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ROWNSVImw AkrAIR. Senator Tilnan's Speech on i Brownsville Affair in the Senate On Monday. Washington, January 21-Few fet tures of the spectacular were missii from the proceedings of the Senal today. The' Brownsville affair wi the subject of controversy, and ti day began with the announcement < a compromise resolution, whic brought both Republican and Dom, cratic Senators together on the bas of ordering ai investigation of ft facts of the affray, withoO,t bringii into question the authority of tU President to dismiss negro troops. When the ''harmony'' testimnonia were all in Seantor Tillman took tI floor and delivered a speech in rel)l to the recent criticism of himself b Senator Spooner. This speech bega with a satirical picture of the Senal as a ''minstrel show,'' which M Tillman later said was his first an last attempt to be "funny," an a tempt, which at its conelusio brought a stingig denunciation froi Senator Carmack in resentimont of a lusioiis to him. This was precede by a serious reply from Senat< Spooner on the attitude taken by M Tillman on the race problem, all fina ly resulting in a session of nearly tw hours behind closed doors. The secret session was followed b a brief open one, in which Mr. Til man made a profuse apology to M Carmack, to all senators when he ha brought into his "first essay in th line of humor,'' and finally to th whole Senate. "1 very much regret that I eve undertook to be funny, and I wi never do so any more.'' Mr. Tillin then wit-hdrew all lie had said in hi "funny essay" anid said it would n appear in the Record. This apology was at onlce accel)te by Mr. Carmack, who regretted h had questioned the imotives of hi friend, and he, too, withdrew word he had uttered in protest. Mr Foraker made a final attempt ed to get a vote on his resolution, bu objection was made, and the matte will be taken up to-morrow immedi ately after i morning bnmsiness has bee disposed of. Mr. Carmack remark ed jocularly that. there were not mor, than fifteen or twenty Senators do siring to talk, and Mr. Foraker, feig ning seriousness, retorted hotly tha the Senator need not. thiik the Demo cratic side of the chamber sould moi opolize the talking. Mr. Carmack ex plained that. he was only trying to b funily, that it was his first attil: and lie would niever make another. A Senators were laughing heartily ove this partinZ saly adjournment was ta ken at 6.15 o'clock. Duinll- thle ent1ire dlay thle ("allerie of the Sent vwe %V1l r d to tlhei capacity , and thl 11 e'11bate was als listened tb." bV seem'lllily' a mlajor-it of th1e' inembeihcrs t li 1n11se of Re: resentatives, whlo ocenpied all thi avatilabile sea.'ts and standiing' roomi t he chiamber,'i. What Ti.11man Said. At 41.15 the debate in the Senat had bieome opeisinl, thatt whoe Mr. l'illlnal I'iise' to retply to M[r, Cai mack on motiion ut Senaiitor' Tei.lle'r, th dooris of tihe chiamber(' were closed an Itlwi vast thnmi iie cion:zreu',medci in thI gallecries andl iin thle floorii was c. elii ed. remar~iiks whlichl lt he ateri witllre lie 'rew hadl demi'i lnated'( him thI hiburnt eiirk aritist ofi the Senate. this appeIlhatiin iir to, that of ''Piteh fork I' ' at i'ne( itnd of the~ min1stnI (Sena tot' Foraker) oughit nut to1 1 iiinired at t he' i ther. "W\e bot h (1 t n 3h a >hniliouand E"inrioso ait aii Sienator' 'iulher'.n wi ~ as deiuinatt Seniator l)hiiiel was cailledi "athe bri hiat andii courtlyv Senator frm Vi gitma, whlose special ty is oratory all who woriks his rhe(tor'ic overtime.'." have the dying swam, smilling To of Colorado, the state recently bough at auction hy onei Guggenheim, at the swan 's soni is a dirge for the d: ing D)emocracy of the North, stabbi in its vitals by Ben's pitchfork. II act is very pathetic indeed and n ways brtings tear's inito the eyes < the audience. "Next we have tihe redoubtab Tennesseean, who was once a knigh at very HIotspur in the ,lists, whet spear' has rung trule and clear uptC the vizier of the psurper at the 'Whi: 1*ouse, and wvho has made the sparn fl n rnany an onset; but his spea en i broken off; lhe has' been ni ~, ir ed~ bitt before retiring from ti Q)ssb' s#Ics a