Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
Mr.. Hepburn Takes Up Yes
terday's Attack.
WINDING UP AFFAIRS
REPORTS ON TWO
IMPORTANT BILLS ADOPTED.
Committee to Represent the House at
Exposition opening-Many Meas
ures Passed by Senate.

The House of Representatives started in
today with a spirit of hustle and Industry
that seemed to betoken determination to
wind up this session Of Congress in hurry.
Conference reports on two important APP
preparation bills--naval and pension-were
adopted, and then General Grosvenor called
up his ship commission bill
Representative Hepburn Of Iowa took the
floor and Immediately entered upon a polit-
ical speech In reply to the attack yester-
day afternoon Of Representative Kitchin of
North Carolina upon President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Hepburn spoke with vehemence and at
times in a spirit of pronounced bitterness.
Reply to Kitchin's Speech.
Mr.. Hepburn characterized Mr.. Kitchin's
speech yesterday as criminal denuncia-
ton of the executive of the nation. Mr..
Hepburn declared that the attack was made
upon the entire nation through It's execu-
tive and was calculated to injure the pres
tige Of his country in the eyes of the
world.
Mr.. Hepburn recalled Mr. Kitchin's ref
erence to President Roosevelt's statement
mat trace of brutal barbarism runs
through the people Of the south
This gentleman (Mr. Kitcf1in) Is q rep
resentative of the people Of the south, -
said Mr.. Hepburn. Il call up the speech
the Presidents statement"
Mr.. Hepburn said that there is always
prevalent disloyaI spirit. a re-
fusal to obey laws, resulting in
mob rule. 1t 10 rampant and frequent In
one section Of the country and occasionally
round In other sections. The President
wrote OF the extreme frontier in his refer
ence to lynching. and the gentleman from
North Carolina took 1t as tustifica ton for
iynching In the south. where civiliza alton
exists and courts are to be found
Mr.. Hepburn said he would not permit
the brutal arraignment Of President Roose-
welt to go unpublished.
At this point Mr.. Hepburn branched OF
into tariff speech and replied to some
recent remarks of Mr.. Champ Clark Of
Missouri.
Would Not Yield to Clark.
Mr. Clark at one point attempted to ask
Mr.. Hepburn a question. but the latter
would not yield, saying that he didn't
want Mr.. Clark's remarks to appear in his
speech
TT would improve your speech" suggest
ed Mr.. Clark.
Doubtless" admitted Mr. Hepburn. Il
KNOW the gentlemen from Missouri makes
learned quotations. If l followed him I
would wander with Tacitus-yes in the
language of an old fellow in Wisconsin.
would roam with old Romulus camp out
WIN Old Cantharades and rip old Euripides.
put what In h has that to do with the
laws of Wisconsin,"
Amid the roar of laughter that swept
over the republican side Mr. Clark shouted
well. VIII ask you a question in plain
English which you can answer easily" and
then asked why II the price of steel rails
was lowered In free trade countries, the re-
duction In this country could be credited to
the tariff duty?
Mr.. Hepburn continued with his tariff
speech.
In the course of his speech Mr.. Hepburn
aicaStically referred to the .silent candf-
gate OF the democracy of New York, Judge
IF Mr.. Sphynx Of Cairo could be brought
here, said Mr.. Hepburn, The would make
your ideal candidate He not only never
said fool word, but he could give a guar
antee for the future.
Roosevelt's Name Cheered.
But when the republicans nominate by
reclamation Theodore Roosevelt" this
reference brought storm of applause and
cheers from the republicans
We will nominate him because of his
character, his ability and his intelligence.
What. then, will you do?"
Beat him! promptly came the shout
from the democratic side.
Yes. you'd beat him. retorted Mr.. Hep
burn, IF you could put your southern cleo
ton methods into use In the north"
How about Philadelphia? 2" cried a demo-
crat.
Mr.. Kitchin Replies.
Upon the close of Mr.. Hepburn's remarks
Mr. kifchin of North Carolina was recog-
nized to reply to Mr.. Hepburn. He made
humorous. semi-sarcastic speech in which
he deplored the attacks mode upon him by
Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr.. Hepburn and said
that they showed the greatest ingratitude
and that he was only trying to defend them
from the defamation of their character by
Theodore Roosevelt. He admitted that ne
was liable to be characterized as a peanut
politician whenever he agreed with Mr.
Grosvenor. but that his feeling of admira-
ton for the two distinguished republicans
had led him into defending them even at
the risk of being expelled from the House
by executive order Of the President.
Bourke Cochran on the Tariff,
Mr.. Bourke Cochran was then recognized
to make a tariff speech. He started out
with charging the protective with being the
fountain head of all vicious legislation.
The conference report on the bill to ratify
an agreement with the Crow Indians of
Montana was adopted.
To Go to st. Louis.
Speaker Cannon announced the following
committee to represent the House at the
opening ceremonies of the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition: Chairman j. A. Tawney
and Representatives Hemenway Undo. Lit
tauer On. W, Curtis (Kan), Van Voorhees,
lOhio), Lowering (Mass.), Hermann (Ore) }.
Hedge Qowa), Babcock (Wis), Louden-
slayer On. j., Bartlett (Ga.), Maynard
lVa). Hamhn CMo), Dinsmore (Ark.) and
Clayton (Ala.).
THE SENATE.
When the Senate convened today Mr..
Piatt On. " presented a protest from the
chamber of commerce of New York against
the Chinese-exclusion amendment to the
general deficiency bill. declaring that sin
view of the efforts that are being made 10
cultivate and increase trade relations with
the chinese empire. further restrictive
measures would in our opinion, be suicidal.
and we believe would entirely subvert these
enorts The protest was ordered printed
The following bills were passed: Amend
ing the act authorizing the Kansas CITY ana
memphis Railway Company to build a
bridge across the Mississippi river at Mem
pills. Tenn.
Authorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Choctawhatchee river, in Ala
bama.
Declaring that the tunnels under the Chi
cago river form an obstruction to nayfea-
ton.
Providing for the erection of a lock and
dam in the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
Authorizing the Shreveport Bridge and
Tunnel Company to build q bridge across
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