Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-03-06

WASHINGTON, March 5.--The house to.
day wrangled for four hours over the
salaries of United States marshals and
other features of the amendment to the
legislative appropriation bill to abolish
the fee system in the cases of United
States attorneys and marshals.
Interest in that debate was completely
overshadowed by sensational attack
made upon President Cleveland by Hart
man rep, MONTY, who felt himself per-
sonally aggrieved by Cleveland's utter
ances at the Presbyterian Home Mission
meeting in New York on Tuesday. and
who seized the opportunity allowed by
the latitude of debate on the appropria,
tion bill to repel the idea that the west
ern states were the home Of evil in
| t1uences.
Hartman sent to the clerks desk and
had read the following extracts from
Cleveland's address: '!The liberation
of evils and Indifference to Christian be-
ing and elevation exist in new states
of the west which, if unchecked, develop
into badly regulated municipalities, cor
rupt and unsafe territories and undeslr-
able states.'
"Whatever my individual opinion of
the PRESIDENT said Hartman, s'matters'
not. 1t would not be proper for me to
state it here. For the high office of
president of the United States / have a
supreme regard. The legitimate func-
tions of that Off e are limited to those
enumerated in our constitution Under
| the constitution and laws, deny the
right of the chief executive to wifully and
wantonly, in public address or other
wise, insult ally 1f the citizens of any
state Of the republic over whom he has
been called to preside, | deny the con
stitutOnal authority for the president 10
give utteranCe IN public address Of
6entiments favorable or adv ,rse TO any
proposed Legislation pending in congress
When the president made the foregoing
remarks he knew there were pending in
congress Kills for the admission OF Ger.
tain territories into the union OF etates.
He had been advised that majority OF
those territories were antagonstic to his
peculiar financial and economic views.
and under the cloak of supposed re-
ligious address before religious organi-
cation, and with gross impropriety and
for the purpose of preventing the achieve
ment of the rights Of statehood to which
they aspired aud are entitled he gave
utterance, as chief executive, to these
unfounded ISLANDERS against those citi.
zens of states of the republic whose in
terests he is sworn to protect and up-
hold"
Powers, republican OF Vermont,
jumped to his feet and called Hartman
to order, II there is nobody on this
floor, said he, addressing the demo
cratic side, "who is related to the prcsi-
dent by ties of affinity or san-uinity,
socially or politically"
estate your point" demanded Hart
man, intarrupting him.
"The point Of order, Mr. Chairman"
continued Powers, lis that it is not per
missabe here to reflect upon co-ordi-
nate branch Of the government"
II ana not rejecting upon the prcsi
dent" said Hartman, 81 am rejecting
upon the sontimonts which the presi
dent utters, and have a right 10 DO So"
Hepburu, who Was in the cNair, said he
did not feel called upun to saywhether the
remark came within the rule, whareupon
Miles came to the support Of the presj- I.
dent, bnt be was promptly oyerruled, .
and he appealed from the decision of the .
chair, adding that Hartman had taken .
a liberty which had never been counte- .
nanced in the American congress before .
The chair, however, YVES sustained and
Hartman proceeded.
The percentage of crime in those
states and territories will not exceed |