The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
IN WAR OF WORDS
LITTLEFIELD AND SULZER MADE
THINGS LIVELY IN THE HOUSE.
WITH HIS SINGING SARCASM
SULZER ANSWERED THE PRO-
TESTS OF LITTLEFIELD.

before the House Turned tn the
Naval Appropriation Bill. the Con-
EreSSmen Had Their TIt-LittIe-
heId Claimed SuIzer Had Per
Verted the Record In Semi-Hu-
mOrous Vein the Democrat Re
piled. Roasting the Maine Man
with Zeal.
Washinton, Feb. 1.-THE House to-
day entered upon the consideration Of
the naval appropriation bill under the
operation of a rule which made the
new legislation relative to the increase
of the personnel of the navy and for
the increase of the Naval Academy in
order.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee and
Mr. Underwood of Alabama both de-
nounced the principle involved in the
rule as vicious. The general debate
upon the bill was without especial
feature The paragraph in the bill
providing $25O,OOO for a naval station
on the Great Lakes went out on a
point of order
Mr.. Littlefeld and Mr.. Sulzer had
an interesting clash before the naval
bill was taken up, the former charg-
ing the latter with having perverted
the Record.
Mr.. Littlefield charged that on Sat
urday last Mr.. Sulzer had misrepre-
scented him in various ways He said
Mr.. Sulzer had subsequently corrected
h vi tn Ia hat
he Oittlefield) was present and char
acterized the alleged misrepresenta-
tions as deliberate, premeditated and
intentional"
In the couse of his remarks Mr.. Lit
tlefield read a newspaper article in
serted in Mr.. Suffers remarks describ-
ing the alleged genesis of the Little
field bill. He commented upon the
statements made in the article, de-
nying them seriatim. He declared
among other things that the anti
trust bill had been prepared by him
self and the other members of the
subcommittee of the judiciary Com
mittee after consultations with the At
torney General He also denied the
reports of an alleged conference be-
tween the President and himself, at
which the President was represented
as displeased with the Littlefield bill.
Mr.. Sulzer replied to Mr.. Littlefield
in a semi humorous vein, creating
much amusement by his sarcastic COM
ments upon the member from Maine.
He spoke of Mr.. Littlefield's speech
just made as his defense" for his
failure to pass his antitrust bill in
fulfilment of his alleged promise to
his constituents last summer to pVss
it, cor know the reason why" The ~
sue raised by Mr.. Littlefield he de-
nominated a mere bubble which de-
monstrated the gentleman's inability
to be fair, decent or courteous"
He is so puffed up with his own
vanity" said Mr.. Sulzer, that he can
see no good in anybody or anything
except himself and his measures. He
is like the dog that banks, gets bitten
and then whines. He whines not so
much against me as against the pow
ers that be, and not so much against
the powers that be as to square him
self with the promise made last sum-
mer."
Amid great laughter he said:
LET the CALLED jade vince, my with
ers are unwrung."
Mr.. Littlefeld did not pursue the
matter further, except to declare with
great emphasis that a statement made
by Mr.. Sulzer was made with the
knowledge that it wus untrue.
The House adjourned until to-mor-
row.