The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-07-17
DEMOCRATS
REBUKE TAFT
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Ih~ senate to-day Indirectly rehuked
President Taft for H. course IN conn~c-
ton With the Lorinner ease. once
olocked from vote ~ the Archhald
IMPEACHMENT Proceedings. n resolution.
cAtte scarred In a protracted bitter DE-
bate. finally was adopted by IS 20 -.
oenounetnE amy attsinpt on the part Of
a fresident" 20 exercise the power %
tons within the senate-s exclusive juris-
oiction The resolution was originally
framed by Senator Bailey. who had ar
nigned President TAFT. asserting that
ne had been -ofrieious ana me. 'slesome''
IN sndsavoring TO line up regular Re
publican senators In the Lorimer case.
Resolution Adopted.
The resolution as adopted read:
Resolved. that any attempt on the
part OF President or the United states
20 exercise the powers ana influence OF
ms great office for the purpose OF con-
ronlng the vote OF any senator upon A
y.esuon involving right TO a seat in
we senate or upon any other matter
within the exclusive Jurisdiction OF the
senate would violate the spirit II not
the letter OF tie constitution and invade
the rights Of the senate
Not a Democrat voted against the
for IL
Republicans who voted for It were
McCunber and oWrks. Democrats who
voted for the resolution Were. Ashurst.
h bsson, Bailey. Bryan, Chamberlain. Gull
Johnson. Johnston, Martin. Mlrtine.
Hewiands. O'Gorman. Overrnan percy
fomeren. Reed. Shively, simmons. Simth'
OF Arizona; Smith. OF Georgia; Smith. OF
5aryland, Smith. OF South Carolina
stone. swanson, Thornton and Tiilulau.
hepublioans Vote Against It.
. nose Republicans who voted against
the resolution were:
Borah. Barndegee. Brostow. Rurnham.
surton, Catron. Crawford. Cummins. Du-
Mclean, Nelson. oliver. Page, Perkins.
Root. Smith. OF Michigan; smoot, suth-
erland and Townsend
Senator Bailey, who introduced the
resolution, denounced the course az
PRESIDENT Tart a. described In "A letter
the President wrote 20 Colonel Roosevelt
on January o, 1910. which the President
made public In a recent speech during
the Massachusetts primary. The origi-
mai resolution was directed at presiden-
uaI influence on votes upon the right
OF senators TO retain their seats When
senator Bailey concluded he accented "A n
amendment offered 10y senator McCum-
per, strihing out words OF condemnation
from the resolution and extending m 10
other matters within the exclusive iuris-
diction OF the senate
The vote was demanded and FOR an f-
slant ~ appeared that the resolution as
amended would pass unanimously At
tnls moment senator VIM. Alden smith
took the floor 20 declare the President
nad done nothing Improper and that IL
was impossible to discounect Senator
ballfN argument from the resolution.
sUike out the argument" then sug-
sested Senator Bailey.
some OF II ought and some OF II
may be after consideration" shouted the
Michigan senator.
Wanted 10 Amended.
senator tumwius wanted the resolu-
uon amended 50 as to also apply 20 tie
use OF the Office To Influence votes FOR
or AGAINST bill lie suid people would
imply hy this omission that such a praa-
ice was approved by the senate lie
spoke OF reports that Presidents had
warned senators X they did not vote in
certain way they would be considered
out OF the party.
senator Smith. OF Michigan. demand
ed that the senator from Iowa he NOR.
specific. Il make the assertion that
such has occurred. said Cumrins '.and
IN the interest OF party harmony 1 trust
mat the senator viii allow the Incident
10 be forgotten a. fast as th. human
memory will permit"
senator Borah suggested 20 the senate
mat be bad heard that tho legislative
branrh nf the govern n1ent was fntrudius
on the executive and tIereupon @ length
from woodrow Wilson's book on Con
sresEional Government"
In that the author spoke o. the rres-
tlge Of the presidential office having