The Washington times., 1909-02-17
CUHnINS OPPOSES
RETURNING MARINES
Senate'S Action Only a
Scheme to Hit President,
Says l0Wan.

When the Senate met at II o'clock
this morning the fight over the naval
appropriations bul which has been go
ing on for the last two days, was
promptly resumed
Senator Hale was eager to press the
bin to passage and the insurgents were
stiu up in arms and not disposed to let
the bill be disposed of without thresh-
ing over its provisions further
Senator Cummius OF Iowa, the sue
ccssor TO Senator Allison. got the floor
at the outset ana made the point Of no
quorum. a call for "a quorum followed.
Senator Cummius then addressed the
Senate at length I'm support of the or
der of President Roosevelt to remove
the marines from the waTships
The Iowa Senator commended Senator
Hale for his patience in the prOtracted
discussion of the naval bin and eul0gized
President Roosevelt. Senator Cummius
said that i'm his state the people loved
Roosevelt and were not in sympathy
with the criticism against him.
Hale Rebukes Him.
Senator Cummius' references to the
Presidents order removing the marines
from the Warships led Senator Hale
himself against any charge of cTiticising
the President and he rebuked Senator
Cummius for his words
Senator Hale took the ground that I'm
putting in an amendment TO the bill to
restore the marines the committee had
not been seeking TO criticise the Presi-
dent, but had intended to assert the
right Of Congress In the mater
IH his argument, Senator Cummius
quoted from the testimony Of Rear Ad-
miraI Evans before the Committee on
Naval Affairs and also from Admiral
Dewey, showing that each Of these emf
me1t commanders is i'm favor Of the
order ISSUED by the President He said
this opinion seemed 90 be Coincided in
by practically every man who must dghr
the DattIeSh.us iu case of cOntinseucy
The Senator from Iowa then entered
INTO AN argument TO show that the
amendment proposed Dy the committee
was NOT only bad as q matter OF policy
but that iL was actually i'm cOutrayCn-
tl0n of the Constitution.
He asked " any Senator would att
tempt to say that the President the con-
stltutioual commauder-iI-Chief could
not issue any direction for the army and
navy providing Congress issued a pro-
hi5itiQu against it.
Makes StrCug Objection
He objected strongly 20 l ,ttempta
t1 SAY .. .a1lIectiJa hi a1r apurl prIa-
Uou biI how the marines should be
used IT amy EFFORT were made 10 die
tate E8er the marines should be used
it should De- done Dy separate meas
ure. The Senate, Senator Cummlus
held. was not UTOceeIIag fairly and
openly iu this matter
Senators Fulton. MCLaurin, Tilman
and others joined iu the argument I'm
opposition to- tle views OF Senator Cum
minis. IU the course of the discussion.
Senator Eummius was reminded by
Senator IIIUaG that Marine Corps
meant that the corps was To he used at
sea. that the word marine" had refer
.It is deIeltrI to learn from the
Senator from South Carolina said
Senator Cuwmins. 'that the word ma
rIue has some relation TO the sea"
Borah Upholds Him.
Senator EoraH OF Idaho followed SEN
ator Gumm.us with "a constitutional ar-
4umeut uuloldlng President Rogsevet's
order In emove the marines from the
battIesn.ua. A ca.i for guoTom was
gan Els remarks senator Bacon ot
Georgia took exception 90 d number or
Senator EoFals statements and ques-
tl0lel him repeatedly
After Senator Eorahs speech the
Senate voted on tle Amendments 60 re-
store the marines 90 the nattle-lius.
The amendment was retained lu -ue
bill, by ID TO IL
Size Is Discussed.
The question OF the Szc Jf the battle
ships was then taken up. When the bill
was u1 last night an amendment by
Senator C.aga was adopted fixing the
.... .. the HaflasHiEs at ZI,GIp tons iu-
..... of -6.HI. This amendment was
carried in Committee of the Whole.
Senator I.udE. reserved - separate vote
OBJ llls feature O.. the bin lu the Senate.
After the disposition of Che question of
The marines the HatUeshiD provision
was taken up aLa Senator Lodge spoke
iu favor OF the -..lI|..ou ships.