The Washington times., 1904-04-09

voked, he said, by statesmen unless sue
cess is assured in kdvance.
In Cromwell's Time.
Shrinking into a mere shadow Of a
representative body" he characterized
the conditions covering the House of
Representatives. England and Crom-
well found it necessary TO disperse the
house Of commons by force" he de-
clared. But we are sunk so low that
soon we will not even merit the trouble
Of removal. Shall we be a great, grow
ing. and dominant force. or shall we
sink still lower and lOwer2'
The House gave him the closest atten-
tiOn, and several members Of the Sen
ate. attracted by the reports OF the i'm
preston he was making on the House,
came oveT from the other side OF the
He spoke Of the high character of the
members of the House, Of Its achieve
ments. its history and its traditions.
When 1 contemplate what has been
and may be- what is and what possibly
may come, II fOreShadOwS a condition,
he declared, which may well be de-
scribed as a tragedy, one of the saddest
in all h!stcr.-."
Plunge Into History.
He deplored the usurpations of the
power of the House by the Senate.
1T is not that we have the lack of
power" he shouted, lit is the lack Of
determination TO exercise that power
He described the House of Representa-
tives as ''the sanctuary of liberty" the
Speaker as its High Priest His
rhetorical flights moved both Democrats
and Republicans to continued applause
lie made excursions into British history
to show the usurpatiOn by the Executive
of the power Of the legislative there, and
the results Of those attempts.
Money by Interpretation"
English sovereigns, who could no
longer. raise money by taxation. raised
il as loans" and ''benevolences
Here" he said. referring again to the
Hitchcock order, we have the taking
OF poverty not by appropriation but by
interpretation
''Tke system of raising money by
loans and BeneVOlences was abolished
thundered. by the pusillanimous failure
of this Congress to do its duty TO
ltself?" Democratic applause interrupt
ed his remarks for fully half a minute.
Appeal to Electors.
Let us appeal to the judgment Of the
electors" ne said. If We don't use
this constitutional power TO protect the
purse, then this power will be seized by
others and used for our destruction
I'm here today to endeavor to unite the
House in OneRurpose. 10 make IL again
an important" body.
Let US declare 20 the world that IL
any attempts be made by executive of
dcers 10 change the limits Of the
United States without our consent. we
consider IL sufficient reason to refuse
appropriations for that purpose. If we
want TO assert ourselves over any de-
partment all we have to do is 20 restore
our confidence in ourselves"
Rules of House.
This led the speaker to a discussion
of the rules of the House, which. he
said framed to maintain the dignity
and the power Of the House are di-
rected yet not against the outside, but
against the members themselves
If we are not 10 be trusted" 4" was his
deduction, cheered by laughing Demo-
Gratis, I'VE ought to be abolished" "
His Time Extended.
He was just leading up to some re-
marks on the pOstOfnce scandals when
the Speaker interrupted him TO announce
that his time-one hour-had expired.
BY unanimous consent his time was
extended that he might finish his
speech. no further limit being set and
he returned TO further discussion of
the House rulcs-ridiculous rules, he
said rules that made for disorder and
not for order Again he devoted him
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