The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-16
He Protests in Vain Against the Res
oiution to Lend Government Tents
3or Use at Alabama Confederate
Veterans Reunion-Ail Other Sem
ators Voted for the Resolution.
ators Voted for the Resolution.

Congress n twenty years.
He inreished against men IN "reb-
el'' uniform being permitted TO oc-
cGpy government property. or the
rebel" Gag being allowed to float
above It. Finally he dEii;ed .Ito the
question OF honoriag men by placing
their statues in the Congressional
hall OF fame. and by unmistakable
inference condemned the action Of
Virginia in sending the statue Of Gen.
Robert E. Lee to Washington.
Take II away and worship It Il
you please" he thunde.ed. but do
not inrude it upon the people who do
rot want It
Democratic Senator's moved u1easi-
u about the floor. conyersiDg with
each other or sat frowning and anger
ed. Finally when Senator Hepburn
had concluded. Senator Bankhead
said:
y am sure the Senator from Idaho
feels much better. and ask FOR q
vote"
by roll CALL shouted a dozen or
more Senators. and hands went up
in second to that request from ev-
cry part OF the Senate cham bers.
When the vote was held on the
tent loaning Measure all OF the Dem
ocrats and ell CT the Republicans, ex-
cept Mr. Hepburn. vo:ed for Il. His
negative vote was uttered II loud
and defiant tone.
This measure was reached near the
close OF the session. Ar. Hepburn was
prompt to raise an objection, and Mr
Bankhead just as alert in moving ihe
cons!dera ion. regardless OF the OBJ
jection It Immediately was eviden,
tha. the objection reused some feel
ing. fer with a flushed face and ami
mated voice, Mr.. Bailey declared tha:
II this measure was to be ruled ou,
OF order no other business could be
transacted.
| The Bankhead motion being unde-
bateable. the Senate Immediately pro-
ceeded to a.. aye and nay vote on the
question as TO whether the -esolu-
| ton should be taken up. and 1t was
adopted unanimously. Mr.. Hepburn
| himself retaining from voting.
With the resolution adopted. MI
Hepburn took the floor. made a
speech IN which he went over many
ot the issues OF the war and declared
himself as much a patriot now as he
had been in 1Ss2-1S63-1S64.
The Southern Senators held hur-
ried consultation. while the Idaho
Senator was proceeding and decided
| to make no reply.
I: chaaced that Mr.. Heyburn's co.,
league. Senator Borah. OF Idaho. was
the first OF the Republicans to be
reached IN the ro!!-call. He voted in
favor Of the adoption OF the reSoiu-
ton.
Never before. perhaps. has the
Senate listened to more impassionea
plea from q member Of that oouy.
Starting his remarks by declaring
that he spoke only with the best in
tentions. that he harbored malice TO-
ward noEe. and that whatever con-
struction might be placed upon his
words by the press OF the South. that
he would continue to speak and op-
pose such movements as the one con-
templated.
The Idaho Senator made the words
rebel" and traitor" fairly hiss and
thunder around the Senate cham Der.
He declared tina: II the purpose o:
the resolution were carried out these
Alabama rebels" clad in the cloth
ing OF rebels" would be marching
under a flag OF rebeilious section
and one Of the Union at the same
time. and would firmly plant that OF
the Confederacy squarely above the
property that the Government would
loan them.
Asking /: the men OF the present
day were less patriotic than those OF
the SOS. and paying a glowing tri-
butte to the memory OF the G.. A. r.
men. Senator Hepburn passed on to
the matter OF Lees having left the
United States Military Academy to
take up the cause OF the South. He
declared that the statue placed IN
the Capitol by the State OF Virginia
should never have been there. and
again thundered and Kissed at the
thought Of such a thing. He talked
along this line for almost an hour.
frequently using the name OF the
Deity TO emphasize his words. and at
the expiration OF lis time asked for
vote.
No one objected. Si1ty-two sena-
tors answered to their names. and OF
that number sicy-ore voted for the
passage OF the resolution and one on
-Heyburn-7oted against H. This
action IN the opinion o; Senator'S on
both sides Of the chamber will do
more to forever stop such speeches
than anything else that could posi-
bly, happen.
There Is not the least doubt"
said one Senator. that the warins
9: the bloody shirt in the Senate has
been stopped for all time By the over
xhelming and crushing defeat admin
iste:ed TO Senate. Hepburn today"