The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-12
EXPLAINS IN DETAIL HIS
 CONNECTION WITH GRANT
Senate Floor and Galleries Packed
 With Hearers.
senat.r TiIlmaa Declared That Rsose- welt Haa Been Actnated by Mo- kives ef Malice and Revenge
 in Brinsinx Charges
 Against Him.


 the President had been actuated by motives of malice and revenge In at tacking his course In connection with the Goes Bay Oregon. land grant, Sem at6r Tiilman. of South Carolina, from his seat in the Senate made reply to the accusations of the chief .magis- trate.
 His speech was read from manu- script and was a characteristic mix ture of argument and invective. MT. Tillman rose to a question of personal privilege immediately after the con ciusion of the morning prayer. and as his intention had been, advertised he was greeted by an audience which filled every seat in the galleries The Senate chamber itself was also well filled and from the first the Senator received most careful attention.
 Long before the doors leading to the Senate chamber had swung open for the day the corridors leading to them were thEonged with people, embracing both sexes and all colors.
 It was evident from the beginning that the limited seating room of the galleries would be quite insufficient to accommodate all that would apply for admission.
  there was not a vacant seat In the gal- 1eries. The Senate floor was also well occupied, not only by Senators them- selves but by members of the House of Representatives, and by employees of the Senate and others entitled to the floor.
 Much interest was manifested in Mir. Tillnan and when he entered the chamber, his coming was announced by mi uf n accompanied by vigorous craning of necks and pointing of fingers. The fact that. the Senator had not attempt- ed . set speech since his departure for Europe last spring on account of iiI- health. was commented upon with in. circumstances that he was to appear in response to the serious accusations of the President. and in defense Of his own course. There was such pressure for seats on the part of Senator's families that the private senatorial gallery was opened as early as 10 o'clock and the doors had no sooner swung outward. than the crowd poured in. There were, howev- CT, 50 many in the corridors that the withdrawal of the few who found seats made very little difference in the appearance of the outside crowd.
 The public galleries were also open ed at an early hour and were prompt 1y filled. The pressure was so great, however, and the throng became so dense and the rush so strong that wo- men screamed and many of them had their wraps torn from them. Probably not one-flfth of the people in the cor riders found access to the galleries.
 A man who gave his name as c. R. |. Crout. of this city, was caught in the crush in the Senate galleries and Injured about the head and fainted.
 Galleries Applaud.
 The appearance of Senator Tillman in the chamber three minutes before the Vice-President had taken his seat gave the galleries an unusual oppor- tunity for a demonstration of hand clapping without being called to order and a round of applause was given the South Carolina Senator as he proceeded to his seat.
 The attendance of~Senators was not unusually large when Vice-President Fairbanks ascended to his seat as pre- siding officer. The assembiage was called to order and Rev. Edward Ev- erett Hale, the Chaplain, delivered the usual invocation.
 The reading of the journal had hard ly been ordered when Senator Culber- son, of Texas, asked unanimous con- sent that the procedure be dispensed with and Senator Tillman arose and began his speech.
 MT. Tillman, when unanimous com sent to dispense with the reading of the journal had been given, arose with e printed copy of his remarks in his hand. In deliberate tones he~proceed- ed to excuse himself for the unusual procedure of reading his speech on the ground that he was replying to the President In an unusual attack upon Senator.
 The metallic and piercing voice of the South Carolina Senator was kept within control as he proceeded. The galleries indulged in no outbreak, al- though there was occasional suppressed laughter when Mir. Tillman declared shat the President had placed him in the "Ananias Club"
 On the part of the Senators present, Mr. Tillman was given the closest at- tention. After.-he began speaking. al most every Senator's seat was occupied and the rear of the chamber was filled with members of the House.
 4 peal of laughter was called forth when Mir. Tillnan declared that he had not known that the "exscutives hide" had been so greatly stung by the darts he had sent at him at various times when he had criticized him in the Sem ate. When he suggested that doubt ' less the President believed that the pitchfork had gone out Of business" another roar of laughter was called forth and the Vice-President admon- Ished the galleries that applause of any kind was not permitted.
 Mir. TiIlman kept closely to his man. uscript as he proceeded except when he referred to Mir. Hartman as "the Presidents dear friend" who held B. DOC. 900 acres of the land in question. he looked over his eyeglasses and alancing around the chamber added:
 possibly the relations are not so in- timate now, but I speak of what the relation used to be-"
 Referring to his efforts to purchase some of the Oregon timber land,~ Mir. Tilman again departed from his printed speech by adding:
 "Who would not have wanted to pur- chase some of that land If he was as Noor ad am7"
 Ie. went on to describe the timber