The Arizona sentinel., 1907-01-02
WEDNESDAY. JAN. ?, 1907,

The trouble between the presi- dent and a senate clique over the discharge of the 25th infantry has developed into very unuSu- al and possibly serious situa- tion. It has been many years since a president of the United States was in position where even a threat of impeachment would be dared against him, and while there is little idea that the breach between the president and the senate will have any such eventuality, still that pos sibility has been hinted at. The whole thing is a matter of poli- tics. Senators Foraker and Pen rose both have large colored constituency und they are both bound to talk for the effect that it will have in their respective states. The chances are that if Foraker and Penrose were left alone they would talk for the benefit of the Congressional Rec ord and then let tho matter drop. But at this point another factor enters the equation, and that is Bailey of Texas. Bailey hates the president politically and per sonalIy, with a whole souled and consistent hatred that is rather unusual in that gentleman. It is expected that when he comes back after the holiday recess he will take advantage of the situa- tion to vent his personal spite during the discussion of the For aker resolution. Most of the other southern members would be glad to let the matter drop, because it is neither good poli- tics nor to their personal liking to keep the race question stirred up to fever heat as it now is. Moreover it is suspected they secretly approve the president, right or wrong.
 The more conservative view of the situation is that the Foraker resolution will be passed and possibly that the committee on military affairs will hold a post session meeting and go into the discharge of the troops until they are driven off by the hot weather. There is every pros pect that if an investigation once starts it will be a long and tire some affair. The president has announced his intention, if a measure is passed reinstating the discharged troops, of vetoing the same. If it is passed over his veto he says he will take the matter to the supreme court for a final settlement, and those who know him best say that he is fully capable of doing so. As the president and senate have theoretically equal powers if would thus Ee left to the su- preme court to decide whether or not the president as command erin chief of the army the pres ident had exceeded his rights. Ammunition is being accumulat- ed on both sides. The president has already sent MT. Purdy o1 the department of justice, tc Texas to make a thorough inves tigation into the facts of the cast and the committee on military affairs, iu spite of the large amount of work already cut ou for it, has been looking up prec edents and the law in the case with @ view to meeting thu issue when it arises, as it ii almost certain to do, The fac that this is a short session stand against deliberate action,1 bu there is bound to be much tall and the country will be treate' to test of strength between tn legislative and executive branch es of the government such a has not been witnessed for
 generation past.
 
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