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| treaty before the Senate at the same
! time as the treaty OF Versailles.
Did he do thatT' asked Mr.. Brande-
gee.
1.-THE gist of the matter is that the two
were 10 be actually before the Senate at
the same time and they will be-" re-
piled Hitchcock.
THE President said he would pres
emily lay the special treaty before us.
When does presently arise?" inquired
| MIR. drandegee.
ut ia not for me or for the Senators
to answer that question answered
| Hitchcock. 81 protest that Senators
| have been carrying n policy of sys-
Dramatically criticising, nagging and at
! tempting to discredit the President while
| he has been engaged in this stupendous
work Of negotiating this great treaty.
do not charge that all the Senators have
/ been guilty OF this offence, but only O.
few OF them; and l call attention to one
result of this systematic attempt to dis
credit him. 1t has been TO weaken his
influence at Paris, and when that has
| been accomplished and he has been
forced to yield at some points 10 the
J contentious of other countries, Senators
rise here and condemn him for this
yielding"
Inquiry by Mr.. Moses.
| MAY 1 ask the Senator" inquired
Senator Moses of New Hampshire,
whether he believes that IL different
attitude had prevailed here, the Presi-
dent would have been able to save China
and prevent the shame OF Shantung?'
| Il am not able to answer that ques-
uon." replied Hitchcock. He has been
over there alone contending for the
ideals OF justice and Of the world public
| opinion. He would have been stronger
in that effort II 1t had been known that
the Senatea his partner in the treaty
making power. was supporting him here
| The attempts to discredit him have re-
| suited in undermining him and emban-
RAISING his influence. 1t Is In extremely
poor taste, this effort to hamstring and
stab him In the back, while he was
! away, and now to attack him because
| he has failed to get everything That he
| hoped to secure.
THE President Is criticised because
he did not lay two treaties before us at
once. because he did not make two
speeches at once. The fact is that he
chose two times for doing the two things,
| but both treaties will be before the Sem
ate for its consideration at the sane
| time, which Is the essence of the matter
| The Senator from Connecticut condemns
the President, charging that he sought
| personal interviews with Senators, COM
pairing that action with the disreputable
proceedings of tampering with the indi-
vidual members of jury"
Senator Brandegee denied this charge
| but protested that the President had
first made his argument before the Sem
ate and then sent for individual Senators
afterward
81 have no objection to his sending for
| Senator's" he said. II will go If the
| President sends for me and wishes to
talk to me Bat should think it would
| be more effective If he would make his
communications to the Senate or the
Committee on Foreign Relations, which
is dealing with the subject"
zone would think It was regarded as
a disgrace to send for Senators and talk
to them" continued Mr.. Hitchcock
Yet the same Senators have repeatedly
charged the President with doing wrong
in that he failed TO discuss these same
matters with Senators and left them in
| the dark az 10 what he was doing"
Mr.. Brandegee's Protest.
MY protest has been" answered Mr..
| Brandegee, not that Senators have been
left In the dark, but that the Senate has
| been"
"Oh. that il a new form of a charge"
retorted Mr.. Hitchcock. The Senator
from Connecticut has Just concluded a
criticism OF the President on the ground
that the President has failed to deliver
| to him personally a document that was
a subject of discussion at time when
the Senator was enjoying the President
hospitality at the White House"
Senator Brandegee objected to this
statement also adding that he merely
hoped that the draft OF the American pla n
for the League of Nations had not been
lost.
~ am authorized" replied Mr.. Hitch
cock, Ito say that the document will be
sent here in due time, and ! may add
that when II comes II will dispel tho
charge that 1t Is a British League OF
Nations. I protest against the con-
tinuation Of nagging'and condemning the
President. the systematic effort to dis
credit him on all occasions. True, II
cannot now do the harm that it could
have done at one time because the
President is now in this country.
II say that he Is doing precisely the
right thing in appealing to Senators u
support this treaty. As matter OF
fact the criticisms of the Senator from
Connecticut lie quite as much against
the Senators who go to talk to the Pres
ident as against the President himself
Senator Williams (MissD protested
against Brandegees comparison OF the
Presidents conferences with Senat tors
to an attempt to tamper with individual
members Of jury.
THE Senate" he said lis not Jury
at all. What possible object could there
be in employing such phrase? The
only possible purpose must be to leave
an inslnuation, a suggestion. that the
President was doing an improper thing
as lawyer would who had argued hli
case before n jury and then gone about
to see the individual Jurors about it, a
performance for which lawyer should
be promptly disbarred.
1.-THE Constitution requires the Presi'
dent to take the advice and consent OF
the Senate in connection with appoint
ments and treaties. The Senator ac,
cuses the President OF doing wrong be
cause he has been seeing part of ths
Senate, talking with Individual Senators
and insists that the President ought not
to consult some but all the members OF
the Senate.
Drawing of Comparisons.
Every President has violated that
rule. Mckinley sent for Senators wheT
the Spanish American treaty was pend
ing here, and he did right. And as tC
appointments, there Is not Senator
who is not perfectly willing to go TO the
White House and advise with the Presi
dent about them. Why does not n Sena
tor, when he goes there TO talk about
appointments, carry the whole Senate