Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-13

washington, Jan. 9.-After having
made him target all day for criticism
with here and there words of common
dation, the house last night, 212 TO 35,
rebuked the president by tabling so
much of his message as reflected on
the members of congress in connec-
ton with his recommendations re-
garding secret service detectives, and
also declaring it to be the sense of
the house that it shall decline to con
slider any communications from any
source which is not in its own judg-
ment respectful
With feelings of outraged dignity
and pride on the part of many of it's
members, the house gave itself up en-
tirely to the discussion of one of the
most momentous questions that ever
come before tits functions as a leg
isaative body-in contradiction to
those of the executive branch of the
government
AS has been forecasted, the report
of the special committee appointed to
deal with the language in the presi-
dents annual message and in his spe-
cial message of last Monday bear
ing on the secret service affecting
members of congress was submitted
and it was used a the basis for some
of the most earnest and vigorous
speeches ever heard in the historic
hn
to treat the subject otherwise than
seriously, although in the remarks
made, reference to the president. al
most invariably, were couched in
parliamentary language. Nor was the
president without his supporters.
In anticipation of the report, the eff
feet of which was to administer re-
Duke to the president, there was one
of the largest attendances of mem
bers of this session, while the gal
1eries at all times were filled to their
capacity To accommodate the
crowds, the doors opening into the
corridors were thrown open, and these
were choked with visitors. while
standing in line behind them were
hundreds of others There was not a
moment during the day that the dip
lomatic gallery was not fully occupied,
many foreign representatives being
compelled to sit on the steps of the
aisles. This was also true of the
presidents gallery, although no mem
Der of his immediate family were
present Neither was his son-in-law,
T ofn ;y,
his seat during any part of the day.
So great was the interest in the pro-
oeedings that many senators came
over to the house and. sat for several
hours.
Toward the close of the debate,
Congressman Gardner of Massachu-
sets, vainly endeavored to secure the
adoption of sub titute for the reso-
luton in the shape of an amendment
expressing confidence in the commit
tee on appropriations and then post
poning the whole matter until Mon
day. but he was overwhelmingly out
voted
Perkins Presents Resolutions.
Congressman Perkins presented the
resolutions, preceding their preSen-
tation with long speech, at the con-
clusion of which he said:
THE president in his message of
JAN denies that the paragraph of
the annual message casts reflections
on the integrity of the house: attrib-
utes to the house an entire failure to
understand my message; declares
that he has made no charges of cor
ruption against any members of the
house, and by implication states that
he has no proof of corruption on the
part of any member of this house.
whether the house in its resolu-
ton OF Dec. IL. 1908. correctly inter
preted the meaning of the words used
by the president in his annual mes
sage. or whether it misunderstood
that language as the president inn