The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-04-17

Washington, d. c., April 14.-Ln the
presence of the most enthusiastic au-
dience that ever filled the Senate
chamber in the history of the Upper
House of Congress, Senator Joseph
Benson Foraker, of Ohio, saw the
crowning results of his labor, and the
climax Of the enthusiasm which has
been accorded him ever since he took
his stand for American citizens
rights and against the administration
and The Presidents high-handed man
ner of judging people guilty before
their guilt has been established or
proven by jury
His speech for three hours to-day
on the Brownsville affair was received
enthusiastically. The galleries, the
lower floor of the Senate, and every
available space was crowded and
taxed to it's uttermost capacity with
eager spectators, who had Wed with
each other in giving attention to the
Senior Senator" from Ohio, and the
one man in the United States who is
a greater statesman, a more able ora
tor and the peer Of Theodore Roose-
velt, the President Of the United
States
There were more Negro citizens in
the Senate chamber to-day than have
ever been seen or recorded in the his
tory of The Congress. They were
here from all parts of the United
States, representing good citizenship,
intelligence. refinement and wealth.
So great was the speech Of Senator
Foraker so ably was it delivered, and
so welcomely was it received by all of
his hearers, that the concensus of
opinion tonight is that 'rForaker is
Americas greatest statesman. He
handled his audience with Cleyerness,
earnestness of purpose, and without
any effort to excite race prejudice.
Regardless of the approaching politi-
cal conflict, he refused to take the ad-
vantage of the accepted opportunity to
put down political opponents. He
dealt simply with facts, as have been
brought out from time to time in the
Senatorial Investigating Committees
+ exhaustive report in the Brownsville
!, affair.
In the midst of his speech it was
, noticeable that for another time the
President went down in defeat in his
effort to revert attention from this
= able exponent of justice, by sending in
+ a special message on the appropria'
ton for battleships Hardly five sen
/. teuces of his special message were
|. heard when read by the clerk, 50
: great was the demonstration. Even
Vice President Fairbanks admonition
l. that quiet must be had in the Senate
l. chamber, was not needed. The old
!. policy of America for Americans
seemed to be paramount throughout
The most striking part of the whole
s speech was when Senator Foraker de
nounced severely the resolution intro
duced by Senator Warner in behalf OF
3 the administration, under which any
;. - of the men who were discharged may
- be reinstated by the President, after
~ they have proven their innocence in
: the shooting He insisted that this re
= versed entirely the methods of lega
y procedure in this country, since i
- placed an accused man in the posi-
e ton of first proving his innocence in
u stead of placing the duty upon tht
~ state to prove the guilt of any accused
" person.
SCORES THE PRESIDENT.
st Next, he declared that even create
is injustice would he done by the Warne
st bill in that it left to President Roose
st velt the option of reinstating the mel
a or after Judging them as innocent aft
r er he had reputed and severely dc
lie nounced them as guilty of the black
to est crime in the annals Of the Unite
Ie States army: In this connection, af
er reading extracts from many me-
sages the President had sent to Coz
gress in connection with the Brown