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Show I GIF EXECUTIVE if imounces President Over Fail- ( M nre to Act in Mrs. m Morris Case. Iebps over alleged m indignities to woman ?S m Demand Investigation; arts With Attack on the jjgjf Dominican Treaty. Washington. Jan. it,-tiio recent r.ciblc removal from the While House of r$jfp. Minor Morris was made the subject Vifemphntlc denunciation by Mr. Tillman ;Mtbe Senate today. Ills remarks called remonstrances from Messrs. Hale, vtgjipklns and Daniel and led to the very 'ijrupt closing of the doors and the sud-tuliL sud-tuliL adjournment of tho Senate In the ifjidle of tho afternoon. Weeps Over Alleged Indignity. IjSiiG speech abounded In Mr. Tillman's tfi3ullar expressions and was charncter-by charncter-by many severe and exceptionally ASjWnal thrusts at the Presidents At 9'b lic wept over what he regarded as -.indignities to the lady, and his voice ijSi'cycs were full of tears when he dc- aliped, In tho face of protests from his liaTow Senators, that he would demand an ttTwcsUGatlon of tho White House Incl-trbt. Incl-trbt. Would Demand Investigation. tiphe reference to tho treatment of Mrs. ol&rrJs constituted the latter half of a Scch bnsed upon the Senator's rcsolu-rmnklnp rcsolu-rmnklnp Inquiry of the President con-Tjnrhlng con-Tjnrhlng the status of our relations with UUlllrcpublfc of Santo Domingo nnd was 3pd -o Illustrate his theory that the assent administration Is tending toward tfalferJnllsm. IB Denounces the Senate. twthe first part of the address he char-3t char-3t tSjJrlzed tr,e course of the United States flanto Domingo as a great extension of lf," Monroe Doctrine nnd said thnt If winfy3ucd the policy would lead the coun-inuQuto coun-inuQuto many serious complications. He :t CrWscd the President of putting the t Sicily lnt0 execution In the face of the cjajto's refusal to act, denounced the Site as willing to submit subserviently pmf?r1 tn'lt ls nskcu" of It and Implored lSD1Ktors to show their Independence and da. JJjsj' teach the executive a lesson and at z tJispamc time serve the country. Jjj Declares President Derelict. 1 lijth reference to the Morris occurrence. fAeclared that the President had been '33lct In falling to punish his subor-tes subor-tes for their course, and quoted atato- jfft from persons said fo have been wlt-:rU.38 wlt-:rU.38 to show that the proceeding hnd r3 Inhuman. He Informally presented iSsald that ho would tomorrow for-'ira' for-'ira' present a resnlutl6n for an lnvestl-of lnvestl-of Sir" ot th0 fcntlre Incident. V erlri Urged to Beconslder. corHwas the Introduction of this rcsolu- ;fL which called out the protest from ltle.SDanlcl, while Mr. Hale objected to gjJKpreflontatlon of the matter at all ex-tQil ex-tQil uPn proof. Mr. Tillman declared Fct nejdoterminatlon not to bo guided by paarjr advice, and closed with the rcltcra-ScGili'of rcltcra-ScGili'of his determination to bring In the JJlutlon tomorrow. The announcement -sjfsloncd a number of hurried confer-n confer-n v&s, and It ls understood that as a reft re-ft rlpof them Mr Tillman will be urged mto carry out his purpose. Prominent -ntf tors on both sides said that the reso-tn reso-tn would command few votes, antcj Delayed by. Routine. i Chhen the Senate convened today Mr. of Siman was prepared to iprocccd with thatjgfspecch on the statuH of affairs In oeg fto Domingo, of which he had given this c, but as there was considerable las, i-tlne business to be transacted, he was recognized until It had been disposed , the In1ttiry in Philippines. o tfcjie first matter of Importance taken thlrJwas the resolution offered by Mr. ntcDjfljerson relative to the ownership by ay Inflpplne officials of land in the Phlllp-lovrM Phlllp-lovrM ft Islands, The resolution was pre-tlie.ed pre-tlie.ed by Mr. Culberson In modined form car -5y'i a. as ,n0l3lfll was adopted. Aa ita.mca It calls upon the Secretary of War ieilwfllipply the Senate with Information as It U Whether any member of the Philip-i. Philip-i. bull commission or anv miinm- r th i, butiS commission or any olllcer of the line ty; or navy of the United States owns as i jnas any Interest In any land In the ' us; Tll Secretary Is directed, also. 