New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
BANK INQUIRY ORDERED
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by the passive resistance of non action. No one
of the dominant party dares lift his voice in
opposition denunciation. but the Executive
influence is the only influence in evidence while
the Senate covers in silent resistance The
cause OF this condition declared Mr.. Tillman is
federal patronage
The people, poor. simple souls. reading the
special pleas and sophistical excuses of Repub-
lfcan editors are led to think the President
alone is honest and patriotic" said Mr.. Tillman.
They believe religiousy that the Senate is
rupt and the House debauched and that the
policies-'my polcies'-which exploited in
the press must prevail and become law before
any relief car be obtained. Senators who do not
agree with the Executive and who refuse TO
obey his will must be retired. Congressman who
resist executive dictation must be replaced by
those who will obey.
Mr.. Roosevelt is always loud mouthed and
vehement in the proclamation of his own purity
OF purpose and patriotism. He has absolute
faith in his infaIlibility, and is apparently
SO drunk with power that he unconscious!y
lapses into the imperial we and sends cable
grams about and my people But these
things are of small ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of a
noble and mpetuous spirt-and we could pass
them by were 1t not for the existence of cold
blOoded facts to show executive responsibility
for many of the evils which exist without dis
pute.
Paul Morton. as vice president of the Santa
Fe Railroad said Mr.. Tillrnan, lin the rebate
cases laid himself open to indictment and la
! bility to personal punishment, but the Presi
dent peremptoriIy refused to permit Messrs.
Judson and Harmon TO prosecute him
Mr.. TilIman reviewed the recent currency
crisis and charged Wall Street with many mis-
demeanors.
The profits Of this nefariOus stock monger-
ing have he said. found their way into the
pockets of the very men who. with the evil re-
suits of their fraud manifest. posed 'saviors'
and 'uncroWned kings and lauded to the
skies, when they really trying to save
themselves from the disasters which threatened
to overwhelm them along with their deluded
victims, One of these 'saviors had done more
than any other of the money kings deluge the
stock market with watered stock"
Mr.. Beveridge asked the speaker if he would
name the radical legislation he had said the
President is sending to the Senate
Mr.. Tillman replied that he disagreed with the
doctrine TO permit railroads to pool
Mr.. Beveridge asked whether Mr. TiIman IA
vored the labor legislation proposed by the Pres
ident.
Il shall never yield that one man shall say to
another that he shall not work." declared Mr.
Tillman
ing house certificates. he handed them to Sen
ator Beveridge and asked him ito pass them
along among the faithful" that side. Shak-
ing their heads, Republican Senators declined
the offer amid general laughter
Senator Hale suggested that Mr.. TiIlman ad-
dress himself to the question of remedy, and
not merely condemn what had been done
The harangue of the Senator-the able speech
of the SENATOR said Mr.. Hale, amid laugh
ter, d s he corrected himself.
Take the 'harangue' back take back the
able address, said Mr.. Timan: 1t can't De
both"
Mr.. Tillman spoke again of the acts of John
r. Walsh. of Chicago. in connection with the
banks of that city. and chided the Committee
on Finance because it had not acted favorably
his resolution for investigation OF the
acts of Walsh.
Mr.. Aldrich replied that when the resolution
considered all transactions concerning
Walsh were before the grand jury in Chicago.
and since that time he had been indicted and
convicted. and he added that the action Of the
clearing house in Chicago in respect to the
Walsh banks was, in his opinion, not only JUS
titled but entirely legal.
Senator Hopkins declared that the action of
the clearing house patriotic and just.
Mr.. Aldrich said ne would not oppose the reso-
luton and the Senate adopted il without fur
ther discussion.
Mr.. BEVERIDGE REPLIES.
Senator Beveridge then made spirited de-
fence of President Roosevelt and the Repub-
lican party, declaring that what had been termed
the subservency of Republican Senators
merely an evidence of harmony between the
President and his party in Congress He took
Mr.. TilIman TO task for having spoken of the
! Ignorant masses and having referred TO them
| as poor, simple souls" Johnson. he said, had
| been treat ted he because he had not the
! confidence of the people, while President Roose-
welt possessed their entire confidence 1t was. he
! said one of the characteristics of the American
! government that that branch which is most
/ benefcent is the one that has the confidence of
/ the people.
There is no subserviency this side TO any
power on earth" he said. except to the de-
mands of the people. and what the Senator calls
/ subserviency is nothing more than harmony
with the wishes of the people"
! Mr.. BeveridEe recounted various laws that
had been passed In the last seven years and
said they expressed the wishes of the American
people He said the Senator from South Caro-
lima denounced the President for holding con-
ferences with experts IN order that he might be
informed how best to recommend legislation BY
his denunciatiOn. he said, he was getting in the
class Of other critics.
By a slip of the tongue Mr. Beveridge char
acterized the South Carolina Senator the
corn fed lawyer" Mr.. Tillman objected 10 that
title but added that he mighty fond of
corn bread"