Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-09

sary. in detecting frauds and effect
ing punlshments of the guilty. Tho
secret service OF the treasury depart
mont. he assorted. was an i%nsignii-
cant part of the governments dctec-
tive force and he mentioned postof-
llcc inspectors. revenue officers. spc-
cial agents and many others employ
ed IN secret work. He believed the
president had been mislnformed by
some one regarding the effect the leg
~islation would have In curtailing or
shutting off Investigations Of crimes
or suspected crimes. II was apparent,
however. he said. that 1t never had
been the policy 10 establish a central
police or spy system in the federal go,
eminent The president, he declared,
was "clamoring or at least actively At
work Go prevent what he believed
would be a great wrong
Mr.. Fitzgerald ridiculed the presi-
dent for saying hc contented himself
with communicating officially only
in the ordinary channels as through
the secretary of the treasury tIe
referred to the presidents many mes
sages To the present congress, "on
practically every conceivable public
question With the single exception of
the secret service division of the treas
ury department If, he said. the
president felt SO keenll about the
matter, 1t was unfortunate that his
official advisers were not in harmony
with him ana he spoke of the RECON-
mondation both OF Secretary Garfield
and Attorney General Bonapartc that
public service should be restricted.
In conclusion Mr.. Fitzgerald main.
tanned that the action of congress was
wise, proper ana crvditnhle" ana In
the interest cf good administration
the criminal CLASSES have received no
benefit. No wrong has been done;
there is none 10 remedy
Following a speech by Mr Driscoll,
Of New York. defending the president.
Air Gardner, of Massachusetts. sprung
a surprise 10y offering ass an amend
mcnt striking out the whole text of
the report and resolution as follows.
whereas. certain misunderstanding
has arisen as to a clause In the annual
message of the president. and
whereas, we believe a m%ialpprc-
hension exists ass to the action of cor
tain members Of the house mentioned
IN the presidents message of January
1, 1903.
RESOLVED, That The house has the
utmost confidence IN every member of
the committee on appropriations.
Mr.. Perkins made a point OF order
which che speaker %overrulod,
The house was thrown into disorder
when Mr.. Gardner moved to postpone
the whole matter until Monday at
O'Clock. Instantly there were cries OF
No. no., no
In the meantime Mr.. Gardner de-
manded the previous question on his
amendment. which was quickly fol-
lowed by Mr. Tawney demanding the
previous question on both the resolu.
tons and che amendment. Tho house
got into a parliamentary tangle which
the speaker Strengthened out by de-
Gliding that Mr. "Tawney's motion took
precedence. This had the effect OF
shutting Off debate
On a viva voce vote the previous
question was ordered The voto then
recurring on the amendment, It was
lost. - to 225.
The yeas and nays being refused on
the request OF Mr.. Gardner, he moved
to adjourn.
Mr.. Williams insisted that the mo-
ton was dilatory, w%horeupon the
speaker left the question to Mr.. Card
ner for a decision. Mr.. Gardner con-
fesscd that such was the case and
II his motion.
A storm OF laughter swept over the
chamber when Mr.. Williams, adj
dressing the speaker, said:
Doesn't the chair agree with me
that it Is beautiful 10 see The rules
applied to a republican member"
$50 far as the chair is concerned, -
responded the speaker, smiling, The
hopes that the rulos, like the grace of
God, operate evenly"
The ron, by unanimous consent,
then was called on the adoption of
the resolution. which was carried by a
vote of 212 to 80.
Those voting against the resolution
were: Bennett. OF New YORK; Camp