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Show f them forth, undertakes to convey te J Impression that the fear of the secret service investigation of members of congress was the domiaant Idea la my mind." "I did not have in my mind at any time the fear of being Investigated by secret service men," continued Mr. Sherley. "In my Judgment there was not a member of thla house who vot-e" vot-e" out of fear of being Investigated by tho secret service. Tho President's Presi-dent's stigma is gratuitous and .without .with-out the shadow of an. excuse." HOUSE 'MAKES REPLY'TO TIE INSINUATIONS OF THE ' PRESIDENT Prominent Republican Congressmen Lead in Attack on Chief Magistrate and Offer Bifter Criticism Roars of Laughter When a Message Is Received from the White House Roosevelt Discourteously Treated house and, by Implication, states that he has no proof of corruption of any number o! thla house. "Whether tho house in its resolution resolu-tion of December 17, 1908, correctly interpreted the meaning of the word usii by tho President In his annual message or whether it misunderstood taut language, 03 the President Implies, Im-plies, will be judged now and in tho future according to tho accepted interpretations in-terpretations of tho English language. langu-age. This house, charged only with its responsibility to the people or the United States and its obligation to transmit, unimpaired to the future the icpresentatlve institutions inherited from the past and to preserve its cwn dignity, must Insist oh its own I capacity to understand tho import ol the Presidents language. We cou-; cou-; rider the language of the President i in his message of December 8, 11)S, unjustified and without basis of fact and that it constitutes a breach of tho privileges of the house; therefore, be lit .. ... Washington, Jan. 8. Having given consideration to the President's further fur-ther vlws regarding tho secret service, ser-vice, contained in his message to tao H'-ti'so of Representatives last Monday, the special committee appointed to deal with tlx1 subject today brougut in Us final report. Accompanying it was a resolution which declared it to be the sc-nso of . the house that it shall decline to con- ' 6ldfr any communication from any tource which is not respectful, recuin- , mending that the objectionable pr- 1 t.,n of the president's annual message ' bo laid on tho table and that similar ac- , tlo:i be taken with respect to the mea- . jagc of last Monday because of its be- j ing "unresponslvo to the inquiry' of I the house" as to what the President j meant when he said, referring to the ; limitation placed upon the field or ; operations of tho secret service, that , the chief "argument in favor of tho , provision was that the congressmen j did not themselves wish to bo Investi- gated." j When Chairman Perkins of New York, of the special committee, arose- j to make his report, he faced an almost . full membership while the galleries were packed with Interested spcta- ; tors. 1 Me?srs. Tawney, Smith or Towa. Fherly and Fitzgerald wen on tho floor prepared by word of mouth, to r- J hent what ther deemed to be the in- j f lnnatlnn of the President upon them us members of toe rommlttee n ap- j proprlatb.n. They were not alone in , their Indignation. Indeed, for some I time pat the feelings of the members j l.ad been growing more and more In- j tonne, and some of them have been plv- 1ng way to their sentiments In , language which fully testified to their wounded pride. ' Mt. Perkins addressed the house at , fullows: other men. must surely bo In fear of the law. If it were believed that a majority ma-jority of this body wcro in fear that their acts might be investigated and j taelr crime discovered, the respect of tho people which it Is important for the republic that congress should pus-resa. pus-resa. would bo Impaired, if not dc- . fctroyed. t "It i3 dangerous to the republic that ' a largo portion of our people should , have their confidence shaken in tho j Judges who Interpret the laws; equally I dangerous that their conQdenco should : be Impaired In those who enact the laws and it is for this reason that the duty evolves upon the law makers not to allow the integrity of their motives to be lightly questioned. We may bo j sure that no legislative body will be j respected by the people, unless it respects re-spects itself. We are Jealous of the honor of tho nation; we should be j equally Jealous of tho honor of our institutions. "Doubtless in tho congress are sometimes some-times found unfit and dishonest men. but I believe that, with few exceptions, the body is composed of men of integrity, in-tegrity, whoee vote Is determined not by fear of the police, but by an honest regard for the public service. If tho time should ever como when a major- lty of the chosen representatives of ; the American people were so unfit for their trust, that their votes were controlled con-trolled by a rraven fear of tho detection detec-tion of their crimes, then surely Ine, republic will have come upon evil days and the failure of popular government will bo demonstrated. "The people of this country have sent their representatives to the congress. con-gress. Many of them have for years been re-elected at tho polls or the legislatures. leg-islatures. We do not believe that popular government and universal suffrage suf-frage arv such lamentable failures that dishonest, cowardly or unOt men are chosen to continue in oilico. In thi matter we stand not only for ourselves but for those who sent us here. The Impeachment