Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-18
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ed. II calls upon the secretary OF war
to supply the Senate with information
as TO whether any member of the Phil
ippine commission or any officer Of the
army or navy OF the United States
owns or has any interest in any land
in the islands. and to state where such
land is situated particularly with re-
ference to the location of proposed
railroads in said islands"
The Philippine tariff bill was received
from the House and sent to the COM
mittee on Philippine islands.
Tillman was then recognized. He be-
gan by quoting extractso on the Monroe
Doctrine from the last annual message
of the President. He laid especial
stress upon the Presidents declaration
that no just and orderly government
las anything to fear from u.s.
rs the converse true. that an unjust
and disorderly government has some
thing to fear from u.s." Tfllman ask.
ed. Because il it il, therein lies an i'm
mense amount Of trouble for this conn
try. 1t will not benefit us" he said, ito
step forward on every pretext with q
pOliceman's club to enforce the claims
Of bondhOlders. That is the sum and
substance Of the new departure
Tillman quoted the executive order of
March %. establishing a modus vivendi
which he defined as "a little rope by
which you hang on to life until You get
loose or are entirely hung
He declared there had been coercion
in enforcing that order and that
Morales and his junta Of cutthroats
had not accepted it's terms until COM
PEELED to do so by Mr.. Dawson and his
gunboats.'' He said that the island
was practically blockaded by our gun
boats and that our efforts were direct
ed largely in the interest of 1.-The Shy
locks and sharps and the other fellows
who live by shaving paper
AN admirable picture" he exclaimed.
lot. the kind Of government our great
and spod President has taken under his
wing a government of cutthroats.
nack- SEEKERS, assassins. debauchers
Pond Abestines and everything awful
Fthae IN English language may be used
to describe"
Tiilman said the President had trans
crossed the canons OF century in carry
ing into effect treaty that had never
BEEN ratified.
at used to be that the failure of the
Senate TO act on a treaty was sufficient.
said the senator, but such is no longer
| the case; you've got to say NO. in very
| loud words to Theodore Roosevelt in order
| to get him to hear at ALL"
Speaking of Morales flight, Tillman
| said that he expected to hear of him next
as holding n position on the Panama
canal
''Wouldn't that be glorious?' he asked.
II was just ut that moment that Sec.
/ Taft who had been conversing with Cen
Grosvenor. vanished through the door be-
| hind Tillman and there was 4 litter in the
| Senate which Tillman did not understand.
Quoting articles from the Washington
Post and the Washington Star, TilIman
| said:
They are fair and clean in their news
| columns and friendly with the Presiden.
| when he will let them be-"
The articles quoted outlined the plan
OF having a joint resolution passed by
| 1.-The Presidents subservient friends in
Congress" What could be done by
means of a joint resolution except te
/ annex the island?
Here, then. You have the delightful
prospect OF adding the island with its 10. =
| 100000 negroes to our domain to satisfy
the design of our lord and master to have
! his own way"
Discussing the prospect of action on
such a resolution he quoted 4 character
| izatiOn of the House by the Boston Her.
aid rs puppets the clanking Of whose
chains could be heard in advance and said
that the body had yesterday given an ex-
hibition of its subserviency to executive
power. He had heard It stated that four
more votes are needed to secure the rati-
| fcation of the Dominican treaty and he
supposed they were looking about for
White House Democrats to help out. and
he feared that sufficient number might
be secured by the use of patronage. "a
pound or two of pork" to fall in behind
| he would not say the servile Republicans.
but to aid the other side in securing ia
vorahIe acton. He hoped that the pos
! session of a little power in the shape of
IA tronage would not stand in the way of
the Senate's doing it's duty.
In criticising the President. Tillman
said the press was being used in threat
ening the Congress on matters of legis-
lation or patronage in order that the
President may have his way. The
Senate compared the executive with
l"Ardiew Jackson or Napoleon Bona
partc or any other man who pushed
things to the limit"
Iillman said that he wanted to ask
what it is that emboldens the Prcsi-
[dent to take the stand he has. Answer
ing the question himself, Tillman said
that the press had made the President
what he is and that it has been through
that great fundamentally that he has
dared to "bestride the world like
Colossus
Tillman admitted that newspapers
| are sometimes unjust. but said that
generally they are fair in their treat
ment Of public questions. He said that
an instance of the Presidents use of
newspaper men Is in his employment of
Joseph Bishop as n press agent" for
1.-THE Panama canal. He said that dur
| ing the time Mr.. RoOsevelt's military
record was being made" the newspa-
moro continually referred TO col