The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-10
SENATE PASSED
A SUPPLY BILL
Then Entered Upon Discussion
OF the Panama Treaty.
FULTON'S MAIDEN EFFORT
HOUSE DISCUSSED CONTESTED
ELECTION CASE.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The senate to-
day entered upon the consideration
o. the diplomatic and consular appro-
prlation bill. All the amendments sug-
gested by the committee on appropri-
atoms were adopted and the bill was
passed
Mr. Overman Of North Carolina then
addressed the senate on the Panama
question BIr Overman announced his
opposition TO the canal treaty on the
ground that the United states had Vio-
lated the obligations of the provision
OF the treaty of 1876.
Mr.. Carmack also stated his views
jn opposition TO the treaty. saying that
ne felt impelled to DO so because OF
the fact that he had received a num-
Der of petitions asking him 10 sup
port it.
Mr.. Carmack announced his great
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 president could not get q canal
Via the Panama route he would fol-
low the SpOOner law and accept the
\icarauga route, for" he said. much
as the president likes to have his own
way, he likes better 10 be president
The GoebeI Case.
Mr.. CaTmack also referred to the
abolition Of q postOffice in Mississippi
and declared that the president has
held up as a model a governor Of a
northern state who had given refuge
ia his stare 10 murderer whose crh7lc
had been committed in a southern
state.
Mr.. Carmack also charged that ths
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congress. and said that ne should be
taught that "he is not the entire gov
eminent" Mr.. Carmack then spoke oil
Minister Bunau-Varilla as a base in
truder ana a characteTIess adven-
tureT."
In conclusion he expressed the opin-
ion that the treaty would be ratified
and said that no doubt the president
win rejoice at his triumph over jus
tice and law
Fulton's Maiden Effort.
Mr.. Fulton of Oregon spoke for the
treaty. He spoke of the proposed canal
as the greatest enterprise that tbs
world has ever been engaged in He
had, he said, found no difficulty in en-
dorsing the course of the administra-
ton in Panama, but contended that
congress had no power 10 enter into
aitl AlttiuAl Y III il1olL Lbut st. UCCducC tilt
president was acting within his con
stitudonal powers.
Mr.. Fulton spoke of Colombia as q
country for which it was impossible
TO do anything because Of the charac-
Ster Of its people, OF whom he said that
their catholicism is but the ma tura
instinct Of a race of buccaneers" He
said that Mr.. Roosevelt needed no de
Tense against Mr. Carmack's attacks
and added, that whether the president
SHOULD again Dc called 60 that high Of
flee or not. his future reputation would
be that OF one of the ablest and mos
patriotic of presidents. AfU. Fulton alst
said that white Democrats row -Draiss
President Mckinley il had been only
q few months since he was being dc.
uOunCed by them as q tyTant- He con
tended that Mr.. Roosevelt was tn,
choice Of the people for president, ant
predicted his election BY such a ma
Jority as had never before been known
MI Fulton concluded at 2:5f p. m.
and Immediately afteTward the senat
went into executive session. and al Al
J.. N. adjourned.
Tt is understood, relative to the CUES
lion OF restricting warlike operation
TO the narrowest possible limits, tina
the proposition took the form of 4 not
70 Russia and one to Japan, suggestiu
some such limitation In addition, tn
neutral powers We're called on by Tn
United States to address themselve
in the same fashion TO Russia and ia
pan, and il is minated that those sug
gestions have been well received.