The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-01-15

the tolls would be paid at the other
end. The senator declined to comply
with the request.
"In my public work here" said
Senator Tillman, II have not hesi-
tated to criticise and comment on the
official actions and utte1anees Of
President Roosevelt, and I have
doubtless given him good cause to
seek revenge. I have, at various
times, arraigned him in the senate
for tyrannical invasion Of the rights
Of congress, for usurpation Of author
ity not given him by the constitution,
for disobedience of the law and the
neglect of duty, and particularly in
the case of Mrs. Morris, for brutal
and cruel conduct toward a helpless
woman. I was not aware that these
darts of mine had quivered in the
executive hide and stung him so, but
the eagerness and Intensity with
which he has presented his case
against me, his making a precedent,
when none has existed before, his
taking from the committee to which
he has forwarded Ghem the papers
and giving them to the press before
that committee had considered them,
indicates that Theodore Roosevelt
enjoys to the limit the feeling Of get
ting even with Ben Tillman and lays
on the big stick with the keenest
relish, doubtless believing that the
pitchfork' has gone out of busi-
ness"
In addressing the senate today M.
Tillman arose to a question of per-
sonal privilege, declaring that for the
first time in the history Of this gov.
ernment, so far as he had been able
to learn, member of the senate had
been brought to the bar Of public
opinion before the senate itself to be
judged under indictment by no less
a person than the president of the
United States. The manner Of doing
it, he said, and the animus and zeal
displayed by the chief executive were
worthy Of consideration.
Premature Publication.
Mr.. Tillman called attention to the
publication Of these charges by the
president before they had been con-
sidered by the committee Of the SEN
ate to which they were referred and
declared thatin so doing the president
had treated the senate with "that
contempt which has been his WON'T
He declared that the president was
an adept at advertising and had used
the press with more skill than any
man in American politics..
"Another probable reason for his
great haste,' said the South Carolina
senator, "was that he sought. to dis
tract attention from the action Of the
house Of representatives on Friday
in laying part Of his message on the
table, by the sensational accusation
against a man who has had long SER
vice in the senate.'
"An examination Of the presj-
dents letter to Mr.. Hale, which
might just as we'll have been special
message Of the type with which we
are so familiar" said Mr.. Tillman.
twill show that the president
charges boiled down amount to two in
number.
Presidents Charges.
"First. He promotes me to men,
bersbip in the Ananias club and
charges in effect that I have deliber-
ate1v lied to the senate.
"Seeond. He charges that I have
exerted my official influence and
work as a senator for my personal
benefit alone to secure the passage Of
a resolution and to press the depart
ment Of justice to bring suit against
the corporation which holds so much
Of the public domain in the West,
and will not sell it to settlers under
the terms of their grants from the
government.
"He has prepared his indictment
with consummate ability and skill.
He is even cunning in the apparently
innocent pretense that in making
search through the secret service for
one kind Of malefactor he has run
down another and the case Of that
one of such serious Importance that
his sense of official obligation COM
pellad him to prompt action. Mark
vou. he has been in the possession Of