The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
PaitsfsOns Speech VIII be Made
This Morning
RESPECTS TO PRESIDENT
Bacon Says He Yields Too Mueh
Power and Tillman Gets Mr..
Spooner "Up
Tree"

Tree
washington. February 6.-(SpeciaL)--
The Senate and its galleries were crowd
ed this morning to hear Senator Patter-
son speak on his bolt from the demo-
cratic caucus The Colorado senator an
nounced. however, that he had found that
Senator Bacon of Georgia had the report
to the floor and accordingly his speech
went over until tomorrow. The demo-
Gratis claim that there Is no change IN
the situation with regard to the Domin-
lean treaty Patterson and McEnery are
! scheduled to vote for II, and may be re-
inforced by Senator Clarke Of Arkansas,
who is considered doubtful. Further than
| the three the democratic managers can
/ not find the fourth White House senator.
The democratic members. on the con-
| trary. claim that the Introduction of the
| Patterson resolution and the comment
thereupon has tended to strengthen the
| party in its opposition to the Roosevelt
Monroe doctrine They say that after
| the democratic caucus it will be worth
the political life of any democratic sena-
tor who votes for the Dominican treaty.
and therefore many of them still believe
! that Clarke of Arkansas will vote with his
party.
Question of Party.
That the question is one of party there
Is not the slightest doupt. Not a few of
| the republican senators privately admit
that they are not all in sympathy with
| tho odn,fnietratfnnse daht coI1ectinp pro-
gramme and it goes without saying that
they would vote against the treaty ie
they were not afraid of being put In the
class of INSTRUMENTATION senator's OF
course Senator Lodge and his rSpubliean
| colleagues are talking great deal these
days about the constitutional right Of a
senator to one vote as he sees fit to cast
| It. 1t is a democratic vote and not re-
| publican that the republicans are so anX-
ious to protect
When the routine of the morning busi-
ness was concluded Mr.. Pattersou's reso-
| luton relative to the recent democratic
caucus laid before the Senate and
Mr.. Patterson said that when yesterday
he gave notice he would speak on the
resolution today he did not know that
Mr. Bacon had given a previous notice
for today. He therefore announced that
he would address the Senate tomorrow
at the conclusion of the morning hour.
Mr.. Bacon then proceeded with his ar
gument on his Moroccan resolution. He
announced that he meant to be entirely
impersonal and said there was no justi-
tieation in the charge that this discussion
was an assault on the present occupant
of the executive chair He thought such
construction an evidence of the weakness
of the opposing side.
The speech was In the main a plea for
the right Of the Senate to advise and
consent" in the matter of negotiation OF
treaties, and was largely reply to Mr..
Spooner's speech ON this question
Mr.. Bacon said he knew of his own
perence that 1t had been the practice OF
Secretary Hay to confer with senators
at all stages of negotiations of interest.
even before entering upon the negotia-
| ton. He instaneed especially the Alas
kan and the general arbitration treaties.
Mr. Spooner asked Mr. Bacon If he
considered 1t the duty of senator to
give advice to the executive when asked,
and Mr. Bacon replied in the afhrma-
tive.
Mr.. Foraker Interrupts.
Mr. Foraker interrupted with a question
| growing out of the action of the demo-
cratic caucus of last Saturday on the
| Dominican treaty. Calling attention TO
Mr.. Bacons contentious as TO the duty
oil senators to advise the executive he
asked the Georgia Senator whether he
thought that party caucus ought 10
be permitted to stand In the way of a
senator performing his duty"
Mr.. Bacon replied sharply that he did
not know OF any senator in a better posi-
Hon than Mr.. Foraker to reply to such
a question himself.
Mr.. Foraker replied that the republican
| senators had not binding caucuses, but
only conferences for the exchange Of
views and that he had not even known
of a treaty being considered I'm caucus
| conference bN either until a ar
saturday
Mr.. Bacon declined to discuss the point
further saying that he would not an
ticipate what will be most inter-
estng performance tomorrow If we are
| correctly Informed"
| He added that If the republican party
had no binding eaucuses. it was because
they were controlled by a more potent
| influence.
Mr. Bacon contended that Congress was
I'm far greater danger of encroachmenr
from the executive than was the execu-
| tive from Congress-
who does not know ne asked. that
the most influential part of the legisa-
tive power Is al the other end of Penn
| sylvania avenue, In the White HouseP
| don't refer to the present occupant, but
to all the occupants of the past gen.
eration."
He added however that the tendency
had never been more pronounced than
|
was as much inclined to assert himself
as had been any of his predecessors.
aud that he had recently read in the news
papers that the stock market had gone
either up or down In consequences of the
pronounced position of the President on
a particular measure.
Would Establish Precedent
Mr. Bacon contended that il the United
States should establish the precedent OF
taking charge of the fiscal affairs of Santo
Domingo, conditions were such in other
South and Central American countries as
to render it probable that this country
v Would assume similar duties there. Not
only are we 10 take on this ulcerous sore,
this pestiferoGs cancer of Santo Domin-
go. but like duties are likely to be as
sumed and like calamities are likely to
befal us in other countries" he asserted.
He instanced the condition of affairs
In Costa Rica saying they were similar
to those in Santo Domingo. The last
statement caused Mr.. Tillman TO ask:
HAS the state department document
like the Dillingham; treaty to spring on