Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-01
DISMISSAL OF
C0L0REO TROOPS
1t is Easily the Foremost Issue in
Washington at This
Time.
NEW EVIDENCE IS PREPARED.
Senator Tlllman VIII Take Hand AZ
ter NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Special Mes
sage to Deal With Immigration.

Special Correspondence.
Washington. Dec. 27.-The case of the
negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry who were dismissed without
honor by President Roosevelt as re-
suit of the trouble at Brownsville, Tex,
is assuming greater Importance as the
days so by. At the request of its au-
thor the Foraker resolution providing
for an investigation of all phases of
the matter by the senate committee on
military affairs went over until after
the holidays, and in the meantime SEN
ators of both political faiths are study
ing the records In order TO be able to
vote with knowledge when the resolu-
ton is called up. There can be no
doubt that Senator Foraker and others
honestly believe that the president has
done some of the members of the bat
TALON which was stationed at Browns
Vile a grave injustice, but at the same
time some OF the conservative" Repub-
lican senators are charged with playing
politics in an effort TO discredit Mr.,
Roosevelt before the country and make
impossible the nomination Of any man
favored by him at the Republican ma
tional convention in 1908
is FOREMOST ISSUE.
Just now the Brownsville issue is
easily the foremost in Washington.
Present indications are that the For
aker resolution directing a congress
sional investigation will be adopted,
and in that event 1t is certain that
some very interesting points will be
developed. Senator Foraker has addi-
tional testimony which has not been
presented to the president and which,
he thinks, win cause the case to as
sumo an entirely different complexion.
Some of this is in the form of let
tiers written by wives of army officers
stationed at Brownsville to the wife of
another officer in Washington. In these
letters grave reflections are cast upon
the people of Brownsville, or at least
on a part of them, but legislators who
are supporting the presidents action in
the premises say 1t Will be easy to
dispose of all such statements. Sena-
tor Lodges assertion, based on army
records, that The dismissed negroes
have been engaged in four other riots
with citizens in recent years, three OF
them in northern states, is one of the
most interesting of the newest devel-
opinents So far the Democrats have
kept out of the discussion of the case,
believing that political advantage may
be gained by permitting the Republic
ans to fight 1t out among themselves,
but Senator Tillman has intimated that
he will have something to say when
Congress reconvenes.
ANOTHER SPECIAL MESSAGE.
President Roosevelt is preparig still
another special message which will be
sent to Congress shortly after the Holt
days. 1t will deal with the su iect of
immigration. Special investigators
were directed by the president to look
into all the various phases of the sub
ject some time ago, and the special
"A ,t,o4,.
1t will recommend the enactment of
more stringent immigration laws, with
view to reducing the number OF for
eigners who enter the ports of the
United States every year and TO raise
the moral standard of those who are
permitted to come in. 1t is regarded
as probable that comparatively few
special messages will be sent to Con-
gress during the remainder of the
session The president is represented
as being piqued because of the levity
which has been manifested in con-
gressional circles as n result of the
numerous special recommendations
submitted thus far dur'- me session.
This attitude on the part of Congress,
It is asserted will justif'' him In de-
clining to act favorably on the many
requests for special messages which
come to him from legislators.
UTAH AND SENATOR SMooT,
Considerable interest has been
aroused in Washington by a news
paper interview with C, L. Loose, Re
publican national committeeman from
Utah, In which he was represented as
saying that Utah would Immediately
re-elect Reed Smoot should that SEN
ator be excluded or expelled because
of his connection with the Mormon
Church.
SECRETARY SHAW LIKES JOKE.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw,
who Is 10 retire from President Roose-
velt's cabinet early in the coming year
played a very practical joke on party
of business men from Pittsburg the
other day. A disagreement regarding
the site for a new public building in
the Pennsylvania city has existed for
some time, and the party came 10
Washington to endeavor to straishten
matters out with the secretary. After
a hearing which consumed practically
the whole of one day the secretary
announced that proceedings would be
resumed the following morning.
AT what timer" asked several OF
the visitors.
at 1880 sharp" replied Mr.. Shaw.
AROSE BEFORE SIX O'CLOCK.
The Pittsburgers gasped, but they
were not IN position to object. Most
of them were on hand at the hour des-
ignated, and the secretary was there,
too. although he had TO rise before six
II didn't propose to allow the hearing
10 prevent my giving attetion to bust
ness during the regular hours" he
said