The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
WILLIAMS BATS
Mr.. LITTLEFIELD
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all was committed while the gentleman
from New York was neither a member
nor member-elect of the house"
"The chair" he said, feels justified
In taking cognizance of the fact that
what is alleged to be charged consti-
tutes no crime. At most, he said, the
only question was one as to the pro-
priety Of the conduct of private citi-
zen The house could not rightfulIy
punish him if it desired to do so. He
then ruled that the chair holds that
the resolution may not be entertained
as question of privilege"
Mr.. Williams, the minority leader,
appealed from the ruling. Mr.. Payne,
the majority leader, moved to lay the
motion on the table. The motion was
carried, l09 to 125, strict party vote.
Democrats Cheer LittIefieId.
1t was on the bill providing the use
of American vessels to carry army and
naval supplies that Mr. Littlefield made
his speech. He had a controversy with
Mr.. De Almond, Of Missouri, on the
trust question, which created amuse-
ment Touching on the charge that
some American manufacturers sold
their product abroad cheaper than at
home, Mr.. Lfttlefield said that wher-
ever the tariff. was the reason for this
condition he would favor a reduction
of the tariff to deprive such manufac-
turer of SO much of his protection as
was necessary in order to prevent such
result.
This announcement was received with
ID9mOcra IL J0iV
that in this he was speaking for him
self alone, but added: Il know Of no
Republicans who think otherwise. .
This statement met with Republican
applause.
Examines "Hoodlum" Proposition.
Mr.. Williams devoted the first part
of his address to a comment on Mr..
DelzelPs assertion that hoodlums were
to be found among those Adventures
who have left their own country for
their cOuntry's good rather than among
Americans. He recounted the deeds Of
war of foreigners in this country and
referred to members Of the house Of
foreign extraction, drawing the infer
ence that Mr.. Dalzelrs statement was
unjustifiable.
Mr.. Williams spoke of the millions
of descendants of the pilgrims who
came on the Mayf1ower and said that
they would tell you better than that"
The foreigners who had come to the
United States, he declared, would say
that they left their countries because
conditions at home were worse than
would be found in a wilderness among
wild red men. He said that the
thoughts Of the Republicans along
financial lines were about the same as
those along international lines.
Would Buy From Nobody.
The Republicans, he said, were the
men who, If their theories were carried
out, would not buy single article on
the face of the earth from anybody
Devoting himself to the remarks of Mr..
Littlefield, he inquired If protection was
not a subsidy, indirect. The Repub-
licans, he charged, subsidized anything,
under the plea of raising wages of
labor. And yet, he added, you de-
nounce as socialist, an anarchist, a
radical, or an agrarian any man that
would introduce on this floor a bill di-
rectly to raise wages out Of the United
States treasury
WI w AiAo1lllS ueC4eai Gu lhdt MI. DdI-
cell had misquoted him regarding his
magazine article as to what would be
in the next Democratic platform on
the tariff question, and said that what
he had written was that the Demo
Gratis contended that protection was a
system. of taxation. a~.
Protection Not It's, M other.
Mr.. Littlefeld had said he had de-
fed anybody to prove. protection was
the mother. of trusts. He would Mr..
Williams declared, tell what trust pro-
lection was not the mother of. 1t was
not the mother of that sort of trust
which owes its success to increased eff
f1ciency of public service and to cheap
ened products"
In the main he (Williams) Endorsed