The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-03-04
Congressman Cook De-
nounces His Party Chief.
J0LTS "RATTLED MESSAGES"
Hopes Country viii Have No More
Of Such Executives - Smith Of
Iowa Bitterly Attacks Secret serv.
ice.

to-day sustained the committee on ap-
propriations in again reporting a pro
vision in the sundry civil appropria.
alton bill. restricting the operations OF
the secret service detectives of the
treasury department.
The president was scathingly de.
nounced by Mr.. Cook a Republican
of Colorado. while Mr.. Smith, a Re
publican of Iowa. a member of the
appropriations committee and one of
those named by the president in his
message of January I last as being
responsible for the secret service lin.
itation seemingly employed all the in.
vective at his command in an attack
on that service.
Calls Sleuths Common Liars.
He compared the secret service de.
tectives with common liars" de.
clared them TO be worthless and
pointed to the assassination of Presi
dent Mckinley as sample of the
watchfulness and capacity of those
men, one of whom he said stood at
the presidents side when he was
shot down and failed to observe the
approach of the assassin with his sup.
posedly bandaged hand in full view.
The discussion arose over an
amendment by Mr. Bennett of New
York striking out the provision limit.
ing the field of operations of the Sc
cret service A similar paragraph in
the last appropriation bill is what
gave rise to the presidents structures
upon members Of congress
Mr. Bennett entered a general de-
fense of the secret service detectives.
Assassination Of Mckinley.
Referring to the assassination of
President Mckinley, MIR. Smith said
The only president assassnated
since the secret service men We're de.
tailed to watch the president was
when President Mckinley was shot
down at Buffalo with a secret service
man by his side who was unable TO
observe the approaching murderer
with his bandaged hand That man
did not even capture the murderer"
Then with expression of bitterness
still on his countenance he slowly re-
marked: But It took man with
black skin TO capture the assassin"
Mr. Cook. in the course of his re-
marks, frequently referred to the
president in most uncomplimentary
phrase, as I'm the following
1T is unfortunate not only for
President Roosevelt but for the citi
gens of the republic that he has not a
legal mind and no equipoise of reas.
on, riding through and around the
arena Of political action, on his bron.
cho of arrogant, egotistical impulse
pretending to throw his lariat of exc.
cution at the heels and broad horns
of capital for the delectation of vot-
ing labor, and ending the scene with
the cunning catch OF a prairie wolf
or a gopher"
Compelled to Cease Attack.
So denunciatory of the president
was Mr.. Cook that he was denied the
privilege of continuing his remarks
after he had spoken few minutes
Referring to the attitude Of the
president in the matter of ferreting
out fraud Mr.. Cook declared that "in
all of this fuss and feathers of the
whole administration the president
and his plant attorney general have
not sent a single plutOcrat to the
penitentlary."
Such keen political Spectator
and political and financial strenuos-
ity," he added, has never been seen
before in this republic, and let us fer.
vently hope that his like shall never
be seen again. Look at the para.
graphs Of his ratified messages and
you will be startled to see and read
the insinuations and abusive phrases
against the legislative and judicial de
partments OF the government" He
declared that the liberty OF the people
was being gradually and secretly
stolen by sneaking executive en-.
croachments."
President Like Beef Trust.
President Roosevelt seems to think
that he alone Is the government and
that his ipse dixit must rule every
body, including the poor and friend
less black soldiers OF Brownsville
who were fnsulted, dismissed and de
graded without proof or trial by ex
ecutiVe order and without any war
rants of reason or law.
President Roosevelt runs the gov
ernment on the same principle thai
the beef trust runs its sausage fac
tory, from personal standpoint us
ing executive and judicial pork art
crude material Of his fantastic admin
tstration.
His veto messages are made from
the impulsive and ignorant informa
tion OF his cabinet clerks, and the
vacillating attorney general is a veal
legal reed Of the rough riders de
pendence. who even recently gave
false statement to the president upoI
the Joint resolution passed by con
gress. determining the question of tn,
boundary line between the states o
Colorado and Oklahoma and the ter
ritory of New Mexico"
On the vote being taken the amend