The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
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Nr Tuyyup prlssoded 90 u fnnI hIa action,
and then entered into an 'atrrntr DISCUS.
sion ~ tho tRrir and n"li'ni,l made
reply Nv tho protr,'ton speech delivered IN
thu Houes Yesterday ~ Representative
fAndia " Indiana. Toward liF CONCLUSION
Of ht- remarks, Nlr Iuwun made s,fro
observation. &C. gafdiug the Precedent Re-.
ferring 10 the report VI his knnHa- city
arecch. hat ha intended to return ~ wash
ington Ia expose the President, Mf Iowne
paid that be- had me- intention of eNpos,ng
. - ...l I..l o., so ALL TINT h. gH.nIlH
What I did say. he went on was that
that was not u proper place for mo 20 state
what | considered a very serious matter,
namely. the Characteristic 81 the present
Chief Executive 20 magnify and person
Ali1e his Office and to exercise powers not
only beyond the traditional, but beyond
the legal and constitutional limitations OF
that Office. have q list Of some of the
respects in which I venture most respect
fully to think the President ia derelict in
that particular, II Is not now the time,
however. Ia make an analysis or to pass
final Judgment upon the character AMI
ACHE encuts 81 Theodore Roosevelt, a
man az To whom one historian, a. II the
case with his contemporaries. VIII dlher
from another historian. There will be
ranegyrists and detractors hereafter, as
there are eulogists and faultfnders now.
There are many things in the character
and endowments Of that remarkable mar
that | have admired. There are many
other things that in my judgment, which
| feel justified and authorized as a Repre-
sentative of the people in their great repre-
.sontative body to say, unfit him for a jul
dicious, careful, just and deliberate dli-
charge of high executive functions, and
under the impress of which he has time
and again gone beyond the Legitimate
boundaries OF his place. ! shall ask to
insert in my remarks a few of these instances
Of executive excess, OF executive usurpa-
ton if I may employ a word that seems
pretty ~strong-of executive wandering
beyond that wise and sanitary, that legal
and constitutional boundary which the
Constitution of this country and the usage
Of this Government have prescribed.
There has recently occurred a bit of
history that | am not anxious To rehearse,
to which | shall not refer now in passing,
more than 10 Use It as an illustration Of the
complaint that l have already made in re-
spect to the neglect of the proper pound
aries Of executive authority that has
almost been a scandal before the people Of
the United States, 1t Is not pleasant to ex-
anime and l shall not examine the question
of veracity between a high executive officer,
especially the President Of the United
States, and other honorable and reputable
gentlemen. 1t is enough to say that it is
Exceedingly unfortunate that this partic-
ular' Executive has had the misfortune
to raise the question Of veracity with every
public character he has come in contact
with during his administration"
Mr.. ~Payne-Does the gentleman mean
to let that statement go in the Record?
Mr.. Towne-No, l will say, with a very
great many, that the returns are not all
In. What I want to say is this, and it rises
infinitely above any question OF veracity,
of which l do not make any present mention
nor desire to be thought as making any.
There is a certain q~uickness and caprice
of temper which first expresses itself with
out Limitation, and ext remembrance
without accuracy. There are certain re-
spects, however, in which the results Of this
unfortunate experience are Of the very
greatest importance to the people of this
country. In the last campaign it was
admitted in many places that the .accusa-
tons brought against the Republican party
OF completely and partnership with the
great economic forces that to-day prevail
In the civilized world we're true. Repub-
licans in many places admitted it. The
answer that was made to 1t was in substance
that the character Of your candidate for
the Presidency will save YOU from the sins
of your party. Vote for r. Roosevelt and not
for the Republican party; he is bigger than
your party; and it was that cry that saved
the party in hat ele elton.
When he came into Office he had the
sanction Of his prominence that no elective
in the history OF the world
has had. 1T gave him a chance to recognize
that the vote Of the people was in the nature
of a plebiscite, as a vote OF political conf
dence, substituting hin in that sense as a
direct popular representative instead of the
ordinary representative legislative body.
In that attitude he could and did choose his
allies to carry out ideas OF legislation that
he entertained. In the Senate Of the United
States these oombinati ons were made with
some Republicans and many Democrats.
They at one time arrived at an arrangement
by which forty-seven or fifty votes, enough
to pass the law, we're assured to the Presi-
dent upon the basis of an amendment to
the rate provision of the so-called Hepburn
law, providing for a restricted court review
and For a suspension of in~terlocutory in
functions,
within twenty-four hours after that
agreement was reached, without notice to
his allies, even to an ally Of his own Cabinet,
the Acknowledgement, the substitute for
that arrangement, which IL now known to
be eminenly satisfactory 10 the Senator
from Rhode Island, whose opposition to the
President has been bne Of the chief glories
OF the President in the estimation OF his
chief admirers, had triumphed. The Demo-
Gratis were thrown out. This Wanted non