Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Discussion in House Over Limiting Field OF
Operations of the Secret Service
MOST UNCOMPLIMENTARY LANGUAGE
By Republican from CoIorado-Said President has No
Equipoise of Reason,and that He Rides Through the
Arena of Political Action His Broncho of Arrogant
Eaotistical ImpuIse-HaIt Called on Cooks Remarks

Mr.. Cook Denied the Privilege of Con-
tinuing His Remarks.
Mr. Cook (republican) Of Colorado,
also discussed the provisions with
much freedom of speech and frequent
" referred to the president in most
uncomplimentary language, as in the
following:
1T is unfortunate not only for Pres
ident Roosevelt but for the citizens of
the republic that he has not a legal
mind and no equipoiss of reason, riding
through and around the arena of polit-
ical action, on his broncho Of arrogant,
egotistical impulse, pretending to
throw his lariat of execution at the
heels of broadhorns of capital, for the
delectation of voting labor, and ending
the scene with the cunning catch of
prairie wolf or a gopher"
SO denunciGtory of the president was
Mr.. Cook that he was denied the priv
nege of continuing his remarks after
he had spoken but a few minutes. In
the main he was addressing himself TO
the work Of the secret service agents
In Colorado in a certain alleged land
fraud case, one Of whom, he stated,
was a horse thief. The case, he said,
had come to the United States supreme
court and was unanimously decided in
favor Of the defendants.
Referring 10 the attitude of the
president in the matter Of ferreting out
fraud. Mr.. Cook declared that lin all
Of this fuss and feathers of the whole
administration the president and the
plant attorney general have not sent
a single plutocrat to the penitentiary."
He declared that the liberty Of Che
people was being gradually and Sc
cretly stolen by snealIing executive en-
croachments and even judicial de-
cisions where the freedom of speech
and Of the press are denied is a most
outrageous injustice to the toiling null
titude."
ReeseveIt Seems to Think That He
Alone is the Government.
in conclusion he said:
President Roosevelt seems to think
that he alone is the government and
that his tpse dixit must rule every
body, inc c'udtng the FoOr and friendlesS
black solCieTs Of Brownsville. who Were
insulted, dismissed and degraded with.
out proof or trial, by executive order,
and without any warrant Of reason or
law.
While initiating Rienzi and Crom- J
We'll in fooling the people, he Is praeN
ticing the hypocricy and Dictatorship
Of Cleon and Dionysius and has built
up a Roosevelt ring in the army, navy
and civil service all for his personal
and political glory, supreme in his i'm
pudence, vanity, arrogance and impe-
rial egotism.
His veto messages are made from
the impulsive and ignorant informa-
tior Of his cabinet clerks and the vac
illating attorney general is a week
legal reed Of the Rough Riders de-
pendence, who even recently gave a
false statement to the president upon
the joint resolution passed by congress
determining the question of the bonn
dary line between the states of Col
orado and Oklahoma and the territory
of New Mexico"
Mr.. 5ennett's Amendment Rejected.
After a defense Of the secret service
by Mr.. Driscoll of New York, Mr.. Taw-
ney Of Minnesota attacked Chief Wilkic
and accused him of standing practical
ly alone in the campaign against con-
grass restricting his activities.
On the vote being taken. the amend
ment Of Mr.. Bennett was rejected. Al to
153.