The Washington herald., 1907-01-22

scOTn the ChaTlatanTy and cant, the by
pocrlsy and cOwardice the insolence and
effrontery Of all such creatures"
/ Mr. Tnlmau closed by again explaining
/ his course with reference to the Browns
vile affair. Il plant myself OF. the bed
rock principle that the innocent should
not be punished for the sins Of the gull
/ ty." he said. in conclusion, and that
men should be presumed to be innocent
/ until they are proven guilty"
Mr.. Spooner took the floor Immediately
1 to reply to Mr.. Tillman. He spoke with
deliberation and evident feeling.
! Il decline 10 be tainted or to be be-
guiled by the Senator from South Carolina
/ into competition in the use Of offensive
epithets.' he said. The Senator will
/ look In vain, unless my memory has de-
parted TO ind in all the Record any cpl
/ tibet applied by me to him, or any assault
upon his character as a man OF d Senator.
The Senator says / have no right 10
set myself up as a mentor Ia the matter
/ Of manners in the Senate I have not
such right. / never have usurped such
a right If ] were an instructor in Sena-
/ torial department, the deliberate charac-
! terlzatiOn by the Senator at the begin
/ ming Of his speech Of several Of his col
D
cline. so far as he was concerned, 10 De
/ an Instructor in manners
I When the better side Of the Senator
/ from South Carolina resumes its sway
over his worse side, and the angry Incl
dents TO this debate shall have passed,
/ my esteem Of him is that he viii regret
as be reads them in the Record some Of
the words which have fallen from his
/ lips to-day.
The Senator imputes to me q malice
against him and attributed my utterances
| the other day 20 not only malice but
/ deliberate purpose to offend him. The
Senator could not be more mistaken OF
more unjust. I have schooled myself not
10 pursue malice. II il were otherwise,
] should have no malice against the Sena-
/ tor from South Carolina. He has never
given me cause, and. / will say here. if
1 may be permitted, that I think no mem
/ Der Of this body has spoken here OF out
+ side this chamber oftener or better Of
/ his ability and his real character than
have.
4 If ] from this chamber should counsel
/ the black man Of the South 10 a course
/ Of revenge and violence; if / should utter
words which If they were Of influence
/ here. would spur the black men Of the
! South 10 disregard the law: II I should
/ say word here OF elsewhere. being a
/ Senator OF the United States. which would
/ place obstacles IN the pathway Of the peO-
pie Of the South and render II more diff
cult for them 10 work out side by side
I with the cOlorcd race their destiny there
/ is not a Senator here, from the South or
/ from the North, who would not feel It not
/ only HIS right but his duty, TO criticise
/ me; and the Senator who cannot tolerate
! just criticism. if It be just. upon the senti-
ments which be utters in public as being
other than a personal attack, is unf0rtu-
nate.
Opinion of TfIInan's stand
( If any man had told mo that the attl-
I tude Of the Senator from South Carolina
I was such as he himself has told US in the
Senate this morning it is. would not
T have believed him. and I would have de-
nouEced the statement"
THE race problem is one that taxes the
ingenuity Of statesmanship and humanity
/ Of the South" said Mr.. SpOoner. Which
I IS the better spirit? The sentiment. and
spirit OF Grady, or the sentiment and
spirit Of the Senator from South Carolina?
Where one in authority talks Of the in
equality Of the races living side by side.
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/ lawlessness among the whites. he invites
|lawlessness and reprisals among the
/ blacks"
/ Referring 10 the crime Of rape. MI
SpOoner said. NO one community has
monopoly Of contempt and loathing for
/ the crime No one man or community
/ has a monopoly Of the sacred regard for
woman's chastity. the crown jewel Of
] me-. II s1 10
and in the cabin.
But, Mr.. Spooner said. every man
[ charged with the Unspeakahle crime had
/ the right 10 be brought before jury and
have the privilege TO say i am not
/ guilty" and II possible establish his in
/ n0CenCe.
The Senator from South Carolina is
/ the only man I have ever heard from the
+ South who. during my association with
/ the Senate, has justified trial by mob
/ or execution by mob he declared.
/ Mr.. SpOoner referred to Mr.. TilInan's
/ predecessor. Gen. Wade Hampton. as a
/ brave man. who would not have indorsed
the sentiments expressed by Mr.. Till
/ man. He also pointed TO the silence of
( other Southern Senators as evidence Of
+ Their disappToval OF what Mr.. TilIman
/ had said.
/ During the afternoon a story became
current at the Capitol that ex-senator
| William Z. Chandler had written the
minstTeI-shOw part OF Mr. Tillman's
/ speech. Mr.. Chandler emphaticaIly de-
MED last night TO a representative Of The
Washington Herald that he had had any
/ thing 20 do with ii.
There is absolutely no foundation for
such a rumor," said Mr.. Chandler. 7
knew nothing Of Mr., Tnlman's speech
until it had been delivered. Mr.. Tillman
and / are close friends and I see a great
deal Of him. He has often discussed legal
points with me, and as a practical law
/ yer l have been able to assist him on
/ many occasions. But I have never pre-
/ pared or directly assisted in preparing
/ any speech or measure that Mr.. Tillman
/ has made or introduced.
Was Mr.. Tillman's sally Of such scin-
tillating humor that he is thought in
/ capable Of being its author?
/ Had I had anything to do with it I
/ think I could have improved upon il in
/ some respects.
AS for Mr. Tillman's stand on the race
I question. lynching. and kindred matters.
I ~ - wen h4AoHAt llldL l4e anu 1 are dS ltlI
removed as the two poles l am sorry
such n rumOr should arise. and cannot
deny the existence of any truth in it too
1 strongly"
Salary Increase Urged.
A bin introduced by Representative Nc
Nary, Of Massachusetts, yesterday, di-
reefs that, in the fiscal year 1897 every
!
of the United States shall be paid . per