of those who are chosen is the Impeachment of those who choose. "Resolved, That the house in tne exercise of its constitutional prerogatives, preroga-tives, declines to consider any com-nunicatlon com-nunicatlon from any source which la not in its own judgment respectful; and. be it further "Resolved, That the special committee commit-tee and the committee of the whole house on the state o the union, be discharged from any consideration ot s much of the President's annual message as relates to the secret service ser-vice and is above set forth, and that the said portion of the message bo laid cm the table; and. be it further "Resolved. That the message of tho President, sent to the house, on January Janu-ary 4, 1909, being unresponsive to the inquiry' of the .house and constituting an -invasion of the privileges of thi house by questioning the motives and intelligence of members in the exercise exer-cise of their constitutional rights and functions, be laid on the table." j After Mr. Perkins had concluded j 1:1s speech on the secret service resolution resolu-tion he gave way toMr. Dcnby. who. in the course of his remarks, said that the President "had veered from the path of recommendation and just riti-; riti-; clsni Into the realm of personal abuse, speculation and innuendo.' i During the discussion. Secretary Latta appeared with a message from , the White House, and his appearance was greeted with roars of laughter, i The message proved to be of a routine rou-tine character and was not allowed to interrupt the proceedings for any length of time. "To your committee were referred ! certain" passages contained in the annual an-nual message of the President. Wo were to decide whether. In our opln- : l.n. thopp portions of the message; ( were couched In such form that a proper retard for the dignity of a I great legislative body Fhould forbid their reception. We "are of the opinion opin-ion that 5ome portions of the mepsajo , do constitute a breach of the privileges of this house and that, therefore, fol- lowing the precedent sot In f-lmllar cases, the house should decline to cn- . pldtT them. I "With the merits of the question with reference to the use of the- secret se-cret service men, this rommlttee baa nothing to do. We fully recognize "The President says that no one ; holds the dignity of tho congress of the United States in higher regard than he does. It would, therefore, be n thing to be deplored. If as a result of j any unfortunate Inadvertence of ; language, sav untoward combination : of words, expressions should remain in his message which might be inter- ' preted by the people as lessening tho dignity and thereby weakening the au- j thorlty of the congress. 1 Mr. Bennet of New York opposed the adoption of the Perkins resolution and declared that if the house should accept it. its action would have no more influence upou the character which hlstorv would give to President Roosevelt, than had the action of tha senate on President Tyler's record in . connection with his attitude toward j Andrew Jackson. Mr. Tawny receivefd an ovation as he arose to speak. Declaring that he could not sec how any other conclusion could be reached than the President dellber- ! aioly libeled the house, Mr. Sherley devoted his remarks principally to the President's references to him in his special message. He characterized characteriz-ed the action as a grave breach ot the privileges of the house, and thereby a grave injury to tho country and claimed that "nc response to the previous resolu- "II Is said In the message mat enm- j tnals should be prosecuted If tound j In the legislative branch of the gov- I ernment and with this we wholly , agree. But the President adds, 'It this Is not considered desirable, fpecial exception could be made In the law prohibiting the use of secr-.t j h.Tvlce officers in investigating mem- . hers of congress. In other words, it ! n suggested that we pa.s a law which , will facilitate the exposure of other I criminals but will protect ourselves If a majority of the congress bland I In favor of the exposure of their own misdeeds, they would be ready to vote for such a law, but such is not th? j cae, and against It we must protest. ! It congress listens tamely and timidly to reflections upon character of its members and its honesty of purpose. ' It will deserve and It will certainly j receive the contempt of tho public Wo feel that because of the puggestlons iu the President's message, the coa- j gross should refuse to merely receive j aud consider It. the rlcht of the President to express ' his disapproval of legislation adopted I by the congTeps, to point out Its de- fects and to ask that they be remedied. rem-edied. ; "The question will doubtless be con- ', vldrred by congress and such action taken as may seem to be In the public interest. I "But your committee has to consider th criticisms made by the President upon the motives of i-ongress in its action ac-tion lat Bcsislon to consider his sug-gentlons sug-gentlons as to future legislation and to report whether congress with proper prop-er telf respect can receive them. It is fluted in the message that the chief aricument In favor of tho provision was that the congressmen did not them-trlveg them-trlveg wish to be Investigated by o-crt o-crt service men, and thi3 Is repeated in the annual message. If this were tho chief argument. It muet have been by ihis argument that the majority of the members were k-d to vote In favor of the offending provision. Your com-mltto com-mltto l:i unable lo share in thin be- tion