The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-29
ROOSEVELT AND
FORAKER CLASH
SENATOR AND PRESIDENT HAVE
A WAR or WORDS OVER
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR.
QUARREL AT A BANQUET
Given BY the Gridircn Club in Wash
inqton--course Of Upper House
Declared Purely Academic
Guests Surprised.

I washington. Jan asAll Washiar
ion IS stal talking Of inc clash h.
swocn President Roosevelt End Sen
7to. Fuaker Of Ohio AZ the Cr.fliua
I Inner Saturday night when they ur
I. burneden Themselves IN the frankest
kind OF way about their conllicl'ng
opinions on The Brown 7viiIe affai'.
s tense was he feeling for t'ne
/ that several Of the courses Of the din
nor were entirely neglected
1t is one Of the cardinal principles
/ If the Glidiron organization that
everything shall he conducted in the
best spait Of good fellowship, and
whatever is said about ans one Is
inder ood to lie meant only In fur.
/ Bnt The Joint debate for this II what
the interchange Of courtcsics between
the president and the senator from
! Ohio doyeloped into, transgress7d
wildly from this rule and produced q
profound sensation at the iimc t@at
| has moi suhsidoa as details Of II char.
aptGf nave v come Known,
FIounts the Senate.
| As IS customary at The G id' ~
dinners, the president Is "
called upon for a talk, TEa sonf
unbnrdens himself freely and Inst
n ghts pcech was no exception IN
the course Of his remarks he n1a,"
some reference o the Brownsville o.
| fair. and characterized the senaies
course as purely aeademi-
There ale many versions a =
manner n which thl, was rait Most
of them a4e Ia the effect that 4 gas
uttered rather eneer.nglv. and IL n
wey to confirm the general bal'ef that
he president does MT hold the sen
ate in vcgy high esteem.
Whether by accident or design
Senator Foraker. who has been III"
leader IN tho attack on prcrieat
Roosevelt for his course in dis~-@ry.
ing the negro soldiers, WIS ~e-t 77l.e
mon he took up the presidents ref
crcnce TO the senate. "academ c dis
onssion" of the Brownsville case ard
| old Mr. r cscvet hluntly that liher'
! 'ies and rights Of free American cit
zen, was at stake. and that unler n
conditions could such a yi'@l Issue
I've dism ed by calling tho dlscu-s'o1
of 1t academic"
In his carnostness the Ohio senator
walked toward the president anl.
shaking his finger at him, cnpNasizel
his declarations. Going in between
he tables. which were arranged n
the form Of a aridiron he stood d.
rectly in front Of Mr. Roosevelt. ard
told the president some things abort
usurpation OF power by the executive
that no one before has ever darei %
tell him 20 his face.
President Taken BY su-oriss.
The bluntnes Of the aftark .on'i
( tho president by surprise and he bad
great difficulty In restraining hin
self from getting mp and interrunlilg
/ Mr. Foraker The program arrarg~l
Iby the Gr.diron members was CON-
ulotely uut iu the shade hy the ov-
/ litemcu, Ct this incident Some # She
complimcn ary thiues both The rre.i
dent and senate. Foraker said Of N"
ruohcr failed TO take away auv "
/ The seriousness Of the clash between
fhe two men. as their difference are
. 20. Won known
I'm The Ist Of guests wc7e many
ormin,nt men from all parts of 'ho
+. country and they DIS eaed o. &c
words OF the speakefs in ato7ish-
-oeat- 40 sooner bad Foraker hnisaei
and while the applause was ..ngin-
/ hrauah 'he banquet hall, than Pre- T.
lent Roosevelt jumped TO his feet and
asked for the privilege of fe1iviag.
he was not permitted TO proceed i7'-
mediately as many of he s-e-ts
we're pounding the table and watch
ing Foraker after he took bis scat
Grows Less Emphatic.
When he could be- heard ihc p-esi
I fnt seemed to realize thai bis audi
ence was NOT as sympathetic a. many
ha had addressed ou other occasions
Ha evidently realized The ser ousnCss
of the teseu- inert he had stirred mp
fu The breast of rhe senator frnr7 own
aud wh De- De- did not take back anr-
ta.nz he had said ha reafirmel his
belief i- the correctness of MS p0si-
N ton s1 ha discharge g the re-rp
soldiers in a manner Jess enphstic
I Ifhaa h. usually expresses liuself-
one version Cf the i1cident has e
I tbat S-na.or Foraker came prime
for fus, such q situation as ievelag T.
f Tho program prepared hy The G'if-
. iron club for entertaining rs eeests
4 had fer its subject the idea ~ cen
. .t-a.ization of power. ard The en-
counter between tao sach prominent
F and opposing leaders FRI rhc battle
+ Itrst S beng Wazed here In Washing