to such h course, but I will take tha consequences. I will offer the resolu- tion and the Senate can do as 1t pleases with it "
 Continuing his remarks he said that These pitiful liars, the newspapers" had reported that about the time the Morris election occurred the President had written a letter to Ze-fighter Fttzsimmons showing that his dignity has not been so great as had been rep resented. Nor had he been too digni- fled to engage in trial of the jiu Jitsu system or to put on the boxing gloves. In view of these reports he had waited in the hope that "the Pres ident would tage some action apropros of the brutal treatment of Mrs. Morris that would do him credit as q gentle man and it was only after he had shown such besotted indifference to public opinion that I felt called upon to present a true statement of the in- cident and ask for an investigation to disprove the falsehoods and garbled statements given out by Mir. Barnes"
 MT. Tillman closed with the declara- tion of his high regard for woman hood, taught him by his association with his mother ana WlIe, ana Sdlu they had taught him to love woman, and When see man ignore his plain duty to right a wrong to the sex I would be false to my nature if l remained si- lent"
 The South Carolina senator closed abruptly and was evidently deeply qf- fected as he took his seat. It was un- derstood that Mir, Spooner and Mir Lodge were to make reply but neither rose. Instead Mir Hale again ad- dressed the chair The chair was ask ing; What shall be done with the resolution?" when ignoring the query the Maine senator moved an executive session.
 The motion prevailed and in less than two minutes the vast throng of people in the galleries were cleared out, the doors were closed and one of the tensest days in the recent history of the Senate came to an end. The exec utive session began at 2,57 p. m.. and the Senace adjourned at 3;O3 D. m
 Pension Day fin House.
 Washington, Jan. l7.--In session of two and a half hours today tho House took favorable action Gp lie pension bills. Under the rules the bills are considered the first time in com