The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-14
HEARST RAKED
OVER THE GOALS
In Reply He Charged a Fellow Mem
Der With Murder.
EXCITING SCENE IN HOUSE
SPEAKER FINALLY COMPELLED
TO INTERFERE.

tkf ASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-Not in re-
w cent years has the house wit
messed such a spectacle as il did
Today with Mr. Sullivan of Massac hu-
setts and William r. Hearst IF New
DIRK as the central figures. Both in
oulged IN personalities of the gravest
character and stirred the house SO as
10 arouse among certain members d
feeling OF the greatest indignation.
Mr. sullivan heaped upon Mr.. Hearst a
TRADE of denUnciatiOn, while the lat
ter by implication charged Mr.. Sulli-
van with completely in a murder.
The affair grew out of the recent dis
cussion of the freight rate question i'm
the house, when Mr.. Sullivan inquired
Of Mr.. Lamar OF Florida. who was ia
vOring the Hearst bill, why Mr. Hearst
did not defend his own bill. this being
followed by a criticism of Mr.. Sullivan
in the New York American and Jour
nal
Several appeals were made to Speak
or Cannon to cause the two men to de-
sist I'm their abuse OF each other.
Speaker Cannon, however. allowed
them to proceed. Mr.. Sullivan entirely
concluded, but in the case of Mr.
Hearst. the speaker, on reconsidera-
ton, noticing the temper of the house
decided that an accusation of homicide
against a fellow member was unparlia
mentary because it was calculated TO
provoke disorder and disturbance. Al
most rpediately thereafter Mr.
Hearst took his seat, hurting defiance
and declaring that 1t would be his
pride 10 continue his hostility to indi-
viduals such as he charged Mr.. Sulli-
van to be.
Speech Was Prepared.
Mr.. Sullivan took the floor Immediate
" after the reading of the journal at
noon today. He had prepared his
speech in advance and read it through
out. After he had explained the pur-
pose of his remarks. he read the article
In the New York American to which
he had taken Offense. This, he said,
touched him in his representative ca
pacity and was a deliberate insult from
one member of the house to another
At this point Mr.. Robertson Of Indi-
ana interrupted to make the point of
order that Mr.. Sullivan was violating
the rules of the house. There were
quite general expressions of disap-
prevail OF Mr. RObinsOn's point. and il
was some time before Speaker Cannon
could restore order to pronounce his
ruling. He held that the language used
at that time was strictly in order Mr.
Cannon read the rule governing the
point, and Mr.. Sullivan proceeded. but
with such vigorous denunciatiOn as
again to bring forth another point Of
order from Mr. Robertson. Speaker
Cannon said he would have to have to
hear the words read again. He sent
for Mr.. Sullivan's manuscript and the
reading clerk slowly repeated the para
scathingly assailed the presidential as
pirations of the gentleman from New
York. Mr.. Cannon ruled the speech i'm
order and no further interruptions were
made.
Hearst's Reply Brief.
Mr.. Hearst arose to reply at once Mr.
Sullivan took his seat. He had to wait
some two minutes for order. His reply
was brief, the sensational part being
contained in the concluding sentences
which by inference charged Mr. Sulli-
van with murder Mr. Hearst said he
assumed entire responsibility for the
article which had aroused Mr.. Sui1i-
vans indignation, although, he said. he
had not inspired it nor did he know in
advance of its intended publication. He
said he was glad TO incur the hostility.
''of that class of individuals" Previ-
Gus to this he had reviewed the attack
made on him by eX-Representative
Johnson Of California, and said that MI
Johnson's defeat for congress was the
result.
Mr. Sullivan, after the house ad-
jOurned, said he would take the floor
tomorrow and answer the reflection on
him contained in Mr.. HeaCst's speech.