The San Francisco call., 1909-02-26
SOLONS RESTRICT
SECRET SERVICE
Overwhelming Vote Sustains
Provision Reducing Appropri-
alton for Federal SIeuths
President FIayed in VitriOIic
Address of Congressman
From Colorado

. WASHINGTON. Feb 25.-By an over
wheiming vote and without party dis
tnetion the house today sustained the
committee on appropriations in again
reporting a provision in the sundrv
civil appropriation bill restricting the
operations Of the secret service detec-
tives of the treasury department
Smith, republican, Iowa. member of
the appropriations committee and one
of those named by the president in
hrs message OF January as being re-
sPensible for the secret service lfmita-
:ti0n. seemingly employed all the in
-Eecti%e at. his command in an attack
on that service. He compared the Sc
.cret service detectives with common
HAIRS
=: ne discussion arose over an amend
ment offered by Bennett of New York
striking out the provision limiting the
5leld or operations on the secret service
a similar paragraph in the last appro-
lsrlatlon Oil is what gave rise to the
presidents criticism of congressman.
COOK FLAYs PRESIDENT
Cook. republican. Colorado. also dis
cussed the provision and referred TO the
president as follows:
" - r. Is unfortunate not only for Presi-
dent Roosevelt. but Tor the country,
that he has not a legal mind and no
: eQelpoise OF reason riding through and
around the arena OF political action. on
ms bronco OF arrogant, egotiStical i'm
pulse. pretending TO throw his lariat Of
sEecution at the heels and broad horns
OF capital. for the delectaticn of voting
labor, and ending the scene with the
cunning catch Of prairie wolf or q
; gopher
-. President. Roosevelt seems to think
that he is the government, and that
his ipse dixit must rule everybody.
lie runs the government on the same
principle that the beef trust runs a
= sausage factory-from a personal
standpoint. using executive and Ju-
dicisl pork to advance his fanatic ad-
ministration.
=" While Initiating Rienzi and Crom-
g. '~ell in fooling the people. he is prac-
: t:ring the hypocrisy and dictatorship of
! Cleon and Dionysius. and has built up
"a Roosevelt in the army, navy and civil
service, all for his personal and po-
and vanity. arrogance and imperial
= esotism.
,. iFLAES ATTORNEY GENERAL
His veto messages are made from
the impulsive and ignorant informs-
ton Of his cabinet clerks, and the vac
-: Hating attorney general is a weak
legal reed Of the Rough Riders de-
pendence, who even recently gave a
false statement to the president upon
the joint resolution passed by congress.
determining the question Of the bound
airy line between the states of Colorado
and Oklahoma and the territory of New
Mexico"
The amendment or Bennet was re-
5ected. Il TO l53.
So denuncfatory of the president was
Cook that he was denied the privilege
Of continuing his remarks after he had
spoken but a few minutes.
An amendment sppropristing $780, 600
for fish cultural station at Puget
sound was adopted without opposition.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee
was called TO order for spea king TO
Representative Humphrey OF Washing
ton in the second person. Humphrey
incurred the displeasure OF Gaines in
q discussion Of an amendment pro-
posing TO increase the appropriation of
$4,000 to enforce the game laws in
Alaska TO $4,000. The amendment
was adopted.
Penal Code Bill
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-A virtual
agreement has been reached by the
cOnferees OF the house and senate on
the penal code bill.
The senate conferees have accepted
into the code the Knox bill for the
regulation OF the interstate shipments
Of intoxicating liquors"
The Knox bill is TO be amended
however. by provision that shipper
commits an ofense only when he
knowingly" ships intoxicating liquors
which have not been properly marked.
The so called -Ku KluX" legislation
IS stricken from the code, according
10 the agreement
FaVors Reinstating Negroes
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-The bill
which provides for the reinstatement
OF negro officers and soldiers who were
discharged as a result of the shooting
ARRAY at Brownsville, Tex, Will be fa-
vorsbly reported by the house COM
rnittee on military affairs. a vote
was taken today BY the committee on
the bill and 10 members voted in the
Affirmative, while voted against the
measure
Subsidy Vote Monday
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-The house.
II was announced tonight, probably will
vote next Monday upon the senate
ocean mail subsidy bill, which today
was ordered reported favorably A
careful canvass OF the house is in prog
ress Not until the poll is completed
will the rules committee consider rule
for the vote on the bill.