The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-21
CALLED COCHRAN LIAR
DRAMATIC INTERRUPTION OF
 CoNGREssMAN's SPEECH.
A Stylish Dressed Young Woman in the Public Gallery of the House
 Creates a Diversion

Washington, Jan. 20-The House today passed the District of Columbia appro- priation bill and subsequently, began con- sideration of the Philippine coinage bill. The general debate on the District bill was largely devoted to a discussion of the Alaskan boundary line dispute. Mir. Cochran CMo.) denounced as ''cowardly | surrender the course of the State De- partment. Mr. Hepburn Qa) took up the challenge and countered with the charge that Democratic administrations had surrendered the territory between latitude 49 and 54.4O, and also the Repub- lie of Texas. While MT. Cochran was speaking of the trucking policy of the United States to Great Britain" stylish leaned forward and cried out, You lie. . She then left the gallery.
 Mr. Hepburn. replying to MT. Cochran. | went back again to the history of the Democratic surrender of Oregon. Was not Daniel Webster Secretary of State when the negotiations for the surrender were arranged, and had not a W hig administration succeeded owing to
 
 asked Mf. Cochran.
 James Buchanan negotiated the trea- ty," responded Mir. Hepburn, ''Mr. Polk approved it, and Democratic Senate ratil fled 1t. Now the gentleman whose party surrendered 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 latitude"
 Something of a stir was caused just be- fore Mir. Cochran concluded by an un- expected interruption from the ladies' gallery. Mir. Cochran was speaking of the trucking policy of the United States to Great Britain" When that trucking ceased, he declared. the people of Cam ada, now intensely loyal to England, would change their attitude.
 You lis" cried a stylishIy dressed woman, in clear, ringing tones. All eyes were turned to the ladies' gallery, where the speaker leaned forward defiantly as if she intended to say something further. But a companion pulled her back and immediately she left the gallery.
 Mir. 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 as presented by Mir. Dalzell, providing for five hours general debate, It was agreed to with the understanding that 1t would temporarily displace the Alaska delegate bill, which had been made an order for tomorrow.
 At this juncture Mir. Bartholdt (Mo.) aIo ose to a personal explanation to deny his connection with what he termed "Quixotic scheme" It had been repre- septed that Mir. Bartholdt was going to call a meeting of German-American citi- gems to protest against ill-considered ut- terances against Germany. Mir. Bartholdt explained that he had no such purpose, but said he had received a number of let ters from German-Americans suggesting such a conference for the purpose of em- phasizing the fact that the old-time friendship between the United States and Germany was near and dear to the heart of every German in this country.
 The House then took up the Philippine currency bill. Mir. Cooper (Wis.) chair man of the Insular Affairs Committee, entered upon an explanation of the meas uref and had not concluded when the House. at 5:o6. adjourned.