Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-01-15
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON

mild language heapsd GOALS OF firl
on his head for the structures inhu
endos and insulting language Of hi
annual message to Congress and i0
what the House calls "the evasivs
ness and Responsiveness Of wbai
they hoped woHld be an rpoloey OF
at least an explanation. The fact Il
that the President in purRing him
self Of contempt as the saying is, wa
II anything more oontemptuous than
in the original dose. There is talk
apparently serious of impeachmen,
proceedings and frequent referenct
| "a the iInpeachmont Of Andrew
johnson she only precedent In Amer
loan history. But the two cases are
utterly without parRllelism. Roose.
welt is still the most popular man in
the United States and probably
more popular today on account OF
this very incident than ne was eight
months ago when 1t took an itsrated
and reiterated announcement every
morning before breakfast TO prevent
the country from nominating him by
by force for third term. The. Pres.
identyhas not used the Secret Service
malprepense for the detection Of the
ingoings and outcomings Of Senators
and Members Of Congress but, as iS
we'll known, he has been after unde-
sirabls citizens whether they were
railroad presidents, trust mngnates,
or labor union boycotters and assas.
sins. II was through the activity Of
one Of the departments under him
that the land frauds of Senator Nit
chell Of Oregon were discovered and
that Mitchell was tried and con.
demned. The detective bureau re.
ceived no instructions to shadow
Tillman Of South Carolina and he
was not shadowed by Government
detectives of the detective bureau
but certain information regarding
his alleged speculation in Oregon
land grants were brought TO the at
teDtion of the President thru Govern
ment postofloe inspectors and at the
request of Senator Hale Of Maine.
The information regarding Senator
Tillman was sent direct to him. The
President and Senator Tillman have
not for long time been on spea king
terms and the senator has improved
every opportunity both In and out
OF the Senate to denounce and char.
acterize Mr. Roosevelt in language
that was nearer Billingsgate than
parliamentary.
The antipathy, or 1 might say,
enemity between the men has be.
come historic. II began two or three
years ago when after a fiat fight on
the Senate floor with Senator Mo
1aurin, the President failed to in.
vite Senator Tlllman to a White
House reception to which all of this
other Senators and members were
invited. Senator TillmRn IL a man
of uncultivated ability. and he is
we'll posted in national affairs, aud
especially in the affairs of the Senate
committees to which he is assigned.
de is, however, rough, uncoush,
and not precisely a representative of
that legendary flower Of chivalry,
Southern gentlemen. The present
administration, as IL is we'll known,
has been after rascaIs, undesirable
citizens, and whether they were
railroad presidents, senator's, or fail
birds, 1t has been the effort TO hunt
them down. The fate of Senator
Mitchell of Oregon in the land irand
cases is fresh in the memory OF
every reader. There was no reason
Why the administration should not
make en- effort to investigate ths al
legged relations OF rillman, or any
other Senator OF course. he has
denied any connection with the Ore
gon land frauds. Senator Mitchell,
alsp, denied on the floor of she Sen.
Ate with tears and with vocifsrous
assertions ofinnocence. Senator Nit
chell was condemned.