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are disposed to do Just as Mr. Mann
ADVISED the Republicans in the house
10 do-that is, to make no further
criticism of the presidents trip.
II we thought that the impression
would so throughout the country that
me republican organization stood for
an that senator Sherman said about
me president we would take imme-
oia'eiy steps to combat ii" one Re
pupican senator said. in speaking of
senator Sherman's remarks in sup
port of his resolution to declare the
presidents office vacant
Another striking feature in the
Gays debate was the reply to Senator
sherman made by Senator John SharD
Williams, of Mississippi, who defend
ed the presidents decision to go
abroad. and scored the Republicans
mercilessly for their attacks. Senator
Wilhams charged that the Republi-
cans had entered into "gentleman's
understanding not to applaud the
president when he spoke yesterday.
and challenged them to show that
such treatment of the president did
any good.
senator Sherman argued that the
PRESIDENTS absence -suspends the Leg
tsahSe power OF the ss,s crffn4e ar; aas5
That &hifa congress may pass hills
them He declared that the sover-
eighty of the presidents Office resides
at the capital and cannot be trans
terred anywhere else except by an act
~ congress Ihere is an urWritten
law that the president should NOT
leave the United States. Senator Sher-
man said, and he cited the precedents
es'a oiished by Presidents Mckinley,
Harrison and others in The matter
IL RSsTsk,,i-..,,t
Senator Knox, of PENNSYLVANIA
called attention TO the story Of a
coaching trip made by Washington
to New England before Rhode Island
had accepted the federal constitution.
Washington scrupulously obeyed' the
traditions by refusing to set foot in
Rhode Island, he said. and later EN-
fhasized his compliance with the
conventions hy making a special trim
to Rhode Island after that state had
accepted the constitution.
among the acts which could not be
performed while the president is AWAY
Senator sherman cite, the making of
appointments, the pa don or reprievc
OF offenders and the dispatching of
troops 10 any place where trouble
might arise. He declared that the
presidents absence while congress is
IN session and domestic conditions are
Insecure to be IAN act of legislative
end executive sabotage against the
coyernme MT -
senator Williams was at his best in
answering the attack made by Senator
Sherman He declared that il is not
unconstitutional for the president to
go abroad and said that the trouble
with the Republicans was that their
feelings were hurt because President
Wilson had said he wanted Democrats
elected In Nc ,, ,u
own party for failing to stand behind
the president, saying:
Some OF YOU think over there that
YOU beat the president You did not
beat the president. The people beat
the Democratic party at the last cleo
ion Do you know why? Because
your party. taking it upon a percent
age basis had been truer to the war
than We had-and when ! say we |
mean my party.
Knife President In Back.
We had men in the other wing Of
The ca pital and we had men here who
were sticking the president with n fine
italian dagger every chance they got
I have come to the conclusion that the
American people put you in office in
the two houses because they thought
maybe you could he more safely trust
cd TO stand behind the president than
lot of our fellows could be-
That may be an error, but that IL
my opinion because I have found a
good many Mississippi Democrats talk~
Ing that way, even Mississippi ncno-
Gratis who never voted any other tick
~ and would not do so to save their
lives, But we have gotten rid OF them
and the people ought to know that we
have gotten rid of them before this .
A pointed reference TO Vice Presi-
dent Marshall was made by Senator
Williams when he said Che chief diff
ficulty the Republicans would have
would be in persuading tho old In
diana Democrat" that hc should dual.
ify as president while President Will
'.nu was away. Tfcepresidept Mar
shall who was in the chair. only
smiled at this statement
Senator Williams defended The
league OF nations idea and said that
the two English speaking nations
ran maintain such league even IL
France. italy. Japan and other ma
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