The Washington herald., 1907-01-17

The end Of the debate in the Senate on
the ARRAY at Brownsville. Tex. and the
discharge Of the negro troops is in sight.
Senator Foraker submitted the conlpro-
mise resolution yesterday afternoon.
which has been agreed on among the
senator's lie viii conclude his speech
to-day, closing the debate. and a vote
VIII be taken before adjournment on the
modified resolution, which is as follows.
Resolved. That the Committee on
Military Affairs is hereby authorized ana
directed by subcommittee. or otherwise.
20 take and have printed the testimony
for the purpose of ascertaining an the
facts with reference 10 or connected with
the ARRAY at Brownsville. Tex. on tie
night OF August l2. 1916. said committee
Is authorized 20 send for persons and
papers. 10 administer oaths, 90 sit during
the sessions Of the Senate. and II deemed
advisable al Brownsville. or elsewhere.
the expenses of the investigation 20 be
paid out OF the contingent fund OF the
Senate"
The resolution viii be adopted, whicn
viii end the discussion in the Senate un-
I'll a report is made by the committee
IN submitting the modified resolution Mr..
Foraker made a spirited speech He
said he had consented to the modification
on the assurances that il would not in
any way limit the scope Of the inquiry.
Il was after O'Clock when Mr.. Foraker
took the floor 70 close the debate The
Brownsville matter had been before the
Senate continuously for more than three
hours. and the discussion had taken a
wide range Senator Carmack. OF Ten
nessee, who is soon 90 give way to ''Fid-
ding Bob" Taylor. took occasion TO make
his farewell address. It was pitched in a
partisan key and pleased the Southern
Democratic Senators 50 much that they
initiated the galleries and applauded H.
violation Of the rules
At the outset Mr. Carmack explained
that De was ready 10 support the Presi-
dent when he was right and opposed him
when he was wrong L care 50 little for
the verbal ebulIitions of that remarkable
man ireferring 20 the President that / be-
lieve / can do something. which he can
not do with others. viz: recognize and
approve the good in what he says and re-
ject the bad
Referring 20 the warning 10 Southern
Democrats sounded by Senator Patterson.
OF Colorado. Mr.. CarmaCk said if the pen
atty 20 be imposed upOn Southern Demo-
Gratis Tor breaking their silence on the
race question was the loss of the few re-
naming friends among the Democrats Of
the North. then. he added. I for one say
let them GO
Not Wisely. but Too Well.
The trouble with the President was he
had loved the negro mot wisely. but too
well" He condemned the President for
dining with Booker T. Washington IF
the soldiers at Brownsville had been white
instead of colored. the Senator from Ohio
and others here would not be raising their
voices in protest" said he The Presi-
dent probably showed more regard for
law in this case because the troops were
negroes.
Mr.. Carmack quoted Senator Foraker's
speech and then said if the President had
dore the things alleged against him by
Mr.. Foraker, impeachment was the only
punishment, Reciting the fact
stated by Mr.. Foraker that Mai Block
som. one Of the officers who investigated
the Brownsville affray, was of Ohio Dem
OCratic parentage Mr. Carmack said the
Bible provided that the sins of the faith
eTs should be visited UD0n the children.
but in this case he added, Il must in
sist that. even if the Ohio Senator Is the
Cod Almighty of the Ohio Republicans.
ne is rot the Cod Almighty of the Uni
verse.
Mr. Carmack made an amusing alIusion
to Mr., Foraker's reputation in the South
as a fire-eater. There was time
when he went up and down this land
waving the bloody shirt-a garment made
red by his own rhetoric. I have been
asked many times if the Ohio Senator
We're really as fierce as his own words
indicate. I have replied that il was
purely rhetorical; that the expressions
were simply the tyranny Of habit which
kept the tongue working, exuding bitter
ness long after that bitterness had been
expelled from the heart
In another connection Mr.. Carmack re
called the days when before he knew
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