The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
The Text For an Attack on the
President.
CONGRESSMAN HARTMAN
Speech in the House in Defense
of the West.
FEE SYSTEM AGAIN DISCUSSED
Salaries of United States Marshais,
With Few Exceptions, Made the
Same as Those of the Dis
trict Attorneys
trict Attorneys

Washington. ID. c., March 5.-The
House to-day wrangled for four hours
over the salaries of United States mar
shaIs and the other features of the
amendment to the Legislative Appro-
priation to abolish the fee system in
the cases of United States attorneys
and marshals.
The salaries of the mashals fixed to-
day were identical with those of the
district attorneys, fixed yesterday, with
few exceptions.
Mr.. Hartman (Rep., Mont.), enliven-
ed the dull proceedings with a sensa-
tional attack on the President for his
reference, in his address in Carnegie
Hail. New York, last Tuesday at the
meeting of the Presbyterian Home Mis-
sions, ito the toleration of evils and
Indifference to christianizing and ele-
waiting agencies" in the new States of
the West, which, tif unchecked, de-
yelop into badly regulated municipali-
ties, corrupt and unsafe Territories and
undesirable States"
Mr.. Hartman sent these extracts
from Mr.. Clevelands address to the
Clerks desk and had them read.
Whatever may be my individual
opinion of the President" said Mr.
Hartman, matters not. it 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 functions of that Office
are limited to those enumerated in our
Constitution. Under the Constitution
and laws / deny the right of the chief
executive to wilfully and wantonly, in
public addresses or otherwise, insult
any of the citizens of any State of the
Republic over whom he has been called
to preside. ! deny the constitutional
authority of the President to give ut
terance in public address to sentiments
favorable or adverse to proposed leg
islation pending in either House of
Congress. When the President made
the foregoing remarks, he knew there
were pending in Congress bills for the
admission of certain Territories into
the Union of States. He had been adj
vised that majority of the citizens of
those Territories were antagonistic to
his peculiar financial and economic
views, and under the cloak Of sup
posed religious address, before reli-
gious organization, and with gross
impropriety, and for the purpose of
preventing the achievement of the
rights Of Statehood to which they as
pire and are entitled, he gave utterance
as chief executive, to unfounded SLAM
der against those citizens and States
Of the Republic whose interests he IS
sworn to protect and uphold"
~. IA n NF& Il "a "a
his feet and called Air. Hartman to or
der. If there is nobody on this floor,
said he, addressisg the Democratic side,
"syho IS related to the President by ties
Of affinity, or consangninity, social or
political
.'Stafe your point" demanded Mr..
Hartman, interrupting him.
.'The point Of order, Mr. Chairman" "
continued Mr. Powers, lis that IL is not
permissible here to reflect upon d cor
ordinate branch Of the government"
u am not rejecting upon the Presi-
dent said Mr. Hartman. / am re-
fiecting upon the sentiments which the
President utters. and / have right to
do so.
Mr. Hepburn, (Rep., Fa.), who was in
the chair, said that he did not feel
called upon to say whether the re-
marks came within the rule, where
upon Mr.. Miles, (Dem., Md, came to
the support of the President but he was
as promptly oyer-rued, whereupon he
appealed from the decision OF the
Chair. adding that Mr. Hartman had
taken a liberty which had never been
countenanced in the American Con-
gress before. The Chair. however, was
sustained and Mr.. Hartman proceed
ed.
..The percentage Of crime in those
States and Territories, will not exceed
that found in the State Of New York
where the President seems TO think
All virtue resides. The per capita Of
wealth ofthe citizens of our State eX-
ceeds that of any State IN the t4non
save one. Our educational facilities
are equal 10 those Of any section OF the
Union. and If some of the patriotism OF
the people of the West had been pos
sessed by the President and his friends
| the citizens Of the Republic would not
| have been called upon 10 witness the
| National humiliation of hauling down
| the American flag at Honolulu, OF beg
ging the bankers Of Wall street and
| Great Britain TO save us from imam
| eial ruin. and, under the behests OF the
powers behind the throne, of denying
/ to the oppressed citizens Of Cuba the
/ recognition which the dictates Of hue
manify, and common right demand.
| (Applause.)
at is true we do not get our pa
| triotism from Wall street where the
| President gets his. Haughter.) ~ is
| true none of our citizens have pos
sessed that particular style of patriot
ism which would enable them s2 save
by thrift and strict economy five times