The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
SPEAKER REED; JERRY SIMPSON.
The Kansas Statesman Effectually Sat
Upon in the House Yesterday.


Washington, May 3.--In the house to-
day Mr.. Bailey of Texas presented a
resolution that the Nelson bankruptcy
bill recently passed by the senate be
taken up by the house on Monday, the
10th, and considered until disposed Of.
He asked unanimous consent for imme-
diate consideration of the resolution,
but Mr.. Brewster, rep, of New York,
objected.
Then Mr.. Simpson of Kansas rose to
question of personal privilege and
sent to the clerks desk, to be read, an
extract from the New York Mail and
Express accusing him of being an OBJ
structionist and predicting that he
would be pulverized under the speaker S
triphammer.
There was a stack of newspaper clip
pings on Mr.. Simpsons desk, which, It
appeared, he was determined to have
read, but Mr.. Dingley protested that
Mr.. Simpson had not raised any ques-
tion of privilege.
| Speaker Reed said that 1t would be
an unsatisfactory doctrine that men,
ber could consume the time of the
house with innumerable newspaper
clippings, and incidentally remarked
that it was evident that the newspaper
attacks do not impair the gentleman's
usefulness"
This comment seemed to anger the
| Kansan, who began to declare loudly
that he was not obstructing legislation,
and that he proposed to show who was
obstructing it,
Again Mr.. Dingley sought to cut him
off, and Mr.. Simpson characterized the
Maine leader as "one of the dependents
of plutocracy," who was Fastening to
defend the interests of his friends
Mr.. Reed warned the Kansan that he
could not defend himself by attacking
another, to which Mr.. Simpson replied
that he must defend himself, however
he could. He was proceeding to assert
that the speaker obstructed legislation
by refusing to appoint the committees,
when Mr. Reed threw down the gaunt-
let to him.
| "If the gentleman will present to the
house a proposition that the speaker
has been derelict in duty in not ap-
pointing the committees" said the
speaker, seeming for the first time this
session to be angered by Mr.. Simpsons
attack, cor if he will even put it in the
shape of a request that the chair ap-
point the committees and the house sus-
tains his contention, the chair will ap-
| point committees"
For moment challenge and retort
flew thick and fast between the speaker
and his opponent.
THE chair we'll knows that a single
objection will stop the resolution" yell
ed Mr.. Simpson.
"Wil the gentleman present the reso-
lution?" demanded Mr.. Reed.
| THE rule declares that the speaker
must appoint committees at the begin
ming of each congress" retorted Mr..
Simpson.
THE chair decides to have this mat
ter brought to a head,' replied Mr..
i Reed.
! 'It Is evident that if neither the gem
tlemen from Kansas nor any other gen.
tleman will present such a resolution,
the unanimous opinion of the house
sustains the speaker"
This passage continued hotly, the
irate populist charging upon the speak
er and Mr.. Reed punctuating his at
tack with the demand, "Will the gem
tleman present the resolution"
Finally, Mr.. Reed put 1t to the house
whether Mr.. Simpson had raised any
question of personal privilege. The
house decided by a vote of 81 to "a that
Mr. Simpson had not, whereupon the
| latter subsidized, but as he sank into his
seat he protested against the invoking
of brutal majority" The democrats
who followed Mr.. Bailey voted with the
republicans on this question In the
calm which followed Mr.. Dingley NOV
ed that when the house adjourn it be
until Thursday.