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debate over the Culberson resolution
than that the President was claw
less An effort was made there to
table the resolution, but it was lost by
| an overwhelming vote, even such good
friends of the President as Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, favoring the
| Judiciary Committee inquiry. 1t took
the House eight hours to pass the RESP.
buttons of the ending committee, X
and there was vigorous discussion for
the most of that time. But it was
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 small
party and does not include men of con-
| spicuous force or ability. Some are
| Republicans who frequently visit the
| White House IN search of patronage
| or other favors or who run their cam
/ palgns for election on absolute and UNI
| questioning adherence to the issues the
| President champions,
| 1t was Senator Hopkins of Illinois
who sought to have the Culberson 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 III 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 IS favorite corporations
In the House the party of the Pres
ldent's defenders includes few East
ern Republicans, one of them, perhaps
the foremost, being Senator Lodge S
son-ln-law, Representative Augustus p.
Gardner. But Mr.. Perkins, the chair
man of the ''chiding committee is
| from the President s own State of New
| York. The New York Republicans in
| Congress, however, did not act as
| unit, conspicuous exception being
| Representative Bennett, young man
| from New York City. He has long been
frequenter of the White 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 the open
| there can be little doubt there would
! be talk about the Impeachment of
Roosevelt, were it in the middle of his
term and We're Congress able to fasten
proof of wanton violation of law upon
| him. In reality it is the President S dis
regard of the laws of Congress that in
tensifes the dislike of him in legisla-
tive circles. A score of instances are
! cited around the Capitol, the most re-
cent concrete instance being the tear
| ing down of government building by
his orders but without semblance of
| legal authority it is claimed.
! Other Presidents have had quarrels
with Congress, but it has never hap
pened except with johnson that both
Senate and House voted in one form
or another to reprove the occupant of
the White House. President Cleveland
had 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 legis-
lation that he recommended, but that
has happened with every President in
| history Andrew Jackson had a VIC
| lent quarrel with the Senate. much nike
the quarrel that Roosevelt has had with
the House Andrew Johnson's i'm
| parchment, of course, was ordered by
vote of the House before it was under
taken by the Senate.
Tillman Makes His Reply.
N OhN "a INC PlCoCuI IfdcdS Is UOC
altogether plain. Senator Tillman has
| started off the week with a 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 speech was
a disappointment. First he read it.
That was because he wished to be very
careful in what he said He had pre-
pared his reply, aided and advised by
ex-senator William E. Chandler, of New
Hampshire, who is a long time friend.
Mr.. Tillman and Mr.. Chandler were as
ISOLATED three years ago in an effort
that Mr.. Chandler captained, with the
approval of the President, to form a
coalition between Senate Democrats
and Roosevelt Republicans to force the
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