The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-14
Carmack Reviews the Acts Of the
President III the Panama Mat
tc,#Witl1 Gloves Off.
MOB HAS AS MUCH
RIGHT AS HAD PRESIDENT.
Declared That the Country Has
Begun a Systematic Encroach- 4
ment OH South American
Republics That Will In
volvc War With Them
and European Nations.
NV Associated Prcss.)

@ (By Associated Prcss.)
!. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Panama was
again to-day the principal subject Of con-
s;deration In tie Senate. and as on yes
Sterday, the debate was spirited. To-day
there wcrc5 only two speakers and between
them they held the floor for about four
hours Mr.. Carmack opened the proceed 4
airgs with d set speech$in pointed criti-
ciem OF the Presidents course and was
followed BY Mr. spooner, IN defense Of
the Presidents action. Mr.. Tillman fire.
q, entity interrupted Mr.. spooner and there
were a number OF sharp encounters be-
tween them. When the Senate adjourn
ed, the Panama question was still before
the Scnat and 1t was announced that the
discussion would be resumed to- morrow.
CARA1AC OK SPEAKS.
Tic Panama resolution offered BY Mr..
German was laid before the Senate ana
Carmack was recognized. lie SAID tnat
while he had the utmost respect for the
office of the President, he did not mean
to conceal the excesses of that office, "a nd
every act OF the President In the Wretched
ii r,i,aa business, Went ~
iLesn 'insyiolation OF law Of statutory ann
. V
O. the United States.
-IIc spoke OF tho new isthmian power
as "a hideous abortion OF night ana
darkness. misnanled the Panama repub-
lIc.,' Flo compared the course Of Presi-
c.t nj Jackson, In tho Texas case with thht
of President Roosevelt in the present IN
stance and commended the former at the
-eHpense OF the latter. In that case he
said, there was no recognition until Mex
leo had abandoned the struggle. AS for
himself. when his conduct should be
questioned, he would point to Andre"
jackson and not to Theodore Roosevelt
ms his guide and he had no doubt Of the
result.
HIS ACTS WERE WAR.
Tho President had, he said. made It
plain that he had never intended to exc
cute the Nicaraguan provisions OF the
Suooner act. Never for one moment.
he said, did he consider any plan that
had in 1t so little Of the strenuous ana
the sensational as the execution Of tho
Inv. II instead Of peering into the future,
as Mr.. Loomis tells us he did, no had
recred into the law, he would have saved
the country much trouble.
Mr.. Carmack contended that Presidenc
roosevelt had not contented himself with
recognition OF Panama, but had inter-
ycned. ellis acts were not simply often
'siyc. not simply n cause Of war, but they
were war llc added. AS a matter OF
lf,lct. there never was any inslrrectloh
on the isthmus. said Mr. Carmack. '"rhey
sneak OF tho rising" lie said, "as the act
OF one man. Very true and that one
,rnn was the President Of the. United
Statcs.'' Discussing the act of Colonel
Plack, OF tho United States army. In rails
ire the first flag in tho Panama republic,
thc senator criticised him sharply. y 90
,,ot he,icye that he would have engaged IN
.t,,,s nlot II he had not believed that he
..ns doing the will Of tho Administration.
That" he added, Is what think. and II