The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-08
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THE nlacrity with which the senator
comes to the defence of tile Presluent
shows that he needs the saving grace OIL
Democratic caucus, l1c said. and the
vice-Prcsdcnt had 10 suppress the up
plnuse of the galleries.
'.The Senator from Colorado has con-
trartod The hnblt or culogizing the
President" said Mr.. Bailey. II wonder
n the Senator has forgot what the Presi-
dent SAYS about Democrats. He said In
his letter of acceptance last year that "
Democrats believed all they said they
did they were fools. and that III they
did not they were liars"
He read n paragraph from the letter
OF acceptance, In which the President did
speak in manner concerning the Demo-
cratic party which is moro disrespectfu
than Is generally used by candidate for
the presidency In illusions to the oppo-
site party.
Compliment Went Wrong.
Yet" said Bailey, the Senator from
Colorado has likened the President 10
Andrew jackson. ono of the greatest
Democrats who ever lived.
But the President would not think
that a compliment. Hear what he SAWS
about the great Jackson and Bailey
picked up the Presidents Life OF Bentor,
and read that paragraph where Mr..
Roosevelt characterized President jack
son as ignorant and strong headed
Il Will leave IL ia the senator to settle
with the President for having compared
him TO a man whom the President him
self calls ignorant and strong hea died."
said Bailey.
Would Roll Over in Grave.
He again read from the Life of Ben
ton. where the President said Justin Nc
Carthy had much better compared We'll
lington to Jackson than to Washington,
for jackson was man OF strong. mar
row mind and bitter pretudices.'' But
the senator says the President is like
him. claimed Bailey. and n ripple of
laughter ran over the Senate s'If the
spirits of the sa!n,ed dead are allowed
to mingie with the affairs OF men, said
Bailey, In that Deep sonorous voice he
can make so solemnly impressive, .'how
the mighty spirit Of jackson would rebel
at being compared to n man who said
he was Ignorant and strong headed"
Bailey said that in all history of our
Presidents mono had ever been treated so
generously by opponents. Not only have
his adversaries applauded him. but they
have done so twice, when once was suf
ficient." He alluded to the attacks that
had been made on all the Presidents.
even Washington whose heart was we'll
nigh broken by the calumnles of adver-
sares. In the era OF good feeling which
prevailed during the Monroe adminstra-
ton. the President was far more violent
ly attacked than President Roosevelt had
ever been. Yet no President has ever
so deserved condemnation.
"Yet He is Like Jackson"
Bailey said that If 1t had not been
for the Presidents position on rate-reg-
uation, 1t would be impossible to even
i,,t ba
Abiding to what Patterson had said
about the President having usurped
power on one occasion at least. Bailey
declared with smiling face that found
reflection even on the Republican side.
''Yet the senator from Colorado says the
President Is like Andrew Jackson"
Accounts for Big Church Vote.
Mr.. Bailey jocularly called attention
to an alleged statement of the President
in regard to filling vacancy among the
chaplains of the army that as the man
who went out was Methodist. Metho-
dist must succeed him. He said this
might be considered a violation of the
Constitution. He said this might account
for the large church vote received by Mr..
Roosevelt
He said also that Mr.. Roosevelt was
the first President who declared in favor
of strife as the philosophy OF life. Mr..
Bailey commented mnon a letter from the
President on the divided councils of, the
Democratic party, which practically said
that they were either fools or liars.
Never before. said Mr.. Bailey. had n
President given such offense to Democrats
as had the present occupant of the White
House. and never before had political
opponents been SO ready to come to the
defense Of a President. He reminded the
bat ha tn
was Democratic policy. That being
true. the Republican unanimty was re-
markable-a lesson I'm party loyalty for
Mr.. Patterson lTrne, there were evil
dences of independent, action in the SEN
ate. But" declared Mr.. Bailey, II pre-
dict that the big stick will be waved In
such manner that majority of the
Republican senators would be brought
70 support the Presidents railroad policy
even though 1t be taken from a Demo
cratic platform"
words, when conversing with the Senator
from Colorado he said, ''and waves
big stick over us.
The power OF The cacaus ends when il
defines the Gutyuf party man. he said
! No cacaus can compel an American Sena
tor to cast a vote destructive of hi
country's honor, or his country's glory :"
MY partisanry is founded in my patriot
ism. l have heard men say they were
Democrats or Republicans because they
were born So Such men never make thei
way iEto the Senate of the united States
simply agree to waive immaterial ant
unimportant differences in order to ac
complish great beneficial ends. The rule
I, OF the majority is not only the mighty
principle of republic, but vital one"
Hal Bolted Before.
He charged that Patterson had boltet
a primary election held In Denver, t
which Mr. Patterson replied tEat the or
ganization OF the Democratic party /,
Denver was controlled by the public utili
ties companies, and that he felt he coul'
not honorably allow himself 10 be con
trolled by IT, Mr.. Bailey replied that
might be true that majority OF tn
Democrats -of Denver were rascals, bu
he did not believe 1t.
Mr.. Patterson interrupted him TO sa
that ninety per cent. of the party we,
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