Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-16

Penrose's recommendation for the fer.
reting out of the guilty.

Penrose's recommendation for the fer
reting out of the guilty.
THE President of the United States
VIII never require any defense from
the attacks of tho Senator from South
Carolina" was Mr.. Spooners reply,
He has developed mania for at
lacking the President. did not I'm.
tend to branch off on such IL discus
sion. but l have never been so sur.
prised by any mans attitude, as |
have by that of the Senator from
South Carolina"
The South Carolina Senator was re-
ferred to In the most direct and sting.
ing indictments ever delivered by a
Senator against n colleague. Mr..
Spooner quoted from Mr.. Tillman's ut
teronces defending the burning of the
negro at the stake and said:
NO man ought to encourage such
a horrible thing as that. II is a
crime against civilization to encour.
age It," Continuing he said he had
looked with admiration upon the eff.
forts of Governor Vardaman and other
executives of the Southern states to
suppress mobs seeking the lives OF
negroes without giving them trials on
account of the crimes they were sus.
pected of having committed 81 have
been shocked" he said. "by the atti-
tude of the Senator from South Caro-.
lima on more than one occasion when
he has spoken here in justification
and support OF tho continuance of
lyhching. If there Is one man who
ought not to encourage It. 1t is the
man who sits here as the maker of
laws"
Disclaiming any intention to abuse
Mr. Tillman, the Wisconsin Senator
said 1t was his purpose only to make
plea for good government. He said
he had not intended to be led into
such a discussion, hut had been goad
ed to it by Mr. Tillman himself.
And ! want to say here" he con
tinued. that any man who encour.
ages lynching murder and lawleSsness
will have much to answer for, and the
higher his position and the mightier
his influence, the more will he have
to answer for. No man can come here
with good grace to mpeach the Pres
ident for his dismissal of men without
trial after being identified with Grim
inals and who comes to that accusa
ton from lynching bee or who jus
titles one"
Mr.. Spooner continued his speech
with brief discussion of the race
question declaring 1t his belief that the
majority of the people of the South dif
not entertain the radical views whic'
had been expressed by Senator Till
man. He admitted that the Difficult
ties and hardships of the race prob
lem in the South and said the people
of the North felt the best way to aid
in the solution of these difficulties
was for them to refrain from discus
sing them. In this connection he did
not believe the agitation of Senator
Tillman could have the effect to quiet
the situation. Mr.. Spooner quoted q
newspaper report Of one of Senator
Tillman's lectures, IN which he re,
ferred to the negro as balloons and
said when asked "how about thu
law" replied, ito hell with such
laws"
TiIman to Make Reply.
When Mr.. Spooner took his seat Mr.
Tillman remarked that he had expect
ed to have few words to say to tho
Senator from Wisconsin, lin view OF
direct personal attack, he has made
on ME this afternoon. But the latter
part of his speech has widened the
scope Of the reply I wish to make
and therefore will take occasion In
the near future to have something to
saw on this question and I'm answe,