The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-05
Brownsville Incident and Pos.
tai Savings Bank Will Be
Basis for Fights in Upper
House.
FORAKER EXPECTED TO
MAKE BITTER ATTACK
0enunciation of President
Roosevelt for Dismissing
CoIoreG Troops Is Now Very
Likely.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 5.-The evii
days which the senate has put off are
to be overtaken early in the second
session of congress. which commences
next Monday. The dates for the con-
sideration of the postal savings bank
BILL wherein the administration will
have its first opportunity to stand by
one OF the pianks of the republican
platform in the recent campaign. and
of Senator Foraker's bill restoring To
infantry. which was dismissed on ae-
count of the Brownsville imbroglio.
will fall in the second week of the ses-
sion. 1t will not be long. therefore.
until issues of vital sort will present
themselves for the consideration of the
senators and The editisstion u tRs
country.
Senator Foraker. during last spring
accepted defeat. in his resolve TO bring
his bill re-instating the Brownsville
troops TO a vote in the senate. by
agreeing that the measure should come
up for reconsideration on Dec. l6. The
senator is in Washington. He said
today that ne expected to- keep the bill
before the senate until vote was ta-
ken.
Attack on President Expected.
He will, of course. make a lengthy
speech in favor of the bill. and there
are those who predict that he will use
the occasion to tell the senate aud
country his views OF the recent at
tacks which have been made upon him
by President Roosevelt and TO exiiain
his position in regard 10 all the cknrg-
es which threaten to prevent his re-
turn to the senate as his own success
sor
As a post-campaign utterance. Mr..
Foraker's speech is likely TO contain
some interesting things besides his
discussion of the Brownsville incident,
and the rights of the colored soldiers
to be reinstated.
Senator Lodge. who has signified his
intention of making some remarks con-
cerning Senator Foraker's bill. and
largely on whose account its considera-
tion was postponed, he having been
called away. will no doubt be the sup
porter of the administration in case
Senator Foraker makes his predicted
attack.
The postal savings bank bill Is
scheduled to come up in the senate on
Monday, Dec. IA. Ii is measure
which is advocated by the administra-
tion and especially by Postmaster Gen.
| eral Meyer. Senator Carter is the au-
thor of the bill. 1t proposes to afford
the people an opportunity TO give their
| money for safe keeping into the hands
of Uncle Sam and to make that kind
| old gentleman pay interest on II also.
Bill introduced Last Winter.
The measure was introduced last
| winter in both house and senate. but
made no headway in the, former body
on account of the extreme hostility
which was shown IL in the house COM
| mittee on postoffices and postroads.
Senator Carter obtained a report on
| his bill from the senate committee, and
| when he endeavored TO press II in the
senate he found ii necessary to COM
promise on an agreement that il
| should come up early in this winters
session.
There is a suspicion that Senator Al
drich of Rhpde Island. who is chair
| man of the committee on finance. does
not favor the measure, and there may
be other leaders who can see no beauty
| in having il passed. However, IL Is
expected to find comparatively plain
sailing in the senate and strike its
snag in the house. where there are ele-
ments hostile to the postal savings
| bank scheme in spite of the declaration
in the recent republican platform.