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Show I Tyifson anJ Bryan f . . . Caught Napping I V- ' Senator Tillpian In his speech on Sh' the tolls question casts somo Inter Wpv cstlng sidelights on the Democrtttlc fm party. Ho says Hint Wilson and JHp ' Iiryan were botli caught taking a ft' nnp, and that ho has lmrred himself tSWm from voting to support tho President, JHK hy prescribing physic for former Sen; Mm'. ntor McLiiurln which ho must take K, iiiiiisclf or elso bo a. vory luconslst- Weft cnt man.. He, howover, refuses to 't tnko his own dose and chooses the ', Inconsistent fbuto. Hero Is what ho eayafl 1ll H-i R U. j President himself told mo frank- ; ly that when ho made his speech In , :, Now Jersoy. explaining and prais- t Kr lng this plank ho did not know its . ; 3 real meaning and that ho had nevy studied Its full effects. And I am bound to believe Mr. Hryan was also napping, though ho was the most alert man In Uio Baltimore convention that I saw thcro and was so agile, virile, and vigorous us to astonish his old friends as well as his enemies. Wo have high authority that-Even that-Even the worthy Hoinor sometimes nods. And we must charitably supposo that both tho President and his Secretary of Stato were caught napping nap-ping tho ono when the plank slipped slip-ped into the Dalttmoro platform, tho other when he mado a speech praising It. I had msde up my mind, however, to vote against tho repeal of this law, preferring that we should sr-bltrato sr-bltrato the 'matter with Great Britain, Bri-tain, it nocessary, rather than be chhrgcable justly with had faith In keeping a treaty. I 'stl'.l believe this would have been the-best way out of tho dilemma. The testl' mony Is so conflicting on what Uie treaty really means and whai are our obligations under It, and so ninny good men and able lawyers differ honestly In regard to it, that I thought It better to submit ltto "the Judgment of nn unbiased Jury nnd abldo the result. To me It seems that It would bo better ,to submit to arbitration, even though wo know we should lose the cause, than he mado a laughing stock, as we now aro. If wo, as a nation, havo lost casto with other nations, as Is hinted rather than hsserted, hecauso of our action on this canal can-al raattor, It would certainly be less mortifying to havo the other nations na-tions Join with Great Britain In tolling toll-ing us so, than voluntarily to declare de-clare that wo wanted to take advantage ad-vantage of England contrary to our treaty obligations, and were shamed Into decency by the public opinion of the world. Then, too, thero whs a peculiar condition, personal or local In Its nature, which embarrassed "ixo very much. " Senators will remember that In 1902, while Hon. John L. McLaur-ln McLaur-ln was a Sonator from South Carolina, Car-olina, he and I came to blows on tho floor ot this Chamber, because I had charged him with selling out to tho Republicans on the Spanish treaty, which charge he" Henled with bitterness and called me a Har. This I promptly resented with a blow. Somo of the older senators who witnessed the Bceno are yet with us; but I do not propose to go Into any further details. I merely mention It In order to explain ex-plain why It Is embarrassing tor mo to vote for this repeal. At the nexi state Democratic convention following the encounter between McLaurlh and myself I urged, and succfeeded In having passedsky t convention a provision changftg the constitution and rules ot tfce party In South Carolina bo as ..to require each candidate for the senate sen-ate 'nrtd House lo subscribe to the foifo'wlng pledge This Is -the pledge" that every candldato Jox thoHouso n"nd for the Senate In South 'CardlTna hair-to .taka.today Vwll'l- 'support the -political pjln.-. Clplls aJd policies .ot ihoJJemocrtt-Ic ihoJJemocrtt-Ic parijr "during the 'term oCofflco for which I may be' elected, and work In accord with my Democratic associates In Congress on all-partf quesllons. , " t I'wantod. to tie his "hands. , ,.This wa's niado for McLaurln, and everybody understood why. Whllo his betrayal of his trust was very flagrant and fully warranted my characterization ot It, it was no moro clear nnd explicit than this question of tolls, for -whero will we look for Democratic policies nnd principles It not In the party pIat- form? 'hore will wo get plainer language) than tho plcdgo at Dhltt-moro Dhltt-moro on this subject? Thero has been no caucus of Senators or Democrats to determine what Is tho party policy. Tho platform says ono thing; nnd tho President has indorsed nnd praised the platform and explained that very thing In i speech. No huthorltativo repeaf or disavowal of tho platform at Baltl moro has been uttorod by anyone, and Democrats everywhere are vory much muddled. Tho President nlono urges tho repeal, hecauso, In his Judgment, It Is necessary to maintain our honor as a nation. I would bo very unhappy If Mc-" Mc-" I-aurln could Justly charge mo with prescribing physic for him which I myself am unwilling to tike. Should I fall to stand by tho party platform nnd voto for tho repeal, ho could Justly say that I am Inconsistent. In-consistent. I havo always prlJud myself on my frankness nnd blunt-ncss blunt-ncss In speaking 'Just what 1 be- lieto to 1)0 true The predicament we are now in has caused me moro worry than anything fhat has happened hap-pened In a long 'while. - |