The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-06
HARTMAN's SENSATION.
The House Applauds His Excoria-
ton of Cleveland.

ihe b0use ApDlauds His EXcOria-
ton of Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, March Sat the open
ing of the house today, at the request of
Mr. Hit, the chairman of the foreign
affairs committee, the senate's request
Tor conference on the Cuban resolutions
was agreed to, but the speaker did not
announce the conference.
a bill was passed on motion of Gros-
Venor (Rep., Ohio) to make the national
military parks national fields for maneu-
VreS OF the regular army and the militia
of the states unGer regulations prescribed
by the secretary of war.
The house today wrangled about four
hours over the salaries of United States
marshals and the other features of the
Amendment ian, to the legislative appropria-
uon Dill to abolish the fee system in the
cases of United States attorneys and mar
ShalS. Interest in the debate however
was completely oVershadowed by a sen
sational attack made upon President
Cleveland by Mr.. Hartman CRep Month
| who felt himself personally aggrieved by
MT. CleVeland5 utterances at the Pres
| hyterlan home mission meeting in New
ork on Tuesday, and who seized the Op-
portunity allowed by the latitude of de-
bate on appropriation bills to repel the
1dea that the western states were the
! nome of evil influences. Mr.. Hartman
sent to the clerks desk and had read the
/ following extracts from Mr.. Cleveland
address: The liberation of evils and in
d1Herence to Outstanding and elevating
agencies, in the new states of the west
which, IF left unchecked, develops into
badly regulated municipalities. corrupt
and unsafe territories and undesirable
states" >
UNDER CLOAK OF RELIGION.
Whatever may be my individual opin-
ion of the president" said Mr.. Hartman,
matters not 1t would not be proper for
me to stalee it here. For the high office of
ha of 7
4 supreme regard. The legitimate func-
tons of that office are limited TO those
enumerated in our constitution. Under
the constitution and laws deny the right
OF the chief executive to Willfully and
Wantonly, in public address or otherwise.
insult any of the citizens of any state of
the republic over whom he has been called
to preside. [ deny the constitutional au-
thority Of the president to give Utterance
in public address to sentiments favorable
or adverse to proposed legislation pend
Ing IN our house of congress- When the
president. made the foregoing remarks he
knew there was pending in congress bills
fer the admission of certain territories
into the union of states. He had been
advised that a majority of the citizens of
those territories were antagonistic to his
financial and economic views, and under
the cloak of supposed religious address.
before a religious organization and with
gross Improperly and for the purposes of
preventing the achievement of the rights
of statehood to which they aspire and
are entitled, he gave utterance. as chief
executive, to this unfounded SANDER
against those citizens and states of the
republic, whose interests he is sworn to
protect and uphold.
OBJECTION FROM VERMONT
Mr. Powers (Rep., Vt) jumped to his
feet and called Mr.. Hartman to order
he, addressing the Democratic side, "who
is related to the president by ties Of Atm
lty or consanguinity, social or political
State your point of order" demanded
Mr.. Hartman, interrupting him.
The point of order, Mr. Chairman, -
continued Mr.. Powers, lis that it is not
permissible here to reflect upon a CO.
ordinate branch of the government"
Il am not rejecting upon the president, -
said Mr. Hartman, Il am rejecting upon
the sentiments which the president utters,
and l have right to do So"
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa., who was in
the chair, said that he did not feel called
upon to say whether the remarks came
within the rule, whereupon Mr. Miles
Dem., Md came to the support of the
president, but he was promptly overruled
Whereupon he appealed from the decision
of the chair, adding that Mr. Hartman
had taken liberty which had never been
countenanced IN the American congress
Detore. The chair, however, was sus-
tanned, and Mr.. Hartman proceeded.
ROTTEN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK.
Tn0cd
states and territories will not exceed
that found in the state of New York
where the president seems to think all
virtue reside. The per capita of wealth
OF the citizens of our state exceeds that
of any state in the union save one. Our
educational facilities are equal to those
OF any section of the union, and If some
of the patriotism of the people of the
west had been possessed by the preSi-
dent and his friends, the citizens of this
republic would not have been called IIUou
ITO witness the national humiliation of
hauling down the American flag at Homo
lulu, of begging the bankers of Wall
street and Great Britain to save us from
financial ruin, and under the behests of
the powers behind the throne, of deny
ing to the oppressed citizens Of Cuba
the recognition which the dictates Of hui
| mainly and common right demand ZAP
plauSe)
1T is true we do not get our patriot
ism from Wall street, where the presi-
dent gets his. (Laughter).
ut is true none of our citizens have
possessed that particular style of pat
riotism which would enable them to
| save by thrift and strict economy five
! times as much as their entire income
amounts to, and it is also true that the
patriotism Of these corrupt and unsafe
territories and undesirable states have
never vet been able to rise to that lofty
plane of supreme wisdom and virtue"
HARTMAN'S ABLE ALLY.
At this point Mr. Hartman's five min
utes expired and Mr. Grosvenor Rep.,
| Ohio undertook to help him out by the
parliamentary eXpedient of securing re-
cognition and yielding his time back to
Mr.. Hartman
81 think" said Mr.. Grosvenor, that
my friend from Montana overloOks one
very important fact. When we get on
our feet in deep religious frame Of
mind, it Is new field: then we are
ploughing in virgin soil as it were
Qaughter)
81 raise the noirt Of o-dc- that the
gentleman is out of ORDER broke in Mr.
SulZer, because the other day lie
(Grosvenor) said on this floor that he
had no religion. Qaughter.) Having no
religion himself, submit that he is in
competent TO discuss the question Of the
religion of any other man"
II newer said that I had no religion, .
replied Mr.. Grosvenor, but [ would
rather be without a very large rnodicum