Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-24


Missouri, where have the hon.
Or to reside, Salt River town
ship, once thinly but now thickly popu-
lated and at this writing the seat of
the largest dynamite mill in the world,
used to be entitled to only one delegate
in Democratic county conventions. On
a certain occasion hot fight was on in
a convention. In the midst of it Uncle
Henry Ashburn, man of great good
sense and much shy humor. the sole
delegate from Salt River, convulsed the
audience by solemnly arising and say
ing, "Mr. Chairman, the Salt River del
egation is divided and desires to retire
for consultations That is precisely
what the Republicans will have to do
before long at the rate they are going
now. The president and the senate are
at loggerheads about the arbitration
treaties. The senate and house are Mt
loggerheads over the statehood bill. I'm
less the senate passes good bill regu-
lating railroad freight rates the presi-
dent and congress will be at logger
heads over that, and there will he con.
fusion worse confounded. The break
has come. On Saturday, Feb. II, the,
senate turned the president down on
the arbitration treaties question by the
astounding vote of so to Q. Those yot-
ing for the presidential contention were
Dolliver, Fairbanks, Hopkins, McCum-
Der, Nelson, Plat of Connecticut, Stew
art, Warren and Wetmore.
Those voting against his contention
were Alice, Allison, Ankeny, Bacon,
Bailey, Bard, Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Burnham, Burrows, Carmack, Clark Of
Wyoming, Clay, Culberson. Cullom.
Daniel, Dick, Dillingham;, Dryden, For
aker, Foster Of Louisiana, Foster of
Washington, Fulton, Gallinger, Gam
BILE, German, Hale, Hansbrough. Hey
burn, Kean, Kittredge. I.atimer, Lodge,
Long, McComas, McCreary, McI.aurin,
Money, Morgan, Newlands. Overman,
Patterson. Perkins, Scott, Smoot. Spoon
er, Stone, Taliaferro and Teller.
1t will be observed that in the list
Of those opposing the president are
many of the abiest Republican sena.
tors. some of whom, like Spooner and
Foraker, are notable not only for ca
pacity. but as having been hot cham
pions of the president for the nomina-
tton and hitherto bis thick and thin
champions. Even the name of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. defender In chief
of the presidential faith. was counted
against his position. It will not do to
fhof tho AT Ton Tn
substitution Of the word treaty" for
the word agreement small and in
consequential, about which the presi-
dent cares nothing. He does care much
so much, in fact, that he wrote long
and most vigorous letter on the subject
to Hon. Shelby NJ. Cullom, chairman Of
the senate foreign affairs committee,
urging the Importance Of bis own view
with all his power. That It IL the be-
ginning Of an open breach between him
and the senate is generally concluded,
This is all the more remarkable when
1t is remembered that when that vote
was taken he had still twenty lone days
OF bis present term to serve and four
years Of the one to which he was re-
Gently elected by an overwhelming
majority. The Washington Post. In.
dependent, but very friendly to the
president, commenting on 1t, says, "The
situation in the senate over the arbi-
tration treaties has been strained for
several weeks" VIII the senate back
down from its advanced position?
Hardly, for there is one question on
which 1t usually stands firm as a rock.
and that is senatorial prerogative,
which senator's say is involved. Will
the president back down? Perish the
thought! What then? War to the
knife betwixt the Republican president
and the Republican senate!