The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-11
FORAKERDEFENDS
HIMSELF; SLURS
THE PRESIDENT
OHIO SENATOR HOTLY RESENTS
BEING CALLED TO ACCOUNT
BY ROOSEVELT.
REVIEWS TROOP TROUBLE.
condemning Their Discharge and
Telling Of Investigation He Has
Conducted--Necd of Moral
Regeneration.

Canton, Ohio, April 10.-In the
presence Of 1900 people, Senator
Foraker tonight delivered an address
in which he defended his action as a
servant of the people of Ohio and de-
clared that he is willing to abide by
their decision in the future. The
occasion was the annual banquet of
the Canton Board of Trade.
Senator Foraker was on the pro
gram to deliver an address on Civic
Pride" but his speech was largely
Idirected to his work as senator and
the declaration that he means always
10 do his best In his own way.
Senator Foraker discussed pub
lished statements regarding the Presi
dents attitude toward the senator's
speech at this time replied to a publ
cation mentioning him as one of an
anti-RooseVelt combination, reviewed
The investigation of the discharge of
the negro soldiers on account of the
trouble at Brownsville, Texas. re-
| iterated his views regarding recent
| railroad legislation, protested against
the infringement by one branch of
the government of the rights of an
other branch, declared that the rep
resentatiyes of the people in congress |
are accountable only to the people |
and are not properly subject to any
other influence" denied the right of |
anyone except his constituents to call |
him to account and sounded note |
of warning against increased surveil |
lance Of business men who need no
moral regeneration.
Tells Of Brownsville Raid.
Continuing. the senator said AN
other session of congress has just
closed. There we're numerous meas
uies pending and acted upon with
which the president was prominently
identified. So far as can recall,
supported every one of them There
was one matter, however, about
which | have taken different view
from him. | refer to discharge, with
out honor, of the members of com
panes of b., c., and ID. of the Twenty
fifth L. 81 infantry, on account of the
shooting ARRAY at Brownsville, Tex.
This was an incident, not a policy
But ii was all incident of such char
acter thai | felt ii my duty as a rep
resentative of The people of Ohio to
do with respect to il what | have
done"
1t was charged-and the president
made to believe-tbat certain men of
the Twenty-fflh infantry had made a
murderous midnight assault upon the
Brownsville; that they "sho, up the II
town, as the expression goes, and F.,
that they killed one man. and wound
ed another, and put in jeopardy the
lives of many. He believed that II his
was done by few but that others
of the battalion kne and refused to
disclose the identity of the men who
did it,
'As result, he ordered that the |,
whole battalion should be dismissed /,
without honor. the innocent and
guilty alike; the guilty because they
were guilty, the innocent because
they could not be distinguished from
The guilty.
These men had been given no OPP
to be heard Il seemed TO !
me that no man in this country was v
50 humble that he should not be given {
a day in court somewhere. or some I
time. or some place. TO make his de- i
tense. confront his accusers, and re
lutte their testimony agains him: I
and especially should soldiers have
he benefit Of such hearing
Il believed that this was their right !
under the constitution, did not be
ieve that even the president, as com
nander in chief of the army. had
Dower to deprive them of this right.
Investigation is Justified.
The investigation has been in pro
sress. il : not yet completed. would s
prefer not 10 speak Of the results I'M
u they have been fully determined:
'ut challenged as ] am ! do not hest
ate to saw that he testimony so far
aiken justifies the investigation I
.snnot here and now analyze the ties
imony. but u is enough 10 say that q
he evidence already taken arrants n
be- belief that not a man in that bat !
alton fired a gun I do not believe .
ny testimony can be secured that =
III refute anything that has been es- :,
sblished.
But running through all this con- r
eniiou taere is found another broad :.
md important question. What IL the :
,nice Of a senator? Is he a mere
gent 70 register the will Of s1me-
'Ody else. OF is he supposed to have :
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