The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
TiIImaD Makes Some Hot Re-
 tOrts to SpOORer
.CARMACK AGAINST TREATY
Says Roosevelt Orders History as He Would a Melodrama, With Him. self as the Star Per
 former.

Washington, January 13.-Panama again today was the principal subject of consid- eration In the senate. The debate was spir- ited. MT. Carmack opened the proceed ings with set speech in point of crit icism of the Presidents course. and was followed by Mir. Spooner, the only other speaker of the day in defense of the Pres idents action as lawabiding and in de- fense of the President himself as a pa triotic brave and true man" MT Tillman frequently interrupted MT. Spooner. and there were q number ofe sharp encounters between them. When t'.e senate adjourned, the Panama question was still before it, and 1t was announced that the discussion would be resumed to- morrow after the disposition of the post office department inquiry resolutions. The session of the senate began with the presentation of Mir Patterson. Colo rado, of telegraphic petition from the Federation of Labor of Colorado, In ses- sion in Denver, requesting the adoption of a resolution formally introduced in the senate by Mir. Patterson providing for an
 
 committee on Judiciary.
 MT. Patterson said the federation num- bered 65,000 men. He asked to have the resolution returned to the judiciary com mittee, together with the petition The petition was read The request for an in- vestigation was upon a representation of the extreme gravity of the situation The presentation of the papers was made tho basis of sharp coloquy between Mir. Patterson and MT. Scott
 The senator from West Virginia will admit that he Is one of the mine owners,' Id Mir Patterson, and MT. Scott ad-
 I that such was the fact.
 'atterson then proceeded to say
 dorado Mine Owners associa-
 more directly responsible
 fuences for the course of
 ,dy of that state in con-
 he recent strikes This or
 said IS aevoting it's en-
 cure tfe e.yt~rmination of
 and he claimed that great
 1 been done by the use of the n. lmprisoning men. establishing a pl> nsorshlp, etc.
 Fr end of Organized Labor MT Scott said in reply that he had al- ways been friend of organized labor. but there never had been a more tyran-
 
 of the earth than that which the Colorado senator Is champoning here now. The entire matter was then. on MT. Pat terson's motion, referred to the commit- tee on judiciary and the senate took up and passed the house bill for the eradca- ton of the cotton boil weeyil
 The resolutions looking to an investiga- ton of the affairs of the postoffice depart ment laid before the senate but by unan- imous consent went over again until to- morrow.
 MT. Hale offered the following resolution the result of the agreement between himself and MT. Bacon during yesterdays session looking to a settlement of the Panama question:
 Whereas, the state of Panama, for merly a part of the republic of Colom- bia, has seeded from the republic and has set up government republican in form under the name of the republic of Panama. and.
 Whereas the independence of said re- public of Panama has been recognized by the United States and by many other nations, and
 Whereas a treaty is now pending be- fore the senate between the United States and the republic of Panama the ratifca- tion of which will insure the speedy build ing of the inter-oceanic canal by the Unit ed States across the territory of said re- public Of Panama, therefore be It Resolved, That in any claim which the republic of Colombia in any form may make against the said republic of Pan- anna for indemnifcation or loss of terri tory or increased burden of the debt of the said republic of Colombia the Presi- dent is to tender his best offices toward the peaceful adjustment of all controver- sies that have arisen or may arise be- tween said republic of Colombia and the republic of Panama"
 Resolution Was Read. The resolution was read and Mir. Hale stated that he presented it as a substitute for the Bacon resolution. He asked for the printing of the document and said he would not ask for immediate consider ation.
 The Panama resolution offered by Mr. iormar was laid before the senate and MT. Carmack was recognized. He began with reference to MT. Lodges speech and said he was always pleased to hear him when he descends from Boston to earth. The senator should understand that there should be a limit to even the zeal of an administration senator. and If he was less of a partisan he would be standing here denouncing the acts of the President as he would be if the Presi- dent was a democrat
 He contend ed there had been no parti- SdnSf1p m the attltuue or tne ueH1OcTdllc senators. On the other hand. the republi- can administraticn lad been guilty of the V orst kind of partisanship in refusing to execute the Spooner law because of the fear that the opposition would secure an advantage.
 He advocated the discussion of the Panama treaty in open senate and said that while he had the utmost respect for the office of the President, he did not mean to conceal the excesses of that office "and every act of the President in this wretched Panama business" he went on. has been In violation of law of sta- tutory and internationl law. and of the constitution of the United States"
 Discussed Lodges Defense. He then discussed at length Mir. Lodges defense of the Presidents right to recog- nize the independence of other countries. and spoke of the new isthmian power as "a hideous abortion of night and dark ness misnamed the Panama republic" He compared the course of President Jackson in the Texas case with that of