The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-17
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Ta1man Flags Party
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PRESIDENT IS DENOUNCED
Says Roosevelt Panders for Truce
With Trusts.
south CaroIinian Declares rhaf A.
Election Day Draws Near chies
Executive Turas Coat On N.
Policies.

tion UNUSUAL Tor him, Senator TfIInnn
today read part OF his speech in the
Senate in which he denounced execn-
tive encroachment on Legislative power
With this apparent caution he pRo-
ceeded TO deliver one Of the most direct
and denpnciatory addresses ever heard
in that body. He was given a careful
hearing. Most OF the senators on both
sides Of the chamber were In their
places and the galleries were filed
with visitors.
His speech was based on his resoiu-
ton instructing the committee on a
nance to inquire whether national
banks of New York are In the habit OF
furnishing permanent capital for spec
ulative enterprises. etc. The resoiu-
ton was adopted.
"In the same category of keeping
the work OF commerce to the ear and
breathing them to the hope. IL the
newspapers are to be believed. he
said The President Is even now
planning truce with these same rfen
malefactors and Ii ready TO grant ann
nesty to al past trust Offenders. In
the most pronounced ianguageAhe has
denounced the combination bet# Sen la
Dor organizations and the boycott. hut
on the eve OF the election he panders
to this same vote by demanding
changes In the law a. Interpreted bv
the Supreme Court Organized labor
10 TO be relieved from the prohibilion
Of the Supreme Court decisiona. but
along with It must 80 the relief os
capital Once relieved. the maIefac-
tors OF great wealth will smile in
triumph ocer their Victory while labor
viii ma itself no freer than before
Mr.. Tillman charged many az the
evils In connection with the recent a.
nancial furry to the president and his
administration and said:
achievements OF this 'uncrowned king.
| With others Of his kind he has erna2-
"a q Frankenstein monster which. IN
nnftated by the bleed Of snfclda Mnnl
fears. Of heark broken w0rn&ml 6hF24f-
ems 10 devour and consume his creaf+
ors who were anabie 70 aueneh his
thirst by torrents Of gold poured eut
/ by the general treasury
Mr.. Tiilhan traced what he far,,,@d
q swinging of the pendulum from
the regime OF Andrew johnson. when
congress assumed control almost tc tha
exclusion Of the president from leaia-
lative influence 20 the administration
that followed which he declared witt
messed a growth OF presidential power.
The dominating Influence of the execu-
| tive branch. he said. over the iaefsla@
tive and In a less degree over the judi
cial branches OF the government were
| the most marked features OF Amerf-
san politics at this time.
1T has taken" said Mr.. Tiilman.
Just forty-one years for the pendulurn
to swing from one extreme 60 the 9TH
| err
In 1857 Andrew johnson. who held
the executive Office. had grown weaker
and weaker In the struggle against
| the fanatlcal and revolutionary fornaa
which had gathered strength during
| the civil war and Immediately there
after he was shorn OF all sembIance 81
| power and narrowly escaped iInpeach4
| ment. He was brought 10 trial on the
| himsy charge of having put a con-
struction on the law which empowered
him to remove his Secretary OF war
and appoint another. He had swung
around the circle and made speeches.
/ none OF which was In any degree more
/ aggressive or more denuncfatory Of
men and things than our president now
delivers TO applauding thousands.
The PenauIuna sssiags.
1.-THE legislative branch was naughty,
| insolent and tyrannical 70 the last de-
| gree In Its use and the use of the pow
| or. The vetoes were cverridden by
| two thirds vote In both houses and
| the president was In eclipse. The
president drew his salary and lived IN
the White House, signed commissions,
but to all intents and purposes, was .
nonentity and exercised no influences or
control over legislation what
ever and in every way the great once
OF president lost prestige and all SEM
blance of control IN public affairs
with the election OF Grant the pen
dulum began to swing the other way.
and during the last seven years It has
moved with such momentum that ws
have witnessed CONDITION never
| dreamed Of by those wise trainers Of
our constitution who declared so often
/ that the three branches should be for
ever kept separate and distinct
sNow,'' he said, ''the House Of Rep
ressntatives has deGenerated Into lit
| tie more than a recording machine 70
| do the viii of the speaker and his
| lieutenants. Freedom OF debate In
| the old and true sense has disappeared
| from that end of the capitol" he ad-
In the senate "servility and coward
/ ice are the order Of the oays" he de-
clared, and while freedom Of debate
| still exists, "the shadow, Of the exeeNp
| tive hangs over all--thc presidents
wishes are almost the only law.
There U.s." hefproceeded TO say. some
show Of resistance on matters Affect
Ling the multi -millionaires and the great
corporations. The President writes
scoidinG messages and makes infian-
matory speeches appealing to the uu-
| thinking and ignorant masses ne hhs
the potent influence Of the press at his
command; he has used the newspapers
and magazines exploiting what he calls
'.my policies" with a skin and daring
| that compel admiration. With bated
| breath Senator's denounce his radical
/ ideas in private and oppose In every
possible way the measures which he
clamors for by the passive Resistance
| Of non -actioa. No one OF the dominant
party dares lift his voice In opposition
| or dsnunciation, but the executive In
/ huenee is the only influence in evidences
| while the Senate covers In silent re-
slstance
The cause of this condition. declared
Mr.. TiIlman, SIS Federal patronage
THE theory that the Senate must
advise ana consent before laws arc
made ne said. 9are OF little moment
whAn Senators show seeh want Of