garland of flower ~ Pa i~,n his headless weapo (po ~ atIsD ~ nger' of any use0) 1 lays it' at the feet 'of thk Aitofous .Roosevelt as a p9aco offering and 8 joins the zpinistrels to sing a lost song to the victor of Brownsville,' who whistles Democrats to come to the White House and lick the hand which gWc us back our platform.' g ty is a song, 'Renominate our idol, or o has so often smote them. His special is "Next as the negro preacher and a telephone artist in the show, who on f one occasion gets in communication h with the White House on the wire >- and acts as a receiver and a repeat is or, a veritable chameleon in his ac e curacy in reproducing White House g keys, we have a Senator hailing from o Massachusetts, the home of the sac red cod, where the Adams' vote for [s Douglas and Lodge walks with the e Almighty. y A rUng at Bacon. y ''As the middleman we have the ni pompadour artist from Georgia, whose c speciality is to never answer any r question and who depends u1)ipon his d voice to carry conviction to his and - ience. n ''Then comes the star of the troupe, n 'Gunishoc Bill,' from 'Old Missouri.' - He can dance the highland fling on a top of a ten rail fence and never r touch the ground, but his greatest feat is walking on eggs without - breaking the shells. L) ''Last we have the artist from the Badger State, an acrobat and juggler V of international reputation. He is supple, steady and foxy, and having once been a lawyer, is noted through Out the land for his ability to get on a either side of any question and main o tain the negative or atilmative in any argument, with great force and fer r vor. He sings bass, alto, soprano or 1 tenor, and is superb in any role.'' At this point Mr. Tillman turned s his attention to Senator Spooner's rc; t cent attack upon him. le had not attended to speak again on Browns :1 ville, but ''the unprecedented actions L and utterances of the Wisconsin Sen s ator lid made it necessary, s Mr. Tillinan declared that in Sena tor Spooner's recent speech, ''his . manner was insulting as it is possible t for a Senator to assuie,'' and that r the attack on himself was unparallel - ed, intentional and in cold blood. It was acting worthy of ''uriah - Heap.'' Mr. Tillman asked ''since a when did Senator Spooner become the - censor of Senators?' I Explaining the conditions in his t state during the "carpet bag'' gov . erinent in Justifying the riot and . ''ballot stuffing,'' Mr. Tillman said: - ''We have not shot any negroes in e South Carolina on account of polities t since '76-we haven't found it neces s sary.'' re said lie would not call the negro - a babboon. ''I believe they are men,' he said: ''Yet they are so akin to S mionkeys that scien;tists are lookiig ror tlie Imissinllr link yet." Mr. Tillman declared ihat tiie South had nothing, to tear from an l-'nvestitlonl oif the whole race (Iues e tioll inl the Sou1th. i "Wie court suhl an ilnvest ig.ationl,'' heo sail. it' the F"ilip.ino wals unf1it f'or siif 0 ha-.:. lhe asekdl. how could the neCgro( i~ belit tor it I Hie saiid there' was a r ~iave (iulest ion as to whether the 161 f Iotent an fifteenth 011 amiendment s I to thle 'Cnst i iut iln were ever' legally C adop ted.. lie doubthed ifthereil' would' - ever hla chane ini lhe Const itution. Mr. Tilbinagi wanted the n1e12ro to hav egna'('11 lity' under0 thie law, a right toi auire property and. pro.tectionl in its poisSsin, and thle iihit to thle purui of happ)iness-' ' prvided lis The' i Souithl, lie sid', w~as. offteingi up -an.vw'herec froim f'orty to one' hundred bea'lst'' apnual ly. Ral(ce hatriedl, lie esaid. was growvii.. The North to-day lhad a bill ion dollaros of capital invest ed'6 ini t he SouthI, and se'lf-in terest made ile dhuty Of t he Nor'th toi ,move, to do something to relieve the s.ituiat ion. At his conclision Senator Tilbntan was applaud(ed. - Senator Spooner's Reply. Mr pooner said that he had no doubllt Mi'. Tiliman would regret some of his expressions of to-day wiheni his anger had subsided. Hie de elared himself without malie or with dout any deliber'ate purlpose to offend Mr. Tillman when lie spoke the other day, as the South Carolina Senator s had charged. He declared that