Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-01-09
HOUSE TABLES MESSAGES
Congressman Decline to Consider Sc
cret Service Communication.
COMMITTEE REPORT IS READ
Chairman Perkins Declares Presi-
dents words Coqstitute Breach
of ofPrtvIIeEes of House and
should Not BE Received.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S-After having
made him the target all day for criticism,
with here and there words of commenda-
ton, the house of representatives tonight,
by vote Of 212 to 35, rebuked the presi-
dent by tabling so much of his massage as
reflected on members of congress In con-
nection with his recommendations regarding
tho secret service detectives and also de-
claring It to be the sense of the house that
they shall decline to consider any communl-
cations from any source which is not in its
| own judgment respectful
With feelings of outraged dignity and
| pride on the part of many OF it's members,
| the house today gave itself UP entirely to
| a discussion OF one of the most momentous
question that ever came before tits func-
tions as a legislative body-in contradistnc-
| ton to those of the executive branch of the
| government.
| AS had been forecasted. the report of the
| special committee appointed to deal with
he language in the presidents annual mes
| sage and In his special message Of last
Monday bearing on the secret service af-
fecting members of congress- was sumbitted
| and is used as the basis for some of the
most earnest and Vigorous speeches ever
heard in the historic chamber. The house
was in no mood to treat the subject other
| wise than seriously, although in the re-
marks which were made the references to
the president alomst invariably were
couched in parliamentary language. Nor
was the president without his supporters
Floor and Galleries Crowded.
In anticipation of the report the effect
of which was to administer a rebuke tc
the president there was one of the largest
attendances Of members of this session
while the galleries at al ltimes were filled
> to their capacity. To accommodate the
t crowd, the doors opening into the corridors
were thrown open and these were choke6
! with persons, while standing IN line behind
/ them were hundreds OF others. There wa;
not a moment during the day that th'
2 gallery was not fully occupied many OF
) the foreign representatives being com
PEELED to sit on the steps OF the aisles. Thli
) also was true Of the presidents gallery
I although no member of his immediate fam
: ily was present. Neither was his son-n
5 law, Representative Longworth Of Ohio
in his seat during any part o fthe day
So great was the interest in the proceed
: ings that many senators came over TO tn,
e house and sat for several hours.
Toward the close OF the debate. Mr.
I Gardner endeavored to secure the adoption
e or substitute for the resolution in tn,
: shape Of an amendment expressing conf
/ dence in the committee on appropriation
and then the postponement OF the who'll
matter until Monday. but he was over
whelmingly outovted.
Committee Brings In Report.
Having given consideration to the presl
dents further Views regarding the secre
service, contained in his message to tn
house OF representatives last Monday, tn
special committee appointed to deal wit
= the subject today brought in its fins
!, report.
Accompanying IL was a resolution whic
y declared It to be the sense OF the hous
! that II shall decline to consider any com
s munication from any source which is NO
! respectful. recommending that the objec
tionsble portions OF the message be lsi
5 on the table and that similar action b
= taken with respect TO the message Of las
e Monday, because OF It's being 'unresponsiv
!, 10 the inquiry OF the house" as 10 whs
Y the president meant when he said. ''referIin
3 to the Limitation placed upon the field q
: operations OF the secret service that n
q chief argument In favor Of the provlslo
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