The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-08

msra l. f9 Press xsassnsa Rf9.oring 0 the
Democrats" and "ihsufgent Republicans"
peated that 1t was the duty of, every
sehatefs regardless Of party TO vote his
seleInh convictions:
Qualification of Senators.
At to the qualification that senator
should be % years OF age. Mr.. Patterson
quoted Judge Story that thirty years was
not t99 long for dye maturity and sad
cation. He i gbekg Of EEa taun Ea having having
passed back and forth across the cham
Der as to eoercive measures, and alse
R RRks aossa don't Seaate to so sas
that the senator or member who sur
renders his own convictions In the hope
Of patronage, and that the president who
promises 1T. are. to say the least. to be
condemned" he said. adding that such
course was nothing less than bribery.
Such a course was immoral and indie
fensiye, and was the same as securing
votes for vena1 considerations.
Quoting the different sections OF the
preamble to his resolution. Mr.. Pstter-
son commented upon them Referring
to one OF these sections, he said there
is neither CONSTITUTIONS nor statutory
authority for twenty-five or thirty SEN
ators TO attempt to cOerce the vote OF
one OF their COLLEAGUES. Such g course
proper representation IN the senate, he
declared. and ssked:
''vYho Is willing to be impaled by the
public contempt for submitting to such
dlctatlon?'
Mr.. Patterson Concludes.
lie declared that in thus voting a SEN
ator becomes q representative OF other
cluGed substantially as follows:
II have no regrets for the course I
have pursued and shall continue to pur-
sue It. 1t is true I may not be admitted
ate, but, realizing that I am excluded
because I am striving 70 perform my
duty as 7 have sworn to execute ii, 1
will bear the exclusion In perfect equa-
rinity simply saying TO my Democratic
friends that I expect to meet them in
the next Democratic convention, where
hope we Will nominate candidate Tor
president who will be equally as brave
as Mr.. Roosevelt in fighting the fight
OF the people"
Senator Bailey Sarcastic.
Mr.. Patterson spoke for about an
hour and a half and was followed by
Mr. Bailey. The Texas senator began
by saying that Mr.. Patterson had pro-
ceeded throughout his speech on the
false hypothesis that the Democratic
party had sought to coerce him in the
matter Of casting his vote on the Santo
Domingo treaty.
He also declared that Mr.. Patterson
had failed to understand the purpOrt
Of the caucus resolution and his rela-
tionship to his party. The caucus had
simply defined the duty Of senators as
must be for him TO determine his duty
as a senator in. contradiction to his duty
as a Democrat.
Defended Caucus System.
Mr.. Bailey then took up the defense
of the caucus system and, after calling
attention TO the fact that most candi-
dates for elective offices were chosen
by caucuses, read the proceedings of
the caucus by which Mr.. Patterson was
nominated and asked if he considered
that the same objections which he had
made to senatorial Caucuses should ap-
ply to caucuses for the choosing Of can
didates.
Mr.. Patterson replied that the two
caucuses were not on the same footing
because no oath was taken in the eau
cuses for the choosing of candidates.
Mr. Bailey did not accept as valid the
difference. He said that the members
of the Colorado legislature must have
taken an oath to perform their duties
including the election of United States
senator.
Colorado is to be accepted every SEN
ator who holds his seat in this cham
Der as the result Of a caucus is violat-
ing the constitution" he declared, add
ing that almost all the senators were
so chosen.
Disproved His Own Statement.
He said that Mr.. Patterson himself
had disproved the truth of his assertion
n al aCrlA
for within ten years after he had
walked out Of q Democratic convention
he had been chosen as a Democratic
senator.
Mr.. Bailey called attention to Mr..
Patterson's statement concerning his
endorsement of a candidate for a chap
lainCy in the army. His man was an
EpiscOpalian, and Mr.. Patterson said
that the presidents secretary had re-
piled that as the man whose place was
to be filled was a Methodist, a Metho-
dist must be appointed to succeed him.
Mr.. Bailey jocUlarly took exception to
this as a violation Of the constitution,
declaring that it was religious discrim-
nation.
81 knew" he said, that the country
is divided on political. but did not know
that it is divided on religious Ines"
Possibly" he said, that accounts
for the large church vote received by
the president"
RooseVeIt's Philosophy of Life.
He then declared that Mr.. Roosevelt
was the first president, living or dead,
who had declared in favor of strife as
a philosophy of life. He therefore con-
sidered as an anomaly the support Civ
en- to the president by the Christian
people.
Contending for the necessity Of unity
in party action, Mr.. Bailey read q letter
from, the president commenting on the
divided counsels Of the Democratic
party.
He practically says from start to
finish" said Mr.. Bailey, that If the
Democrats believe what they say they
do they are fools; if not, they are liars"
He also quoted from Mr.. Roosevelt's
ssT ifn Of Bnntnra >, q cha "a Of 1-i "a ton of