The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-21
Woman in Gallery Start|es
 House of Representatives
MIR. COCHRAN WAS SPEAKING
Was Accusing u. s. of Truckling to Great Britain and Questioned Can adds Loyalty When Cry
 Came From Gallery.

Washington, January 20-The house to- day passed the District of Columbia ap- propriation bill and subsequently, began consideration of the Philippine coinage bill. The general debate on the District bill was largely devoted to discussion of the Alaska boundary line dispute. MT. Cochran. Missouri. denounced as COW ardly surrender" the course of the state department.
 MT. Hepburn, replying to Mir. Cochran, went back again to the history of the democratic surrender" of Oregon.
 Was not Daniel Webster secretary of state when the negotiations Tor the sur render were arranged, and had not a whig administration succeeded. owing to the death of a democratic Presidents" asked MT Cochran.
 "Jame Buchanan negotiated the treaty." responded MT. Hepburn, MT. Polk ap- proved it and a democratic senate rati- 1 fled it. Now the gentleman whose party | surrendered a territory in the north equal | to eight states and the empire of Texas in the south denounces as the crime of the century the possible surrender of a narrow strip of territory way up at the sixtieth parallel of lattude.''
 Something of a stir was caused just be- fore MT. Cochran concluded by an unex- PCCNNh iDNSll ul'liOH lIoIu lllt iduleS Bfl- lery. MT. Cochran was speaking of the trucking policy of the United States to Great Britain" When that trucking ceased, he declared, the people of Can ada, now intensely loyal to England, would change their attitude.
 "You Lie," Cried Woman.
 You lie," cried stylishIy- y-dressed woman in clear, ringing tones. All eyes were turned to the ladies gallery, where the speaker leaned forward defantly. as If she intended to say somethinf further. But companion pulled her back and lm- mediately she left the gallery.
 MT. Sulzer also participated in the de- bate concerning the Alaskan boundary line, maintaining that there was no doubt of the title of the United States to the disputed territory.
 Without substantial amendment the bill was passed.
 A special rule for the consideration of the Philippine coinage bill tomorrow was presented by Mr. Dalzell, providing for five hours general debate. It was agreed to with the understanding that it would temporarily displace the Alaska delegate Dill, which had been an order for to- morrow.
 At this juncture MT Bartholdt of Mis- souri arose to a personal explanation to deny his connection with what he termed "quiXotic scheme" It had been repre- sented that MT Bartholdt was going to call meeting of German American citi- zens to protest against ill-consdered ut terances against Germany. MT. Bartholdt explained that he had no such purpose but said he had received a number of let ters from German Americans suggesting such conference for the purpose of em- pfasizing the fact that old time friend ship between the United States and Ger many was near and dear to the heart of every German in this country.
 The house then took up the Philippine curl ency bill. MT. Copper of Wisconsin, chairman of the insular affairs commit tee, entered upon an explanation of the measure and had not concluded when the house, at 5:05, adjourned