Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
BITTERLY SCORES
THE PRESIDENT
TlLLMAN WANTS MORRIS CASE
INVESTIGATED
Makes Highly Sensational Speech In
the senate--Hale Of Maine
Strongly Reprimsnds
the Southerner

santo Domingo, Of which he had given
notice, but as there was considerable
routine business to be transacted he
was not recognized until It had been
disposed Of
Mr.. culberson's Resolution
The first matter Of Importance taken
up was the resolution offered by Mr..
Culberson relative to the ownership by
Philippine officials of land in the Phil
ippine islands. The resolution was pre-
scented by Mr.. Culberson in modified
form today, and as modified was
adopted. AS passed It calls upon the
secretary Of war to supply the senate
with information as TO whether any
member Of the Philippine commission
or any officer of the army or navy of
the United States owns or has any in
terest in any land in the islands. The
secretary is directed also to state where
such land is situated particularly with
reference to the location Of proposed
railroads in said islands"
The Philippine tariff bill was received
from the house and referred to the
committee on Philippine islands.
Mr.. Tillman was then recognized.
He began by quoting extracts on the
Monroe doctrine from the last annual
message Of the president He laid
especial stress upon the presidents s
declaration that no Just and orderly
government has anything to fear from
u.s."
"Is the converse true, that any un-
Just and disorderly government has
something to fear from us?" Mr.. TILL
man asked, because II It is, therein lies
0g t,,,,7 OPf fne n q
country
It meant he said, that the president
intended to set up a standard and COM
pei the South American nations to ad-
here to it. Mr.. Culberson interrupted
Mr.. Tillman to read an extract from a
letter which he said had been written
by Secretary Hay in which the secre-
tary was reported to have said that
the rejection of the Dominican treaty
would work ''no great disaster" His
purpose Mr.. Culberson said, was to
contrast the secretary's utterance with
that of the president.
Claims There Was Coercion
Mr.. Tillman quoted the executive or
der of March 2S, establishing a modus
vivendi, and declared that there had
been coercion in enforcing that order,
and that Morales and his junta of
cut throats had not accomplished its
objects until compelled to do so by
Mr.. Dawson and his gunboats. He said
that the island was practically block
AIDED by our gunboats and that our
efforts were directed largely in the in
terest of the ''Shylocks and sharps and
other fellows who live by shaving
paper"
He quoted from the Springfield Re
publican, which he characterized as a
clean and careful newspaper, history
of Morales career.
IAN admirable picture" he explained.
"of the kind of government our great
and good president has taken under his
wings-a government of cut throats,
back stickerS, assassins, debauchers
and llbertines. and everything awful
that the English language may be
used to describe"
He said the president had trans
gressed the canons of a century In car
rying into effect a treaty that had
never been ratified.
1T 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 mo- in
very loud tones to Theodore Roosevelt
in order to get him to hear at ALL"
He said he had heard It stated that
four more votes are needed to secure
the ratification of the Dominican treaty.
and he supposed they were looking
about for White House Democrats to
help out, and he feared that a sufficient
number might be secured by the use of
patronage pound or two of pork
to aid the other side in securing favor
able action.
Press Used as a Club
In criticising the president Mr.. Till
man said the press was being used in
threatening congress on matters of leg
islation or patronage in order that the
president may have his way. The SEN
ator compared the executive with "An-
drew Jackson or Napoleon Bonaparte
or any other man who pushed things to
the limit"
Mr.. Tillman said that he wanted to
ask what it is that emboldens the pres