The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
PLACED A STAR
IN HIS CROWN
GrosvenOr Says Presidents
Course With Panama Did 1t.
MINORITY SCORE IN HOUSE
LEGISLATION FOR DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA CONSIDERED.

ASHINGTON. Feb. The pro
/ w eeedings in the house today were
enlivened BIZ a spirited discussion
Of the Panama question. M. Thayer
Dem. Mass.)' declared the course OF
this government ia Panama to have
been contrary 70 the provisions Of the
treaty with New Granada. Mr.. GroS-
venor (Bep. o. made a vigorous de-
Tense of the administration and said
the brightest star that shines In the
pathway of the candidate Of the Re
publican party is his course in the
Panama canal question.
After Mr.. Hit had explained the pro-
visions of the BILL Mr.. Thayer OF
Massa chusetts addressed the house on
the Panama question.
Are we in this miserable Panama
fiasco sustaining the dignity, the honor
and glory Of the American republic?'
he asked.
Referring to the dissolution of the
Colombian congress On Oct. 81 he
said:
Ten days longer wait would not
have seemed an unwarTanted delay TO
any but an impetuous and Over-stren-
uous person. But our president is not
a man TO wait when there can be
something ADDING. If this matter OF
having a canal at Panama was not set
tied before congress convened ten days
later. the friends Of the Nicaragua
route and the friends Of other routes
might be reinforced and make more
trouble for the Panama route. Per-
sonally, the president was in favor Of
building the canal at Panama and he
was not unfriendly with the French
company. He seemed anxious to i'm
press upon the American people that
they had strenuous man at the helm
who did not stop at trities, one who
would ride any kind of a bronchO where
others more cautious dare not tread
Defense of President.
Mir. Groxvenor Of Ohio. replied to Mr.
Thayer in a vigorous defense OF the
administrators course in connection
with the Panama situation. He said
that il ever there was a subject worn
threadbare until il became OdiOus to
the ears and obnoxious 10 the nOstrils
of the American people it has been
this endless and Internal iteration OF
a lot Of platitudes about recognition Of
the Panama republic"
He said he could not reconcile the in
sisteDce or the presidents critics that
they favored a canal and that we must
rave one with their denunciatlOnS OF the
president de declared that ninety-nine
United States of America, except mug
wumps OF Massac husetts. are unQualt-
fedly ard enthusiastically in approval OF
the course taken by the president of
Panama canal and said that If the pres
ident had not done Just what he diu do
the minority would be resounding today
with abuse Of the president as being
unfit TO represent a great nation upOn4
d great question.
Mr. Thayer asked Mr. Grosvenor what
I'll
president in his course in recognizing
Panama. in the way he did. ar. eros
venor asked what newspaper condemned
j.. Mr. Thayer said be would refer the
gentleman to the statement made BY the
professors Of Yale college.
''Oh, my Cod said Mr. Grosvenor
amid laughter.
Subsequently Mr.. GrosveuQT said that
he had been informed that fifty profess
sors Of Yale strongly endorsed the pres
idents conduct
for2" inquired Mr.. Thayer amid ap-
Dlause on the Democratic side. MI
Grosvenor insisted that he did not ridi-
cule them, and then said;
Star in His Crown
81 believe that Theodore Roosevelt
placed 2 star IN the crown Of his adj
ministTatiou brighter than it has been
the good fortune of any American pres
ideat in the last thirty wears to have
established. I believe it VIII 90 down to
history az IN illustration Of what one
man or one administration can do to
redeem the character Of the nation from
the possibility of the charge of imbc-
cility and lack OF courage in an hour OF
extreme peril and excitement. I believe
that IL the gentleman VIII put his ear
to the ground just now and listen to the
sounds That are coming from all over
the United States he viii hear q sound
of endorsement Of Theodore Roosevelt in
this particular matter of the Panama
hot = :
10 the future possibility of q Democratic
victory in the coming election Tor pres
ident. You Democrats are in a posi-
ton now If YOU viii call off few more
leaders and get rid Of them, 20 give us
q whole lot of trouble in the coming sum-
mer and fail But do not come TO Us
with an endorsement Of any man
speech, whether q representative or n
senator. that undertakes 20 condemn the
Unit ed States IN its seton in the matter
Of the Panama canal. II you 60 there
win not be enough left OF you in No
vember to mako a respectable funeral
procession.
Mr.. Grcesvenor spoke Of Secretary Hay
as the man than whom we have had no
better or more clear headed secretary OF
state within the memory or living men.
District Legislation.
While bin proposing relief TO an in
dividUal from the operations Of the act
restricting ownership OF lands in the
territories and the District OF Columbia
alton, Mr.. Hepburn asked the minority II
they had changed front on this question
and why they we're now willing TO sup
port exemptions from the operations cf
that act in view Of the attitude they as
sumed at the time OF its enactment. Mr..
Bartlett (Ga.) asked MI Hepburn II the
legislation in question was not passed
when they had the Cleveland brand of
Democracy rather than the Bryan brand,
as hr. Hepburn had suggested. where
upon Mr. Hepburn advised the Democrats
TO return to the Cleveland brand.
bill 10 relieve NincenZO Gerard Of the
District of Columbia from the operation
OF the &C. restricting the ownership OF
real estate in the territories to American
citizens was passed
bill 20 prevent the docking Of horses
tails in the District OF Columbia was
passed after "A discussion as TO whether
the practice constitutes cruelty 10 ami
mais.
Thin-skinned Member.
When the house convened today AR.
Baker of New York rose to a question u
personal privilege announcing that 10
cal news per contained an article con-
corning him i'm which there we're mis-