The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-04-04
NEWLANDS CRITICIZES ROOSE-
WELT.
ROOSE

WELT.
n does not seem to be within the
range of possibility for President Roose-
Welt to do anything to please Senator
Newlands of Nevada. The Senator has
always been one of few who severely
criticized every official act of the Chef
Executive. He denounced his poncy in
the Philippines and thought the Fin
pinos should be treated as Cuba was
treated and given their independence
and turned loose to be the prey OF every
other power on earth and to founder
about in the sea of ignorance until res
cued by some power other than the
United States. He did not seem to real
ize that Uncle Sam was in duty bound
to protect the natives and fit them for
a better life. The outcome of conditions
on the Stands has proven Senat New
lands to nave been wrong and President
Roosevelt's policy the only correct solu
ton to the subject. The Stands have
improved more in the past few years,
since the United States has been in con-
troll, thar in the previous $50 years. Had
Senator Newlands had his way the
Islands today would be nothing but q
bowling wilderness" Just now he is
dipping his pen into another gall pot
and eriticizing the Presidents policy in
Santo Domingo. He is reported as fol-
lows:
II regard the so-called modus vivendi
as an Improvement on the indefensible
action of the President in taking charge
of foreign custom houses under an un-
ratified aribtral agreement, which, like
the pending protocol. should nave been
was taken under it.
The Santo Domingo question is an
question of the future relations of the
islands of the Caribbean Sea to this
country 1t is unfortunate that ii
should be brought to the consideration
of the Senate at a time when the whole
policy of the Roosevelt administration
indicated it's purpose, through the pro-
arbitral agreement with Santo Domingo
to escape the restraint imposed by the
constitution Upon the 1treaty-making
power of the executive, by requiring the
participation of two-thirds of the Sen
ate. 1t is to be hoped Mr.. Roosevelt
will hereafter recognize the fact hat
constitution was to keep the United
States out of foreign complications by
placing the power to declare war in
Congress and by making the Senate
share with the President the treaty
making power. The Senate is entitled
to the fullest nformation on his SUBJ
This is not the ordinary case of
treaty consideration, involving secrecy
regarding communications of any CORE
spondence with a foreign government,
DOT IL Involves a great national policy,
which shoold be discussed in the open.
Its consideration should be shared by
the people and the press and the SEN
ate should have their aid in arriving at
a final conclusion.
Our experience in Cuba, the Philip
pines and Panama has led me to fear
that. however beneficial our purpose
might be In Santo Domingo in the be-
ginning. we would drift into a policy
which we should have repudiated at the
start
'Thi might we'll make the most ar
dent advocate of the domination of the
United States in Pan-American affairs
hesitate regarding the innocent posses
sion of the Dominican custom houses as
a means of enabling Santo Domingo to
settle with her creditors"
Senator Newlands has not the slight.