The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-16
TWO KENTUCK|ANS
IN A WORDY WAR
Exchange Compliments
in the House.
WHEELER AND BERRY CLASH
GOVERNoRSHIP FIGHT BoBS UP
IN CONGRESS.
Goebelite and Anti Goebelite Take
Occasion to Denounce Each Other
During the Financial
Debate.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE closing
day of the general debate on the financial
bill proved to be one of exceptional inter
est At the outset sharp personal col
loquy occurred between Representatives
Wheeler and Berry of Kentucky both
Democrats, over the recent Kentucky
election and the charges growing out Of
it. Wheeler secured recognition TO ques-
ton statements made by Berry yesterday
as TO corruption in the recent Kentucky
campaign.
Il regret the necessity of having TO
wash our dirty linen of kentucky on the
floor of the House, said Wheeler. but l
do not propose that our people shall be
maligned and slandered without word
I of protest
Berry sat a few seats ahead of Wheeler
and the latter addressed himself person
ally to his colleague. Wheeler declared
that Berry represented neither Kentucky
nor her people and that the people of his
| district would speedily rebuke hun by re-
/ firing him 10 private life. The election or
+ Taylor he asserted, had been bought and
( paid FOR. with a railroad on one side and
/ the PLAIN people on the other. But
despite this, he said, Governor Goebel
r would vet be seated
/ Yes / use the word advisedly," pro-
ceeded Wheeler. referring 10 his character
/ iZation OF Goebei as Governor, for before
! the buds burst on any tree in Kentucky
he will be its chief executive and he Will
/ have routed that nefarious gang who won
I their certificate OF election by corruption,
/ fraud and rasCality.
! Wheeler closed by declaring emphatic
/ ally that Taylor had not been elected,
, that he had secured by irregular methods
a certificate of election; but when the
/ calcium light of the courts was turned
on this proceeding 1t would be William
I Goebel who would be seated in the eXecu-
tive chair.
Colonel Berry was quickly on his feet
as Wheeler closed and responded savage
ly personally and with much feeling. He
said the speech just heard was typical of
7 the intolerance OF that Kentucky element
/ which did not brook any freedom OF Opin-
ion He did not need the influence of the
| gentleman or his hackers. Four times
| he had been sent here and he would re-
| turn again. Shaking his finger at Wheeler
Berry exclaimed: You are Gringing at
the feet of GOeDel. and ! tell you that
your scalp is taken now by Goebel.'
I When reference was made 10 the irreg-
/ ularitv Of the Louisville convention
Wheeler sought 10 interrupt. but Berry
I waved him OFF declaring that the gentle
man had participated in the disorder and
had stood up and yelled down opposition
/ with policemen about MN
Wheeler interjected 4 fat contradiction
Of this. but. not needing Interruptions,
/ Colonel Berry proceeded m his merry re
Spouse. declaring that Wheeler was as
bad as Goebel himself.
Wheeler gained a minute to reply. De
/ Tending The regularity OF the Louisville
convention and saying that only few
thugs and tuughs were excluded. me
tension over the affair was relieved at
this point by a point of order from KEEP
resentative Cox Of Tennessee;
What is the point OF order?' asked the
chairman -,-..- ii.
show thrust into a financial debate, said
Cox gravely. TO the edification OF the Re,
publican side This caused laugh ana
the heat Of the exchange between the TWO
kentucky gentlemen was dispelled
Brosius of Pennsylvania spoke in favor
of the bill. Brosus declared that no
page i'm American history would shine
with greater splendor through the CEN
turtles than that which tells how this ma
ton preserved it's honor. malntalned It's
credit and kept its money good.
Cooper of Tennessee spoke against the
bill. Williams of Mississippi arraigned the
Republican side for Inconsistency, and
urged that IL was possible by Legislative
enactment TO maintain a ratio between
the metals. Boering OF Kentucky denied
that The election of Taylor in Kentucky
vns due 10 fraud and said the strongest
refutaton of the charge was the tact that
the election was held under the Goebel
law framed by the Democratic candidate.
! Railev OF Texas received close attention
from both sides when he spoke. He SAID
= 1 q remarkable spectacle was presented 10y
The debate on this bill. lie recalled that
! when i'm the Fifty-fourth Congress Towne
asserted that the Republican party had
: never declared for the gold standard. the
Congressional Record showed that ne was
INTERRUPTED by many Republicans with the
| exclamation:
And Ii never Will.
| Bailey said the RepuDhcan - WdS :.
! busy studying the trend of events that II
had not time 10 study the science 81
! money. While the first section of this
: bin purports TO establish the gold stand
ard the law Of 1915 fixed the gold dollar
= as the unit Of value. This bill was. there
tore simplv a re-enactment put forward
10 make people believe something new anC
wise was being done.
! Immediately following Bailey came th'
statement of Scudder CDem) OF New
: York:
! LAS Democrat | favor the single gol'
: standard and will vote for this bill.
Z The debate closed with n short speech
nv Morris of Minnesota in support OF tn
. hin after which. at o'clock. the Hous'
recessed until p. m.