The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-05
HE DEFENDS
HIS COURSE: /:
President Sends Lengthy Mes
sage to Congress on Sub a58
ject Of Panama.
SENATE LISTENS. LOSE.
Members Of Iouse Were ToctS
Busy and Message Was " y, Nots Nflto'ls. 3 485
Read in That Body s3j' 35j'35s5 s:5
SENATE LISTENS ]! / CT I Lo'sEl..;: !: I. \
Members Of House Were Tod

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tFrom our Regular Correspond Il }s;sS
WASHINGTON,M M D. y c. .s,tS3 ian. 4.--ThAs
Senate spent ali hour and thirteen min-
,,tcs In listening 1.-THE MESA go from the 4
President to-dny.SIt ,s1s a fact that all
the senators present listened. 4. for there
was a desire to hear. " hat he had to say
In defense Of the administration and the3
position 1T had assumed Ill towards the
Colombian Republic In preventing 1T Coz
ercing the seceding State of Panama.
The Republicans profess to 81 be - we'll
pleased with tho document. Senator Mo-
lComas. In the course or n speech In thD
Senate after the reading Of the tmessn 81 H
when the resolution introduced by M r.s
Morgan, reciting that tier the Press
4ident nor tho President and the Sena tess
as tho trea ty- making ,po wer, had the right
TO declare war on Colombia without ths1
consent of. Congress-, said that the8mes.y
sage was a CLEARLY cogent and q ahtlndarlt-.SS n
~ convincing presonta ton Of the situas. s.
ton" !, I 81 ;l5 II; q "a
Senator Foraker, III the course OF con. X.
versatlon after the djournme mt of the
Senate said tt Is one :of the strongest y
state pa pers / have ever rea d. ~ y,
s& Senator Carmac ok y of f ,renne essee, said s.
II 10 not recall ever having read "a
weaker document emanating & from the
White House. The meSsag go Is q flinlsya
effort to defend the administration for it tss
course in practically stealing territory
from 81 nation with which we we're u
peace. The effectfis miserable ia lure ''@
/ a Senator Bacon, ii of Il Georgia. said, rcra
garding the message |! ~ he Pr esldent $ig-
5nores that which is the u mos t pertinent tF
and Important fact In the transac ctio NJ III
Ethatfis, that by the armed power Of he
United States Colombia. has been \ pre-
vented from asserting her a Vt thorlt q I'M S
Panama IL. n, ,z NJ 81 $4 Sst Ss ssss
outsldegof this armed slnterventio ion Of
the I'm ted Stat as ther re- would be mo cases
|tItis this fact thus ignore ed. ~ lchSsr isesS
all the serious questions IN thus %transa c-i4
ton. If Panama. achieved her 8indepenrdt5lS pr
enco without thls direct aid III from htt',335 I'll
United States, there would be no difficulty
presented as to 5what%wo should do, SigY3
Itcolld not sec the Virginia senat ors,,5
owing to. their having been called away
during the reading Of the messag sc.
The Republicans, those who would seX-7s \ ~
press an opinion protested to .thlnk = the & 4
message d strong one. 4.rhe 5Delnocr ts. Z
though not many of them cared \ to dis is
cuss the document, said it was tlimsy.s
Scant Courtesy. :.
The House showed the President scant
courtesy in the matter of the message.
Assistant Executive Secretary Barnes ap-
reared at the main cntrance to the hall
with the message at 19:1S. and upon betns
presented by the sergeant "a rms de 81
llyered he6messa &c. IA t was brought for
ward and delivered Ito the, seer etary by ~
an assistant clerk, and that was the Last
heard OF IL, The Republican a1orlry8
In tho House was too busy trying to de- X
feat the Hay resolution for an investiga y;
tton or tho charges against members by
fBrlstow4to payiattenton to the amenities
and the message was not given the courts
esy of a reading. li @ !.
( have seen but few members OF the
gIIonsc who have read IL. IL IS the oplH vi
Inn Ar the Democrats that the documents
viii tend to strengthen the opposition tta
the ratification OF the H Hay-Varilla. trea ty.s
The President has not made q good case,
though all or the lengthy document IS daFts3 ~ Z
voted to a defense Of the course olEtlls
.udminlstrat tion. g S,54s 4 yss az 3, .