The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-21
Foraker Introduces a Substitute
BrownsviIls Resolution
Along the Lines Laid Down by
Senator Blackburn.
TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Without Questioning the Au-
thOrity OF the President.
He Had to Do 1t to Keep Peace
in the Party.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator For
aker at the conclusion of routine busi-
ness introduced the Brownsville compro-
mise resolution. 1t reads as follows:
Resolved, That without questioning
the legality or justice of any act of the
president in relation thereto, the COM
mittee on military affairs is hereby au-
thorized and directed by subcommittee
or otherwise, to take and have printed
testimony for the purpose of ascertain
ing all the facts with reference to or
connected with the ARRAY at Browns
vilel, Texas. on the night of August 1s-
IA, 1906. Said committee is authorized
to send for persons and papers, to ad-
minister oaths, to set during sessions,
or recess of the senate and if deemed
advisable, at Brownsville or elsewhere,
the expenses of the investigation to be
paid from the contingent funds of the
senate"
The resolution is identical with that
introduced by Senator Foraker on De-
cember 10, except for the declaration
against raising the question of legality
of the presidents act. The words with
out questioning. the LEGALITY or justice
OF any act of the president in relation
thereto" were inserted as the result of
the conference called to harmonize the
differences of Republican senators after
the introduction by Senator Blackburn
of his amendment to. endorse the presi-
dent.
Tilman in Sarcastic Vein.
In an anticipatione of a, field day in
the senate on Brownsville the. galleries
were packed half an hour before the
opening of the session.
Senator Tfllman took the floor at the
conclusion of the morning business to
reply to the recent criticism of himself
by Senator Spooners
As a prelude to this he paid his COM
plirnents to senators who had spoken on
the Brownsville incident. He said the
press had denominated him the burnt
cork artist of the senate and added, if
as We're entitled TO this appellation,
fb fbat PitehfeTk instEs Ben Ct one end Of the
alarm joe tSenato .Foraker) ought not
to be ignored at the other We both do
the Orlando and Furfoso act admir-
ably
Senator Culberson was designated as
performing a solo on the bones" in
praise of the presidents Senator Dan.
iel was called ''the brilliant and court
1y senator from Virginia. whose spe-
cialty is oratory and who works his
rhetoric overtime"
Next said Mr.. Tillman 1--WE have
the dying swan, smiling Tom of Colo
rado, the state recently bought at auc-
ton by one Guggenheim and the swan
racy of the north. stabbed in its vitals
by Ben's pitchfork. His act is very
pathetic indeed and always bringing
tears into the eyes of the audience
Next. we have the redoubtable
Tennesseean, who was once a knight.
a very hot spur in the lists, whose
spear has run through and clear upon
the visor of the usurper at the White
House, and who has made the sparks
fly in many an onset; but his spear
head is broken off; he has been un-
horsed, but before being taken from
the lists, he seizes a garland of flowers
and. and placing it on his headless
weapon, (now, alas, no longer of any
use) he lays it at the feet of the vic
torious Roosevelt as a peace offering
and joins the Ministries to sing a last
song to the victor of Brownsville, who
whistles Democrats to conn to the
White house and lick the hand which
has SO often smote them. His special
ty is a song, 'Renominate our idea or
give US back our PLATFORM