The Penn's Grove record., 1908-12-25
HOUSE DEHsHDS EiDEHCE
Acti0G On Secret Sarvics Tasd
in Congress
OsIy one Vote Aeahs7t 3ggsasfRg
Facts Of President Roosevelt
Ih.e Resolutj,sa Adopte%

Washington, y witt only or@
Glssen" ,oics, that Of Represents
tive Howian1. OF Ohio, the House
passed a resolution requesting raj
chs President furnish any eaiderc5 N
his Possession showing that a me,nb r
CT Congress had been guilty OF such
ofheiai corruption Us w3u'5 ~
that portion Of his recent meSsa e
ferring 70 the Secret Ser Tica Z
resolution Is not g haiIies~ aGr ~
but Ia clothed III such lapgrss L.
TIE FRIENDS o9 the P~ost5 ~l be
House are certain shat bie Gro H'u
drawn ana Mat enc OF u,crs :
81 Congress may be elrA sssed
thereby. TIE preamble and cesoiu-
ton follow:
Whereas, There was contained In
the Sundry Civil APPROXIMATION bill.
which PASSED Congress At It's last SEE
sioa became Z idw a provision IA
Te1e- go 10 III aufpa3s uant If lhe
Gecfe5 Ser ga nc re Es
p%aFtuant; and.
Whereas, IN tnc iast 2aaHal mes
sage OF the President Of the United
States 10 the two houses Of Corercss
It waa stated ia reference 70 that
provision: 1T is not too nsucb t. say
that this amendment has been OF ben
eft only and could be cg benefit only,
to the criminal classes. And il was
further stated, The chief afgplacnt
in 1aFor IF the lewiston was that the
Congressman di4 4ot themselves wish
to be Investigated by Secret Service
men, and it was further stated: But,
If this is not considered desirable, a
special exception could be made in
the law, prohibiting the use of the
Secret Service force in investigating
members of Congress. 1t would be
far better to do this than to do what
actually was done, and strive to pre-
vent, or at least to hamper, effective
action against criminals by the execu-
tive branch of the Government and,
Whereas, The plain meaning of
the above words is that the majority
OF the Congressman were in fear of
being investigated by Secret Service
men, and that Congress as a whole
was actuated by that motive in enact
ing the provision in question; and,
Whereas, Your committee ap-
pointed to consider these statements
Of the President and report to the
House cannot find in the hearings be-
fore committees o in the records of
the House or Senate, any justification
Of this Impeachment of the honor and
integrity of the Congress; and,
Whereas, Your committee would
prefer. in order to make an intelli-
gent and comprehensive report, just
to the President as we'll as to the Con-
gress, to have all the information
which the President may have to COM
municate; therefore be it
rec IeSret-2d sTha5niiU 20 eno -ioesc
any evidence upon which he based his
statements that the chief argument
in favor of the provision was that the
Congressmen did not themselves wish
to be investigated by Secret Service
men, and also to transmit to the
House any evidence connecting any
member of the House of Representa-
tiyes of the Siytieth Congress with
corrupt action in his official capacity,
and to inform the House whether he
has instituted proceedings for the
punishment of any such individual by
the courts or has reported any sucn
alleged del~inquencies to the House
of Representatives"
Representatives Perkins and Will
Jams, members of the special commit
tee to investigate the Secret Service
allegations. explained the purpose OF
the resolution as soon as 1t had been
read by the clerk.
1.-THE object is" said Mr.. Williams,
'to give the President an opportunity
to show on what grounds he has made
his seemingly unprovoked attack
upon the honor, the honesty, and the
reputation of the legislative branch
of the Governments