The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
HOAR AMI. GORMAN MAKE ' x ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT

tlv0 Dy some tuexcuNdDie NCts H4u USoif able to involve the country in war with out the consent Of Congress.
 E The Course of Sumner.
 Tn this connection he referred to the Course of the iatss Senator Sumner when The antagonized President Grant in the San Domingo affair. Mir. German said that he himself had been a witness to Mir Summers protest and that he de- ciared his act would live in, history ss wefi as that of the present senator from Massachusetts.
 Tsking up the. question at issue Mr, l German seid the facts were all that were des.- ed and her proceeded to reier l to the extension of the executive sin- Isfuence. saying that this Influence had been extended until ''the Senate had be- come practically the agent Of the execu- He criticized the selection by athe Pres ident Of scommissioners from the Senate | to negotiate treaties. He criticised also executive interference in State politics. | But none of thess transgressions could |. be compared, he declared. to the action of the OK scutive in competitor with the affairs in Panama. |.
 ..ft ,s,. he said. ..the most fragrant act of trareeressiori that has ever taken place l in the history of the country and 1t should be resisted without regard. to party.
 l Loomis is Criticised.
 I MT. German then proceeded to criticize lthe speech made by Assistant Secretary | lIoomis before the Quill Club in New IYork a few nights ago He referred to lthe fact that the Panama treaty was at I that time a secret document so far as Eoiflcial adtion was concerned Heretofore ltreaties similarly situated had been re- lgarded as sacred By executive 7otiiciAls. He had not SO tar mentioned Mir. Loomis Eby name. but he did at this point ana said Mir. Loomia had discussed the Pana- I ma situation at q banquet at which per haps many. were excited by wine and had given yInformati6n which the Senate had not had from the administration or any
 ,sfIe Sid not. Mir. Gorfnan continued. steli fhe. country all the facts but he made 1t a consideration that the .Presi- | dent was great and bold man with the l.coufaEe and patriotism to land marines and. eelze. d part of the territory of the rebuhiic or Colombia which we were an- der. contract to, guarantce. to that coun- l ty. ,Thiss..in the light of the. facts, be- fore us. iss nothing less than 'usnrpa-
 MT. sGorrnan then discussed the Presi- dent as q second Napoleon,'' which title had. he said, been assigned to him by some" etss isas tA .,., ..' =. ;
 "A second Napoleon indeedi" he ex- 1 claimed. ~f1as it come to this that fha United States must have q Napoleon to shape Its destiny and. to -distort the Presidential office from it's proper fune- tions 1" f: Air. Aldrich interrupted MT German with question ag' to .whether t was the purpose of the reconstructed Democracy l ..e4eat the treaty. 1 Mr. Aldfich's DenGity z 2 1 He added that he had not been able to gather the exact 1neensng 0f Mr.f Cor man'ss femiarks. Rhe Mnfyfand GsnHtoE rstorted hat he, had seldom, been able to make Mr AldH4cii fo understand. 'But,,' 2 Inc added, Fl will state the matter 50 plainly that even the Senator from; Rhode Island will comprehend. .''-t'-','' ..i 5. He said that it was not his practice to treat questions of international matters lightly and he believed that by- the union of all the forces inclined to protect the test interests of the country it's honor can be saved. He agreed. he said, that the canal must be built but in the light of all the facts at present known it. was even more importantat that the integrity of the American people should be pre- served. {
 Wont sthe Senator go a step farther . asked Mir. Aldrich, ,.aiid state whether 1t II e Mir Gorman; T say to the Senator from Rhode Island that if the case standa as it is now, with only the information the administration has furnished us to this hour. then. we consider it a most ob- Jectionable transaction. And let me say to the Senator. when, you talk abodt re- sponsibillty. we can take the responsible ty and say to the administration without regard to party; Congress has directed ! Is r,R 1 the canal and do 1t without delay: when you cannot get 1t at Panama. go to Mica ragua and construct it there, and do. 1t at once. t-. .s. E.. >s.. Y,
 , The Audacity, of Loonis. >l MT. Loomis In his speech has the au- dacity to say the reason why they did not go to Nicaragua and attempted no nego- tiations with Costa Rica or Nicaragua as provided by the Spooner, act was because eminent engineers have said Nicaragua
 was not the proper route for the eonstruc. ton of the canal. The statement chal- lenge. It cannot be verified. But one member of the commission expressed a doubt as to the feasibility. of the Nicara. | guam route"
 He said that last night he had consulted one of the. chief engineers and had asked
 him if any such statement had been made by an engineef of importance, HIS an. swer, MT. German continued. was that Panama was the. best route, but as to the
 feasibility of the Nicafagua route no one
 questioned it except this volunteer from
 the State Department, who in violation hi all rules that ought to govern the two
 branches of the government proclaimed il
 at banquet in New York;
 Respects Executive onice.
 Continuing, MT. German said:
 T do not desire to do the 'President ar
 injustice. I respect the office. I beiieve
 that whoever occupies the Presidential
 chair should have fair consideration. B,lt
 the Executive must have a. respect. fo, Congress, and a special consideration fay
 the Senate of the United States when 'ti
 comes to the consideration of treaties. for
 he cannot. make one without it's consent 1 When the attempt to deprive us of aIl 1 the facts is made. I resent it. And 1t is
 not the first instance of such action and
 of dictating to Congress. resent it and
 have resented 1t all the time
 Coming again to MT. Aldrich's inquiry
 he said: -'t 't'' '. -'-'.' -'- '..-
 Open your books and give us the in.
 formation, If you fail to do so in this
 case. If the President will give us no fur
 ther information than he has presented
 speaking for myself, cannot sustain
 him. Of course there Is courage enough on this side of the chamber to stay him or any impetuous Executive who at.
 tempts, an imprudent act that might adfecl
 the entire country. What I want and i what I believe the people want. is that l there shall be nothing that shall dis
 turb the business interests, of this coun. | try. nothing that will put in jeopardy
 because of fear of some extreme action \ op tha uarf oP fhn ETwar1iffva fha fhrgFt