The age-herald., 1900-05-03
Wild Scenes of Confusion Ensued During the Heat
 ed Debates Between the Leaders.

| clare his opposition to the project. Yet he
 said, there was opposition, strenuous and
 dangerous, but concealed and indirect. | The amendment was then adopted.
 MT. Parker of New Jersey offered an
 amendment to strike out that portion of
 the bill limiting the presidents selection | to the Nicaragua route
 l This amendment called forth a protest | from MT. Hepburn, who declared that 1t | was intended to revive interest in the Pan- | anna route, which had caused one of the | "foulest scandals in the history of the
 modern world. He charged that the emis- | saries of this discredited corporation were | seeking to unload the enterprise on the l American people. Much as he trusted the t. president, he would not trust any chief ex- l ecutive with unlimited means at his dis | posal to make the choice of routes of the | canal.
 | MT. Burton of Ohio declared very em- phatically that he was not in favor of the | Panama canal route but plain business sense demanded a proper investigation and | examination of both routes. Parker Amendment Defeated ! The Parker amendment was defeated-35 to SZ
 | MT McCuloch of Arkansas offered an | amendment to insert the words fortified | garrison" between the words construct" and defend" He said he desired that the | language Ol Ine Dlll SnOulQ De uueQulNOcdl and should make plain the purpose of con- gress to abrogate the ClaytonBulwer 1 treaty.
 MT. Shafroth of Colorado supported the amendment. We should have a fortified canal or no canal, he said. | MT. Williams of Mississippi said he should like to see the word "fortify in the bill, but the main thing was to construct the canal and wipe. out 10000 miles of ocean voyage and freight charges in pro- portion.
 War would abrogate all treaties and the American government, in the event of war would not hesitate to fortify and defend | the canal.
 | Sensational Scene dramatic and sensational scene occur | red between MT. Cannon, chairman of the 1 appropriations committee, and MT. Hep- | burn, in charge of the canal bill. MT. | Cannon resented some remarks made last night by MT Hepburn impunging his Can | non's) sincerity. Mir Cannon spoke under | excitement, saying he had just read MT. | Hepburn's attack upon him. As he pro- | ceeded he recalled an intimation that had
 come to him of which he had spoken yes- 1 terday that those who were promoting this | bill were doing so to delay the canal. Yet,
 he said, he had acquitted MT. Hepburn of l any such intention. Today he frankly
 stated that Mir Hepburn's name had been | connected with the rumor. | Wno was the author of the rumor?"
 asked MT. Hepburn, jumping to his feet l "A newspaper man," replied MT. Cannon.
 "I do not know his name" Continuing
 and speaking with great deliberation MT. | Cannon said he would have been satisfied
 with the acquittal he gave MT. Hepburn
 yesterday had not his doubts been | aroused"
 My observation" said he, lis that when a man is willing to challenge the sinceu- | ty of another, it is because he is turning | the glass inward upon himself. I don't rise
 to justify my own reputation for sinceri- | ty Upon my record of twenty-five years in public life, will stand or fall" | The excitement grew as MT. Cannon pro- ceeded. MT. Hepburn's face was white l and his words came in a perfect torrent when he replied. He thought it entirely | possible, he said, that some one whose name could not be recalled was lying about | the capitol in the interest of their projects. Interests in MT. Cannon's own city of Chi | cago he declared, were trying to sell | things to the government, and he thought | 1t altogether likely that the Panama Canal company might be trying to defeat this bill.
 T know no man connected with the Pan- anna company" cried MT. Cannon fiercely. l Can the gentleman say as much?' Serious Char ge Denied
 "Yes, except as they have appeared be- i fore my committee" replied MT. Hepburn, | who, continuing, appealed to the record for
 confirmation of what he had said about MT. Cannon. Then, pausing for a moment
 and looking squarely at MT. Cannon, he | proceeded: "I say this to him: If he fa-
 thers the rumor that have any other pur- | pose to serve, I say he has lied" | Quick as a flash Mr. Cannon asked MT. | Hepburn to repeat his statement. By this
 time the house was in wild state of ex- | citement and confusion, and MT. Wheeler l of Kentucky attemDted tO call the gant1n-
 man to order but the chair said he had
 heard nothing unparliamentary, and MT. Hepburn proceeded
 i T say if the gentleman attempted to | give currency to the statement, he did me | a gross injustice by making such an un- derhanded imputation.'
 l MT Cannon, with flushed face, declared that MT. Hepburn was adopting the tactics | of the cutie fish. He seeks to muddy the | waters and swim away. T am not seeking to muddy the waters" retorted MT. Hepburn passionately. I am | responsible for what I said to the gentle 1 man here and elsewhere. The gentleman | tried to dishonor me and resent it''
 Mr. Cannon protested that he had done | nothing of the kind, that he had treated l the gentleman from Iowa with great re- | spect and had himself been assailed with | out provocation. He would dismiss the | whole subject believing MT. Hepburns | violent remarks were due to his temper and not his calm Judgment. Here the mat i ter rested.
 Another Quarrel But soon after another scene occurred,
 when MT. Gaines of Tennessee took excep-
 tion to personal allusion made to him
 by MT. Mann of Illinois. After reading l from record MT. Mann's statement, MT.
 Gaines with great vehemence declared that
 the man who had uttered the words was
 devoid of common decency, courtesy and 1 gentility."
 The Illinois member had told him, MT.
 Gaines said, that he had come from the
 south, and was a southern man, and he | thanked God that he was 1,500 miles re-
 moved from contact with the south. MT. Mann came down the aisle as Mir.
 Gaines concluded, and in sarcastic tones,
 said: MT. Chairman. if the remarks came from any other member than the gentle
 man from Tennessee they would deserve
 a reply. but from him they need no an- | swer."
 AS Mr. Mann turned his back, MT. Gaines 1 raised his right hand menacingly and ex-