The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-09
WRANCLED ALL DAY
OVER THE REPORT
Concluded From First Page.)

: ercise of constitutional privilege, h
strayed from the path OF recommen
lation and just criticism into tn,
. realm of personal abuse, suspicion
ana innuendo" :
Laughed at Messages.
An interruption OF the debate oc
CURED as DENLY concluded when the
doCrkeeper announced a message
from the presidnet. The house burst
INTO laughter and Speaker Cannon
lcould not restore order for a fall min
lutte to recognize Assistant Secretary
Latta. For minute after the re.
cei6t of the messages, for there were
three Of them, the house seemed
stunned. The debate was resumed
when it was learned that all the
communications related to routine
matters. Representative Bennett, OF
| New York, predicted that the action
II the house on the resolution would
2lay no more "art n The record OF
Theodore Roosevelt ,nan did the re-
0pke Of the house To President Tyler
or the action Of the senate in the
ase of Andrew JacTson He pointed
Iut that no longer than two years ago
lie committee of the house had In.
serted in the Burleson bill to punish
he giving away prematurely OF inlor
nation concerning crop statistics,
elanse making it applicable to con
gressmen, and yet the house hal
aiken no offense ct the suggestion
that there might be criminals among
sorgrcssmen.
Bennett For President.
Addressing himself to Perkins,
Rennet declared that his colleague
lid not do the president exact Justice
in stating that the meaning of his
words was that the majority of the
Cuse were controlled by motives
which We're or which might be cor
upt. He was wiscussing the presi.
tents language i'm connection with
he debate which occurred when
eg'slation was up last year whom
10 was interrupted by Fitzgerald.
Then said Fitzgerald, the only
thel inference from that drawn by
ne horse wuold be that the house,
aung confidence in this committee,
n the opinion of the president its
Cutidence was betrayed by the com
nittae and particularly by the per.
ions named in his message as re.
5pcnsible for the action of the
lCrse."
MY colleague" replied Bennett.
Is illustrating the difficulty Of put.
ing plain meaning on the language {
T others He denied that such was
ne inference to he drawn
The value Of the secret service in
ffectug punishments for crime and {
'ther violations OF the law. was point q
out by Benz l. who cited a mum D
Der of instances where. he said &
leoyy fines had been imposed. Ben.
let said the presidents recommenda-
ion should be carefully considered r
leiCre the provision criticised was n
ecracted. z
Republicans Responsible. r
i hold no brief" he declared Tor I
be president OF the United States a
IS far as | know he was asked for 3
o help. no quarter Endowed b. q
rc'idence with felicity and facility
{ expression be Is at an times cap. r
BE OF being his own defender"
tpnet admonisbel the house that 8
ny action on the resolution Will be
n the responsibility OF the Republi-
ans.
II the conclusions you have q
aacked, interrupted Ollie James of "A
chtucky are that ;le Republicans n
re- responsible for the legislation in d
lic house. then If any aspersi0n. b. b
10 president was east on c0ngr IS r
= any OF its acts. il would fall on If
Iur side AMI not ours" Al
Bennett replied that be already had A.
ken pleasure in ma:ntaing - posi- fc
or that the president intended no II
,re rsion On the house. either on the n
ejofity or the minority He re- al
lied some Of the remarks directed IA
the president by the members 81 rc
- house and its sessions. ami said n
ley should b. taken into account
fore administering a rebuke 10 the N
.ecutive
Decline to Be RebUked.
are We not rather declining 20 re-
i've a rebuke from the president y,
quired Williams Of Mississippi viii :.
NJ basis. and We are not denying a
. official right 10 scoid the REPRE- -
natives Of the people ~
Bennets only retort was that rs !,
1uisitor could find his answer in n
q newspapers Of today Represen W
tive Weeks a member Of tn Per. NJ
ns com nittee denied that tie ~
esident had aHs right % question y,
2 motives Of the members n
Townsend. 81 Michigan. declared IA
AZ u the members were seeking TO IN
cserve their regulations before the 70
Dntry. ii could not BE- accomplished fpN
the resolution. which be opposed. 81
0uOr rests xith US he exclaimed. d