The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-18
FITTING TRIBUTE
 TO LATE DR. DAVIS
SOUTHERN SURGICAL AND CINE
 GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION WILL MEET NEXT IN BIRMINGHAM TO
 UNvElL MONUMENT TO DAVIS.

Atlanta, Ga, December 1.-The South eln Surgical and Genealogical associa- tioE today elected the following officers fo1 the ensuing year:
 President, Floyd W. McRae, Atlanta. first vice-president, George S. Brown, Bir- mirgham; second viee-president, J. Shell ton Horsiey, Richmond, Va; treasurer, Charles M. Rosser, Dallas, Tex: secreta- " w. D. Haggard Nashville, Tenn. pr. Richard Douglas of Nashville and J. Wesley Bovee of Washington were named to fill vacancies on the board of council.
 Birmingham, Ala. was chosen as the place of holding the convention next De- cember Dallas had a bid for the meet ing, but as the statue of w. E. B. Davis. founder of the organization. is to be un- yelled at Birmingham, it was decided to hold the convention there.
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 the canal must be built but in the light of all the facts at present known, it was even more important that the integrity of the American people should be pre- preserved.
 Wont the senator go a step farther ?'' asked MT. Aldrich, "and state whether it is the purpose to reject the treaty.
 Mir. German: T say to the senator lIOii IAnbuc lSld1u, IildI II the case stands as it is now, with only the in- formation the administration has furn- ished us to this hour, then we con slider it a most objectionable trans action And, let me say to the sen ator, when you talk about responsi- Dility, we can take the responsibility and say to the administration with out regard to party: Congress has directed you to do one of two things to construct the canal, and do it with out delay when you cannot get 1t at Panama, go to Nicaragua and con- struct it there, and do 1t at once.' Yet MT. Loomis in his speech has the audacity to say the reason why they did not go to Nicaragua and attempt ed no negotiations with Costa Rica or Nicaragua, as provided by the SpoUser act, was because eminent engineers have said Nicaragua was not the proper route for the construction of the canal. The statement I challenge It cannot be verified. But one member of the commission expressed doubt as to the feasibility of the Ncaraguan route"
 He said that last night he had consult ed one of the chief engineers and had asked if any such statement had been made by an engineer of importance. His answer MT. German continued, that Panama was the best route, but as to the feasibility of the Nicaragua route no one questioned it except this volunteer from the state department. who in viola ton of all rules that ought to govern the two branches of the government proclaim ed it at a banquet in New York; Continuing MT. German said:
 Must Respect Congress.
 'I do not desire to do the President an injustice. l respect the office. I believe that whoever occupies the presidential clair should have a fair consideration. But the executive must have a respect for congress, and a special consideration for the senators of the United States when it comes to the consideration of treaties, for he cannot make one without its consent. When the attempt to deprive us of all the facts is made resent It. And 1t is not the first instance of such acton and of dctating to congress I resent 1t, and I have resented 1t all the time.
 Coming against to MT. Aldrichs inquiry, he said:
 "Open your books and give us in- formation. If you fail to do so Tn thls case, if the President will give us no further information than he has pre- sented, speaking for myself l cannot sustain him. of course there is cour- age on this side of the chamber to stay him or any impetuous executive who attempts an imprudent act that might affect the entire country What want and what believe the people want is that there shall be nothing that shall disturb the business inter- ests of this country. nothing that will nut in jeopardy, because of fear of some extreme action on the part of executive the thrift and enterprise that we have so long enjoyed"
 He intimated in conclusion that the sit
 
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