The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-22
|D DAY IN SENATE
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 chameleon in his accuracy ir
 19eins White House colors. VI
 ' Senator hailing from Massachu.
 the home of the sacred God
 ~ the Adamses vote for Douglas
 Lodge walks with the Almighty
 Nh. Tillman.
 Fl the middle man we have tho
 9padour artist from Georgia. whose
 clalty is to never answer any aues'
 le and who depends on his voice t
 M conviction to his aidience.
 DIissouriss Gusnnhos AfiI.
 Then Comes the star of the troupe
 mShoe BilIs from old Missouri H.
 dance the Highland fling on top o'
 eu rail fence and never touch tht
 k1nd, but his greatest feat Is walk
 on eggs without breaking th'
 Last we have the artist from tht
 Ter State. an acrobat and Jugglei
 international reputation. He is
 ple. sly and foxy and having onc'
 q lawyer. is noted throughout tho
 for his ability to get on either
 of any question and maintain tho
 atfve or affirmative in any afgumen,
 great force. and fervor.
 3e sfngs bass. alto. soprano and
 n and Is superb in any roie.S
 r- willman then reviewed the pro.
 V of Mir. Spooner's recent speech
 kIns the co1loduy when he had
 to Interrupt.
 When asked the question Why
 1't the President adopt Major Pen
 ES suggestion and employ detec-
 continued NIr. Tillman. Mfr.
 ner adroitly dodged 1t by follow.
 the old rule of strengthening your
 by abusing the attorney on the kr side.
 call attention. by the way. to the tt that each of the three champions |6 <liaf side who nave been most vo- ffefous in appIauding the Presidents purse and defending his conduct |odxea this same question. My bluff |n<I earnest friend from Georgia. Sen Ifor Clay lodged 1t. The impetuous I31d briiliant champion from Tennessee l6dxed 1t. The sly and slippery Sen |tcr from Wisconsin lodged it."
 ae continued If there has been a Iinx1e honest and sensible effort made o detect the murderers in this case fafl to find record of it. Reliance 1uou tho inquiry set on foot among the I31diers by Major Blocksom and Gen ,ra1 Darlington as the sole means of ieteetion are to my mind, nothing less han idiotic.
 The whole procedure has the ap- ,earance of we'll laid plan to shield md protect the real criminals and in hn most effective manner possible and Q hurry the expulsion of innocent and xnlfSy men alike from the army; so .s to put it out of the power of any ,,dV at any time to ever prove who he guilty men were and mete out ade- ;uAte punishment to them.
 Referring to another subject Of critl- .isnn. Mir. Tiifman continued:
 Tt was adroit for the senator to .hfff the minds of his auditors and Inc readers of the Record from the outrageous discrimination <wairsst the black soldiers and favor nR the white ones to my own utteran- ses and attitude towards the negre Inpist and the shrewdness and dishon- sefv or the argument and the indecency sf the ,ttack was emphasized when me senator from Wisconsin proceeded .o 6uote from former speech of mine n this body in which I said We shot .hem, we killed them and we will do It sgain
 Attitude Toward Lynching.
 Now what about those words of mine, We shot them etc? In what did I utter them2 If I mis- take not, the senator from Wisconsin was in this chamber when I used that language. There were present a large hum, of leading Republicans. l chal- |enKed each and every man here to show wherein the people of South Caro- ina were not Justified and no one dar- sd reply
 Now a word about lynching," he e0ntinued. And my attitude towards It A great deal .as been said in the north and south about my raapOnsibility in connection with this matter. My position has been pur- b0aely misrepresented and the senator from WisconSin has assumed to himself Ghe right to aFraign me in this body and to pass Judgment of condemnation In most biting and vindictive phrases. In his reply Senator Spooner said Inc Eocllned to be taunted or beguiled into eumpetition in the use of offensive ep- Ithets. The Senator. he said. would look in vain in the Record for an in- sulfing or offensive epithet he had ap- piled to the South Carolina Senator He was not a senatorial censor. If ht vas one. he would not attempt to teacf the Senator (Mr. TilIman) because thu latter had deliberately characterized lais colleagues by name at the outse h his speech.
 His estimate of Mir. Tillman was tha ha would regret some of his words to- day as he later read them in the Rec ord,
 Mr. Spooner said the Senator coulC not be more mistaken or unjust thar fo charge him with holding malice .sFfe has never given me cause" MT Spnoner added. It was appropriat t. for him to say he criticized the atti kune and utterances here and elsewhere of the Senator and I withdraw in nt respect what I said as to the effect O thoas utterances."
 IT he should utter words which wOul, inspire the black man of the South tt disregard law and place more difficult! fn the way of the white people of tn south. he would expect criticism and Senator who could not receive sucl critlcisms without regarding them as personal attack was unfortunate.
 Mfr. Spooner said some of Mir. Till mans utterances as quoted by Senate Patterson had appalled, and shocke' him: If at q later date the Senate from South Carolina did not regret tn epithets he had today applied, MI Spooner should feel then. for the frs fJmc, he had not known the Senator
 Mir. Spooner repeated that no maj who advocated taking life without friaI had a right to criticize the Pres ident for discharging the negro troops If this was an insult to the Senate it was not his tSpooner's) but MT. Till mans own words. Mir. Spooncr sad the Senater had said today as ta hi attitude what he would not h9vc take