The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-15
ROASTS MIR. CLEVELAND COCHRAN OF MISSOURI VENTS
 HIS SPLEEN. --ltacked Sage of Princeton in House Demagogue Went for Roosevelt. Phillipine Bill Was Over
 whelmingly Adopted.

Washington, April 4.-The House of representatives today passed the Philip pine bill following which there was an extended debate over a resolution to per- mt Colonel Thomas w Symons of the Engineer Corps of the army to serve on the advisory board of consulting enei- neers in connection with internal i'm provements in the State of New York. After several fiery speeches had been made Tn opposition to the resolution it was adopted by an overwhelminR vote The general. deficiency bill was taken up and Mir. Hamilton CMich.) discussed icapital and labor while MT. Cochran (Mo. ! criticised the "usurpation of the legis- iatlve power by the executive" and said that former President Cleveland had giv- en the most notable instance of such usurpation in forcing his financial roli- cies on the people. MT. Cleveland. he de- clared, was man whose friendship meant destruction. whose touch meant paralysis and whose support meant dis honor. He declared MT. Cleveland had been put into exile never again to be reinstated in the confidence of the people.
 MT. Cochran (Mo.) in a speech on the usurpatton by the executive of the leRis- lative power, criticised the practice of A small coterie of members and Senators going to the White House and conferrinR with the President at his bidding on mat ters of legislation He said that 1t had become an uncondemned custom and that
 when, the leaders do this the destruction of this body as representative and de- Lucrative body Is complete"
 Mir. Cochran attacked ex-PresIdent Cleveland for forcing his financial poll cies on the country He said these poli- cies were at variance with those of the majority of the voters and Mir. Clcye- lands arbitrary way of doing things was a menace to constitutional government MT. Cleveland he said, was a man
 whose friendship means destruction. whose touching means paralysis and whose support means dishonor," and who had been exiled. never again to rein state himself in the confidence of his countrymen."
 Cochran on Cleveland.
 Now, that the country was returning to patriotism and sanity, he Cochran would commend to those in charge of the booms of certain men seeking the Demo- cratic nomination to bear in mind that one of the most circultous routes possi- ble or imaginable was a certificate of good character from MT. Cleveland, Hate Republican President of the United States
 In some remarks on the protective tar If MT. Baker (N. Y.) characterized Jo- seph Chamberlain as traitor to the cause of free trade" and said he had heen overwhelmingly repudiated by the people of England, beHause of his tarifE views. He then turned his attention to President Roosevelt and said the coun- try during the coming campaign was go- ing to know who paid for the twenty-five special trains in which he travelled and for the food, wines and cigars consumed The country. he said. also would ask if the President could accept these courte- sies and still do his duty towards bil's affecting the great railroad interests in the United States.
 The deficiency bill was laid aside and the conference report on the Indian ap- propriation bill was agreed to. At $40 D. m. the House adjourned until tomorrow.