Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-18
Post and washington star, Mr.. Tillman

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president when he viii let them be-"
The article quoted outlined the plan
OF having a Joint resolution passed by
the presidents subservient friends In
| Congress"
what could be done by means Of q
joint resolution except TO annex the is
i landg Here you have the delightful
prospect OF adding the island with It's
ten million negroes 10 our domain TO
satisfy the design of our lord and mas
ter 10 have his own way"
| Discussing the prospect of action on
such resolution he quoted a charac-
terlzaton OF the house by the Boston
Herald as puppets, the clanking Of
whose chains could be heard In ad-
vance. and said that that body had
| yesterday given an exhibition Of It's
subserviency to executive power. He
! had he said, heard il stated that four
| more votes are needed to secure the
ratification of the Dominican treaty
and he supposed they were looking
about for White House Democrats to
help out, and he feared that a sufTl-
Cient number might be secured by the
use Of patronage, "a pound or two OF
| pork to aid the other side insecurlng
| favorable action.
| He declared his conviction that the
program outlined had come authorlta-
lively from the Hips of Theodore Roose-
Welt. and asked. What are you going
| to do about it?" He advised them
that they should say to him: You've
| got 10 obey the law or We will take you
| by the throat and compel you to do so"
| He hoped that the possession OF a lit
| tie POWER in the shape OF patronage
| would not stand I'm the way Of the
| seDate's doing its duty.
PRESS USED AS THREAT.
In crticsing the president Mr.. Till
man said the press was being used In
threatening Congress on matters Of
legislation or patronage in order that
the president may have his way. The
senate compared the executive with
Andrew Jackson OF Napoleon Bona
parte or any other man who pushed
things TO the limit
Mr.. Tillman said that he wanted TO
ask what il IL that embodens the pres
ident To take the stand he has. An
rSering the question himself, Mr., Till-
man said that the press has made the
president what he is, and that 1t has
been through that instrumentaIity that
he has dared to "bestride the world like
Colossus" He said that an instanca
Of the presidents use Of newspaper men
Is had in his employment OF Joseph b.
Bishop as a press agent for the Pan
anna canal. He said that during the
time that Mr.. Roosevelts military rec
ord was being made the newspapers
continually referred TO col Roosevelt
here and Col. Roosevelt there. until he
seemed TO eclipse the regular army Off
GERS, who carried the brunt of the bat
tie"
The senator said he appreciated the
itta az IN ,raclIanffg uptstfi4a tba
army and he recognized his growth UNI
I'll he has been voted the most popular
man In the United States: he would
not detract one iota from the presidents
credit. All of this, said Mr.. Tiilman.
showed that the president realized the
power OF the press, and he charged then
that he had gradually assumed to direct
the efforts Of the press untll the White
House news has become colored and
doctored In the interests Of the admin
istration.
LEOB Is THE APOTHECARY.
'Secy Loeb Is the apothecary," he
said, and pills on Panama, pills on
Roosevelt pills on railroad rates and
pills on everything pertaining to public
affairs are administered in this way.
The newspapers have been the funnel
through which this qunck physc has
been sent abroad. and when some news
paper man refuses TO print that which
the president wants. there IL great
wrath at the executive mansion"
MRS. 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
al hn of
president was the recent outrage on
Mrs. Minor Morris at the White House"
He said that only for the transgresslon
OF some rule the woman sitting quietly
In the office had been dragged rudely
away, her clothes torn, an earring torn
out, and thrust into carriage and taxi
en- away.
At this point Mr., Hale interrupted Mr..
Tillman 10 protest against the latter's
representation concerning the Morris
Incident
II hope" he said deliberately, that
may never figure In this body as a.
general apologist of the administration
or any one connected with It, and,
continuing. said
But | say to the senator from South
Carolina that he is making statements
and assuming facts for which there Ia
no warrant and that he IL making
these most serious and defamatory
cSrges against the executive 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 do
not deem It seemly that here In the
senate he should take this occasion OF
discharging the personal feeling OF i'll
will he has against the president of the
TFnitaI States II a a gpaetoflA that
any OF us can look upon either with
satisfaction or liberation"
QUIET WAS OPPRESSIVE.
The quiet that prevailed was almost
oppressive, and II was none the less
marked when Mr., Tillman rose to re-
ply. He said
II have such great respect for the
GRANT ability hiph cha rn ptor and ma