The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-26
REPUBLICANS
LAMBASTE THE
PARTY'S CHIEF
Smith of Iowa and Cook of
Colorado Finally ex-
pIode With Wrath.
PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR
REFUSED THE LATTER
EXPERT OPINION ON ACTIONS OF
PRESIDENT DURING HIS
TERM OF OFFICE.

Washington, Feb. 25.-During the
consideration of the sundry civil bill in
the house today, Mr.. Benefits amend
ment striking out the provision limit
ing the field of operations of the secret
service was rejected by a vote of Al to
153.
VitrIolic denunciation az the secret
service of the treasury department was
uttered by Mr. Smith (Repubhcan) of
Iowa during the consideration of the
bill. He Iikened the secret service men
TO common liars" and charged that
they were unable to unearth gigantic
land frauds recently discovered by the
secretary of the interior. He said Nc
Kinley was shot down at Buffalo while
a secret service detective stood at his
side unable to take notice of the ap-
preaching murderer. He said further,
that that secret service man did not
even capture the murderer, but that it
took man with a black skin to do so.
Benefits Amendment.
The discussion arose over an amend
ment by Mr.. Bennett of New York,
striking out the provision limiting the
field of operations of the secret service.
A similar paragraph in the last appro-
priation bill is what gave rise to the
presidents criticism Of congressman.
Mr.. Bennett strongly defended the Sc
cret service detectives.
Mr.. Smith replied that one Of the
requisites of detective was that he
should be a common liar"
Respectable men, he said, would take
places as postoffice inspectors and spe-
ciaI agents of the interior department,
even though occasionally they might
have to do some detective work, but, he
asserted, the idea that some three or
four dollar-a-ddy man who is willing to
be a common detective can familiarize
himself with all the laws and therefore
become more useful than specialist is
simSly absurd"
since the secret service men were de-
tailed 80 watch the president" said Mr.
Smith, was when President Mckinley
was shot down at Buffalo. with a secret
service man by his side, who was IN
able to observe the approaching muir
derer with his bandageG hand. That
man did not eve1 capture the murder
err"
Floor Taken by Mr.. Cook.
Mr.. Cook, Republican, Colorado, also
discussed the provision. and referred to
the0T PRESIDENT as follows;
III is unfortunate, not only for Pres
ident Roosevelt, but for the country,
that he has not legal mind and no
equipoise of reason, riding through and
around the arena Of political action, on
his broncho of arrogant, egbtistical i'm
pulse, pretending to throw his lariat of
execution at the heels and broad horns
of capital, for the delectatiOn of voting
labor. and ending the scene with the
cunning catch of a prairie wolf or a
gopher"
So denunciatory of the president was
Mr. Cook that he was denied the privi-
lege of continuing his remarks after he
had spoken but few minutes. In the
main, he was addressing himself to the
work of the secret service agents in
Colorado in a certain alleged land fraud
case, one of whom, he stated, was a
hoTsethief. The case, he said, had come
to the United States supreme court and
was unanimously decided in favor of
the defendants.
No "PIutes" Sent to Prison.
Mr.. Cook declared that ain all of this
fuss and feathers of the whole admins
tration, the president and his plant at
torney general have not sent a single
plutocrat TO the penitentiary."
"Such a keen political Spectator and
political and financial strenuosity." he
, said, mas never been seen before in this
republic, and let us fervently hope that
his like shall never be seen again. Look
at the paragraphs of his ratified mes
sages and you will be startled to see
and read the insinuations and abusive
phrases against the legislative and jul
dicial departments of the government -
president Roosevelt seems to think
that he is the government and that his
ipse dixit must rule everybody. He
runs the government on the same prin-
ciple that the beef trust runs a sausage
factory, from a personal standpoint,
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