The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-11
N0SPECIAL EMBASSY
BAILEY OPPOSES AMBASSADOR To
CORONATION.
IS CONTRARY TO OUR POLICY.
PRESIDENT HAS NO RIGHT TO AP-
POINT SUCH.

Under the Constitution Such APP
pointments Must BE Made With the
Advice and Consent of the senate.
Bailey objects to Our Doing for
MOnarcbies what no Monarchy
Has Ever Done for Us-COntrary TO
Our Policy to be Specially Repre-
sented at Coronation of Any Here
ditary Prince or POtentmte.
WASHINGTON, May 1O.-A lively de-
bate occurred in the Senate to-day upon
an amendment to the army appropria-
ton hill offered by Mr.. Bailey of Tex
as. providing that no part of the ap-
preparations made by the measure
should be used in defraying the eX-
penses of the special embassy to the
coronation of King Edward VII of Eng
land. After considerable discussion the
amendment was withdrawn and the
bill passed.
Subsequently Mr.. Bailey offered a
resolution, which will be considered
later, covering the point made in his
amendment Mr.. Bailey's resolution
was as follows:
the United States to accredit to any
foreign government any ambassador,
minister or other diplomatic officer or
agent to especially represent the
United States at the coronation of any
hereditary prince or potentate.
THAT no power exists in the Presi-
dent of the United States to appoint
any ambassador minister or other
diplomatic officer or agent and accedit
him as the representative of the United
States TO any foreign government ex-
cept by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, as prescribed in
Section 2, Article l of the constitution
of the United States"
IF" said Senator Bailey in dis
cussing his amendment, we are to
send a special embassy to the coro-
nation of this monarch in Great Brit
ain, we must hereafter send an en-
bassy to the coronation of every mon
arch or else give an affront to the ma
ton concerned
Never Did 1t for Us.
IF it be true that we have sent
embassies to the coronation of Euro,
pean rulers, l ask if special embassies
ever have been sent to the Inaugural
ton of the President of the United
States? Are they entitled at our hands
to what they do not give to us?'
what | protest against" Senator
Bailey said, lis this: That the greatest
republic in the world shall perform Tor
a monarchy what monarchies do not
perform for US"
Ee said that of course if representa-
tives of this government were to be
sent to a coronation they ought not to
pay their own expenses.
Mr. Lodge said that the power of the
President to send a special agent was
established thoroughly by practice. 1t
was clear. Mr.. Lodge said, that he had
such authority.
MIR. Money Protests.
Mr. Money protested against the
sending of a special embassy to the
coronation of any king or potentate,
not approving of having a represen-
tative of the United States cool his
heels in the corridors of any monarchy.
He thought it entirely unnecessary TO
appoint an extraordinary ambassador
in this instance when the United
States already had an ambassador &C
credited to Great Britain.
Mr.. Hoar said he sympathized with
the statement that the United States
should not pay tribute to any nation
which that nation did not pay to us.
NJ. Bailey explained that he was OPP
posed to the assumption by the Presi-
dent that he had authority to appoint
ambassad doris to any country, without
the consent of the Senate.