The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-03
MORE RECORD ABUSE.

4 REMARKABLE INSTANCE Of the
II deliberate deception practiced By
some congressman in order to get cam
paign material into the Congressional
Record was received by The Herald last
week in the form of a speech alleged
TO have been delivered by Representa-
tive McCleary OF Minnesota The
speech is contained in a copy of the
Record issued some weeks after the adj
journment of congress. According to
this COPY, the house. in committee Of
the whole. was considering bin pro-
viding for a delegate in congress from
the territory of Alaska.
Now, the astonishing feature of Mr.
McCleary's remarks is that they do
not contain single word that could
by any wild stretch Of the Imagination
be construed as reference to the sub
ject under discussion By the committee
of the whole. Mr.. McCleary's speech
occupies thirty-seven pages of the Rec
ord. To get an idea of what this means
it is only necessary to state that, print
ed in ordinary type. that speech would
columns each in The Herald. That is,
it contains approximately 5000 words.
The average public speaker talks at
the rate OF less than 200 words a min
ute. But let US say that Mr.. McCieary
utters the full 200 words every sixty
seconds If he does IL would take him
3S5 minutes, or more than five and one
half hours. to actually deliver the
speech the Record would have US be-
lieve he delivered All this is by way
of preparing your mind for something
else. Just to show that the speech was
never delivered in congress. we quote
from the Congressional Record of
April - It says:
Mr.. Hamilton yield one minute to
the gentleman from Minnesota CMr-
McCleary).
(Mr. McCleary Of Minnesota ad-
dressed the committee. His remarks
viii appear hereafter.)
The context shows that at this time
the house was considering the Alaska
delegate bill. The Record containing
MI McCleary's alleged speech to the
Z
delivered il during the one minute
minute yielded to him by Mr.. Hamilton,
the leader Of the debate. Does anybody
believe that Mr.. McCleary uttered So
goo words in a single minute? Why.
then, is so bold a deception practced?
Because in no other way could Mr.. Nc
CIeary have slipped campaign docu-
E
tion among the voters.
The Minnesotan knew very well that
/ if he had asked leave to print such a
document in the Record. explaining
/ fully what it was, objection would have
been offered. The only way for him to
/ get it in was the way he did get it in.
1 Now hear what the speech contained
/ After some remarks by Mr.. McCIeary
/ on the subject of the tariff. the beau
ties of Republican protection and one
/ OF two other matters, he appended the
following:
/ A speech Of President Roosevelt at
| Minneapolis on the tariff: an essay on
! protection by the late Thomas 3. Reed,
an address by Secretary Shaw. two
/ SpSSNiASS ny AoAAllSA SECRETARY INpolB eA-
! tracts from speeches and books Of
/ Roosevelt and long series of replies
/ from so-calied leading Americans to
/ a request from the American Econom-
ist for statements as to why they were
/ protectionists.
| IF this isn't grave misconduct on the
part Of Mr.. NIcCIeary. il would be hard
to find a proper definition for his ac-
ton.