The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-18

tne dudaclty TO say the reason why
| they did not go to Nicaragua and az
+ tempted no negotiatiOss with Costa Rico
or Nicaragua as provided by the Spoo-
hef act was because eminent engin-
GERS have said Nicaragua was not tht,
proper route for the construction OF
the canal That statement challenge.
IL cannot be verified. But one MEM
Der OF the commission expressed a
doubt as TO the feasibility of the Mic
araguan route.
~ do. not desire to do the president OF
the United States an injustice 7 respect
the office I believe that whoever occu-
PIES u ought 10 have fair consideration
SUI the executive must have a respect
tfoI congress ang a special consideration
LOT the senate OF the United States when
3 il comes TO the consideration of treaties
] IOr ne cannot make one without its con-
sent When the attempt to deprive
us Of an the facts is made T resent
~. ana 10 is not the first instance of
+ IfeSn aSuoh anu OF dlctaung 10 congress
u resent IT and / have resented il at the
3 cost OF estranging some of my political
/ associates in the past when we had a
| Democratic president Of the United
/ same treatment.
Open the Books.
/ "Open your books and give MS the in
formation. III YOU fail TO do tx i'm this
+ case / cannot sustain him.
] What ] want. and what 7 believe the
I people want. Us that there shall be nothing
mat viii disturb business. Every thought
/ Lul man recognizes the fact that we have
LOT Tour years and more passed through
/ am era OF unexampled prosperity. of ex-
pansion. OF reckless expenditures. of i'm
prudent investments. and now the re-
I lnaln0er Of the world is taking action
I jealous Of ODr Drosne-ifV- er5 4. -,--t+t-,.,
obstacles IN our Way. and will continue
\ 20 put ln our way Instructions that viii
s 1l,ioI,,., ana haye impaired and are now
setlOusly aItecung every business inter
! est war party ID NAV be said is
never qeieeted in this country. Can it
pc in the mind of any man that a des-
perate political chance. GROWING 1f.t Of
I the depressed conditions makes it necps-
eaiy Tor political success that the FLAG
/ exhibited In some foreisn land to
/ strengthen the party ana secure party
Foraker Attacks Hoar.
/ When Mr.. German had concluded. Mr.
\ a yIakgr began a severe arraignment Of
Af- Hoars position. saying that when
I nc read the newspaper accounts of The
Democf&tc caucus which agreed that
! 4nat there would be trouble; that the
/ democrats would vote as unit on every
I matter except when the vote interfered
] with individual conscience.
! Mr.. Foraker said ne had felt no great
7 surprise when the attack on the presi-
I deul had been made on the Democratic
side or the chamber. but that he had
I been shocked when the senator from Mas
sachusetts made the character of speech
( he dld, and thought the country would
! pe equally surprised He said Mr. Hoar's
/ speech should have been made i'm execu-
I tive session if at all
Mr. Foraker declared that an attack
I mao been made not on the president
alone. but on the country. and that at "A
llIne when the eyes Of the world were
! upon MS.
Fl have no doubt said Mr. Foraker
I that the president acted with the lofti-
/ est OF motives and the highest OF ideals
! when he took the action ne aid i'm refer
D fnf Nnsnrasn rrrea
Mr. Foraker said he could think Of no
acllon on the part of the president call
| ssn lS. LOT such remarks as those made by
Mr.. Hoar Explains.
/ Mr.. Hoar. iuterrupting. said: "The sen
/ ator from Ohio either wholly misunder-
stands what { said or wilfully perverts
After little further debate. Mr.. Hoar
| obtained the floor
Ny. point is this" said Mr.. Hoar. 81
] say that the president has said 10 the
! public and to the senate that he dis
claims certain conduct as unworthy of
I nlm and I called attention to the TACT
. mat the documents which he sent I'm
{ idlied 20 make that clear hv not dis
/ tinctiy disclaiming that he, OF the ad-
/ ministration, had notice of that revolu-
3 upu or lnat our forces had prevented the
. lawful government from anticipating that
] outbreak, that I believed from nv kuOwI-
edge Of the president that his statement
4 was actually true, and. there I asked
I MN % supply the lacking information by
/ stating on what ground the administra-
] ton proceeded i'm taking the step That
I is ali. And do not propose after thirty
I four years Of service within these walls
/ imputatiOn 10 me or any other meanina.
J Of indirectness Of artifiCe on my part m
/ the senator from Ohio chooses to charge
! me with IT, Of course I cannot help 1t. He
viii do his duty
Foraker's Retort.
I am ToffrF,faT r-1rort,r AZ L.,
/ kcr. that the senator from Massachu-
setts is not afraid Of anybody. 7 do not
I know of any reason why he should bc
/ afraid of anybody. He made speech. 1
am undertaking to make some answer to
Now. the president has said there was
/ no conference. no intrigue. and vet the
senator from Massachusetts demands
that the president shall submit proof 10
him that he was telling the truth when
/ De made the statement that NE had not
/ Mr. Foraker then proceeded 10 review
/ briefly the history Of the uprising on tho
! isthmus saying that the condition there
was common knowledge to an newspaper
readers and to an persons who had OBJ
! served the fate Of the canal treaty I'M the
] Colombian congress. and had any knOwl-
edge OF human nature.
Mr. Foraker said: no agent was sent
TO the president and no agent was sent
/ 20 Panama which had a right to go into
I rebellion. Weeks before she declared her
! ciaiiy that she would take that step
The administration az Washington. he
said was not unmindful of the situation.
I "and the president took NE steps in0icat-
/ ed hV the kilograms. and from which
/ Senator Hoar derives such conclusions
Imputation Disclaimed.
MIR Hoar was on his feet again and in
tCrruptcd. ~ distinctly said that J had
no criticism 90 make on that subject and
that the little matter of time could not
be at am affected by the time we took in
the civil war. / not only disclaim what
I the senator imputcs 20 me. but made wha {
was the strongest argument I could think
of 20 show. so FAR as that was concerned.
there was no criticism whatever pro-
4 posed.
'-f am glad the senator has rccOnEidered
and concluded to interrupt me again re-
marked Mr. Foraker amid the laughter
/ Of senators.
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