The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-22

Tiliman had said as to his position or lynching.
 "Gcvernment without law Is tyran, ny" said MT. spocner land the worit has como to regard how vital 1t Is, no 10 the man involved, but to society.
 Lapse Into T3arbarism. To. lapse from this fundamental prin- ciple was to lapse into anarchy and barbarian. he added.
 Perhaps Mir. Spooner said. The had nc adequate appreciation of the situation in the South. He knew it was deli cate one--which would tax to the ut' most tho tact of those who must deal win it, for he black man. he knew, must stay there. It was fruitless Qf anything but danger to discuss the equality of these races, and to his mind it meant applying a torch. Leaving out politics, MT. Spooner l said with great emphasis. before the law the white man and the. black man must be eaual'
 There was no man sc wicked that he was not entitled to the protection or law. Saying he would not discuss that unspeakable crime committed by both white and black men, he continued:
 The senator will not claim that the appreciation of womanhood and the crown ieyei of the woman's existence. her chastity. is limited to any locali- ty.
 'The men of the North, South. East l and West. equally love--aye in the palace or in ..,e cabin-equally love the home"
 Even this he said did not oblitcrate the fundamental principle that a man so charged had a right to trial in court of law.
 In all this, he said. he did not attack the senator from South Carolina, but his doctrine. It has remained for the senator to be the only one since l have sat in this chamber to have given ut terance to any justification of. trial by mob.
 Tn conclusion MT. spooner said he would say again. with all his heart that the solution of the question must be on the basis that the black mans right to life. liberty and the pursuit of hap
 When Mir. Spooner took his seat Senator Teller obtained recognition, but said he would yield briefly to Mir. Carmack who was also addressing the chair. MT. carniick said:
 MT. President I was not in the chamber in the early part of the speech made by the senator from South Caro- lima (Mr. Tillman) believe that no sem dtOT nSIN AtdS ElNGn luUEG ITGUucHt VT severer provocation for retort than the senator from South Carolina has done and no senator has complained more often or more bitterly of having been made the victim Of offensive remarks
 Don't Know Courtesy.
 The Senator from South Carolina saw fit to include me in his personal remarks without any provocation what ever, so far as I can judge. I have no feeling of resentment toward the Seua- tor from South Carolina, for, without making any personal application, l wish to say that with respect to some men it is misfortune rather than a fault that they do not know how to speak the language of courtesy and good breeding.
 '"rhe Senator from South Carolina saw fit to allude to the fact that had been defeated for reelection. It was a retort so obvious, oseasily within the reach of the most grovelling controver- sial faculty that 1 am not surprised that it should have been suggested to the intelligence of the Senator from South Carolina.
 did not need to lift his belly from the dust to attain to the height of that great retort. l believe 1t to be, true, MT. President, and I say 1t with pride, that the fact that my service termin- ates is matter of regret to nearly every Senator upon this side of the chamber, and I believe to most of the Senators upon the other side of the chamber 1 doubt very much whether that could be truthfulIy said with re- spect to either side if the Senator from South Carolina were in my position.
 MT President, the Senator from lna4 ss, broken, and that have taken a gar land of flowers upon that broken spear to the White House. Broken or un- broken, that spear has never been dip per in the filth of the gutter
 Spear Withdrawn UnstaIned.
 "I am glad to say that the shattered spear will be withdrawn from here un- stained with dishonor or unstained by the act of mine with anything that ap- breaches that naMe.'
 MT. Teller interrupted at this point, and MT. Tillman was on his feet, ex- pressing the hope that the Colorado senator would yield to him for brief reply to my friend from Tennessee" When Nil. Carmack declared that he might also want more time. MT. Tel Ter in positive language declined to yield tC either. but addressing the
 
 doors of the Senate If he could get 8 second. Several Senators on the Re. publican side of the chamber were heard to second the motion and the 1 Vice President announced that on the 1 second of Senator Gallinger. the mo | ton had been put and carried. The closed session was devoted en tirely to an effort to secure the ex punging from the Congressional Rec { ord of the portion of MT. Tillman's re marks relating to other Senators, whlcl he characterized as the minstre show" and which after two hours dis cussion was brought about by tn South Carolina Senator agreeing tt withdraw his remarks in that connec tion. Senator Teller made the poin | that the poi jon of the speech refer ring to other Senators was beneatl the dignity of the Senate and suggest ] cd it should be eliminated.
 Other Senators followed in the sam line. out those who had been alludc, to at first declared they would neve consent to the withdrawal until the. had had anopportunity to reply MT 1 TilIman assured them that what h. said had intended as nothing 'mor than general exchange of views. tn Senate agreed to permit him to with 1 draw the objectionable remarks at tn same time making an apology to of tended Senators and to the Senate 1t self
 This hc subsequently, did in open ses sion. To secret session was entirely de void of acrimony and SO tame that il closing q brief statement to his as Seubled colleagues Senator Procto