Senator Tillman had to-day gone beyond any utter ances that lie had ever before heard t when the latter had said that as Gov ernor of South Carolina lie had not 0used the machinery of the state gov nernent to prevent the violation of ethe laws. ''To lapse, from law is ,to Slapse into barbarism.'' he declared, aind added that the man who justifies 'such a course offends against 'a ruciv-. Cilizaition. ~When Mr.. Spooner took his seat Senatr Teller obtained tecogni'ilon, ing iho:Oh said "Mr., n in the phamber n. the ea of the speech made by e tr from South Carolina, (Mr an.) I be lieve that no Senator ,h' has given more frequent or severe ,Vrovocation for retort here than th 6nator from South Carolina has dolb;nd no Sen ator has complained bore often or more bitterly of having been made T the victim of offensive. remarks. No Senator upon either side Of the oham- S ber has ever made remarlj about the Si Senator from South Carolina as stu diosuly offensive as the Sonator from up South Carolina without provocation whatever has seen fit to make of a Th number of his eqleagues in this chamber. "The Senator from South Carolina saw fit to include mq in his personal remarks with any provocation what ever so far as I can judge. I have no feeling of resentment toward the Senator from South Carolina, for without making any personal appli cation I wish to say that with respect to some men it is a misfortune rather than a fault that they do not know how to speak the language of courtesy and good feeling. Not Surprised at Retort. "The Senator from South Carolina saw fit to allude to the fact. that I had been defeated for re-election. It \was a retort so obvious, so easily within the reach of the most grovell ing controversiatl faculty that I am not surprised that it shoid have been suggested to t-he intelligence of the Senator from South Carolina. 'The Senator from South Carolina did not need to lift his belly from fhe dust to attain to the height of that. great retort. I believe it to he true, Mr. President, and I say it with pride, that the fact that my service terminate is a matter of regret to Of nearly every Senator upon this side ha of the chamber, and I believe to most W of the Senators upon the other side an of the chamber. I doubt very much whether that could be truthfully said with respect to either side if the Sen ator from South Carolina were in imy position. Mr. President, the Senator fron South Carolina says that my spear, is broken, and that I have taken a gar laid of flowers upon the broken spear will be withdrawn from here unstained with dishonor or unstained or unbroken, that spear has never been dipped in the filth of the gut ter. I am glad to say that shattered trief spear will bewithdrawn from here un- go C stained with dishonor or unstained not by anl act of mnine with anything that '' approaches that name.'' When Mr. Tillman rose to reply tihe Senator Teller moved that the doors wer he closed and the audienee excluded, left The no11tion was seconded by several Dea Senators and the Senatv went into b'losed- session at 4.13 P. M. The closed session was de,voted entirely to is th an et'fort to have exp)imed from the couri Congr'ssion al Record thant portion of the Mr. Tillmman 's remarks relatinir to Nes otiher Senators,~ which beeaneei-un ed as '' the minstrel show." neve .. to qi Pain The Popular Writer. of tI Writers of nlewspaper headlines are thr more widely readl than thue most popu- faike lar n''iters of fiction.-New~ York the< Sun. E. F If you wish to he an amuho Anud to hbe most widely read, A D)on't potter 'round wit h rietion-. rigl Be thme man who writes the head; liev' .Jolt them ouut in hype truemendous. Like: ''Made Mlincement of His Wife-'' laT ( r. ' ' Sensat ion Spruumr . PittIsburg and iMillionlaire Lives Up'rilht Life.'' who moc thai D)on 't waste your t ime wimh novels clea That no pers5on ever' reads ;i spri Dash off thril.lers like thuese stimples: ac -Fair Divorcee Pawns ller rends;' fy ''Rockefeller WValks to lireah-fast,'' ator ''Fifty Harmless Negroes Lynch- bris ed ' . . bea ''Actree Loses All Her Dia:onds,,,W ''Greatest Op'ra Singer Pinched!'' You can always hold attentionl to With this dope in heacmmd