The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26

White House. The embers OF the
majority party are, of course. largely
ignored. Appointments 10 the south,
where the democracy retains control,
arc ia the hands of referees who
al the Offices for the sole purpose OF
maintaining the political machines.
The senators Of the dominant
party are afraid to resist the execu-
tive will. lest they themselves should
fail to obtain the patronage OF their
states. They have also.' he declared,
"a dread lest they should be forced
into retirement. When clashes
have come between the president
and senators or representatives, the
people have In almost every instance
supported the president.
THE people. poor, simple souls,
reading the special pleas and sophis-
tical abuse Ut republican editors. are
led to think the people alone are
honest and PATRIOTIC said Mr.. TILL
man. "They believe religiously that
the senate Is corrupt and the house
debauched and that the policies :
my policies'-which are so exploited
In the press-must prevail and be-
come law before any relief can be OBJ
tained. Senators who do not agree
with the executive and refuse to
abide by his will must not be reflect
ed. Congressman Who refuse execu.
utiye dictation are replaced by those
who will obey.
In the mad rush to placate the ne,
gro vote we may expect to see before
the Chicago convention meets, tc
quote New England paper-the
president reviewing the reenlisted
negro battalion on the White House
grounds, after which there will be
luncheon at the White House.
1.-THE presidents action in that
matter was hasty and unjust mas.
much as the innocent were punished
along with the guilty, but 1t Is d
pitiable spectacle all the same to see
the mad rush for niger votes.
"Mr. Roosevelt is always loud
mouthed and vehement in the proc.
lamation of his own purity Of pur.
pose and patriotism. lie has abso.
lutte faith In his own infallibility
and is apparently so drunk with pow
er that he unconsciously lapses into
the imperial we and sends cable.
grams about me and my people.
But these things are OF small moment
-'yagaries of noble and impetuous
spirit, and we could pass them by
were 1t not for the existence OF cold
bl00ded facts TO show executive re-
sponsibility for many Of the faults
which exist without dispute.
paul Morton as vice president OF
the Santa Fe railroad,n said Mr..
Tillman. Sin the rebate case laid
himself open to indictment for and
liability to personal punishment, but
The president peremptorily refused to
prosecute him."
Mr.. Tillman reviewed the events OF
the recent currency crisis and
charged Wall street with many mis-
demeanors.
"The profits OF his VIGOROUSLY
stock moneering have,'' he said,
found their way into the pockets OF
the very men who. with the evil re-
suits of their frauds, manifestly pose
as 'saviors' and 'uncrowned kings,
and are lauded to the skies when
they try to save themselves from dis.
asters which threatened to over.
whelm them along with their deluded
victims. One of those 'saviors' had
done more than any other of the
money kings to deluge the stock
market with watered stock
Referring to recent conferences In
the White House to consider legisla,
tion, Mr.. Tillman asked why 1t was
that leaders OF the republican party
in the senate had been ignored.
s'Who Is going to be the spaniel
messenger to bring these bills here?'i
demanded the senator, looking
about the senate as II waiting a re-
ply.
~ am going to watch and see,
he added, amid laughter from al
parts Of the chamber.
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