of the house could be accepted that did not contain a withdrawal of the offensive language objected to pud on apology therefore." "Instead of such a response, however," how-ever," continued Mr. Sherley, "tho I resident has declared that the language lang-uage used by him does not mean what it plainly says, and an effort Is mado to change the issue existing between tho house and the executive." He tsald that this iisue Is whether the executive was warranted in 1m-pnngnin 1m-pnngnin the motives of the house in enacting legislation that was believed by him to be unwise. "To attempt to answer such an is-Mie is-Mie by a disclaimer of any Intention to offend while repeating the offensive language, is tu add additional insult. ' : taid Mr. Sherley. He quoted that por- tion of the President's message which ' ;ald that "the chief argument In ta-j ta-j vor of the provision was that the congressmen con-gressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated by the secret service men." IK'I. in me arguments of the houae the gentlemen from Kentucky, speak-. Ing in favor r.f the amendment, asked if It was Intended that If a moraber of cngre&3 were guilty of unbecoming . conduct the department would be war- j ranted In Investigating his i-onduct by i recrct service men. And tho gentle-' man rn0 New York, opposing tho ' amendment, Mated that we all knew. ; as lawyers, that w were not federal i f!lcert; that we were component mom- ' 1ts of the government nhd there was ' no one over us. Then the gentleman from Kentucky eald, notwithstanding the views of the gentleman from New York, the private conduct of a member mem-ber of congress had once been investigated investi-gated by Feeret service men, but the gentleman from New York denied even this one and solitary Instance and stated the Investigation In the case cited had not been made by a mcmher f t the secret nervlce. but "by a police officer of Washington. "During I long centuries our En;- t lbh speaklng ancestors struggled aud ' bled that a representative govern- j ment might be established among English Eng-lish people. Our revolutionary ronv ; fathers, more than a century ago, i I tlruggled and bled that our govern- j I ment should be a representative gov- ernment; that the laws of tho Amen- I can people should be passed by th-? I n preventatives chosen by the Amerl-' can people. The congress or tne Unit cd States today exists as a result of J . ctDturles of struggle for popular gov- j j t-rrmenL Let every man who Is a , number of it vote on thla question in th; manner which xema to him mo.-t worthy of the traditions or which wi j are the heirs, or the Institutions o! which we are the protectors, and cf the people or whom we are the rep- i rcsf ntatlvW." ' As was the case when be Hrst spoko j on the question before the holidays, ' Mr. Perkins was frequently Interrupt-' Interrupt-' '--d by applause. I'pon the conclusion conclus-ion of his remarks h submitted th ' committee's report, which, after quot j , in'4 from tho PrVbident's message, j "How any person can carefully read the language I have just quoted and come to any olhor conclusion than that the pretident deliberately libeled fie house. I am unable to understand," i aid Mr. Sherley. "It being apparent that a stigma was placed upon the nemberMhlp of tho house, but tw-o answers wore open to the President. Firtit, to prove that the btlgma was ck served, or secondly, like a brave man. to withdraw the offensive language lang-uage and apologize to the house. The President has done neither." In dealing with the President's tll-ict tll-ict reference to him. Mr. Sherley i.ad from the Congressional Itecord the remarks he made In the debate , or. the much discussed limitation. H a.ialyzel hh remark and declared ! thai tho President "not only by eltm-j eltm-j Initio;', tmd subordinating several ot I i.y remarks, but nbo bv lnorlm; the I remarks of Mr. Bennett that called "Vr do not think that even the mort ' timorous of congressmen could have b"n induced by these arguments to vote In favor of the amendment f;oiu ' far that if he voted 'no' tho secret Her-vice Her-vice might rernt out M ocrot ln?. j "Nir dors It seem tuat fctaierw nti me.de In 1I01. even by a nowtpr r reporter, re-porter, are convincing rxld'.'nce in the mutive which actuated congressman In their votes in 1&0K. The Matcmenvi mad In .newspapers are iinetlniea . questioned even at the White House. , "Tho Matenirnt o-ntaln'Ml In the msnai;p that th rhkf argument In fa or of th- provlblcn wan tha' lh , congrobsnif ti i not t.imffdvcs wih tn be investigated, can hive bu; one meaning, it means thit ci.ngrej.4 voti-d for the measure frr.i an Improper Improp-er muMvo. Any cenfrrei-'-m-in whr.se voir can he d'-w-rnilned b.- uawllllne-neas uawllllne-neas to haw his own conduct invejtl K'ed bjbr-crit trvlce men, or by an was as iomows: "Understanding this language to bj a reflect lou on the integrity or ltn , membership and aware of its own con- I'ltutional duty as to its membership. ' tlie hous.'. la respectful terms, called ' ou the President for uny Information t!::-.t would j-j;tiry the language ot J lm message or aseit-t it in Its cousfi- , tutlonnl duty to purge the house ol j ihe liuplli-- charge of corruption. i "The President, In his metpace of , January 1. denied that the paragraph f the annual mefage ca;t3 rellec-tinnn rellec-tinnn on tho lnte-rlty of the bouse; aurib.ter. to the Poue 'an entire fa'!-ip fa'!-ip to understand my nies.io;' d.. rl.iros thnt h hr? made n,j ciuorr ' t crrpipth. j ;ica'm:.t any member el this |