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Theodore, Tho f|rsl, Informs sea,.
tors That No Is Supreme b
Army and iaVy. !.
ulll not TOLERATE INTERFERENCE
President Roosevelt Sends Remarka-
BILE Letter to Three senasors psnn.
ing His Position In the Hrewnsvliis
Affair and the Stewart case--com.
mInieations Arouse Resentment.
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. c.. May ST.
Three members Of the United States.
Senate have received letters from Pre-.
sideut Roosevelt within the last few.
days declaring his supremacy as com.
manderin-chief. in all matters re-
ferring to the control Of the army aud
navy. The letters have created In.
tense feeling in the Senate and It " !.
not unlikely that they will precipi.
tate conference OF Republican mem.
bers. The letters In every case arc
In defense OF his course In discharging
without honor the negro soldiers he
believed to be guilty OF shooting ur
the town of Brownsville. Texas. ana
his action In banishing Colonel VIII
liam F. Stewart to an abandoned milf
tary fort, A third letter came to-
day to Senator Stewart, OF Vermont.
A few days ago during the debate ON
the Brownsville case Senator Stewart
asked a question. indicating that ~
had doubt as 70 the Wisdom 0f extcndss
Ing to the President the power of pas1
Ing q. the innocApec or gstit e eis
'vssT Il O. Ed u. d sssssssS (II'1
Presi&cM atiIi believes Al u the No
groes' to hsve been guilty Of compli.
city In the ARRAY.
The senator received from the Presi-
dent today letter bearing on both the
Colonel Stewart and the Brownsville
cases. Attached to the communica-
ton were letters to Senators RAynoY
and william Alden Smith. tns one 20
Mr.. Raynor asserting chiefly the Prs
sident's right rs commander-in-chief
10 deal with an officer In such manner
as he pleased while the one to Mr-
Smith was confined to the Browns
vile ARRAY and reiterated the Priest
dents belief that he had dealt with
the case as conditions demanded.
Will Not Tolera4e lnterfereBes.
The President went farther still In
his letter to Senator Stewart. He
declared that Senator Stewart, from
the question he asked In the debate
appeared to be under misapprehen-
sion OF the duties Of the President 81
the United States In connection with
the army and navy. He quoted the
law. as he understood II. and denied
that he was under any obligation b
give to the discharged negro soldiers
or to Colonel Stewart any court Of IN
CURRY. Several paragraphs were de-
voted to discussions Of Colonel Stew
arts case and the faults which have
put him in disrcpnte In army Circles
After this discussion the President
wrote that In any community there Is
found maudlin sympathy with murder.
ers. and the Tkav case In New York
Is cited by him a. an example.
None OF the senators who have re-
ccived letters from the White flossse
have decided whether they. win maze
them public All have been ssked
to do so. Senator Smith. Of MIchi-
gan. declined On the ground thst u
would be improper and Senator Ray
nor is preparing TO use the letter ia >
speech which he VIII make TO the
Senate denouncing the sctioa q Tie
President In vanishing COjoScl Stcr.
art TO Fort Grant. Arizona
Letters compljesee oleuaetoW.
Senator Stewart showed 10 sevrrst
Of MS colleagues the letter hc r.
ccivcd hut thus fa- hAs made % Aiss
rusitiun OF IL. Several scnas0rx SID
today iha, the letters would have ths
cacct Of complicatins the Mutation u
regard 20 legislation in the intcrezt
or the innocent members a The battaE
Ion Of negroes discharged IN account
Of the RrcwusviIie aRray. They are
two bills rcfcre the SeBate lookiag b
tIa: cnd.
u is generally thousht that the Re-
publican senator's win hold q cascuS
for discussing the Sscstboe tBcssasa&
the Presidents letter carly ncxt vuuk-