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Show INVITATION CANCELLED President Withdraws One Extended to Tillman. REASON FOR HIS ACTION Made Necessary in View thnt South Carolina Senator is ln Contempt of Senate President Sent n rriend of Tillmin to Him AsUng Him to Withdraw Acceptance of Dinner Invitation Tillman Declined Cancellation Followed- South Caro-llnarlan Caro-llnarlan Med. Washington IVh 21 The President h withdrawn his Invitation extended lo Sen nlor Tillman of South Cnrolln 1 to at. tend Iho dinner to lo given tonight In honor nf 1 rlnco Henry of Prussia nt Iho While House It Is stnted that this ae. Hon on tho part of tho President wns made necessary from the fact thit owing to occuiienee, nn Ihe floor of the Senate list Hitlirdas. Hm Senator from South Carollni was declared In contempt of Iho lennli Senator Martin of Irglnln, a member of Ihe Cnmmlltee nn Naval Affairs Af-fairs has nteepted nn Imitation In Mr. Tillnnns plan The Imitation was ex. tended nrlslnally to Mr Tillman owing to the fact tint be Is tho r inking ml-nnrlty ml-nnrlty member of the Naval Affairs com- mnUC BPSSVTIONAI. SI qt'l'.U There was n sensation ll sequel lo tho decision of Iho Presl lent to eliminate Senator Tillmin from tho list of dinner guests The President sent for Senator Cocknll of Missouri and asked him as a friend and Democratic colleague of Mr Tillmin to suggest to the litter the pro-prlels pro-prlels of withdrawing his acceptation ot the dinner Invllnllon The President explained ex-plained hlj atilliulo In tho matter and Slid lint 111 xlew of tho cnnlempt proceedings pro-ceedings Mr Tlllmins presence would not only I o 11 ti iiltront to tho Sen ito but a dl.oniirtres lo Prime Henrv. Mr Cock-rell Cock-rell nt reined Ihe commission and liter telephone I tn the President Ihnt Mr Till, man nbrolutels refused to withdraw his acceptance In response to the President s BUggesll n INVITATION CANCP.M.I) The I resident Immediately canceled tho Invllnllon in a nolo ho .lisp itched directly to Mr Tlllmm eliorih la-fore noon to. div In ibis note which was v.ry brief and formal. Ih. President stated he re-netted re-netted thai ho was obliged lo wlthdriw Ihe Invitation Slmult incousls Senitor Martin nt Mrglnl t was Invited lo lako Mr rillmana idnco at the dinner, as tho next ranking Democratic member of tho Senate Naval Affairs committer. The following Is tho letter from tho White House, withdrawing Mr Tillman a Invlla-Hon Invlla-Hon to ellro thero tutiight ' Whilo .House I eb 21 Tho President tegrets that ho Is compelled lo withdraw tho Invitation to sou to dine tonight at tho While House er trills sours (li:ollOK II cniiTCLiOU, Secretory to President." TILLMAN 8 COMMUNT. Commenting upon tho letter, Mr, Tillman Till-man said 1 ho 1 resident, of course, has the right to Invite any on.' he chooses to dine with him Hllclilly or olherulM, an I also has the rlfcht to withdraw such Invli itlon. As 1 am not conscious of having dono nns Ihlng personal or olllel il which gives tho Presl It nt tho right to Insult, 1 am sur-prlstd sur-prlstd at his action Till: MUST IILOW, 'Prlmo Hcnrs, tho President's guest, cornea from a counlrs' where custom nukes 11 obligatory upon any man who rcgir.ls himself a gentleman, 10 promptly resent tins insult ind the mithod Is by chill. ngn lo a di el Thnt wns onco tho custom, but it is now obsolete In tho Unlnd stuns nnd wo htvo been forced as a people hero to cling to tho ol 1 Anglo, hixon rule of torslderlng the lie as tho llrst blow, and nn mun could hold up his bead In decent society shoult he, being near enough to answer the Ho wllh u blow, not tn givu It ii:mi:s ill! is in contempt "As for ms being In contempt of the Senile, which I resume h, the txcuso ror tils Uisiill nt the hands of the Presl. dent thai I dens That 1 have been guilty of n breach of too rulea and Iho privileges of the Senate. I admit Tho Stnato was not sitting as a court, but nn n legislative assembls It nan thn right to expel me if It seea lit, and I am lenity in abide Its judgment and union It his tho right In arrest me. and to hold me ill ruslodj until It inik.s .IIshisIioii nf my case bin ll his no rlUit to gig me, in 1 Hie I resident has nn right to Judge mo guilts of conduct unbecoming n gentleman unless he hi lleves all his and -cedents which lea I him to b, II. ve ho would have done Just u I did under the circumstances As In which of us Is thn gentleman In this matter, lu view )f the unsought Invitation tn dinner it Iho White llous. and lis Indecent wltlulr iwul, I am willing 10 nhl It, bs the Judgment of all brive and self resptttlng nun ' |