The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
Only 2-CENT Daily in Minneapolis.
Germans S Folly. !.

senator JOFlndI IS Sdlu W pe .Soll!
sidering the advisab bility Of proposing
the impeachment Of President Roose-
4 welt in case the senate shall not ratify
the Panama canal treaty and the pres
ident does not Immediately thereafter
enter into negotiations for a canal
along the Nicaragua route.
| !. The theory of the proposed i'm
/ peachment is to- be that the president
/ has been derelf iii. carrying out the
provisions of: the spooner {[act, which
direct him to treat with Nicaragua
in case arrangements for the Panama
! route shouldss1fot be concluded within
4 q reasonable, time ,aa
What a sweet1y reasonable position
Senator German takes. In the first
/ place, he purpdses4sto use the demo-
: cratic minority in the, senate to- defeat
!. the treaty. Then,sWhen he shall have
!. defeated it, he purposes to turn around
6 and impeach the very president who
i has been doing his best to- construct
a canal without delay. g. ss;
/ And German aspires to be president.
The effect of Gorman's suggestion
!, would be to make the United States
j. the jest Of the whole world, The
r spectacle Of an element in congress
4 voting to impeach a president whose
!. best efforts in behalf of the national
I interests had been foiled by that same
element would be enough to cause the
other nations to view us with con-
5 tempt. This would be especially true
y in view of the fact that all of the
i great nations approve our course in
]. the Panama affair and are giving
+ overreaching Colombia scants sym
Z pathy. q @s& s.
d And still German aspires to- be pres
= ident.
e 1t is doubtful tho, whether German
S will be able to defeat the treaty, even
s with Senator Hoar's help. In the
3 democratic senatorial caucus, clever
e Of the twenty-five democrats present
Il thirds decision in caucus shall bind
s ell the democrats to stand together
4 1t is doubtful whether a 4two-thirds
= vote can be secured on the Panama
4 question in a democratic caucus ever
i with a full attendance. But the pro
i vision that any senator may disregard
8 the caucus dictum, if instructed to the
8 contrary by his constituents, is likely
= to give enough votes to secure tfe2rat.
ifcation of the treaty. 1t is reported
!. that the Louisiana legislature has al.
y ready instructed its senators to vote
= for the treaty, and similar instructions
q are likely to be forthcoming in Flori-
s da, if not in other states.
Z The business men of the south are
z strongly in favor of the ratification
( of the treaty. and it is hardly possible
3 that southern senators will dare tc
! take the responsibility of defeating
s measure that means more to the
!. south than to any other section Of the
country.
y And still Gorman, the leader Of thi!
z fatuous policy, aspires to be president
8 What kind Of a president would HI
3 make? !
Is 1t is reported that the Cook count,
s grand jury has commenced an investiga
& tion into the acts OF violence committee
in Chicago, during the recent strike: o
+ the street railway employees There is
& good opportunity here for the grand jur,
q to take stand for law and order and in
s dict persons constructively guilty Of re
s sorting to personal violence and the de
Z struction of property to force compiianc
& with their demands. Sometime or othe
c this tendency to violence and lawlessnes
4 I on the part of some labor unions will b
& stopped by public sentiment for patienc
has been grossly abused. The public i