Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
Brownsville Trouble
Receives Senate's
Attention
CulbersOn Tells of Out
RACES Perpetrated
by Soldiers
Congress Reconvenes and Adjourns
After Few Hours Sesson-Bever-
idge Announces Speech on
Child Labor Fill
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-After two
weeks of vacation the senate sat for
two and a half hours today and then
adjourned until Monday.
The session was devoted entirely to
the further discussion of President
Roosevelt's order dismissing the negro
troops of the Twenty-flfth infantry for
shooting up Brownsville, Texas.
Senator Culberson of that state de-
Tended the order, bringing to his aid
many points of legal construction and
justifying the action by many quota
tions taken in connection with the
affray.
He closed with an impassioned state
ment of the position of the south on
the negro question which he declared
to be the most vital and dangerous
problem before the American people.
Senator Culberson said that great in
justice had been done the people of
Brownsville. The conduct of the negro
soldiers had been very irritating.
He related that on August A, the day
criminal assault had been committed
by one of the soldiers on the wife of a
| reputable citizen and no arrests had
| been made for this crime.
Defends Roosevelt
| In defending President Roosevelt Mr..
Culberson said the fact that the troops
were negroes had had nothing to do
with their discharge. Confusion as to
the legal questions involved was, he
said, responsible for the statement that
the president had not authority to
make the discharge.
The presidents constitutional author
ity and the authority given him by the
articles of war covered the case and
made his action legal, he declared.
Mr.. Culberson created merriment by
saying: Il have nothing to do with the
president in this matter. 1 care moth
ing about him. My personal relations
with him are about as cordial as those
of the senator from Ohio (Foraker)."
In all fairness, Mr.. Culberson said,
the country ought to know that the re-
port made to the president was re-
liable He read much of the evidence
in this report to sustain in his conten-
ton that the soldiers and not the ci-
villains had been responsible for the
shooting.
Mr.. Culberson declared in closing
that the people of Texas would defend
the honor of their women with their
lives and advised strongly against any
action that would lead to a conflict be-
tween the races.
He was followed by Senator Foraker,
whose speech was devoted to an ex-
ploitation of the character of Captain
Mcdonald of the Texas rangers.
Senator Culberson replied briefly and
Senator Lodge, after reading an
amendment recognizing the presidents S
constitutional authority to discharge
the soldiers, said he would not object
to the passage of the resolution.
Bills Are Introduced
Senator Beveridge reintroduced his
general child labor bill as an amend
ment to the District of Columbia child
labor bill, desiring to secure action dur
ing the present session, the district
bill having been already reported. He
gave notice that he would speak on the
subject January H.
Representative Morrell of Pennsyl-
vania introduced a resolution in the
house for an investigation by congress
of recent railway wrecks.
The resolution states that the wrecks
arc supposed to be due to overworlS
of employees and authorizes the speaker
to name Il committee of five congress-
men who shall have full power to sub
poena witnesses and require corpora
tions to furnish records and all infor-
nation desired.
Senator Gearin gave notice that on