Show f t TILLMAN'S TILLMANS BAD MANNERS 1 t t t 4 t I t t I t. t Mr Tillman of South Carolina being in contempt contempt con con- tempt of the United States Senate and under tinder sus sus- pension of his functions by the act of that august body could not with propriety or ot decency appear ata at ata ata a dinner at the White House louse even if permitted ted todo todo to todo do so by bj the President ent But Rut such permission would be out of f the question un unless ess in the tile impossible event that that the President wished to affront the f senate I If Mr Tillman possessed the proper instincts he would have recognized the delicacy of Mr Mn Roose Joose- velt's treatment in allowing him bim a chance to decline the invitation which as the senior minority member member mem mom I ber of the Naval Committee he bad had received for forthe forthe forthe the dinner in honor of Prince Henry HenrJ As he be was churlish enough not to avail himself of the opportunity opportunity Ii h he left the President no alternative but to action Mr Tillman Tillman Till Till- invitation imitation And this man characterizes as us a personal insult The country Go will not agree with him but will willbe willbe be apt apt to to conclude that the combination of satanic J temper personal ji vindictiveness and uncivilized manners manners which he presents on the floor of the Senate Senate Sen Sea sit in that cham cham- to at ate render lenders him an unfit person ber bel This view is considerably strengthened by his astonishing assurance in denouncing the head of the thc Nation for taking a course with him that could not possibly be avoided with any regard for the commonest conventions of official life It is to be hoped after this latest exhibition of himself that the Senate may see its way to silencing him for the remainder of the thc session The American people can stand a great many things without grumbling b but t Ti Tillman is not one of them I I |