The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
Yesterday Was the Biggest Democratic Day in the
 House for Years
DALzELL AND OTHERS ARE
 VICTIMS IF KEEN RETARTS
Cockran's Denunciaton of a Charge Made By Dalzell Was Bitter With
 Resentment, But Won tSlZ the Day.

Washington, April 2s.-(special.) .)-The most dramatic incident of the congress occurred in the house this afternoon. The democratic side, nearly every member of whc oh was on his feet echoed the words of Representative W. Bourke Cochran of New York-"Name him, name him.
 The demand was made of Representa- tive Dalzel of Pennsylvania. the second ranking member of the ways and means committee. He had charged that Rep
 entative Cochran had accepted money
 the speeches he delivered during the campaign of 96. Then he declared that he had been informed" that such was the case.
 By whom?' asked MT. Cochran. There was a long pause, Mr Dalzel declaring that he would not give the name of his i. foIman
 Then said Mir Cochran. you admit that you are what cannot be said in the house..
 The rejoinder was met with terrific cheering the democratic side and in the galleries The house literally ran away with itself.s MT. Dalzell was com pletely crushed, as was every other re- publican who in any way attempted to int, tupt the speech of the New York
 
 cratic day in the house for years. On yesterday Representative Ktchin of North Carolina had submitted a few re- marks concerning the wild west propen- sites of President Roosevelt.
 They called for answer, and Represen- tative Hepburn of Iowa was selected by the republican side to turn the trick. He made a dismal failure of it. The rejon- der of MT <itchn himself was enough. but Representative Cochran of New York, who all during the Hepburn speech was busily engaged taking notes, saw his opportunity and took advantage of 1t. Originally granted a half hour, his time was reluctantly extended by the republi- can side and for over two hours the ma jaority party had drawn against 1t an indictment which ought to secure it's conviction next November There was but one wise republican in the house. and that was Representative Littlefeld of Maine
 LttIefeld Was Wise.
 Though offered repeated opportunities by Mir Cochran to take a hand in the debate on the question of trusts, MT. Lit tlefeld held tightly to his seat and is doubtless congratulating himself to- night that he did not go up against the Cochran buzz-saw and share the fate of Representative Hepburn, Representative Grosyenor Representative Morris, Rep resentative Lacey and other republican leaders who sought to offset Cockran's s argument on the tariff, trusts and post office frauds.
 Mir Cochran originally started out to make a tariff speech. The bill before the house authorizing the appointment of a commission to consider the merits or rather the demertis of ship subsidy legis- laton was the text MT. Cochran de- clared the proposed legislation to be di- rectly in line with the policy of protec- tion-a compensation to men engaged in an improbable business but 1t was un- proftable-a debauching of governmental functions to assist business which un- der the democratic theory like any other business ought to stand on it's own bot tom From this he was diverted to the trusts showing that they too. owe their existence to a protective tariff.
 Then he came to the postoffce stealing, saying that 1t was wonder that when party places upon the statute books a law like the Dingley act that petty offi- cal of the postoffice department would also try to dip into the treasury. He arraigned the republicans for their re- fusal to investigate the corruption in the department stating that their refusal to investigate was proof of crime He re- ferred to Representative Grosvenor's ab- surd statement to the effect that proof of fraud should be furnished before an investigation was made
 Grosvenor Jumps to His Feet.
 This brought the Ohio congressman to his feet with the statement as an intro- duction that the gentleman from Ohio is able to take care of himself"
 And" added MT. Cochran, also the postoffice department.
 General Grosvenor had intended 10 ex- plain his peculiar views on the subject of the postoffice frauds. but the completion of his sentence by Representative Cock ran settled him. He sank back into his seat and had nothing more to say until Mir Cochran had finished his speech. when he objected to the request of member that an amendment which had been offered be again read for the infor- nation of the house.
 National democratic politics also receiv- ed MT. Cockran's attention for brief period. The democrats, he said. would select a man for President who would win He did not know whether it would be Judge Parker of New York, 1t might be Joseph Folk of St. Louis, but whoever it was, he had an abiding confidence that he would be nominated by convention, not cut and dried mass meeting and would receive the endorsement of the American people. At no time in his bril- liant effort did MT. Cochran receive 
 the name of John Sharp Williams of Mississippi for the vice-presidency. The manner in which he had led the minority at this session entitled him, said MT. Cochran, to at least the second highest office in the gift of the people.
 Mir. Williams. however, hopes to be speaker of ehe next house and enthused tonight by the democratic day in the house, every democrat in congress feels that he will be.
 Yielded to MT. Hepburn.
 A bill was passed for the protection of the public forest reserves and national parks in the United States. The bill for the commission to investigate the mer- chant marine was taken up by General Grosvenor, who announced that a vote was to be reached this afternoon. He then yielded one hour to Representative Hepburn of Iowa. MT. Hepburn referred to the criticism of the President by MT.