The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-09

-,--.,irrton. Jan. S.-HaVlng given
.ss,r,ti7n to the presidents further
. BOARDING the secret service, con-
80 in his message to the house of
..,rs.entatlves last Monday. the spe-
n committee appointed to deal with
y. snbiect today brought in its final
ABORT ua.o,,,t;on
an declared it to be the sense of the
49, tbat il shall decline to consider
~. communication from any source
-ti.b is not respectful. recommending
~ tho Objectionable portion of the
u--si5snt's annual message be laid on
r tabIe and that similar action be
,atsn with respect to the message of
'ast Monday, because of its being ''un-
--soonsive to the inquiry of the house"
= n What the president meant when
II said. referring to the limitation
-l.esd upoR the field of operations of
y. secret service. that the chief 'ar-
srmsnt i'm favor OF the provision was
,sst the congressman did not them
elves wish 10 be investigated
Bio Jam of Spectators.
when Chairman Perkins of New
vo-F NJ the special committee, arose
=, make his report. he faced an almost
I'M membership. while the galleries
rsre hacked with interested spectators.
potb the executive and diplomatic gal
cries. usually deserted, were filed.
Their eccupants. some of whom were
compelled to sit in the aisles, displayed
the kaenest interest in the proceedings
Il was not observed that any member
If the presidents immediate family
was present. The corridors were dense
" crowded. the doOrways were jammed
snd long lines Of people waited for an
opportunity to get even a view into the
chamber
Messrs. Tawuey, Smith of Iowa, Sher-
ley and Fitzgerald were on the floor pre-
pared by word Of mouth to resent what
they deemed to be the insinuations of
the president upon them as members of
the committee on appropriations. They
were not alone in their indignation. In
deed. for some time past the feelings of
the members had been growing more
and more intense, and some of them
have been giving way to their senti-
ments in language which fully testified
TO their wounded pride
Address Of Mr.. Perkins.
Mr. Perkins addressed the house as
follows;
TO YOUR committee were referred
certain passages contained in the an
nual message Of the president We
were to decide whether, in our opinion,
hose portions Of the message were
cOuched I'm such form that a proper re-
gard for the dignity of a great Iegisla-
tive body should forbid their reception.
We are Of the opinion that some por-
tons Of the message do constitute a
breach Of the privileges of this house.
and that, therefore, following the prece-
dent set in similar cases, the house
should decline to consider them.
With the merits of the question with
reference to the use of the secret serv-
Ice men, this committee has nothing to
%. We fully recognize the right of the
PRESIDENT to express his disapprovaI of
egiSlation adopted by the congress. to
point out its defects and to ask that
hey be remedied.
The question will doubtless be con-
sdered by congress. and such action
taken as may seem TO be in the public
interest.
Duty of the Committee.
But your committee has to consider
'le criticism made by the president
upon the motives of congress in its &C
u'h last session. TO consider his sugges-
IONS as to future legislation. and to re-
IFV whether congress with proper self
aspect can receive them. 1t is stated
h NE message that the chief argument
y Iavor Of the provision was that the
VHsIeSSmen did not themselves wish to
Investigated by secret service men,
e-a This is repeated in the annual mes
Sc II this was the chief argument,
must have been by this argument
,.s ule majority Of the members were
~ vote IN favor Of the offending pro-
IoH- Your committee is unable to
r .e IN this belief. In the arguments
~. ge house the gentleman from Ken
~ speaking i'm favor OF the amend
nv asked if it was intended that if
b-1-ioer OF congress was guilty of I'M
r.,iias conduct the department
so-s ~ oe warranted in investigating his
49, 0y secret service men. And
hs snueman from New York, Oppos-
L.. ue amendment, stated that we all
e., aS lawyers, that we were not
en- ollcess, that we were compOn-
tbs. -ielloers of the government, and
ssr,i. vas no one over US. Then the
'ah from Kentucky said, not