'i. t0. whcr0, .HUC" land ' situated, GH(l!3R,c,i,ar,y w,h reference to the loca-ds'' loca-ds'' ,,ro,)OSOd nHroads In gald' Soutief hhlT1ippi"t tariff bill was received ViflLth0 JS f.c n.1,d referrcl to the Com-Co?vj Com-Co?vj on PhlllpDlnc Islands. er ! Reads Fi-om Message. KfSSL Vlt?at,yras llien "cognized. He Tx l. b ,f,notln? tracts on tho Monroe fro,'V Uw ,nsL nn"" message urt.h President. He laid special stress tSlml rftrS tl?lfl declaration -that no .tolkaOrrrr?nUr-0rnnH',U haS " l0?tf ic converse true, that an untnst laln d sorderlv government has "oSe-lC "oSe-lC 10 fear from us1 ATr n-m "because f R therein Tki a "'n3C' ain0U,U "C trouulc for this conn-Si' conn-Si' Thinks Trouble in Store. ?,.?lill?ieant' 1,e 8;ild that the President in-k in-k L UP a aldard and cSmpcl Jtfouth American nations to adhere to ill S0ffe.d,,n,K .vllh 1,,s relations from LlJ ""PrcHldent s message. Mr. TlllVnan ' WiS??.1.1111 "-"-onld not bencflt the BeBit. l. vr-"cli and stretch the Mou- , $&CTlT 0,yond a11 Precedent It w ii jek. -Vcncnt us to step forward upon this ocleirS.JiiWllh Policeman's club to enforce iMk,nin,s ,of "ondlioldora. That Is the BttfJt 3Ub8la"cc' of the ncw departure " ndjotp' Contrasts Hay's Position. SSafSfe MJcrrP1 Sir. Tillman ---Sl'.n xtraet from a ettcr which ho '3hfehte,HWr,ttJfl1 by Secretary Huy! Sd ihi.3 nrelary w.aa sported to filcah trVi v 1,0 r,JCcton of (he Do-i Do-i ttrter" iiV. W0M,d worlc "no great IT&ui ocoT' , AIr' Culb,?ron i franco vlth .hn 1 . i l,,S So;rctary's . TUIman ouoiU .lhe Prcldent to 'iVidl. and. sTMi?iiJUBh,liB a "10ds 1T Tinned It na i "n ihti 'n0dl,f4 v'vcndl." I an' on to naL. Vv'n? byt which 1. , Fo entirely hung " 1 you BCt ,00se XT UtZo? "-rclon in if u?j efTorts were directed largely n the Intel In-tel est of the "shylocks and sharps and other fellows who live by shaving "HoJtld there evidently had been a lot of drastic power applied to make tho debt collectible, and added: "This microbe of graff. or stealing is equal to tno grip microbe and even worse because It leaves fewer people un- t0Hchquotcd from the Springfield Republican, Repub-lican, which ho characterized as a clean and careful newspaper, a history or Morales's career. "An admirable picture." ho exclaimed, "of tho kind of a government our great and good President has taken under his wing a government of cut-throats, back-stickers, back-stickers, a-ssassins, debauchcrs . and, libertines lib-ertines and everything awful that the English language may bo used to describe." de-scribe." Thinks Canons Transgressed. Ho said the President had transgressed the canons of a century In carrying Into effect a trcatv that had never been rat-lllcd, rat-lllcd, "It UEed to "be that the failure of tho Senate to act on a treaty was sufficient," suf-ficient," said the Senator, "but such Is no longer the case; you've got to say 'no" In very loud words to Theodore Rgosevelt In order to get him to hear at all." Quoting articles from the Washington Post and Washington Star, Mr. Tillman said: , , "Thev aro fair and clean In their news columns nnd friendly with the President when he will let them be." Plan of Joint Resolution. The articles quoted outlined the plan of having a Joint resolution passed by "the President's subservient friends In Congress. ' What could be done by means of a Joint resolution except to annex the Island? "Here you have the delightful prospect of nddlng tho Island with Its ten million negroes to our domain to satisfy the design de-sign of our lord and master to have his own way." Members Called Puppets. Discussing the prospect of action on such a resolution, he quoted a characterization character-ization of the House by the Boston Herald as puppets, the clanking of whose chains could bo heard In advance, and Bald that that body had yesterday given an exhibition of Its subserviency to executive exe-cutive power. He had, ho said, heard it stated that four more votes are needed to secure the ratification of the Dominican treaty, and he supposed they were looking look-ing about for White House Democrats to help out, ind he feared that a sufllclent number might be secured by the use of patronage, " a pound or two of pork," to aid the other side In securing favorable action. Would Compel Obedience. Ho declared his conviction that the programme outlined had come authoritatively authorita-tively from the Hps of Theodore Roosevelt," Roose-velt," and asked: "What are you going to do about It?" He advised thorn that they should say to him: "You've got to obey tho law or we will take you by the throat nnd compel you to do so." Ho hoped that the possession of a little power In the shape of patronage would not stand In the way of the Senate's doing do-ing its duty. Says Press Being Used. In criticising tho President Mr. Tillman said the press was being used In threatening