The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-02-23
TURMOIL IN? THE HOUSE.
Representative Baker Scores President
for Sending Message Of Regret on
Sorgius Assassination.

j.. "A Washington dispatch says: The
/. lellse was thrown into a tumult Mon
lay by the assassination Of Grand.
Duke Sergius, the subject being;
brought up by Mr.. Baker of New
York. who: condemned the action Of
President Roosevelt in sending "a mes
sage .of, >condolenGe TO- Russia express
ing 3 the: sentiment that ithe, govern
ment and american people viewed the
act with abhorrnce,. The people. .:te
declared. did view with abhorrnce the
massacre in St. Petersburg on, January
%. but the president, he said, had not
seen fit to send a message Of condo
lence on That occasion. :, }
He was replied TO by MT. Grosvenor
of Ohio. who took the ground that
regardless of the character Of the
duke or the question of the right or
wrong OF Russia's policy toward her
subjects. the president in sending the
message he did had done exactly what
civilization recognized as his duty.
The climax came later in the day
when Mr.. Baker read q resolution on
the subject, which he subsequently in.
troduced. and which in effect was a
reiteration OF his remarks previously
made.
In an excited manner he. asserted
that he had been told that if he
introduced the resolution motion
would be made to expel him from the
house. Rushing down the aisle and
waving the resolution in his hand, he
deposited 1t in the box provided for
such measures. and defied any one to
make q motion to expel him.
Make it now" he shouted. "Expei!
Expel. Expel! /. tell you. introduce
your motion to expel." ... .......-
81 deny" he asserted yehemently.
that the American people are shocked
by the killing of Grand Duke sergius.
"The people," he insisted, "were,
however, shocked at the wanton mas
sacre on January o."
The killing Of SergIus, ne declared,
was but an incident in the effort the
Russian people were making to over
throw the tyranny that had oppressed
them.
''Do you wish it to go out to the
country" interjected Mr.. Thayer OF
Massachusetts. "that the American peo
ple sanction the killing of Grand Duke
Sergius?'
Mr.. Baker replied that the people
were shocked at the action Of a gov.
crnment that refused to take note OF
the murder of thousands OF its 1nd1-
viduais and :'yet pretends to be horri
fed at the loss of one human life"
Mr.. Bakers resolution follows: -,
"That while this house views with
horror the deliberate destruction OF
human life. at all times and under all
circumstances. yet it declares that rep
rehenslble as was the murder of Grand
Duke Sergius, it was no more wanton
than the massacre perpetrated by the
Russian government on January %
when thousands of unarmed men, wo-
men and children were butchered in
cold blood. and that. it regards the
murder of those helpless. unoffending
men, women and children as one of
the most dastardly crimes ever per-
pertated; that, in refusing to express
the horror of the people OF this coun.
try. at that fearful crime, while MOI
asserting that both the American gov
ernment and people view the kilting
of Grand Duke Sergius with abhor-
renee. the president has not and does
not voice the real sentiments Of the
people Of the United States" =;