The St. Louis Republic., 1904-01-14
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Washington. Jan. 13.-Panama again to-
day was the principal subject of consider
alton in the Senate. and. as on yesterday.
the debate was spirited Mr.. Carmack
opened the proceedings with set speech
in pointed criticism of the Presidents
course, and was followed by Mr.. Spooner.
the only other speaker of the day. in de-
fense Of the Presidents action as law
abiding, and in defense of the President
himself as "a patriotic, brave, true man."
Mr.. Tillman frequently interrupted Mr..
Spooner, and there was number of sharp
encounters between them. When the SEN
ate adjourned. the Panama question was
still before the Senate, and it was an
nounced that the discussion would be re-
sumed tomorrow after the disposition of
the Post-Office Department inquiry reso-
lutions.
Before the Panama subject was taken
up there was a brief but lively discussion
between Messrs. Patterson and Scott of
the labor troubles in Colorado.
HALE'S SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Hale offered the following resolution
as the result of the agreement between
himself and Mr.. Bacon during yesterdays
session, looking TO a settlement of the
Panama question:
Whereas the State OF Panama, formerly a
part OF the Republic of Colombia. has seeded
ment; republican in form. under the name of
the kspsslG the of and cal,
Of Panama has been recognized by the United
States and by mani other nations: and
Senate between the United states and the Re
p9Sf % fnsre o1 ba the Tea'op Of ,S Of Thsh
oceanic canal by the United states across tho
Resolved. That. in nnv claim which the Re
against the said Republic of Panama for In
Identification OF loss of territory or increased
bia. the President is requested to tender his
best offices toward the peaceful adjustment OF
Arise m bet%ees Said ma aepn5Ie Of Colombia and
the Republic Of Panama
The resolution was read. and Mr.. Hale
stated that he presented 1t as a substitute
for the Bacon resolution. He said he
would not ask for immediate considera-
ton
The Panama resolution offered by Mr..
German was laid before the Senate and
Mr.. Carmack was recognized. He said the
Republican administration had been guilty
of the worst kind of partisanship In re-
fusing to execute the Spooner law because
of the fear that the opposition would Sc
cure an advantage.
VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
He advocated the discussion of the
Panama treaty in open Senate. and said
that. while he had the utmost respect for
the office Of President. he did not mean to
conceal the excesses of that Office land
every act of the President in this wretched
Panama business" he went on. has been
in violation Of law, of statutory and in
ternational law and of the Constitution
of the United States"
He then discussed at length Mr.. lodges
defense of the Presidents right to recog-
nize the independence OF other countries
and spoke of the new isthmian power rs
"a hideous abortion of night and dark
He compared the course of President
Jackson in the Texas case with that OF
President Roosevelt in the present in
stance and commended the former at the
said, there was no recognition until Mex
leo had abandoned the struggle. AS Cor
himself, when his conduct should be ques-
toned he would point to Andrew Jack
son and not to Theodore Roosevelt as his
guide, and he had no doubt of the result
But even the President had admitted
that he was acting under the requirements
of necessity: that necessity which in this
as hl other cases knows no law
The President, he said. had made 1t plain
that he never had intended to execute the
provisions of the Spooner act.
NEVER MEANT TO EXECUTE LAW"
Never for one moment" he said. did
he consider any plan that had in 1t so lit
tie of the strenuous and the sensational
as the execution of the law. II. instead of
peering into the future, as Mr.. Loomis
tells us he did. he had peered into the
law, he would have saved the country
Mr.. Carmack contended that President
ulIM JIssmIu pelusluoo lou pBu lIeAssooa
of Panama, but had Inter-
vened.
His acts were not simply offensive. not
simply cause for war, but they were
war" he said.
AS a matter of fact, there never was
any insurrection on the isthmus, said Mr.
Carmack. "They speak of the rising" he
said, "as the act of one man. Very true;
and that one man was the President of
the United States"
Mr.. Carmack said the President had de-
MED that he had encouraged the Panama
n ent could be shown than by giving Mr..
and a few other choice
spirits hint that. II a revolution was
started, 1t would receive the support of the
United States. President Roosevelt. he
said loses the power of reasoning and his
moral sense when he becomes involved in
action and exclaimed:
"a HEADLONG MAN.
Into what difficulties may we not be
ed by this headlong man. He makes his
.ory as he would order melodrama. max
ng certain that the star performer is al
ways in the center of the stage"
He went on to say that the Presidents
course in this matter was not merely an
act, but policy, and indicative of his
character. 1t was not meant for Colombia
II intermeddling with the affairs Of the