The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-14
CARMACK MAKES
ACCUSATIONS
Charges President with Attempt
to Cause War.
SPOONER MAKES REPLY
DEFENDS CAUSE TAKEN BY PRES.
IDENT AND HIGHLY LAUDS
BY Associated Press.

again today the prlnclpal SUBJECT OF
consideration in the senate, and. as on
yesterday the debate was spirited.
Senator Carmack opened proceed
ings with set speech in pointed
criticism of the presidents course,
and was followed by Senator Spooner,
the only other speaker of the day, in
a defense of the presidents action as
law-abiding and in defense of the
president himself as "a patriotic,
brave and true man
Senator Tillman frequently inter.
rupted Sponer, and there were mum.
ber of sharp encounters between them.
When the senate adjourned the
Panama question was still before the
senate. and 1t was announced that dis.
cussion would be resumed tomorrow
after the disposition of the postoffice
department inquiry resolution.
Before the Panama subject was
taken up there was a brief but lively
discussion between Senators Patter.
son and Scott of the labor troubles in
Colorado
In discussing the Panama question
Senator Carmack attacked the presi.
dents course, and declared that
never for one moment did he con.
slider any plan that had in it so little
of the strenuous and sesational as the
execution of the law"
Senator Carmack contended that
The president had not eentented him
self with recognition Of Panama. but
had interviewed 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 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" He went on to
say the presidents course In this mat
ter was not merely an act, but pol
icy, and indicative of his character
II was not ileant for Colombia alone.
but was the beginning of a system of
intermeddlng with affairs Of the coun
tries Of Central and South America
and such a policy must inevitably in.
volge us in war, not only with South
American nations themselves, but
with European nations.
Senator Spooner replied to Car
mack. saying he had felt regret at
hearing criticisms of the president
who had registered an oath In heaven
to discharge his duties. Senator Car.
mack had made a sinister and unsup
ported statement when he said that
this country had begun systematic
encroachment on the rights of South
American republics No man had
stood more consistently for these re-
publics than had President Roosevelt
Senator Spooner instaneed the
course of the president in the Vene-
zuelan difficulties. No president in
our history had stood more staunchly
for the Monroe doctrine Senator
Spooner also gave attention to the
charges of disobedience of the law by
the president.
THE only enemies he had in the
United States. said Spooner. are the
result Of his obedience to and enforce
ment of the law He has thought not
of himself, but only of his oath The
president has been elected by the Re.
publican party, but" added Spooner,
he is the president of all the country.
and he is entitled to fair and decent
treatment as the chief executive of all
the people
"As enthor OF the Spooner act, the
speaker said "he wished to express
his opinion that the law had not been
hfbldteu DS what tnP pIesiHSHt Hhu
done" After reviewing the events
relating TO the canal negotiations, Mr.
Spooner asked whether any senator
would have turned bis back on Pan.
anna SO long as there was bill pend
ing in the Colombian congress, and he
put the question especially to Senator
Tillman. who was on his feet
Senator Tillman said he would have
entered into negotiations with Mica
ragua and would have reported bach
TO congress for further instructions
He would then have said to Colombia.
You are NANCY lot: get OFF the face
of the earth; we'll take the countr,
and build the canal"
After minutes pause Senator
spooner said that while he could no
accept the senator's language he con