The Washington herald., 1909-01-12
TILLMAN'S ANSWER TO THE PRESIDENT

It was shortly after the noon hour in the
Senate yesterday when Senator Tillnian
arose and on a question OF personal
privilege addressed that body as follows:
Nr- President. l riss to question Of personal
privilege.
For the hut time in the history Of this govern
ment. far Is I have been abe 70 learn. mem
Der Of this body has been brought 70 the Der q
YEhic oFsno- before the Sensts itsef. 70 be ucged
under Indictment b. no less q peTson than the 1
President Of the United States The manner o. 4
the doing Of Il and the auimas zsd zeal displayed
bg the Chief Executive worthy Of cousssteTsttol
The papers IN the case were sent 20 Senator Hale
as acting chairman Of the Committee on AppTof-1a-
tions late Tuesday last had No intInation ~ I
regard to It Until after the Senate net on InHrS /
day b that tire the air thick with ruTnoES
evidently coming from the White House. directly o. /
indirectly that Southern Senator Was N tie tolls
/ Of the SeTet Servce; and soon Z was understood
that Senator TiIlman vas the man
Having been Informed by senator hale o. u1s /
character Of the charges THURSDAY Afternoon, and
that he would call meeting oi the Appropriations
Committee on Saturday 70 consder the papers reiAt-
ing 10 the Secret Seyice sent hin b the President
expected to hare opportunity 70 examine fuily
into The and make such defense or explanation
/ in the Senate itself as thought prUpeT- under
stand the President had notified Senator Hale that
/ there vas need foT hurry. ard that he would
not give the papers 20 the TTcs tE10re Monday
I
notified Senator Hale that he had determined 70
give all the facts 70 the newspapers that evening
and they appeared Saturday morning u i vel %
remember that the universal custom heTe;ofoTe and
the courtesy due By any Executive 10 legislative
body demsndsd that having sent the pspeTS to the
nos important committee Of the Senate they Nere
n the possession Il that body, and i vas gross
. breach of r7opriety 70 maize then public Inis
vel illustrates the Executive attitude toward this
body, he gave the Communication 20 tns IGess pe-
I fore TIE Committee had seen the papers ard ex-
aminsd into the matter.
Blow Below Belt
| Il Is vel understood that the President is an
sdeVs at advertising ard that be has used the pgess
/ With more sktll than any nan IN American politics
BE rsslises the importance of srtting in the arSt
bow" though Il was below the bet ard might
vel eoaTic1 him of eoEardiee. But he cHred moth
ing for either courtesy, clston, = aseeney, thus
treating the o01mitsee and TIE senate Nth that
contezapt which has been his won't
AnoSher probable reason for lis great haste was
that he sought to distract attention ron the scton
q the House of Representatives Friday in lay
ing psrt q his message the table b. the ssnSa-
uonaI ac-ssati0us against nan who has had long
ssrTics II the Senate. I could have made my
statement 70 the Senate and 70 the country Just
a. easily on SATURDAY as rnaks Z nOT. fsT have
nothing % cozceal and there great need
Tor delay OF p-sraratian: bot realizing that the
ETeat irhusncs and poWer q the Chisf EIesltiFe
Tss hsing srsFted 70 the limit q his ability 70
hiaCken ny name and destroy nv cllracter, and
that his words and the exhibits which ne sent
wossld he given the widest pubhcity. while ny Own
statement world probably De eT1toJuIed On acOult
q the FEessLre on the wires. decided 70 wait unfu
/ to-day With the hope that ny defense. without
inz rraroidably rautflatsd would reach the people
! n good tine. This the neEsTzIsr mea tel ne,
would not have hee1 possible o1 saturday Fhs
IS sufficient explanation. I trlst. for the delay.
An c1zminzti0n q the Presidents Letter 70 Mr.
, 4 Nur-H -
message a the tyDe with which We a-e % familiar
VII ShuT thar the Presidents CaaTEsa, boiled down.
amount 70 two IN uuraber-
Fr. He promotes ne 20 Membership IL the
= ''Anarias Cub and charges. il efect. that
: hzTe deliberately lied 70 the senate.
