Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-03
DIGNITY LAID ASIDE
Senetors Cannot Be Grave When
Texas and New York Cross
Verbal Stuffed Clubs.
BAILEY AND DEPEw SWAP HUMoR
American Girl Being the Cause of
Their BIoodIess Struggle-TwO
Pure Food Bills.

Washington. April 3.-DiScuSsion of
the oleomargarine bill in the senate
yes terday was enlivened by coIloquy
between Bailey of Texas and Depew.
Bailey concluded speech begun Tues
day in opposition to the measure De-
pew then matched his wit with that
Of Bailey on the subject of the Ameri-
can girl. and the sallies of the two
senators were greeted with shouts of
laughter both on the floor and in the
galleries The Texans keen reference
10 the recent marriage of Depew was
most happily fenced by the New York
senator in his reference to the love
and admiration excited in woman by
''the youth and beauty" of Mr.. Bal
ley.
American Girl in a Wrong Position.
When Depew arose to speak for the
anti-oleo bill he said he never had
heard IL speech which had so fired his
fancy. so appealed to his Imagination
and had so little effect on his Judgment
as that of Bailey. He had been taught
that competition was the life of trade,
but competition ought TO lac honest.
If Il merchant deceived his customers
by fOiSting on them Il fraud he be
licved that man ought TO be reached
"
purchased an article, had right to
get what he paid for. 1t was perfectly
evident that 10 industry with good
Article could compete successfully
with spurious substitute with which
the people were deceived. Then. re.
fcrring to an allusion made by Bailey,
nepew said that the American girl
had been put in wrong position be-
fore the people of the United States.
Something That Bailey Forgot
Il forgot for the moment" inter
iected Hailey. "A recent occurrence in
the life of the senator from New York
or l should not have made the allu-
sion" Laughter
And but for that occurrence" re-
torted Depew, laughing as he spoke.
Il should have left younger man TO
come to the defense of the American
Girl. 1t was the senator's youth and
beauty [great laughterl which aston
ished me when he made that remark.
If he had been soured and diSappoint
ed in love. or if the sex had treated
him i'm some way that would lead
him to remark about it like that 1
should have understood him; but no
one can meet the senator
without recognizing that his geniality,
his happiness. his eloquence. have
come because the American girl has
admired him and loved him" ILong
continued laughter.
Something He Shouldn't Have Done.
And he never ought to have gone
back on her today by saying she is n
fraudulent specimen of living oleomar-
gar'iue." Laughter
At the conclusion of Depew'S re-
marks Bailey and Spooner became in
volved in collOquy as to some legal
phases of the bill. ''Will the senator
from Wisconsin say" inquired Bailey.
''Elat the object of this bill is to raise
revenue?'
Il say that the object of this bill is
to raise revenue replied Spooner.
But is it (the raising of revenuel
the paramount Object?" inquired Stew
art of Nevada.
1T is the primary object" replied
SpoOner.
I'm amusing collOquy then followed
between the two senators as to the
meaning of the words paramount
ana primary"