The Washington herald., 1907-01-08

| Developments with reference TO the
4 Brownsville matter fairly trod upon each
others heels in the Senate yesterday.
They came 50 rapidly. indeed that even
some Of the principal characters in the
play enacted on the Senate floor during
the afternoon. had difficulty in keeping
up with them.
After speeches by Senator Lodge and
Senator Foraker, and a vast amount Of
| informal cOnfering which did not appear
on the surface, the whole matter went
over until to-day without definite action.
The pending feature when the Senate
adjourned shortly before O'Clock. was
/ a new resolution offered by Senator Lodge
as substitute for the original Foraker
resolution Of investigation and the Lodge
amendment thereto.
/ Efforts toward harmony which had been
/ put forth shy Senator Aldrich Senator
Crane. Senator Spooner. Senator Knox.
and others. since last Thursdays inter
esting session, were set al nsUght turing
/ the afternoon. and the session closed with
the feeling between Senator Lodge and
! Senator Foraker, the leaders, respec-
/ lively, Of the Roosevelt and anti-Roose-
welt forces, in the Brownsville contest.
/ far more unfriendly than at any time
since the case Of the discharged soldiers
! became an issue.
/ Although no action was taken on the
| original Foraker resolution or any of the
amendments thereto it is perfectly OBJ
yious that the President and Senator
\ Lodge have suffered a distinct defeat
Senator Lodge has been Of the opinion
/ all along that the Senate would adopt his
/ amendment. which sought TO make that
body declare that the President acted
within his legal and constitutional rights
/ in dismissing the negro troops. thus leav-
ing 10 the proposed investigating commit
tee only the determination Of the facts
with reference 70 the riot Yesterday
morning Senator Crane, his colleague, in
/ formed him that there was not the slight
est possibility OF the Senate doing any
thing Of the kind. The junior Senator
Informed the senior Senator that Messrs.
CuIberson and Bacon, and their followers
on the Democratic side would not vote
for the amendment. and that many Re
VADt&tdU fotIAdt-ic cl1t hfiE AAfEiA'1EA ~ A.
senator Knox Consulted.
Thereup0n Senator Lodge sat Up and
took notice With Senator Crane he went
to see Senator Knox. who had drawn up
a compromise resolution some time Sun
day. and with whom the junior Massa-
chusetts Senator had conferred on that
day Mr. Lodge was made 10 see that he
was beaten irretrievably, but he insisted
that ne would not back down completely,
and. that. therefore. he must offer the
compromise resolution himself. The peace
makers told him that everything would
come out all right and that there would
be no opposition 10 the compromise If
he would not insist on making the speech,
notice Of which ne had given on Thurs
day: but, failure 70 make that speech, he
Iintimated would constitute "a confession of
weakness. and ne would not agree. there
fore. 10 the suggestion offered by the
thermometers.
More than one indication that both Mr..
Lodge and Air. Foraker We're willing 10 en-
gag, in d contest was in evidence Mr..
Foraker. of course. had been let into the
plans CT those who were trying 10 prevent
further friction within the ranks Of the
majority. and he. too. was armed with
cornpromise resolution. which he was
willing To offer and support
Mr. Lodge secured the floor about the
middle Of the afternoon, following Nj.
lGearin's speech on the japanese question.
He had spoken only a few words when
Mr. Foraker interrupted, and, being
Welded TO, tried to offer his resolution
b Mr. Lodge objected and insisted on con
: tinuing his remarks
The Two Resolutions.
All of this was surprising to many
other Senators. for il was known that the
, resolution which Mr.. Foraker desired to
! get before the Senate was almost ident-
calIy the same in terminology as Nj
p Lodges. and idenucally the same in effect
That offered by Mr.. Lodge in beginning
his speech was as follows:
Resolved, That the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs be, and hereby is, authorized
to make inquiry and take testimony in re-
/ gard to the affray al Brownsville, Tex,
on August I3. 1906. and that it be, and
hereby is authorized to send for persons
and papers. and administer oaths and re-
port thereon. by bill or otherwise.
That which Mr.. Foraker would have Of
+ fered had not Mr.. Lodge prevented. was
as follows:
Resolved That the Committee on Mill
tary is hereby authorized and directed, by
subcommittee or otherwise. to take testi-
mony for the purpose Of ascertaining the
facts with reference to the ARRAY at
Brownsville Tex. on August Is, 1896.
Said committee Is authorized to send for
persons and papers, and administer oaths.
10 sit during the session at Brownsville or
elsewhere, the expenses of such investiga-
! ton TO be paid out Oi the contingent fund
of the Senate
, The Original Foraker resolution pro-
. vided for an investigation ito establish
1.-The facts connected with the discharge
Of the negro troops. The compromise
: resolutions it will be noted. relate only
to the affray itself.
After being interrupted by Mr.. Foraker,
p Mr. Lodge proceeded to make a speech
op the Presidents constitutional and legal
/ rights to discharge the negro soldiers
] without honor which obviously did not
= have a pleasant effect on the Ohioaa.
I The peaccmakers were nervous. for they
CONTINUED on FOURTH PACE.
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