type; "South American Is Sect hinj Fifty Revolutions Ripe,'" p "Bryan Says He'll Not Refu4e It,'' of I ''Dear Maria Jabs at Ted,' eve You will never lack for r'eadefs car When you write a first pa head. had -Denver Repul4oan. e1gl gisi Discordant Mirth. Miss G1oodey -That young widow t certainly has a happy disposit on. Miss Knox-Yes; but there e such a thing has carrying a happy iisposi tion too far. Miss Goodley-How, for instanCefhe hiss Knoz-Well, by \aug$tg at' 9pe's husba d' 'a uperal -'Iadel e phia Pres. ere are rjasons for this. The Smith 09. hav )rt time they have, sold more goods than m nply because they have sold better goods for 1 to-date stock qf Dry Goods,. Shoes, IH etr motto will be, as has always been, better g FHE SMITH-1 Newberr IOnReU Is Of NO.Co1 To Please ' To Satisfy IS OUR AIM I Me make friends of our customers Fransient trade is all right for a.su the foundation of a business. Th Ne sell for prices that attract the d our fair and square treatment h< the statement that "There is no F d better try and get along without e have.many customers who have d all will tell you the BEST PLACE TC 0. KLET Newberry's GreateE Disillusion. She had played in amateur thea is, you know; and threatened to are looi n the stage if her parents would let her marry the duke." ents. Reer And what did the parents do?" rhey let her go on the stage, gave dies' Belts, I Luke a cheek for a front seat, and inot it all surprised when hPieces, an( lnt morning. ''-Cleveland Plain ler. ~ Plinand other thit when you arE Long Live The King! esuet e popular cry throughout European, eSret l tries; while in America, the cry of iresent day is "Long live Dr. King's Discovery. King of Throat and y Remedies!'' of which Mrs Julia 3r Paine, Truro, Mass., says: "ItEW r fails to give immediate relief and f iickly cure a cough or cold,'' Mrs. e's opinion is shared by a majority ie inhabitants of this country. New overy cures weak lur gs and sore ats after all other remedies have d; and for coughs and colds it's mnly sure cure. Gnaranteed by W. elham & Son, Druggist. 50c. and ). TrIal bottle free. Imost any defense would be all it if you could make people be it. __ _ _Best Sti The Oharming Woman. ot necessarily one of perfect form A N~ feautures. Many a plain woman could never serve as- an artist's el, possesses those rare qualities all the world admires: neatness, r eyes, clean smooth skin and( that ghtinmess of step and action that yy -r >mpany good health. A physleall woman is never attractive, nt i to herself. Electric Bitters re e weak women, giee strong nerves, ht eyes, smooth, velvety skin, uitijui complexion. Guaranteed at E. Pelham & Son, Druggists 50c. 'hero is only one way in this worldL get your own way-insist upon it U 0 A Wonderful Happening. For Said ort Byron, N. Y., has witnessed oneFoBud he most-remarkAble cnres of healing For Buyii r recorded. Amos F. King of that e says: "Bucklen's Arnie'a Salvo For Borr< Bd a sore on my leg with which I~ suffered over 80 years. I am no 0 one or ity-five." Guaraateed to cure all ~s, by W. E. Pelham & Son, Drug-SE 'he truth with unselfish people is y sire liable to brug anout it. It.will be the me A komnorable 'Day.SE URT ne of the. days we' remember the asure, as wel d with profit to our Ith, is the one on whIih we becamie uainted with Dr SKifi' New Life kg Gppds Slore only been ii business a snort time. In that any old experienced merchants, and why? 5ss money. They are now ready with a lats and Notions for the year of 1907 pods for less money than others. COMPAN y, s. c. osiderIio to UsF you iND EFFORT. and customers of our friends. perstructure, but steady custorr at's what we have worked for. most economical housekeeper >lds them. Doing this we dispos riendship in Business." A ma customers than without friends traded here for the past 20 year I TRADE IS AT TNER'S, t Bargain Palace. WE KNOW ng for nice things for Xmas pres nber, we have a nice line of La -land Bags, Collars, Battenberu Ikerchiefs, Combt, Silk Shawls, igs too numerous to mention. So out doirig your Xmas shopping ~e us a call. PROSPERITY, S. C. FOR THE )Ues and Furniture, D BEST PRICES y GO. 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