The Washington herald., 1909-01-09

Emphasizing bitterly its wounded feel
ings. the House Of Representatives yes
terdav rebuked the President in man
ner not heard OF IN Congress since the
times OF Andrew Jackson.
Prolonged applause. at times accom-
panied by hst-clsps upon the desks Of
members. greeted the speeches Of the Of
Tended Representative as they bitterly
denounced the President for his now
famous secret Service message. Time
and tine again the speakers were COM
PEELED to wait for the noise to cease IN
order that they might he heard.
After debate Of six and a half hours
the House by vote Of 212 70 IS ordered
tabled all the offensive paragraphs IN
the first message Of the President and
slso in his message of explanation.
Galleries Packed.
The galleries were packed 20 standing
room. and lines OF waiting persons and
would-be spectators jammed the corri-
dors when Representative Perkins. of
New York. Informed the House that the
special committee appointed to recon-
mend action on the message was ready
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Mr.. Perkins. IN the same deliberate
manner that marked HIS address on De-
cember 9. calling attention TO the mes
sage OF the President and recommend
ing the appointment Of. a committee to
investigate it and decide on what action
would be taken, told the House that
after careful and conscientious delibera-
ton and investigation his committee was
unable to find one instance in which the
President was justified IN making the
attack on Congress. He said the com
mittee was almost unanimous In It's be-
lief that the second message, sent by the
President in explanation Of his charge
that Secret Service duties were curtail-
ed because Congressman themselves were
afraid Of being investigated, was not re-
sponstve and was evasive. Therefore, he
said the committee recommended that all
parts OF both messages offensive to Con-
gress should be tabled
Representatives Tawney. Smith. DENLY.
sherley. and Fitzgerald sssailing the
President and Representatives Bennet
Of New York; Townsend. and Driscoil
then entered into one Of the fercest ora
torical battles ever waged or the floor
Of the House. The attacking forces
seemed to be in the majority. and at no
time were their lines broken OF seriously
hampered by the defense Of the President
scored the President.
Chairman Tawney. Of the Appropria-
tons Committee, declared the President
had deliberately rnisquoted him and had
made misstatements about his action IN
supporting the Secret Service amend
ment; Representative DENLY asserted the
language used by the President IN his
message was unfit for publication in a
national document; Representative Sher-
lev said the document was unfair, untrue,
unuanly. and Representative Smith, of
Iowa. vehemently stated that no more
packed bills would get by the Appro-
vriations Committee as long as he was a
member OF Congress.
The defense Of the President by Rep
resentatives Beunet, Townsend. and Dris-
coll was IN the form Of an appeal FOR
the Presidents big reforms. and a larger
force Of detectives. and contained few
statements relative to the oTense which
members OF Congress say was so clear in
the executive documents
The day was set aside by previous ar
rangement for the purpose OF making a
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