The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-03-11
DIDN'T DO 4 THING.
Charlie Hartman Roasts Old Grover For
His Abuse Of the West


| His Abuse Of tho West. ..m
Washington, March 5.-Intcrest in
the debate on the appropriation bill
today was completely oycrshadowed
by a sensational attack made upon
President Cleveland by Hartman, Of
Montana, who felt himself personally
aggreved BY Clcvelands uttcranccs
at the Presbyterian home mission
meeting in New York on Tuesday,
and seized the opportunity of the lat
itudc allowed in the debate on the
appropriation bi1is to repel the idea
that the western states were the
home Of evil influences. Hartman
sent to the clerks desk and had read
the following extract from Clevc-
lands address,: ..v. .. 50
The federation of evils and indiffcr-
cncc to christianizing and elcvating
agencies, in the new states of the
west, which, if unchecked, develops
into badly regulated municipalities,
corrupt and unsafe territories and
undesirable states.
"Whatcvcr may be my individual
opinion Of the PRESIDENT" said Mr..
Hartman. "matters not. II would
not be proper for me to state it here,
For the high Office Of president Of the
United States | have a supreme rc-
gard. The legitimate functions Of
that Office arc limited to those emu
meratcd in our constitution. Under
the constitution and law deny the
right Of the chief executive to will
fully and Wantonly, in public address
or otherwise, insult any Of the citi~
Zens Of any state Of the republic over
whom he has been called to preside.
l deny the constitutional right Of the
president to give uttcranCe in a pub
lie address to sentiments favorable or
adverse to proposed legislation pend
| ing in congress. When the president
|
there was pending in congress bills
for the admission of certain tcrritor-
les into Jhe union. He had been ad-
vised that majority Of the citizens
Of these territories were antagonistic
to his financial and economic views,
and under the cloak Of supposed
religious address, before a religious
organization and with GROSS mprOpri-
ETY., and for the purposes Of prevent
ing the achievement Of the right to
statehood to which they aspire and
are entitled. he gave uttcrance, as
chief executive, to this unfOundcd
SANDER against those citizens and
states Of the republic whose interests
he is aWorn to protect and uphold"
Powers (rep., Vt.) jumped to his
feet and called Hartman to order.
elf there is nobody on this floor" he
said addressing the democratic side,
"who is related to the president by
ties OF affinity or consanguinity, so
cial or political-'
estate your point" demanded
Hartman, intcrrupting him.
"Thc point Of order, Mr.. Chair
man. continued Powers, els than il
is not permissible here to reflect up
on coordinate branch of the gov
crhn1cnt. g.
Hepburn Qcp., lay, who was in the
chair, said that he did not feel called
upon to say whether the remarks
came within the rules, WhorcuEon
Miles dem, Md.) came to the sup
port Of the president, but he was
promptly overru]cd, whcrcupon he
appealed from the decision Of the
chair, adding that Hartman had tax
en- liberty which had never been
cOuntcnanccd in the American con-
grcss before. The chair, however,
was sustained, and Hartman pro-
cecdcd:
"Thc 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 Of the citizens Of our state
exceeds that Of any state in the union
save one. Our educational facilities
arc equal to those Of any section Of
the union, and if some Of the pat
riolism Of the people OF the west had
been possessed by the president and
his friends the citizens Of this rcpub-
lie would not have been called upon
to witness the humiliation Of hauling
down the American flag at Honolulu,
Of begging the bankers of Wall street
and Great Britain to save us from
financial ruin, and under the buhcsts
Of the powers behind the throne, Of
denying to the oppressed citizens Of
| Cuba the recognition which the die.
tatcs Of humanity and common right
demands. (Applausc.) It is true
VIC do not get our patriotism from
Wall street, where the president gets