threat-ening Congress on matters of legislation cr patronage In order that tho -President maj have his way. The Senate compared the executive with "Andrew Jackson or Napoleon Bonaparte or any other man who pushed things to the limit." Answers His Own Question. Ir. Tillman said that he wanted to ask what It is that emboldens the President to tako the stand ho has. Answering tho question, himself. Mr. Tillman said that the press has made tho President what ho Is, and that It hus been through thaK Instrumentality that he has dared to "bestride "be-stride tho world like a Colossus." He said that an Instanco of tho President's use of newspaper men ls had In his employment employ-ment of Joseph B. Bishop as a "press agent" for the Panama canal. He said that during the lime that Mr. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's military record was being made the newspapers continually referred to "Col. Roosevelt here- and Col. Roosevelt there, until he seemed to eclipse the regular regu-lar army officers, who carried the brunt of the battle." Appreciates Army Service. The Senator said he appreciated the value of the President's service In the army and he recognized his growth until he has been voted tho most popular man In the United Slates; he would not detract de-tract one Iota from the President's credit. All of this, said Mr. Tillman, showed that the President realized the power of tho r.ress, and he charged then that ho had gradually assumed to direct the efforts of the press until the White House news has become colorod Rnd doctored In tho Interests of tho administration "Secretary Loeb ls the apothecary," ho Kild, "and pills on Panama, pills on Roosevelt, pills on rallrond rates and pills on everything pertaining to public affairs are administered In this way. The newspapers news-papers have been the funnel through which this quack p"hyslc hns been sent abroad, and when some newspaper man refuses to print that which the President wants, there Is great wrath at the executive ex-ecutive mansion' Mrs. Morris Incident. Illustrative of some stories which crop out "over or through the bars," Mr. Tillman Till-man said that "the saddest nnd most pitiful example of anything thnt hns over been associated with the namo of a President was tho rOcont outrage on Mrs. Minor Morris at lhe White House." He said that only for the transgression of some rule the woman ulttlng quietly In the olllce had boan dragged rudely away, her clothes torn, an ear-ring torn out. and thrust Into a carriage and taken awav. At this point, Mr. Hale Interrupted Mr. Tillman to protest against the latter'a representation concerning tho Morrln Incident-Mr. Hale Interrupts. "I hope," he said deliberately, "that I may never figure in ihla body as a general gen-eral apologist of the administration or any one connected with it," nnd, continuing, continu-ing, said: "But I say to tho Senator from South Carolina that he is making statements ond assuming fads for which there Is no warrant, and t lint he is making those, most sorloua and defamatory charges agalnat the executive of this countrv, the President of all the United States, having nothing whatever that he adduces as proof. "I must say to the Senator that T do not deem It seemly that here In tho Senate Sen-ate he should take this occasion of discharging dis-charging the pcroonal feeling of Ill-will he ha.s against tho President of the United States. It Is not n spectacle that any of us can look upon either with satisfaction sat-isfaction or toleration." The quiet that prevailed was almost oppressive, op-pressive, and It was none the lefd marked when Mr Tillman rose to reply. He said: Says He Has Witnesses. ,".M.hllv.3ilch.ei'oat respect for tho great ability, high character and patriotism of the Senator from Maine, and have had such Intimate association with him dur- ng my service here, which Is not half so long n his own. thnt he cannot say anything any-thing In tho way of reprimand to cause me to lose my tcmpyr. I want to ay to you. sir, addreHHlng Mr. Hale directly. that I am not defaming Theodore Roosevelt, and I have not nllowed mv personal per-sonal feelings, supposing I have nriy. to dictate one utterance of mine today I want to say to you. Kir, that If you will offer a resolution appointing a committee of this body, composed of Republicans alone, to examine Into tho facts, I will give out namos of four witnesses nss reputable repu-table na you or I, who will swear to the ytntement I have mado as to what actually actu-ally occurred." |