Milford chronicle., 1907-01-25
TILLMAN'S SATIRE
STIRRED SENATORS
Compared Senate to Minstrel Show
and RidiCuled Members.
APOLOGIES FOR BEING FUNNY

Washington, Jan. 22.-Few features
Of the spectacular were missing from
the proceedings of the senate. The
Brownsville affair was the subject of
controversy, and the day began with
the announcement of a compromise
resolution, which brought both Repub-
lican and Democratic senators togeth-
er on the basis of ordering an inves-
tigation of the facts of the ARRAY.
without bringing into question the au-
thority of the president to dismiss
the negro troops.
When the harmony" testimonials
were all in Senator Tillman took the
floor and delivered a speech in reply
to the recent criticism of himself by
Senator Spooner. This speech began
with a satirical picture of the senate
as a minstrel show, which Mr.. Till
man later said was his first and last
attempt to be funny" an attempt
which at its conclusion brought a
singing denunciation from Senator
Carmack in resentment of illusions
to him. This was preceded by a SER
ious reply from Sentor Spooner on !
the attitude taken by Mr.. Tillman on |
the race problem, all finally resulting
in a session of nearly two hours be- /
hind closed doors.
The secret session was followed by
a brief open one, in which Mr.. Till
man made a profuse apology to Mr..
Carmack. to all senators whom he had
brought into his first essay in the
line of humOr," and finally to the en-
tire senate. 81 very much regret that
l ever undertook to be funny, and
will never do so any more" Mr.. Till
man then withdrew all he had said in
his funny essay" and said it would
not appear in the Record.
In his speech Senator Tillman said
the press had denOminated him "the /
burnt-cork artist of the senate" and
be added, if he were entitled to this
lppellation, or that of "Pitchfork
Ben" at one end of the minstrel line,
"Fire-Alarm Joe" (Senator
ought not to be ignored at
he other We both do the Orlando
md Furioso act admirably. s
Senator Culberson was designated
S performing a solo on the bones" s,
n praise of the PRESIDENT Senator h
)aniel was called the brilliant and
ourtly senator from Virginia, whose d.
pecialty is oratory, and who works ell
is rhetoric overtime" h
'NeXt," said Mr.. Tillman. I'VE have CT
ne dying swan, Smiling Tom, of Col pl
RADIO, the state recently bought at d.
1ction by one Guggenheim, and the tr
wan song is a dirge for the dying &C
emOcracy Of the north, stabbed inl
S vitals by Ben Pitchfork. te
Next we have the redoubted Ten. w
esseean (Carmack), who was once a ed
hight, a very hotspur in the lists, 70
hose spear has rung true and clear VI
ION the visor of the usurper at White
ouse, and who has made the sparks of
2 in many an onset; but his spear
ad is broken off, he has been I'M is
rsed. His specially is a song, Re fes
inmate our idol, or give us back
r platform ed
"Then comes the star of the troupe, Y
umshoe Bill from Old Missouri
: can dance the Highland fling on
, of a 10-rail fence and never touch )
, ground but his greatest feat is pos
liking on eggs without breaking the ~
ellis. Wh
Last we have the artist from the he
dyer state (Spooner), an acrobat roo
l juggler of international reputa- VOL
n. He is supple, sly and foxy, and, frle
ring once been a lawyer, is noted old'
oughout the land for his ability to pow
on either side of any question, KIM
maintain the negative or affirma- thlS
: in any argument with great force was
fervor. He sings bass, alto, So pose
no or tenor, and is superb in any MF.
Have I ever advocated lynch law ing
any time or at any place? I an MT
r on my honor, never I have trla'
flied for one crime, and only one, co Q
1 have consistently and persist ca q
y maintained that attitude for the DIT u
IA years. As governor of South now
llina l proclaimed that, although u!
d taken the oath of office to sup VIII
the law and enforce 1t, I would pron
a mob to lynch any man, black
White, who had ravished any wo- 3d..
black or white. This is my at ~.
lie calmly and deliberately taken. !,