Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-10

Immediately after converting. today, the
Senate entered upon the consideration of
the diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill.
All cf the amendments suggested by
he committee on appropriations were
adopted and the bill was passed. There
WAS no debate and the entire time given
to the measure was only Is minutes. Mr.
ovcrman On. CO then addressed the SEN
ate on the Panama canal ucstion
Nj. Ovcrman announced his opposition
70 the canal treaty on the ground that the
niteG States had violated the obliga-
tions Of the provisions of the treaty OF
1>,e.
Mr.. Carmack also stated his views in
opposition to the treaty. He announced
his s,fcdt desire that there should be a
canal, but said he did not believe that the
fate of the canal is involved IN the treaty,
because he was satisfied that if the Pres
idcnt could rot get 4 canal via the Pan
ana route he would follow The Spooner
law and accept the Nicaragua route.
for said he, much as the President
Likes 10 have his own way, he likes better
to lc President
He added that there are limits to the
Ewlcssress Of this administration"
Mr.. Carmack declared that his course
IL opposition to the treaty is not actuatcd
lE craftsmanship. but by his opposition to
imperialism, and Ii said that the South
is 50 situated as to render it Liable to
feel 4 tendency toward Imperialism on
tiie Part of the chief federal executive. In
support ot this statement he referred to
the abolition OF 4 post Office in MISSISSIPPI
ii. ard declared that the President had
held Up as Il model the governor of u
Northern state who had given refuge in
his state to a murderer whose crime had
been committee in a Southern state. He
declared that the President was actuatcd
IN his course in this matter by the fact
that the murdered man was IL Southern
Democrat. AIR. Carmack also charged
that the President had spoken with con-
tempt of Congress and said that he should
rc taught that "hc is not the entire gov
eminent.
Mr.. Carm2cll spoke of Minister Bunau-
Nafiila as 4 base intriSucr and a char
actcrlcSs advcnturcr'' and declared that
III view OF the fact that his representa-
tons as to the conduct of the United
states in the Panama revolt were COM
pctclT ut variance with those of the
President it was strange that he should
remain persona non grata TO this govern
!;Cnt, and that the President should .'bc
delighted to see him. when he called at
the White House. He expressed the opin-
ion that the treaty would be ratified and
said That 'ro doubt the President will re-
joicc at his triumph over justice and law
II" predicted that the second and sober
thought OF the people would condemn
him.
Mir. Fulton (OrcGon) spoke for the trea-
ty. He spoke of The proposed canal as the
greatest enterprise that the world has
ever been engaged in. He had he said.
found no difficulty in endorsing the course
Of the administration in Panama. but con-
tcndcd that Congress had no power to en-
ter into an inquiry into that course be-
cause the President was acting within his
constitutional power.
MIR. Fulton said that Mr. Roosevelt
needed 10 defence against Mr.. Carlnack's
attacks. and added that whether tho
President should be again called to that
high office or not. his future reputation
would be that OF one of the purcst ab!est
ana most ratrio0c of purposes. lie con-
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