The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-25
Tillman Is Annoying.

Tillman Is Annoying.
There were frequent Interruptions by
| Mr.. Tillman and some sharp exchanges
| OF rcpartec between him and Mr.. Spooncr.
| These amused the galleries, but once or
| twice Mr.. Spooner showed that he was
| ANNOYED, and once he made serious pro-
! test against Mr.. Tlllman's imputatIon
| that his appearance in the case that
| of n special advocate for the admInistra-
! ton.
There were also Interruptions by
| Messrs. Bacon. Morgan and other Scna-
Merely Followed Precedents.
In the Moroccan matter Mr. Spooncr
contended that the President had merely
| followed preccdents In appointing dele
gates, and said TINT II he had failed TO
do so he would have been guilty Of
! Santo Domingo, he asserted that the
President had made no effort to carry the
treaty between Santo Domingo and the
United States into effect In advance of
Its ratification by the Senate.
Culberson Alleges Usurpation
Mr. Culberson followed Mr. spooner
with brief speech, in which he said the
President had taken complete iurisdic-
ton OF the subject matter of the Domlni-
can treaty. thus usurping the powers
OF the scnate- Mr.. Lodge gave notice
Moroccan questions tomorrow.
Mr.. Mccumber and Mr.. Hepburn spoke
on the pure food bill
Woman Suffrage Bill.
At the beginning OF today's session Of
the Senate Mr.. Warren introduced a bill
giving 10 women the right To vote I'm all
states for Representatives in Congress.
The bill was referred to the Committee
on Woman Suffrage.
The pure food bill was laid before the
Senate, and Mr.. McCumber continued his
speech In support Of that measure.
Mr.. Hepburn also addressed the Senate
In advocacy of the bill
Spooner Defends President
Mr. Spooner then addressed the Sen
ate on the conduct by the President OF
our foreign relations. Tho precipIta ton
OF this discussion had, he said, seemed
to him quite unjustlhable. because many
of the questions spoken OF involved
executive matters. and should have been
considered behind closed doors
Speaking generally he felt that the
plan OF dealing with foreign questions in
executive session to be the wise one He
outlined the powers OF the President 10
negotiate a treaty. and said that he could
not be compelled to conduct such ncgo-
uations under the tutelagc Of the Senate
nor FOR that matter of the entire Con-
GTess.
Replies to Tillman
How can the Senate advise 10 any nd
vantage after thing is done?" Mr. TIL
man asked, and, replying. Mr.. Spooner
enlarged upon his theory that at no stage
of the negotiation of n treaty was tho
President required to take the Senate
into his confidence. The correspondenCe
In a pending negotiation might be pro-
ductivc OF mischief. and he believed that
To be true In the case OF Morocco for in
stance.
Advisers of President.
In reply to an inquiry from Mr.. TIL
man. Mr.. Spooner eaid that the members
OF tho Committee ON Foreign Relations
We're like other Senators. advisers to the
President. a member of that committee
in his relation to the President is only a
Senator and Is servant OF the Senate,
he said. "A Senate committee" he went
on. has no relation to the President"
Mr.. Tillman quoted a newspaper nrti-
Gle referring To Mcssrs Lodge and
Spooner of the Foreign Relations com
mittec as having been called upon to
pass upon foreign questions
He wanted to know whether as a mat
ter Of common sense, a President would
not ordinarily desire to have the advice
or such members OF the committee who
were also leaders OF the Senate.
Exchange of Pleasantries.
Referring to Mr.. Tillmans character.
common sense. Mr., Spooner said that he
felt impelled to say that the character of
the remark was such as TO Justify that
characterization.
For which" responded Mr. Tulman
II am duly grateful
But. responded Mr. Spooner. II say
so only from a sense OF politcncss"
Then said Mr.. Tillman, the Senator
convicts himself OF insinccrity."
Galleries Enjoy It.
The galleries enjoyed the exchange Of
pieasantrics and laughed aloud so much
so as to render necessary a rebuke from
the Nicc-President
Mr.. Spooncr outlined the prerogatIyas"
OF the different branches OF Congress
The Senator used the word 'preroea-
dive too broadly remarked Mr. Morgan
The President has no prerogativc like
that OF royalty"
last analysis he considered the Alabama
Senator to be right. but" he added
Mr. Morgan has heard the word used
here thousand times as | have used II"
A thousand times too often" respond
ed Mr. Morgan
Thinks Action Justified,
Mr.. Spooncr said that Mr.. Bacon the
author OF the resolution calling upon the
President FOR information about the Alee-
zlras conference, had deprecated the de-
parturc from the doctrine OF non-Intor-
ference in foreign matters laid down In
Washnston's farewell address AS for
that In appointing delegates to that con-
ference the President had acted entirely
within his constitutional capacity and I'm
the interest OF the country and in lust
obedience to the demands OF the sltua-
ton
He did not believe such action to be I'm
contravontion OF the declaration of the
stitutlon.
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