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Show XMiMAN MAKES A CIIAnOE. loiWgj Allegation Against His Col-lp Col-lp league, McLaurin. ordome with a long-tlmo cus- Washlnglon's Illithday, the address of Washington was tho Sen.ito today Immediately e convening of that body at k Mr Hurrows of Michigan i Immortal document. At tho pn of the reading lit 11-60 Mi iiesnnted n memorlil from the "setts Loglslatum ot such nn 'nt to the Constitution as lace It In tho power of Con- i ennct laws regarding tho libor In the Mirlous States. N AOAINhT TAKIFF HIM,. loutlno business had been con- lr Tlllmnn resumed his speeeh Dillon to thn pending Philip. if bill, which he began jester. declared that no revenues ded by the Insular Uoveiii- the Philippines, as It hnd am. J.',, The sole object of the hill til the Philippine aichlpelngo inert exploited and bo made to ivf in opportunity to tho few to c', Uden harvest from the Islands ct J.BS WILD CHAHOES, " lared futihei along with re 4 r diln that mo purpose of tho lU.,i iJtlon was to give piotectloti ctt uliin plantations In ordul to m I 'tis ot dollars Into tho pockets Rill nnd tobacco trusts. -Jims S 'o. Willi tho Philippines, It ffir lose to give the oriental ' U so 'lie same sort ot fiee tinde iM' nico hart been given That lib' game- he Insisted nnd Juki 4 u ihc sun sets It was the pur. ruesB pose to nfford American rnpltallsts ev-ery ev-ery opportunity to acquire possession of aluablc properties In the Philip, pines, "let" said he, -God save the mark, we pretend to bo honest." would colonizi: Ni:c.noi:s Mr. Tillman maintained that lnsteid pf trjlnc to civilize and elevate the Filipinos, Fil-ipinos, the Government might better hae spent some of tho $( 000 000 ex-ponded ex-ponded In the Philippines In colonizing coloniz-ing the negro In the Southern States, of this country. When ho later directed a question at hla friends on the other side nf the chairman, ' Mr. Spooner Inquired to whom he referred "1 have many friends on the Republican Repub-lican Bide." said Mr Tillman "Personally "Per-sonally ou are a nice, clem-henrted sort of men, but politically you nr the most Infamous cowards and hypo-ciltes hypo-ciltes that ever happened" HAD LIVELY COLLOQUY. In the course of his speech Mr, Till-linn Till-linn became Involved In a lively col-loquy col-loquy with Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin regaidlng the rntlllcatlon of the rarls treaty. The South Carollm Semtor referred to Mr. Spooner's comments 'n his sp-ech sesterday upon the part taken hy William J, Itryan In securing the ratification of the treaty Ho argued ar-gued with the Wisconsin Senator that the Inlluenco of Mr Ilryan was po. tent, hut Insisted that even his Intlu. enre was not sulllclent to Induce the Senate to ratify the treaty. After he had done all tint It was possible for him to do, Mr. Tillman nsserted, the Hepubllcans yet lacked 'votes enough to secure rntlllcatlon. ciiAnoiis iMPitopnit iNPLiniNcn "You know," he shouted, shaking his finger nt the Republican side, ' how those votes necessary were secured" "How were they secured' demanded Mr. Spooner. "I know If tho Senator does not," re-piled re-piled Mr. Tillman I have received In. fomitlon In confidence from that side of tho chamber. I know from that that Improper Inlluences were used in getting get-ting those votes." URGED TO NAMK MAN, 1 Name the man," Insisted Mr Spooner, "upon whom those Influences were brought to bear. It Is due the Senator nnd due the countiy that he be named A man who Impeaches another an-other In confidence Is a coward. If the Senator knows of nny man who has been Improperly Influenced ho should name lilm." wiiat hi: kni:w. "I know," nsserted Mr. Tillman, "that the patronage the Perioral pat-ronage pat-ronage of a State has been parceled out to a Senator since tho ratification of that treaty." "What btato? ' demanded Mr. Spooner. Spoon-er. "South Carolina," shouted Mr. Tillman. Till-man. Then," snld Mr. Spooner, "I leavo you to light the matter out with our colleague." CilAUGK AGAINST M'LAURIN. "Well," ictortcd Mr. Tillman. "I never shirk the responsibility for a statement I muke. I know that ho (Mr. McLaurin) otod for tho trealj. I know that lmpiopcr Influences wcio brought to bear. 1 know what I believe." be-lieve." INCIDENT TEMPORARILY CLOSED "You simply believe," retorted Mr. Spooner, "what ou do not know. This ended the Incident for tho time, hut the feeling cngendeicd manifested itself later In a thrilling and sensational scene, "WATER CURE" TORTURE. Mr, Tillman, continuing his speech, read from letters from somo soldiers In tho Philippines, detailing the alleged al-leged cruelties practiced upon tho natives na-tives by the Amcilcan foiccs. He told of ICO Filipinos to whom, the writer stnted, tho "water cure" had been administered, ad-ministered, resulting In the death nf all but twenty-six nf them, HOAR PROTESTS. Mr. Hoar Interrupted to sny that ho had received many letters making clnrgcs ngainst tho Ameilcan forces, but In every Instance the writers hnd given him tho Information either In confidence or os Incidents of which they merely heard of and of which they ptofissed to know nothing personally. per-sonally. Ho protested against Information Infor-mation of that kind nnd declared: -1 do not want anybody to tell me In strict confidence of a murder" KANSAN DEPENDS 1'UNSTON. Mr. Hill ton of Kunsas Interrupted to defend Gen. Punston, upon whom, ho snld, thn comments of Mr. Tillman hail reflected, as the soldleis who wcio clutEfd In tho letters tho South Caro. Ilni Senator had lead with the cruelties, cruel-ties, wero under Gen. Punstou's command. com-mand. rtttfBTON'S DENIAL READ. Mr. Ilurtoii lead Gen. Punslnn's explicit ex-plicit denial nf tho ery story which had been leferred to hy Mi Tillman, the denial concluding with the statement: state-ment: "This statement I wish to brand as nn atrocious lie, without tho slightest foundation Statements nf this kind nio simply braggadocio, and braggadocio braggado-cio Is repeated In tho Senato nf thn United States." Mi, Rurton quoted Gen 1'unston ns sajlng th it practices of this Kind were sometimes resorted to hy tho Maca-bebn Maca-bebn scouts (natives) TILLMAN CONCLUDES. 'That's a confession of tho truth of the charges," shouted Mr, Tillman llo disclaimed, however, nny retlec-tlons retlec-tlons upon Gen runston Soon nft wnrd Mr, Tlllmin concluded his ro. mark? |