The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-05

AIRY s, 1900. x
the most of that time. Blu, it W.
pitched on high plane, emphatic OF
the dignity of the House and the neces-
sity Of its resenting official reflections
from such high source upon its in
tegrity.
As an outcome of the warfare in
Senate and House against the President
there has sprung up little party of
Republicans in both branches who
stand forth as his defenders and sup
porters. In each branch it is a small
party and does not include men of con-
spicuons force or ability. Some are
Republicans who frequently visit the
White House in search of patronage
or other favors or who run their cam
paigns for election on absolute and un.
| questioning adherence to the issues the
President champions.
1t was Senator Hopkins of Illinois
who sought to have the Culbetson reso.
| luton laid upon the table and who
| made the motion to that end During
his long career in Senate and House Mr..
Hopkins has not been notable for ex.
IRENE sympathy with the President IS
program, but he realized that opposi-
ton to the President at this time would
be seized upon to his advantage in
the hot struggle now before the Illinois
Legislature to prevent his reelection.
An organization of Republican recall
citrants in that Legislature has already
combined with the Democrats TO de-
feat The regular Republican candidate
for Speaker, all of which bodies trouble
for Senator Hopkins reelection.
Eastern Senators Against Him.
The Eastern Senators were almost
solidly in favor of the Judiciary in
quiry, even though it was essentially
an inquiry for which the Democrats
have been pressing. They made the
most of it during the campaign, COM
| planning that the Steel Trust was one
of the President S favorite corporations.
In the House the party of the Pres
ident's defenders includes few East
ern Republicans, one of them, perhaps
the foremost, being Senator Lodge Is
son-in,law, Representative Augustus p
Gardner. But Mr.. Perkins, the chair.
man of the "chiding committee is
fromthe President S own State Of New
York. The New York Republicans in
Congress, however, did not act as a
unit, conspicuous exception being
Representative Bennett, young man
from New York City. He has long been
a frequenter of the Whit House of.
fees and is known as one of the White
House Republicans.
Everyone is wont to compare the ex-
traordinary proceedings of the last
week with the impeachment proceedings
against Andrew Johnson. Now that
the quarrel has come into tho open,
there can be little doubt there would
be talk about the impeachment of
Roosevelt, were it in the middle of his
term and were Congress able TO fasten
proof of wanton violation of law upon
him. In reality it is the President IS dis
regard of the laws of Congress that in
tensities the dislike of him in leoiela-
tive circles. A score OF instances are
cited around the Capitol, the most re.
cent concrete instance being the tear
ing down of a government building by
his orders but without semblance of
legal authority it is claimed
Other Presidents have had uuarrels
with Congress, but it has never hap-
pened except with johnson that 10th
Senate and House voted in one form
or another to reprove the occupant OF
the White House. President Cleveland
mad bitter quarrels with Congress and
with individuals of Senate and House
His troubles, however, were chiefly with
the Senate, where he was denounced
from the floor by Senators of his own
party. Congress refused to enact leeis-
lation that he recommended, but that
has happened with every President in
history. Andrew Jackson had yio-
lent quarrel with the Senate, much like
the quarrel that Roosevelt has had with
the House. Andrew Johnson's i'm
parchment, of course, was ordered bv
vote of the House before it was under
taken by the Senate.
Tillman Makes His Reply.
The end of the present fracas is not
altogether plain. Senator Tillman has
started off tho week with trenchant
reply to the President That sufficed
TO stir the interest anew, without re.
gard to the labors of the three Con.
gressional committees. Rough and un-
couth as the Senator is in his public
utterances he rarely fails of an audi.
ence and he packed the galleries to
their capacity when he opened fire on
Monday. In some ways his sp, ech was
disappointment. First he read it.
That was because he wished to be very
careful in what he said. He lad pre-
pared his reply, aided and advised by
ex-senator William L. Chandler, of New
Hampshire, who is long time friend.
Mr.. Tillman and Mr.. Chandler wele as.
ISOLATED three years ago in an effort
| that Mr.. Chandler captained. with the
approval of the President, to form a
coalition between Senate Den ocra Is
and Roosevelt Republicans to fore, the
passage of the railway rate bill Mr..
Chandler is lawyer ard a trained con
troversialist and was very helpful to
Senator Tillman III getting the reply
into effective shape.
Mr.. Tillman Ignored entirely the
Presidents charge about the misuse of
the Congressionaffran and filed abor {
four columns of newspaper space with
a recital Of the President IS grievances
Ia nd a L