, 1904-04-08
GROSVEN0R AND
THE M|ssOUR|ANs
CONGRESSMAN FROM OHIO HAS
TURN WITH THE SMART
ALEXIS FROM PIKE.
Demanded Of Mr.. OeArmond That He
Make Known His knowledge OF
Crime in Any Department and
Told Mr.. Clark That He Had For.
gotten More Than Latter Knew.

Washington, D. c.. April THE
in the house Tuesday
were enlivened by speeches by Mr..
DeArmond Of Missouri and Mr.. Gros-
venor OF Ohio. the former attacking
the republicans for failure to order
investigation into the p~ostoftice
charges and to revise the tariff, and
the latter vigorously defending the re-
publican party n lauding President
Roosevelt for the part he played in
the postal investigation, the passage
of the Cuban reciprocity law and tins
treaty with Panama for the construc-
ton of an isthmian canal.
Mr.. DeArmond criticised the repub-
for failing to pass certain meas
uTes which he declared the people
were demanding. The reason is, he
said, they prefer going into the cleo
J o without giving the people a sam
pie of their legislation. He reopened
the subject OF the postal scandals, and
attacked the tariff policy. Referring
to the president, he spoke of the sit
uation at the White house as ''eXecu-
tive chaos" and inquired what the
president had done to commend him
self to the people.
Mr.. Grosvenor closed general debate
on the bill devoting himself to a de-
Tense of the republican party. Mr.. De
Almond, he said, had indicted the
leaders on the floor of the house for
IN nttn,,,t Il, ,n,,a. ~, ,r;r,n
What crime?" Mr.. Grosvenor ask
ed, has been committed in any of the
branches of the American federal gov
eminent and by whom?"
He sarcastically remarked that when
a member of the house knew enough to
hurl in the face of the majority of the
house the charge that they we're cover
ing up and protecting crimes. He
ought to know enough to make some
statement that somebody, somewhere.
had committed some crime"
He declared, amid laughter, that
since the reference to the postoffice
report in the house the democrats had
gone through a series of "agonizings."
why are you opposed to investi-
eating the department." inquired Mr..
DeArmond.
For the manifest reason" said Mr..
Grosvenor. that the department has
been thoroughly investigated"
All wrongdoing has been laid bare.
He challenged Mr.. DeArmond to tell
us what you know should be laid
bare"
Mr.. Grovenor, facing the democratic
side, said: Your entire clamor and
your libelous attacks have been bas-
ed upon nothing but a deliberate pur-
pose to tarnish the administration of
our government in the interest of
party politics." He assured the demo-
Gratis that if they would come in with
a single charge in writing that some
body had committed a crime and had
gone unpublished, they will have an in
vestigation Immediately"
Branching off on the tariff he called
on Mr.. DeArmond to state what ought
to be changed in the tariff. There
would be no ten of you that would
name the same item, nor five of you
that would come within so per cent
of it, and o of you would agree on
all of the items Of the tariff" at which
there was as much laughter.
He scored the democratic party on
the tariff question as being "of a dis
organized, broken up, dismembered.
helter-skalter crowd"
He got into an argument with Mr..
Clark Of Missouri regarding differ.
ences of opinion among republicans on
the tariff question and said there was
no difference Of opinion as to the true
basis Of opinion on which protection
must stand.
tariff" he vehemently stated, 1--WE will
amend it."
Mr.. Grosvenor declared the republi-
cans would not disturb the peace Of
the country and bring it to the condi-
ton of 1893 through an agitation of In
tended tariff revision that would break
up the flow of prosperity in the coun-
try.
Taking UP the subject OF antitrust,
Mr.. Grosvenor declared than not one
word of praise or approval Of the Sher'
man antitrust law had come from dem
ocratic sources. He defended the
president for his attitude concerning
trusts.
Haven't you forgotten something?'
inquired Mr.. Fitzgerald Of New York.
Mr.. Grosvenor convulsed the house
when he replied, after hesitating a mo-
ment, 81 have forgotten more than you
know"
Not perturbed by this retort Mr..
Fitzgerald asked If there should not
be added to the inscription the fact
that the American people were heartily