Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-08

washington, Jan. s.-The special
committee appointed to deal with the
presidents views regarding the secret
service, contained in his message to the
+ house last Monday. today brought In
Its final report. Accompanying it was a
resolution which declared 1T to be the
sense OF the house that 1t shall decline
to consider any communication from
any source which is not respectful and
recommending that the Objectionable
portion of the presidents annual mes
sage be laid on the table and that sim
tlar action be taken with respect to the
message Of last Monday because Of its
being unresponsive 10 the inquiry OF
the house 'tas to what the president
meant when he said, in referring to
the limitation placed upon the field of
operations of the secret service, that
'.the chief argument in favor of the
provision was that congressman did
not themselves wish TO be invests
gated"
Perkins Starts the Ball.
Chairman Perkins. Of New York.
rlade the report and Tawney, Of Min
nesota, Smith, of Iowa; Sherley, of
Kentucky. and Fitzgerald, of New
York, were prepared to follow him in
resenting the Instructions of the presi-
dent In the course OF his remarks Per-
kins said:
eff congress listens tamely and
timidly to reflections upon the char
acter of it's members and its hon
esty Of purpose, it will deserve and
will certainly receive the contempt
81, of the public. we, feel that the
suggestions in the presidents mes
sage, congress should refuse to
4 meekly receive and mildly to con-
sider."
ii House AAble te Interpret"
The committees report, after quot
i ting from the presidents message, re-
views the attitude OF the house as to
what it regards as a reflection on the
duty and integrity or its membership,
and its call ON the president for any
information that would justify the
language of his message or assist the
house in the duty of purging itself OF
corruption. It notes that the president,
/ dn his reply, denies that he had cast
reflections on the Integrity of the
house and attributes to the house en-
tire failure to understand the message
Continuing the report says:
"Whether the Rouse correctly
interpreted the meaning Of tho
worde used by tho president in his
annual message, will be judged ac-
eordina to accepted Interpretations
S Of ts,e English language. This
Il house, charged only with its re-
Il sponsibilty to the people and it's
II obligation to transmit unimPaired
to the future this representative
jnstievtions inheritsd from the past
4 and to preserve its own dignity,
must insist on it's own capacity 90
understand the import Of the pres
ident's language. We consider the
Il language Of the president unjusti-
fed and without basis in fact, and
4 that it constitutes. decrease of
tho privileges Of the house, there
fore be il
"ResoIved, that the house in the
exercise Of its constitutional pre-
rouativss declines to consider any
communication from any source
which is not in its; own judgmene
respectful; and be It further
5 aRssolved, that tho special ootr,-
\ n,ittee and the committee OF
!; the whole Of the house on
the state Of the union be dis
"a. charged from any consideration CT
90 much Of the presidents annual
q message as relates to the secret
! service and is above set forth,
! and that said portion Of the mos
Il SAGE be laid on the table; and be
I. il further
nResolved, that, the message Of
/, the president, sent to the house on
Jan. q, being unresponsive to the
inquiry Of the house and consti-
+ tutina an invasion Of tho privileges
Of this house by questioning the
motives and intelligence of the
members in the exercise Of their
constitutional rights and functions,
be laid on the table"
Severe Arraisnment by Tawney.
Tawney in presenting his views OF
the case declared nothing could' con-
tribute so much to the destruction OF
the republic as an s,ttternpt upon the
mart of one branch. of it to ,impeach
the honor and integrity of another
branch, however that attempted I'M
peachment may be sought. Arbitrary
,.-.A ura1,thorized use Of great power Of