Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-09
By DO[L|V[R
Iowa Senator Wins Fresh Laur.
els in Debate in the
Senate.
Takes Up the Case of the Sol.
der in Reply to Car
mack.
Senator From Tennessee Put to
Rout by the Witty
I0Wan.

Washington, May 9.-The debate II
the senate continues to be sensational
Interest conferred Thursday In a CLASH
between Deliver of Iowa and Carmach
of Tennessee, in which the Iowa sena-
tor easily v~anquished his antagonist
Mr.. Carmack had been trying to eclipse
Tillman, the tiger-cat, in the violence
of his invective. He had denounced
Gen. Funston as a liar and Gen. Jacob
II. Smith as q butcher" murderer
monster" "scoundrel." He declared
10 republican could show any good rea-
son why the author of the kill and
burn" order should not "be taken out
and hung"
Permitting himself to get into q
frenzy almost equal to that with which
Mr.. Tillman suffered, the Tennesseear
exclaimed at the top Of his voice that
plumber, massacre, torture and rob-
berry of the people of the Philippines
was the purpose and the sole purpose
Of the American policy in that archi-
pelago."
Whereupon Senator Foraker In
CURED, if his vas true, where did this
purpose have it's origin-with Presi-
dent Mckinley when he negotiated for
possession of the Philippines, or with
the senate when 1t ratified the treaty?
And II with the senate, why should not
the democratic senator's who voted for
ratification bear their share Of the bur
den?
In replying to these pertinent queries
Mr.. Carmack coined a phrase which
struck the senate, republicans as well
as democrats, as an exceedingly clever
play on words.
President Mckinley started out on a
policy of benevolent assimilation" said
Mr.. Carmack. but now 1t has degener-
into malevolent assimilation"
Mr.. Carmack was not so happy when
he ran against the Junior senator from
Iowa. In a short but brilliant speech
Mr.. Dolliver completely turned the Ia
bles upon the best spokesman of the
minority, whom he styled "the syndi-
cate of vituperation."
One of MI. Delivers cleverest hits
was q reference to the divided counse
which prevails among the democrats
on this question and to the benevolent
face of the real leader Of the democrat
ic party, who has just entered the
chamber" He referred to Mr.. German,
who. 1t is well known, joins with most
of the older democratic senators In
condemning this crusade against the
army as bad politics.. This thrust
caused a smile to appear upon the races
OF senator's who knew the insideso OF the
situation on the democratic sides
II want to Congratulate the senator
from Tennessee he SAID, "on his ex-
cellent I heard the speech he
has Just delivered given by him in the
house when we were both members OF
that body"
..And l want to say" retorted Senator
Carmack, that in the house three years
ago / heard the speech the senator from
Iowa is about to make"
Il will add said Senator Dolliver,
"that l heard that speech In n ous
years ago. as I heard 1t in the
last week and as / have just
hea, d 1t again. The senator from Ten
pessec can not be as versatile as his
reputation lHulCfitCSs CiS hCENSoAa AAoS
three times express in slightly different
words the same idea
Eat that" declared Senator Carmack,
springing to his feet, Il think / am
more to be congratulated than the SEN
ator from Iowa, none of whose speeches
contain any ideas"
Senator Dolliver took the issue with
the mountaineer, who had said the re-
publicans were forced into a defense Of
Philippine policy: that the presi-
dent had called the leaders and said
some talking must be done on the Phil
ippine bill on the majority side Of the
Senator Dolliver declared the
was untrue.
81 have no knowledge Of n such
prompting on the part of the presi-
dent" he said.
II did not intend to infer" said Sena-
tar Carmack, in a surprised tone, that
the senator from Iowa was considered
by the president in the light of a re-
publican leader"
"And IL the senator from Tennessee
himself as a leader Of democra-
CIV" retorted Senator Dolliver, "he finds
himself arrayed against the recognized
whose benevolent face has just
appeared in this chamber (referring to
Senator-elect Germany and who has
hesitated to say that the senator
from Tennessee erred in making his
speech.
II want to read an editorial from n
of the leading democratic papers of the
SOUTH" Senator Dolliver continued, ito
show just how brilliant and intellectual
the southern orator is regarded at
He read a beautiful eulogy of Sem
Carmack from the Memphis COM
mercial-Appeal. After lauding the SEN
as a man of brain, magnificent
mind and o,atory, the editorial said
he erred in making such a vigorous
stand against the Philippine policy Of
the administration. Concluding. the
stated that, like Edmund
happy faculty of getting on the wrong
side of every question.
And so I indorse this editorial" said
Senator Dolliver, "in that the senator
from Tennessee is the modern Edmund
Burke. If Burke will stand for that he
(Carmack) shouldn't object"
II hav not made a point of order"
said Senator Carmack, that the sen
ator from Iowa was not in order dur
Ing much of his speech, for I realiza
that he enjoys nothing so much as to
unsheath his long, red tongue and at
tempt to annihilate the democratic
party. 1 also realize that to compel him
to speak within the bounds of decency
and order would condemn him to ST.
lence for the rest of his life"