The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-30
BITTER DEBATEIN HOUSE
Messrs. Dalzell and Cochran Have
Another Lively Tilt.
PARTISAN FEELING RAN HIGH
New Yorker Offered Resolution For
Committee to Investigate Charge
That He Received Money For Sup
porting Mckinley In 1896.

That He Received Money For Sup
porting Mckinley In 1896.
Washington. April 27-The heavy
weights" had another bout in the
house. with Messrs. DalZell and Cock
ran as the combatants. The speeches
were a renewal OF last Saturdays de-
bate. but were more personal in their
character. As ON Saturday. the speak
ers were greeted with yOciferous APP
plause by their respective colleagues
and the bitterness of party feeling ran
high Mr. Dalzcl had Mr.. Cochran
ON the rack for nearly two hours, dur
ing which time he dealt largely with
that genueman's political history,
which he said showed him to have been
,onsecuNvely a greenbacker, sound
money min and free silver man. He
reverted TO his statement of last sat
prdav that he had been informed that
Mr. Cochran had accepted money TO
support the campaign of Mckinley. and
read extracts from several newspapers
10 show that was the general impress
sion at the time. 4 man. he said. who
would not have replied to Mir Cochran
as ne did not Saturday would have been
poltroon and a coward.
Mr.. Cochran. thoroughly indignant
at times. denied the accusation OF Mr
DalzeH. whom ne arraigncd for max
ing statements which could not be- sub
stantiatcd If what Mr. Dalzell had
said were true. ne declared, he was nm
worthy of membership. In emphatic
and positive language Mr. Cochran de-
MED that no had received money from
the Palmer and Buckner campaign
committee. or that he had ever re-
ceived money for supporting Mckinley
i'm 1896 II Mr. Dalzell he said, be
lieved the charges against him. it was
nothing bur a confession of the Re
publican party's corruption and proof
that the presidential election had been
purchased.
The climax came when he offered
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a select committee OF five
members of the house to investigate the
charge which had been made against
him hv Mr. Dalzell He and other
Democrats. including Mr.. Williams. the
minority leader demanded immediate
consideration. but the speaker declined
70 pass on point of order against the
resolution until he had examined prece-
dents
When ne introduced the resolution
Mr.. Cochran said: eft represents my al
timde and the attitude Of the honest
man in the face Of pausing and meas
urlng his words. "one that cannot be
described I'm parliamentary language
The Democrats interrupted with APP
plause. but Mr.. Cochran continued
"One." he said. whose character can
not be described because he has Illus
trated it by his performance He then
read his resolution. which was as fol-
lows;
Whereas. the Hon. John Dalzell,
member Of this house and Of the COM
mittee of ways and means, charged Oh
the floor that William Bourke Cock
ran. a representative from New York
and a member Of the same committee
has been paid money by political par
~ to support the candidate for the
presidency nominated in opposition 20
the-Darty with which the said William
Bourke Cochran had heretofore been
affiliated. and.
"Whereas. the charge, though At
tackled specifically ON the door by the
said William Bourke Cochran, has not
been Withdrawn by the said John Dal-
zell. and
"Whereas. said charge. if true. estaO-
fishes such conduct as should unfit any
man for membership in this house. and
IL false. should De so declared and its
author censured severely; Therefore.
RESOLVED. that a select committee
of FIVE members be appointed by the
chair TO inquire into the truth Of said
charge and TO report the testimony.
with their conclusions thereon, TO this
house at its session beginning the first
Monday Of December next; be IL
further
"Resolved. that said committee be
and ii is hereby given full power and the
production of such papers as the mem
bers thereof may deem necessary to
the full and proper discharge Of the
duty hereby imposed on them
Loud Democratic applause followed
Mr.. Cockran's reading of the resolu-
ton He then resumed and said that
when the resolution was adopted in all
its terms. something more important
than his conduct or the action OF the
member from Pennsylvania would be
made clear.
1--WE will see" he said. Just how
the election i'm 1896 was conducted, and
we will see whether in fact the presi-
dency was bought or purchased or
whether il was won in honorable po-
litioal conflict. or whether it represent
ed. as the gentleman from Pennsylva-
MIA would have MS believe. the skill in
corruption which was possessed by the
managers OF the Republican organiza-
ton, II II be true. ne sald tnat the
campaign resulted in such use Of money
as had been described there was but
one possible safety for the republic
For Over Sixty Years.
Il IL