The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-09
HIS BITTER ATTACK
Johnson Of California Creates a Sen
satlOn in the House.
Mr.. COOPER ANSWERS HIM
Hearst OF the Examiner" Is Sc
verely scored by One Man
and Patted on the Back
by Another.

| Washington, Jan. S.-The house re-
sumed the debate on the Pacific rail-
road funding bill. Patterson Of Ten
nessce opened the debate In favor of
the measure. Harrison, democrat.
/ Boatner democrat. and Swanson, dem
Ocrat, followed In opposition To the bill.
Johnson OF California spoke In favor OF
the bin In the course of which he Sc
verely scored Mayor Sutru and Editor
Hearst of san Francisco. He detailed
/ Mr.. Hearst's connection with the san
Francisco Examiner and how he had
built up that paper, and said that the
/ people Of California admired IL. Then
he made insinuations and allegations
against Mr.. Hearsts personal habits.
but added that the people believed he
was honest. This was followed by more
sensational charges and vituperative
language. And that is the man." he
I said. that has created all this furorc
In California" He said that MIR. Hearst
: had inundated the people and created
terrorism among them with his paper.
The parer had made caricaturcs of the
house. the chairman of the commiyee.
Z Mr.. Powers. and the honored speaker.
/ II will not speak for myself" he said.
because | can get reasonably even
with this man before | get through"
He said that Mr.. Hearst had Issued the
cdict that any man who dared favor
the funding bill shall be driven from
public life and ruined In private life.
and shall be disgraced before The pco-
pie and the gods" when Mr.. Johnson
concluded his speech. there was omi-
nous silence ON the fioor.
Air. Arnold of Pennsylvania made a
brief speech for the measure. but the
] hHfsar. NTa at m with hp
tion created by the California orator.
When MIR. Arnold finished, Mr.. Cooper.
republican of Wisconsin, one OF the
strongest foes Of the Pacific bill, now
/ az i'm the past. took the iioOr About
the first word spoken from his lips In
tensified the situation. In view of
what has been said by the gentleman
/ from California" he said, I'm view of
| the exhibition which we saw here-as
] think the most disgraceful known In
the annals of the history OF the house
| the attacking OF u man absent from
this place I'm n manner known only To
cowards-bla ckening his name. running
I II az II were i'm the power of the gentle
man from California To ruin anybody
who has ever had any reputation ut
ALL. 10 the best of his ABILITY feel 1t
proper for me 10 say at least u Few
I words"
MIR. Cooper then paid IA high tribute
7 to MIR. Hearst, and the hard work he
had done To build up his paper and de-
clared that he did not think that any
thing he had done entitled a member
/ To attack him. as the gentleman from
California had done. Mr.. Cooper turned
to Mr. johnson and said. Let the
CALLED jade vince. The gentleman was
In "a republican district. lie boldly
championed the funding bill and he is
buried under a majority OF 5000. The
gentleman from New York whom he
So UNANIMOUSLY and wtlfully maligncd IL
not the one responsible for his defeat.
II is the knowledge that the people of
l 'he state of California believe that the
power OF the Southern Pacific COM
pany, which the gentleman from Cali
fornia presumes to he championing here
ON the floor In the face OF the people,
has been used 10 their detriment. They
know of the manner In which the cor
poration has for years past treated the
| people OF that state. The people Of
California have been treated more
shamefully by this corporation than
| any commonwealth In the history OF
the United States has been treated by
any other corporation, either railroad
or otherwise. They have destroyed or
crjrplcd enterprises. they have destroy
ed The business of individuals. they
have dictated To- the merchants how
they should conduct their business. i'm
| messed b,rdshIus uuon farmers. business
men. merchants dry goods men. lum-
ber men. merchants in every class of
business and mad. 10 feel their heavy
hand ali those who undertook To shin
their freight IN opposition 10 this com.
I many The republiran PARTY repudIated
H., funding bilI Wbyp Becaus. they
AN rnt want In aid m. tyranny of tho
sou,barn PACIFIC over the taxpayers OF
| caIifornl,"
80 cnnner tbeu calmed down and
prnceeded with his arguments.
rhro,,rhout his reply to Mr.. johnson,
,ha later sat ouiotiy in his seat at The
rs..,r ~ IN. hall Ue made no response
rho sensational incident growing out
of Mr. Johnson'n attack also drowned
I mt in the debate MIR Arnold. re-
nuhlican az pennsylvanIa. followed in
? favor M tho hin and Nessrs Parker.
I r.nuhlicap of Ncv. Jersey RcII popu-
IIst m Colorado. and sbafroth republi-
can ~ Colorado against IL. Mr.. Hen
hurn renublicnn of Iowa. supportad
the measure IN an extended argument
as ,be only solutIon Of the probl.m at
tbis iuncture He argued that the roy-
.rnment ownership Of railroads was
hound nm In the defeat OF the pendIng
h5II That was why its opponents were
insistent This was 10 be made the en-