The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-12

asked, amid shouts Of approval. that
Smith be given thirty minutes to con.
clude. IN the midst Of the uproar that
Clayton's motion had caused, over
street objected and Immediately asked
the unanimous consent fer a continue
ton Of the debate for threc days.
The utmost confusion rciBaed, but
Oyerstreets molten failed to secure
an extension Oh the debate for even
one day on en- objection OF Hay
Speeches On the Bristow report were
resumed. Among others who address
el the house was Wade, (Iowa) who
from his state not entitled to honor
said he was one Of the few members
able mention in the report" lie want
ed the Tia taken off Of the p3stoffce
department and the interior shown up
Mccall, Massachusetts moved that
the Bristow report and all the accom-
panying documents be referred to
full investigation Of that report es.
pecially matters affecting members Of
the house.
Tho recommendation Of the commit
tee TO lay the Hay resolution for an
investigation OF the postofflco depart
nent on the table, was read. Moon
proposed a substitute providing for an
Investigation 81 the entire postofhce
department b. a committee of five
Against this Oyersueet raised a point
Of order
Speaker Cannon in an elaborate
opinion, ana citing decisions OF other
speGlers. sustained the point of order
against Moons resolution.
Griggs, Georgia. appealed from the
decision Upon Oyeratreets's molten
The appeal was laid on the table by
strict party vote,
The committees recommendation
that Hays resolution lay on the table
was taken up and the house refused to
table the resolution.
McCall's resolution was then taken
up and its author recognized by the
speaker Mccall yielded the floor tc
Cooper, Wisconsin, who vigorously
assailed Galderhead, (Kansas) for his
against Bristow and insinua
tons against the president. Cooper
said: This matter has degenerated,
as knew it would, into a covert at.
tack on the president Of the United
States.
The remark was met with derisiye
laughter and Kisses on the Democratic
si1e Cooper defended Bristow and
said he mover had attacked the house
or any Of It's members. Let any Nom
her rise here and prove to the con
trary" he insisted
The challenge was answered by
Coopcrs own colleague from Wiscon
sin, Jenkins, who called attention to
the statement made Wednesday that
the names Of members had been asso
ciated with that of "A w Machen, a
felon on his way to the peni
Tertiary" Then shaking his finger at
Cooper, Jenkins said amid cheers
you are the same gentleman that
made that statement" Cooper dc
clarcd he did not refer to the Bristow
ronort in his remarks, He then fur
Their Landed Brstow and said he had
worn himself out in the cause Of pure
government and had received as his
reward ylliGcatlon and abuse 4Thcre
is not q particle of printed testimony >"
he said, ITO justify this onslaught on
him"
Williams read from the COMPRESSION
al record and like jenkins, called at
tention 10 Coopors remarks WedneS
day about associating members
namcs with that Of Machen and said
,hat Oh Wednesday Cooper was as
rampagious as a roaring lion against
charges, but now he was
standing up and defending him.
The resolution for an investigation
Of the connection Of members with the
department was agreed TO by the vote
of 25G too
The vote had the effect Of passing
the Nay resolution to select commit
loc but does not provide for an inycs
Iigation of the postoflicc department