The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-27

NV dent mad iaRTaHtly usuTpeu
Wv the powers given to him by
the Constitution, and repeat
cdly attempted to influence the judi
ciary. Mr.. Beal, of Texas, In the House
to-day severely arraigned the Chief
Executive. He credited the President
with having appointed three judges Of
the Supreme Court OF the United States
and majority OF tho United States
circuit and district Judges.
Drawing their source of authority
from him" he declared. "and holding
their commissions from him. he stands
in position to WELD a powerful In
Guence upon them though they arc the
representatives of distinct depart
ment OF the government"
The President, he charged, was not
content with the exercise OF the same
power exercised by Washington, JEFF
ferson. Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and
Mckinley, but in his overpowering
ambition reaches out with eager hand
and exercises powers not dreamed of
by them"
where does he get this authority"
Mr.. Beal demanded. How docs he JUS
tfy his actions?'
Executive Interference.
The President. he said. made two de-
lenses. One was that there was an In
dependent power belonging to all
sovereignties apart from any power
conferred by the Constitution, the
other was that through judicial inter
probation there must be vested in a
Federal government a power 10 do
things IL had not possessed before. The
President was denounced for insisting
on a Jail sentence for Robert n. Harper.
druggist of this city. convicted OF
violating the pure food and drugs act,
Willie the sentence was still pending.
AS regarded the case OF Judge Whitley,
he said, the President had insutted the
legislative branch OF the government
by writing letter TO the judiciary
Committee while the case was still
under investigation, declaring Judge
Whitley innocent of the charges against
him THAT letter" he exclaimed. was
simply the will OF the big stick over
that committee and the membership
OF the House"
He regretted the committee had not
asserted its independence by sending
the message back as an insult.
After all, said Mr.. Beall. the Pres
ident was not entirely to blame be-
cause the Senate and House "sit with
folded hands" Having abdicated the
supinely at his feet. In his opinion a
more disgusting usurpation Of power
was never witnessed by the people
OF any nation.
Congress Only Tool.
Congress, he declared. no longer was
a legislative department. 1t is sim :
ply a machine to record the will OF the
man at the other end OF the avenue, and
1t did not deserve any more respect
from him or the people than it now
received.
HE wields the big stick with one
hand" Mr.. Beall continued, "and a
fountain pen with the other. and he
raises havoc with both. He Is a
broncho buster and a trust buster. the
only difference being that in busting
and in busting trust he blindfolds
himself. He can draw the finest bead
on a wildcat. but can't get bead on
the Constitution at all.
He Is contradiction. He declaims
against race suicide, but insists on
keeping tariff on safety pins an1
baby buggies. He whitewashes Paul
Morton. and is now frescong the
reactionaries with q tint OF blue.
A PurrinE Kitten.
He can see war cloud before
breakfast. but gets color blind before
lunch time. He Is generous-given
the power by and with the advice and
consent OF the Senate to make treaties,
he Is willing to relieve that body OF
this one onerous duty, and do 1t all
himself. He is magician; he can
transform our Uncle Joe-a roaring
lion before us in the House-into a
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 keer
both In the air most OF the time.
"He can even nominate president
ial candGate," Mr.. Beall declared. "Hc
is the strangest combination of wis.
dom and folly. of honesty and obstin-
acy, and of the patriot and politician
OF courage and rashness, and Of the
spectacular and the grotesque that this
republic ever saw. and Just what niche
he is to occupy In the temple of his
country's history. God and the future
alone can tell"
Agricultural Bill.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was considered for amendment, and
when it was laid aside for the day,
there had been stricken out the provi-
sions for new weather stations in tho
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