Untitled - Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt

172 THE REAL ROOSEVELT.
the tariff on sugar hostile to President
Theodore Roosevelt and the interests of
the Sugar Trust.
Real Roosevelt, ^fa genate blocked tlllS bill.
During the session of 1902-1903 President
Roosevelt engineered a treaty with
Cuba, on this sugar matter, by and with
the consent of the Senate.
This treaty was worthless in law,
because it affected the revenues of this
country and consequently enabling legislation
should have originated in the House
of Representatives,,
To rectify this constitutional defect and
validate an invalid treaty, President
Roosevelt called an extraordinary session
of Congress for November, 1903, and, with
the "big stick," forced a bill through the
House of Representatives ratifying the
revenue provisions of his treaty with Cuba.
Here he committed an unconstitutional
act, and then, a year later, straightened it
out to meet the letter of the law.
Although, by effrontery, he escaped
impeachment, he never will receive the
respect of impartial history.