Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-20

merely to criticse them for their Of
fetal action in their legislative ca
pacity The president. he declared.
did not agree with the committee. but
surely, he said. he could not claim
the right to hold up tc public ridi-
cule, in a state paper, every member
whose views did not exactly accord
with his own. To-day" he continued
with calm deIiberation. "feur special
committees offer a resolution intended
to make clear the attitude of the
house toward the president when in
the exercise of constitutional priyi-
lege. he strayed from the path of
recommendation and just criticism
into the realm of personal abuse, sus.
picioa, and innuendo"
Representative Bennett of New York.
predicted that the action of the house
Oh the resolution would play no more
part in the record of Theodore Roose-
welt than did the rebuke of the house
to President Tyler or the action of
the senate In the case OF 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 rest with u.s." he exclaimed.
No man" he said, "can blacken our
regulations; it lies wholly and en-
tirely with us to make a record that
will command respect among the
people of the United States"
Following short speech by Mr..
Driscoll of New York, defending the
president Congressman Gardner of
Massachusetts sprung a surprise by
offering an amendment striking out
the whole text of the report. Mr..
Perkins made point of order against
1t which the speaker overruled. The
house was thrown into disorder
when Mr.. Gardner moved to postpone
the whole mater urtil 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; Crumpaeker, Indiana:
Davis, Minnesota; Douglas. Ohio;
Dris coll, 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, Hi
nols; 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
investigation of frauds against govern
ment. The sum of $4,000 was appro-
priated for the inquiry, which is to be
made by a committee of five members
to be named by the speaker.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE unprece-
denied 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. Tillman
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 ae-
eussd the president of personal mall
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contempt of the senate, and violation
of the law in the use of the secret
service. Incidentally. he gave official
utterance to the charge ne 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 sieuths." "1'he presi-
dent lives in a glass hor.se with even
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 stan unscathed.
because II all other arguments fail to
convince men. the character OF recti-
tude, truthfulness and honesty which
l have 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 any nc
cessity. Later on in this session It'll
: my purpose to devote some time TO
bringing Theodore Roosevelt face tol
face with his true self and let the
people of the United States see what
character os a man they have been sol
bowed do4n TO. OF late hel
has grown especially presumptuous
and uaS f1ent barking NJ au5 hfffDv