The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-27
ROOSEVELT
 DENOUNCED Chief Executive is Severe.
 ly Arraigned. CHARGES OF 4 eoEGREs HAN Declares President Att <pted to Influence the Judiciary. wields Biz stek wits One Haaa aaa Fountain Pes with other sna
 Plays Havec With
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CHARGES OF A c0EGREs HAN

Washington. March 2s.-charging that the President had fiagrantiy usurped powers not given to him by the Constitution and had repeatedly att tempted to influence the judiciary. Mir. Beall. (Texas). in the House today. se- vereiy arraigned the chief executive. He credited the President with hav- ing appointed three judges of the su- preme Court of the United States and a majority of the United States Circuit and District Judges.
 Drawing their source of authority from him." he declared, land holding their commissions from him, he stands in position to wieid powerful in- ffuence upon them. though they are the representatives Of a distinct de. partment of the Government. The President. he charged, was not content with the exercise of the same power exercised by Washington. Jef- ferson. Jackson. Lincoln. Grant and Mckinley. .sbut in his 6verpoweEing ambition, reaches out with eager hand and exercises powers not dreamed of by them.
 Where does he get this authority?" Mfr. Beall demanded. How does he Justify his actionsT' The President, he said. adopted two defenses. One was that there was an inherent power bslonging to all sovereignties, apart from any power conferred by the Con- stitution the other was that through Judicial Interpretation. there must be vested in q Federal Government q pow CT to do things 1t had not possessed before.
 Is Denenheea.
 The President was denounced for tn- consistency on jail sentence for Rob- ert N. Harper, e druggist of this city, convicted of violating the pure food and drugs act. while the sentence was still pending. As regarded the case of Judge Wiiney, he said. the President had ,insuIted the legislative branch of the dovernrnent by writing letter to the JudicIary lcomTnittee while the case was stiu under Consideration, Asciar- inm 1uhne Wilae9 innoEept OR the charges against hln1y Thas letter lAp excIal alnAed was afmplx khe will ok tfs 'big stick over taaf committee and IthS ni6nbership Of. the House fIe regretted the committees had not as- serted It's independence by sending the snessage back ag an insult
 After alt said Mr, Beall. the Presi- dent was not entirely to blame because the Senate and House "@t with fold ed handsa Having abdicated the au- thority given to them they sit supine- lv at his feet"
 Tn hia opinion "a more disEusting usurpation Of power was never wtt- nessed by the people of any nation"
 Congress. he declared, no longer was a legislative department Tt is simply q machine to record the will of the man at the other end of the avenue" And 1t dtd nd eserve any more respect from him or The people than 1t now received.
 ''Ffe yields the big stick with one hand" Mir. Beail continued. land q fountain pen with the other, and he raises havoc with both. He is Q brOn- cho buster and a trust buster. the only difference being that in busting Q bron- cho. ha bIindfolds the animal and in busting trust. he blindfoIds himself. He can draw the finest bead on a wild cat. but can't get a bead on the Con stitution at all. He is contradiction. He daclaims against race autctde but insists on keeping taPin on eafety pins and baby buggies.
 ''Ife cultivates the artistic; he white washes Paul Morton and is now fresco- ing the reactionaries with tint of blue.
 breakfast. but gets color blind before lunch time.
 Hls Generosity.
 He is generous; given the power by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to make treaties he is will ing to relieve that body of this oner- ous duty and do 1t all himself
 "He is a magician; he can transform our Uncle Joe a roaring lion before us in the House. into purring kitten at the White House.
 He is the sandow of the century: he can hold the Senate in one hand and the House in the other and keep both in the air most of the time.
 He can even nominate q President ial candidate" Mir. Beall declared. He is the strangest combination of wis dom and folly; of honesty and obstin- acy and of the patriot and the politi- clan; of courage and rashness; and of the spectacular and grotesque that this republic ever saw. and just what niche he is to occupy in the temple of his couptry's history. God and the future alone can tell"
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