The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-21


| and he has misconceived the weight
Of the testimony. I insist that We
| practice as well as preach the square
| deal." as the negro soldier has given
| the country a square deai'' on every
! ccasioH-SENATOR FORAKER
| If 1t had not been for eolored SOL
/ diers. there would be no gallant Rough
/ Rider. "square-deaI' President in the
/ White House-SENATOR SCOTT.
viii be slow 10 believe that any
! officer Of the United States army. no
/ matter from what State he halls,
would 5e guilty Of the unspeakable
/ i1famy CT advising the removal OF
! the holding Up TO shaHse Of "a negro
| because that officers father had been
! a DemocraL.-SENATOR LODGE.
4 At the close of speech in criticism OF
the Presidents action in dismissing with
out honor most Of the members Of Com
panies c. D, and (. of the Twenty-hfth
/ Infantry. Senator Foraker yesterday
afternoon modified his pending resolution
! in such a way as to make il instruct the
/ Committee on Military Affairs to conduct
a further Investigation OF the Brownsville
/ incident. and then requested that action
on it De deferred until after the holidays
1 Ia its original form the resolution LETT
the taking of new evidence to the discre-
| ton Of the committee.
Senator Scott spoke briefly IN behalf of
the discharged negro sOldieTs and Sena-
4 tor Lodge, who also talked but a few
minutes, asked that justice be done the
President. the Secretary Of War and the
army officers who had conducted the in
vestigation on which the Presidents ac-
tion was based. They were as much en-
titled 20 fair and impartial treatment as
the dismissed soldiers, the Massachusetts
Senator said. and he intimated that such
treatment WAS not being accorded them
by Senator Foraker and his supporters
On two or three occasions while the de-
bate was in progress. Mr. Foraker and
| Mr. Lodge manifested obvious impatience
with each other Throughout the whole
! of the discussion the Democrats MAIN
Iained the attitude Of nOupartclpauon,
which they assumed when IL first became
apparent that a Republican quarrel over
the dismissed negroes WAS inevitable
Now :n Field of Politics.
Evidences are multiplying that the mat
ter has been removed from the field it
! formerly occupied into the arena of pcii-
ties. The Conservative Republicans o.
the senate. who have been worsted prac-
ticaIly every time they have tried con-
cIusions with the President. think they
see in the Brownsville incident chance
to revenge themselves. and the present
Indications are that they viii take ad-
vantage Of it 10 the fullest possible ex-
/ tent. There can be no doubt that the
has resulted in radical change in the
feeling which has formerly been enter
tanned for him by negroes generally, and
1t is obviously the purpose Of those mem
bers of the dominant party who are not
impressed by the Roosevelt brand of Re
publicanism, and who do not Ike the
President personally to intensity this
feeling to the limit The negro vote will
be worth more than a little when the
time for eIecting delegates to the next
Republican national convention arrives.
and the conservatives" viii undoubtedly
do what they can to get control Of ii, and
prevent It being used in support of
any Rooseveltite. who may be a candidate
for the nomination
But this. apparently. is not the only
addition to attempting TO ALLEVIATE the
negroes from their former idol Repub-
lican leaders who are not in accord with
Mr Roosevelt are apparently trying To
discrodit him before the country Their
purpose is to make it appear that he
acted hastily and impulsIvely In dismiss
ing the troops. and that his order has
worked great injustice to many inno-
cent men. OF course. il is specifically
disclained that there is any intention 10
make the question one of race or color.
but it follows, as the night follows the
day that If it could be shown Indubitably
that the President had been unjust to-
ward the discharged negroes he would
fall in the esteem of those classes, in
parts of the country other than the
South, which are ever ready to imagine
that the black man is very much
abused individual
Doubt as to Resolutions Fate.
Some doubt exists as TO whether the
resolution will be adopted when it is
called up after the holidays Tf the Pres
idents friends In the Senate have reason
to believe that a further investigation
will not be distasteful to him, and if the
Democrats do not offer opposition. the
resolution doubtless viii be permitted to
80 iiEhuSn- j nus TAR apparently. the
members of the minority have not de-
eided Just what course to follow Sew
eral of them have informed Senator For
aker privately that they are in accord
with the purpose of his resolution, but
have intimated that il viii be i'm
practicable for them to support it. II.
however. it should be made to appear
that the proposed investigation would
tend to add to the discord which already
exists in the Republican ranks, the Dem
ocrats may vote for the resolution al
most solidly. Apparently. they hold the
balance of power, and viii be able. when
the time comes. TO decide whether or not
the resolution shall be adopted
Some friends Of the President think the
proposed investigation by Congress would
only add 10 the strength of his position.
If. as they assume Senator Foraker has
no evidence other than that which has
been furnished by the Constitutional
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