The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

Washington. April 23.-Two Of the
heavy weight" speakers of the House
OF Representatives held sway in that
body today. Incidentally. the bill for
a commission to investigate the ques-
ton of ship subsidy was passed 144 to
118
Representative Hepburn. of Iowa.
first aroused and held Republican en-
thusiasm at a high pitch. After an
hour and a half he yielded the floor,
which was taken possession of by
Bourke Cochran, of New York, who
brought from his Democratic colleagues
thunderous applause and cheers. Mr..
Cochran spoke for two hours
The feature of the day, which was
clearly of the sensational order. was
the charge of Mr.. Dalzell against Mr.
Cochran that he had worked for hire
for the election of Mr.. Mckinley. The
announcement of this charge and of the
gentleman who made it was in langio-;
bitter with resentment and scorn.
Mr.. Hepburn referred to the criticism
of the President by Mr.. Kitchin yes
terday. The gentleman, he said was
a member of a coordinate branch OF
the government yet you listened to
the bitter, yea, the criminal denuncia-
ton of the President" This was a de-
generation of the nation IN the eyes OF
the world, he declared.
Referring to the. alleged quotation
from the President" that there is a
strain of barbarism running through
the people CT the SOUTH" Mr.. Hepburn
said the gentleman had sougth to place
the responsibility for this barbara
spirit upon the President of the United
States, placing him as one who was
the advocate of lynching, and the JUS
tifier OF the horrid outrages which take
place in the section of the country from
which the gentleman comes. That
these things did take place, Mr.. Hep
burn said there was no denial. but the
the frontier.
Mr.. Hepburn took the Democrats to
task for talking tariff before the money
question was settled.
First he asked if it was not settled.
No shouted Mr.. Haddox, of GeOr
gia
Mr. Hepburn said the part of the
Democratic platform of 1896 said
that no agitation of tariff changes
should be made until after the money
question was settled.
Speaking of Democratic presidential
possibilities. Mr.. Hepburn said Hearst,
that young giant of the West" was
not liked by the leaders, SO the friends
of Cleveland German and Olney got
together and found a man who had new
er uttered a single political sentiment
and at once said: THAT is our man.
But when the masses of the Repub-
Iican party shall name by reclamation
Theodore Roosevelt, prolonged Repub-
lican applause) it will be because they
known him."
When Mr. Hepburn concluded. Claude
Kitchin expressed surprise at the al
tack on himself by the gentleman from
Ohio and Iowa, (Mr. GrOsvenor and Mr..
Er~rn
only tried to impeach the gentleman
who had assaulted them. He agreed
with Mr.. Grosvenor in his published
estimate of Theodore Roosevelt. II
the gentleman would listen he would
show them that he was the best friend
they had. He had quoted the Presi-
dent yesterday that they were POLITICAL
ly corrupt.
II said to myself. I am going to res
cue those gentlemen if Theodore Roose-
welt expels me from this body by ex-
ecutive order. Oaughter). What thanks
have l got for it? They have called me
a. peanut politician
Mr. Cochran after discussing the tar
Sff question said the difference between
the two parties which was indicated in
every republican song was that the
Democratic party did not know what it
wanted and did not know how to get
ct; the Republican party knew what it
dIlu always hAAO"
how to reach out for it.
The Democratic party was essential
ty one of divisions.
I'VE are going into the campaign torn
with distracted feelings; many of US
honiing divergent views. That is a fea-
ture of Democratic procedure. That IS
why we are going to hold a convention.
You are exposed to no such peril. Your
proceedings are already arranged for
you in a public building at the other
end Of Pennsylvania avenue
Mr.. Cochran humorously referred
to a remark said to have been made
by President Roosevelt about good
and bad trusts. He said that natur-
ally bad trusts were those which
raised prices, but a great onslaught
had been made on one which did not
raise prices. the Northern Securities
Company. and it had only been COM
PEELED to change it's dose. The trusts
which raised prices were those which
were protected by tariff wall.
Mr.. Cochran continued his argu-
ment against protection and the pro-
fective system.
Hr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, asked
Mr.. Cochran if he bad the same views