New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-28
SET THE DEMO-POPS ~ A FLCTTFR.
sCANDALoUs CONDUCT. FROM THEIR POINT OF
VIEW. OF MR.. PEARSON.

scANDALous CONDUCT. FROM THEIR POINT OF
VIEW. OF Mr.. PEARSON.
Washington March Of (SpaciaD- Representative
Pearson Of North Carolina. was the innocent cause
OF a wild nuttering and loud screaming in the
Demo-Populist camp yesterday On Friday he de-
sired to obtain the floor for personal explanation
IN regard article which had appeared In The
Raleigh News and Observer" accusing him Of
viola ton Of the Thanking privilege. Tho House
was in Committee Of the Whole. and the Democrats
were nlibustering. and Mr.. Pearson, In order not
to consume time asked unanimous consent 10
have his explanation and certain publications rela;-
Ing thereto published in The Record" Unanimous
consent was granted. When Tine Record APP
pearcd yesterday tho Demo-Populists were Mortified
by the discovery that one OF the publications. re-
,errcd 10 by Mr. Pearson and inserted by him by
virtue OF the unanimous consent granted on the
preceding day vas A Washington dispatch which
appeared in The Tribune Of March %. under the
following caption:
Silver Cause Embarra sscd-Popullsts Not Enthu-
sas;ic in support OF Democrats Adyance in Prices
OF Farm Products Weakens the Falth OF Farmers
in the Silver Issue-Aa Important Table
Despte the fact that more than one-thlrd OF the
article consisted OF a comparative table OF prices
OF farm produces and certain other articles on July
10 1906 Uhe date OF william J. Bryan's nomination
for the Presidency, and March lO lS'S respective
IT, compiled from the market reports pHDi'sHcd III
The Omaha World-lIcrald," OF which Mt. Bryan
ia ono % the proprietore Il contained so many
wholesome truths which were urpaldtahIe 10 the
Dcmo-Populis;s and which they were ANXIOUS 10
suppress tina, they determined 10 have IL cNpuheen
from The Record" and Mr. Bailey made mo-
ton TO that effect. which he supported ID N'Sor-
Gus and dorid speech Mr.. Handy. OF Delaware,
also smoke in favor OF the motion Both o. them
insisted that Mr. Pearson had taken advantage OF
the unanimous consent granted TO nave puoHShcd
in The Record" partisan article from partisan
neyspaper" which was published the day following
lar 10 q
had been accused o. sending through the mails
undor his frank and which therefore. could not
have prompted the writing OF the letter. ho'h o.
them were careful to say that Mr.. Pearson had
exonera,ed himself from the accusation that ne
had been guilty OF violation Of the franhing
privilege but they bore heavily on the enoimity
o. the offence he committed when he caused TO be
REPRODUCED in The Record" an article from a
partisan newspaper. which Mr.. Handy called The
New-York Trybune
After Mesers Bailey and Handy had exhausted
their store of eoquence, Mr. Pearson quietly arose
and said that the article in question was one which
he had held In hts hand. and asked unanimous con-
sent 20 have published. He could have read II at
the time and then no quest IN could have been
raised Il could do so now, he continued ana
II would have to go into Tho Record but | VIII
refrain. and 10 guard against any suspicion that
7 desired TO violate the privilege Of tho House I'M
der cover Of unanimous consent to print some
thing which as 7 we'll aware. has sometimes
been done by members cf this House will sup
port the motion Of the gentleman from Texas"
Mr. Pearson added that he would rather sit in
the House with "a Democratic gentleman" as a coll
leaQue than with a - and then he was called
70 order Jerry Simpson. however. was not salts
fed and insisted that The sentence should be fn-
ished Mr. Pearson gratihed his desire and curl
osity by filing the blank with the words. Populist
trimmer"
Mr. Bailey's motion WAS adopted without d.
vision. The letter which led TO tho incident was
one which Mr.. Pearson addressed 10 each OF the
Popul!st Senators and Representatives IN Congress
and to certain other persons in North Carolina,
and read follows:
Dear SIR Am Informed that At a conference OF