Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-21

| Washington. January u. Especial
Correspondence of The Republican,
A favorite expression of some writer's
when speaking of a session of congress
il to call tbs proceedings a weary
grind" Some times to the members
ii may indeed be weary grind. but.
Notwithstanding this is the short SEES
SIGN when il is not expected that much
would be doing. there are a few things
| that liven up the affair and make it
| interesting All amusing to the outsid-
4.s. IL not To the members. The center
of interest just now is the senate
chamber where Foraker has been play
| ing a great role of batting the presi-
dent over the Brownsville affair. One
of the bad features about American
politics is that nearly always, when
prominent politician takes the lead in
any proposition, other politicians and
some of the newspapers charge that he
| is playing personal politics. This is
the case just now, and on every hand
| is heard the declaration that Senator
Foraker's movement in the matter of
the discharge of the colored troops is
simply a grand stand" play for the
This is unjust to the distinguished
Ohio senator. Mr.. Foraker is of pres
idential size. and no doubt he knows it.
but it is not only possible. but very
probable that he is acting in this mat
ter because he honestly believes n
great injustice has been done the col
ored troops and that the president ex-
ceeded his constitutional authority
when he ordered their discharge. There
are many who agree with the first
proposition; in fact but few can be
found to claim that no injustice was
done. but there is a wide divergence on
the question Of the presidents author
ity. Senator Foraker is a brOat guag-
ed man. and bold enough to take a
stand he believes to be right. even if he
knew it would injure his own political
prospects. The consensus Of opinion
here is that the investigation proposed
will not work out any relief to the
cOlored men discharged. The senate
may express it's opinion on the matter,
but no legislation is expected. and it
is doubtful if any would meet the pres
ident's approval.
What has come over the spirit OF
American dreams? are we living In a
new era? Have We entirely forgotten
the past and all its glories? January
Sth has come and gone. and hardly
anywhere in the United States was
there celebration calling to mind "Old
Hickory" his cotton bales and his
Tennessee rihemen. Is there no longer
any democracy or democratic party in
frp1a Tt-h
cording to the speakers and writer's Of /
opposing political parties. that all there
was of the democratic party were IT'S
recollections OF Thomas Jefferson and
Andrew Jackson. For nearly a hun
bred years on each recurring Sth of
January the air has been resonant with
shouts of BY the Eternal" and The
Union Must be Preserved" Conly this
last clause was left out of the shout
ing for a few years, but now the day
has come and gone and not a shout
has been heard. The most picturesque
character that ever occupied the white
house was Andrew Jackson. He had ,
more force than Grant, and more stub I
bornness than Cleveland. He was the
first president to dominate congress, I
and he had many stormy scenes with /
that unruly body. but always succeeded {
in forcing his will upon It. 1t is sad /
to think that a year has gone by, and
the attention of the people not be cal /
led to this great American character /
on the university of the day that wont
him his great fame as a warrior and
commander. He was the first president
to set himself up against a great corr
poration, and the first to pull down a
corporation he believed to be inimical I
to the best interests of the people. !
From the days of Alexander Hamilton J
to those OF Andrew Jackson there ex- |
listed a great corporation dominating 7
in finance and in politics, much as great |
corporations have tried to do in these !
days. 1t was the only real financial /
quantity in the country; controlling
nearly all the finances ii sought to con- /
troll the politics, or at least so believed |
Jackson. and he set himself to the task I
of breaking IL down. When he began /
his fight It was strongly intrenced in I
congress. and all the efforts Of the /
president to break it there failed. Then /
it was the old man showed the stuff |
he was made of. He ordered the sec !
rotary of the treasury to withdraw the I
the secretary declined, saying it was |
against the law of congress; the presi- |
dent removed the recalcitrant secre |
tary and put in his place a man who 1
believed as he did. or was willing to /
carry out his orders. The new secre- /
tary removed the deposits and the cor
poration fell. 1t was half a century |
before another corporation sought to
control legislation in the government.
The Credit Mobilier sprang into eXis-
tence. ran a brief career, financial
bankrupted hundreds ana destroyed
the reputation of a score or more of /
the prominent men of the country.
Now we have corporations by the
dozen, but where is Andrew Jackson?
There is little prospect that congress
at this session will come to the relief
of the coast artillery to any marked
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