The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

ter with which the Senate OF the
United States is particularly concerned
that needs to be Investigated. I sat
here tmpatiently a day or two since
and listened to hours of indiscriminate
attacks. vituperation. and abuse OF men
and parties. q
TT cannot be said because Mr.. Roose-
welt IL now and again a candidate for
ONCE that It is proper in this tribunal
to assassinate his character while he
was President of the United States.
II men knew or thought they knew Of
aught against him when he held that
high ONCE II was both their privilege
and their duty then to call him to ac-
count. 1t does not. in my Judgment.
Justify an attack upon the great Re
publican party and upon its integrity
as an organization of government that
George w. Perkins or any other man
contributed to the campaign of the Re-
publican party for the purpose Of pay
ing its legitimate expenses.
TT was a violation of no law or
statute. constitutional or moral. that the
subscriptions made to the campaign
fund Of 1904 should have been made,
either by the persons or In the amounts
in which those subscriptions were made.
No such assumption can be permitted to
go out~unchallenged as It stands at this
hour.
Talks About Muclesakers.
''Of all the undertaking irresponsibility
that I have ever heard in a responsible
place. that Connected with the considera-
tion of this question in and out of Con-
gress has been the most radical"
John Sharp Williams. Democrat. Of
Mississippi. replied to Senator Hepburn.
He said that somebody in this contro-
versy over the 1904 campaign contribus
tions had told the truth or somebody
had told a falsehood. He didn't know
who was doing which. but he thought
that II was the duty OF the Senate to
find out.
If what Mr.. Roosevelt urged against
Senator Penrose be true. he deserves
to go out of this body" said Senator
Williams. IF what Senator Penrose
urges against Col. Roosevelt be true
Mr.. Roosevelt Is. to say the least, highly
ineligible to be the President of the
United States. 1 have none of that
superstition that leads me to give rever-
ence to any man merely because he has
been President"
Senator Penrose interrupted to remark
that there had been no denial that the
money had been received. Senator Will
iams also refused to concede to Senator
Heyburn's opinion that big business
ought to support political parties
Senator Bailey of Texas. a Democrat,
also quickly disclosed that he was op-
posed to the Pearose resolution. He
could not vote for IL. he said because of
constitutional objections for one thing
He declared that he would not vote for
any resolution authorizing the Senate TO
investigate into the methods either OF
nominating or electing a President That.
he argued. was a matter for the State
and not for either branch of Congress.
Executive Session Taken.
Senator Stone of Missouri had just be-
gun to speak when Senator GalIinger of
New Hampshire. who was presiding over
the Senate. announced that the hour for
the morning business had expired and
that the debate on the Penrose resolution
must end. In a second Senator Poin-
dexter was on the floor. asking for unan-
imous consent for a vote. Senator Mar
tin. Democrat. of Virginia, was calling
on the other side of the chamber for an
executive session. An executive session
motion takes precedence over any other.
There was chorus OF noes against
Senator PoindeNter's request for unani-
nous consent. and the Senate Immediate
ly went into exaCnfiya saEaiop