The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-14
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DURING SPEECH j
Sensation Followed Bitter a. AAit;
tack Made BY Massachusetts Ma Hz:a \ i lE'': $
Man Scene One One 81 ST ~ y Most '1'''s u
Remarkable in i History e'., o'f Il
Congress spea aker : Re .,-s
5luctantly Intervet1es.
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members ~ the 1ouAc Sa " ~ ~ f
" never wItncsscd Iii any del eliberati yc5 bodS
t1e ing gilmore dirty linen thai, was
& nut into the tub III the Il ousc o. lHeI-
,nscntatiycs to-day. n t 5ls certain tllal t
not even fn$thes days of rec y q y =
K @nndInmedlntcly tlcrcaf ftcr, when ~ WAS " y
II fin c,iston,o OF members II to 4 renew me ile
N 8,ytr Or, every possible occa sion, was tncic Q
u ,,,,.r. b fierccr dcnuncIhtion OF any 1neri-
" gl,e,. ha III ySas that D { MIR w liam R. s.
diparst yo New ~ ork, by Jol'il t'i g q
n Sullivan. OF the lclevetit NJ sshcn use.l1ss
lDistrict Mr.. Hcarst'sBr liougl . prleA-
ana com -
wns restrained by the III. c'lli'lln'hteea i' IS
III Il Virtual charge Of homicide g gains INST
3StI,c member from Mnssnc husct ts 5 sSst5t g f
5BgE.rhn p;hole performance 81 g rave v IN tinite
pleasure I to the Republicans who foag NJ
3 10 giyc the member rom N ssac tsetts "
opportunity to- {lambast the gen ilefmnaIlh s m Y
II from New York. a Demo era Is led inc q 3
plnnscE for Sullivan, but there We're InoFc Y
Republicans applaudtng4 him thnls 'here re
were members from the Deniocra TIC slde
# wl,o mani tested their icas,ire sullivan 4, 2
was several times INTERRUPTED IN Ms ill,l
i s1,cccl, by attempts of members $to v We M
II 4he spcsi ker itaknShlm off his fee, sbut&A
Cannon ruled In his favor, and ne 4 COM
\ plctcd his statement. a. 4, ,9Si f88
Attack Very Bitter
The attack was called borth By the pub.
q lIcation in the New FORK American la sl st
{ week OF some sighting illusions to ~ ~ =. 8
4 Sullivan. Tfle statement was written
Is thnugh Mr.. Sullivan did not confinc him
~ sci & closely TO Ills man uscrip 'lhc lil-
M MvcctivG powers he mas tested N pre- pa u ri-- q
n ton of the ec could hardly ny nave z peen H y
& matched by ny ma p II q eit hcrS s'ao ~ ~
N sl,c Jai,an. III n
NJ Il. iIcaratS had never 4 be fore addressed
4 the Il chair. # He takes but little Il part in
The deliberations OF the II ouse. ~ but fe
Ia has been active nHcOrnm tee WORK 4 cs-, c,
y speclally In behalf of the rate res gulatlon
55SDiI which iesintroduced mt the lnst ses-
i sIon. for which he has contende before ore
VI the COMMITTED on Interstate te nd Foreisn
II Commerce. but whlcl, was rejected for
the SDayey bill IN the Democratic CAUCUS,
8 no that the gentleman from, Ne FORK
" did rot get the credit of having offered
the first measure on the subject BY nay.
tng II nlads The basis Of 5sng q iglt In the
# House. Mr.. Hearst spoke fai ry NSe " Elc 9
Z was apparently 88sOmcwhat EN- bnrrassed
after having listened TO tho scnth q DE- g
n,ncia ION of Ills character and record
95ihy tho gentleman from Massachusetts.
II He has not IL good voice, but his pres
x er,ce Ii better than his a appearance When
K not speaking would lead one to expect.
v IT was known that Mr. Sullivan would
4 rise to Il question OF personal privilege
H Immediately after the opening OF Inc ses-
sion to-day, and attack NJ u Hearst q or
= tho attack made upon himself. and #that tfh11
a lie would also use the opportunity lVen
= Il, say somo things In lreply 10 the course
Ct or the American. y Mr.. Hearst IS neWspa-
per,E III attacking John Sharp WI lliams, he
leader or the minority, as 1t hns been
doing daily for the past month. Tile
galleries were fuller than usual, and
there was scarcely an absentee from
among the members In the press ga L
lcry were Arthur Brisbane. the principal
editorial writer for the American, and
Max Ihn,sen. who Is the politi manager
lof Mr. IIcarst. and who was for n long
time the head n Of tho Washington bu-
realll OF the American, then called the
~ Journal. & @ u t@ft{5s5
What Sullivan Said.
I Il; a SIX minutes past noon, Mr.. Sullivan
4 addressed the chair. He read Ia IN the
article 5sIll tho New York Amerl-
can SS or February 9TH Z In critl-
Il cisln OF himself. which he said had been
called for by an infraction OF Mr.. IIcarst's
1nonarchical dignity and thereby had beer
consigned to the poll tical assassination Of
Mr.. Hearst's paper. The nrticlein ques,
$tion, Mr. Sullivan said, touched his repre-.
sentative capacity and s"ls q deliberate
insult to one member by nnot her u Con-
2 tjnung, Mr. Sullivan said :s159s. Va III
,"rhe writer raises the query whether
my Ignorance OF pending measures was
IN due to congcntal incapacty or lndIffer,
ence 10 the peoples rights Congental
!3intapacity Is u serious charge, YET
4 obviously one which q person accused
Z would not care to discuss. II the charge
Is true, he Is not guilty, but unfortunate
ana 1t is surely q grievous5 misfortune
"a not to be able to appreciate tho value
.85of tho Legislative selY ccs OF tho gentle
NJ man from New York. But congenltn in-
" cupncitytI understand Is n term that GOV
ers /, wide range OF mental and mora
It covers tho case OF the
moral degenerate Tho unolenn. unproduc
tive, shftless members of society. nnt
X 1t Includes the man who, totally beief
Z Of tile sense OF proportion, raises his pro-
.S fnnng eyes toward tho splendid temp temple
Y Of tho peoples highest gift-the presI
,lency of the United bllssfully I'M
conscious of the woeful contrast be- etweel
X the qualifications requisite for I llatShigl
office and his own contemptlble mora
equipment" h. ", n
5 Mr., Sullivan referred to Mr., Hearst as
i''tbe unknown man or political novice
lied Wealth. The scheme of political
u assassination lie said,' had been mapped
ont evidently M!tllgthe idea of of5destroy-
ing tho. respectable elements Of the Demo-
cratic party, lie commended Mr. VIII
lL,ms. The mnotityi leader, for refusing to
endorse the Hearst ra to- I blli;tal "a
refusal Oft that leader to stoop toyu con
atroycEsy With& ~ contemptiBle opponent
Il rs Mr.. ulllvan setlt to the clerks desk te
u 10 read an;estimatG of Mr. Hearst IS char
:tcter made by a a1ifornia ropresenta'
# tive In 1897 al ST. 53B, al $3 II
I, AS soon as MI. ulllyap conc I'D &c, !, M r
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