Second he charEss that have exerted ny othc1Al
flfuence and worked as Senator fo- ny personal
Z tsne6t alone 70 seoue the passage q resolution
and 70 press TIRE Department q Justice 70 hTing
suit zrzins the c1TpuCarons which hold 80 much a
fhe r-bSic dosuafa II the West ard wiu not sci q
to settlers under the terms q their giants from
the government
Calls for Answer
} He has prepared his indictment with conS1mrnats
D ability and ssrl he IS even cunning IN ;Ae sp-
parsntly iunoosnt p-stsse that n making sesrcb
thro1gh TIE secus Service fo- Oce kind q male
facsc- he had r1n Sczn an0thsr, and The zse o,
that one Of sach serious Ipo-tanes that his seuss
: Of oascal obiEatlon compelled hin % pruupt a.
: hou. Marx you he has been IN the Tossezz0n q
al The fac1s IN this case since July last. and Eel
wiu be clriUls 70 know Why. his zeal was hon
cst he DID not make them known thsD-
TIE President announced n BIS SPECIAL message
n Sha House On Jsnuary T.
E 7 have made 10 cha7Es = onCEpeiOn sgaiuss
& Ooa-ess oG against any msnbeT q The present
7 Horss II had p-oos q zlca cr-TuTsion affecting
? any usenOs- q ne HOuse IN a1y matter as "a
which the Federal government has tETisdictiou-
acton would At Cncs he brought
This would simply be doing NJ duty in ths exc
cutiou and enforcement of the laws without respect
70 pe-szs Put do not rsgzrd II as within ths
6 r-ovncs q The duties q tbs President 20 re7oEi
g 20 TIE HoGss ALLEGED deiinqusn1ss q neuhe-s o.
Z The supposed -ouTupt action q member tn hi'
: ofscsl capacity.
II therefore fogIoqs that he has found no grounds
for indicting N the ouslrts- which. no d9u5t
e would have rejo50sd him OFVTInuCh. and al thH
fuss fsTy and fuS-ia1 about the ssTiousnes a ta'
? cha-zes ne can Be attributed % personal InSa-s.
: alona
. Senator Grows Sarcastic.
On January the President declared what h
= conrsiTe9 70 be his relationship 20 the House saC
e thst hs would Dos DC certain thinzS On Jarua7
T. be Eress Iett= % Senator Hale doing the re-l
q thing II 7esz7d u Senator Ehich Re had decli,e
s 70 do tozs-a member q TIE Eouse- Why thi
difference? IN ny pubic work here have no
? hssstzted % cTiticise snd c1Eunent o. the cica
. actions snd uttsrances Of PreSdet Roosevelt and
have doz5zisss given hSm Food cause 10 sex re
= verge ! have at various tines S-Tzignsd hin {;
;, TIE Senate for ty-znuczl invasion q the riShss
: Corzress for uS1Tatio1 q authority not gwen hin
= BY the Coasfffrrtisn for dsabedseace Of the lss
q and nseleot of duty snd rs-tieulsrIy IN the cas-
J uf Ms Morris f9 brutal and cuei coldac 20
i Eard a helples ToC7al. ] not aware tha
these darts q nine had aziTsTsd IN the Ezscsti0
\ hide and st1ng him SC. but the ezSerness ard In
tensitv with which he has Trsso1tsd his case aEains
ne his making a pTeceieG5 where nooe has eziSe
fhersofose his taking from the culnittes 10 Ekici
he had fo-zzried them the papers and giving then
70 the r-ss before that COMMITTEES hsd oonsideTc'
then indicate that Theoo1s Roosevelt suioys 70 n
- linit the feeling q gsttiug even with Ben. T1man
and lays On the big stick With the keenest relish
doubtless believing that ths Thtchfozk has EOO
! cut of Business
, In his Letter 70 sena.r Hale I nnA on page
d, the following.
--But 8 case has us arisen Of a different kind
J. which It SENS 70 ne shnud pat before you =
L Illustrating in striking fashion ths way IN Ehio
snvsstirztions begun b. sny of thsa various agent
IN the stTict lire Of their duty nay develop fact
q hiza imprtzncs. which the investigators voui
> not n the first iustancs have sought 70 discoTe-
l. which when discovered. ought not 20 be hiddE
+ q SUPPRESSED. but the dsvelopnent Of which ma
IF teud 70 ceAts an eT7uneOB iDTEessson that II
= agents IN question wCe being used fG Vurpose
= not within the line of their lzvfu erty.
h Il IS vel 10 note that the President recognize
the eztraord:nary character q lis acton as vel