Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
the senate in the case of Andrew
Jackson. Representative Townsend

the senate in the case or Andrew
Jackson. Representative Townsend
of Michigan declared that if the
members were seeking to preserve
their regulations before the country,
it could not be accomplished by the
resolution, which he opposed.
Honor rests with us" he exclaimed.
mo man." he said, "can blacken our
regulations; it lies wholly and en-
will command respect among the
people of the United States"
Following a short speech by Mr..
Driscoll of New York, defending the
president, Congressman Gardner OF
Massachusetts, sprung surprise by
offering an amendment striking out
the whole text of the report. Mr..
Perkins made point of order against
it which the speaker overruled. The
house was thrown into disorder
when Mr.. Gardner moved to postpone
the whole matter until Monday. In
stantly there were cries of mo, no,
no." The amendment was lost %
to 225. The roll was then called on
the adoption of the resolution, which
carried, 215 to 35. Those who voted
against it were: Messrs. Bennett,
New York; Campbell, Kansas; Chap
man, Illinois; Cooper. Wisconsin;
Cox, Indiana; Crumpacker, Indiana;
Davis, Minnesota; Douglass, Ohio;
Driscoll, New York; Foelket, New
York; French, Idaho; Guernsey,
Maine; Hayes, California; Henry,
Connecticut: Rowland, Ohio; Jenkins,
Wisconsin, Kinkaid, Nebraska; Kues-
termann, Wisconsin; Lands, Indiana;
Langley, Kentucky; Laming. Ohio;
Mclaughlin, Michigan; Madison, Kan
sas; Nelson, Wisconsin; Norris, Ne
braska Pray. Montana; Prince, Illi-
nois; Reeder, Kansas; Reynolds,
Pennsylvania; Slemp, Virginia;
Townsend, Michigan; Washburn,
Massachusetts; Wilson, Illinois.
Washington, Jan. 9-The house
was in session little less than an
hour. During that short period, how
ever, 500 pension bills were passed,
as was also a resolution for a rigid
inquiry into the whole question of the
of frauds against govern
ment. The sum of $4,000 was appro-
priated for the inquiry, which is to be
made by committee of five members
to be named by the speaker
Washington, Jan 1.-THE unprece-
dented spectacle of a senator of the
United States defending his honor
before his colleagues against an at
tack by the president was presented
today. Senator Benjamin r., Iniman
of South Carolina denied President
Roosevelt's charge that he had used
his official position for his private
benefit, or that he had made a false
statement to his fellow-members re-
garding western land transactions.
The tines of the "pitchfork" had been
sharpened anew and the recent on
slaught of the "big stick was re-
turned with the South Carolina sena-
tors old-time skill Mr.. Tillman ac-
cused the president of personal mall
ice, misrepresentation, Justification,
contempt of the senate, and violation
of the law in the use of the secret
service. Incidentally, he gave official
utterance to the charge he made in
formally Saturday that important
papers bearing on the case had been
stolen from his desk in his room at
the capitol, probably by some of the
secret-service sleuths.'' "The presi-
dent lives in a glass house with even
a glass floor in it. and should remem-
Der the old adage. He has exerted
all the power of government to de-
stroy me, but feel I stand unscathed.
because if all other arguments fail to
convince men, the character of recti-
tude, truthfulness and honesty which
L nave builded in 81 years of my life
would at least be my bulwark. Men
who have always been clean and hon
orable do not suddenly become liars
and hypocrites at 81 without anv ne
cesslty. Later on in this session if
Is my purpose to devote some time to
bringing Theodore Roosevelt face to
face with his true self and let the
people of the United States see what
character of man they have been so
bowed down to. Of late he
mas grown especially presumptuous
and pestilent barking at and biting
all alike, whether they be blame
worthy or innocent. None are free
from his attacks. He spares neither
the learned wit nor the gentle poet.
but rends and tears without regard of
person, reason or time
Representative Keifer of Ohio intro.
duced a bill authorizing the secretary
OF war to appoint a board of engineers
to- make a preliminary location and
survey and to prepare plans for a
ship canal connecting Lake Erie and