Arizona republican., 1905-12-14

serious doubts. The gentleman takes himself too seriously. He thinks he can make a national issue out of committee assignments but he cannot do it. He thinks he was removed, but he was not. There was no committed"
 MT. Williams asked if he would not have been lacking in moral courage, in evehy essential Of floor leader if he had made up the minority membership of the interstate commerce committee which would have been divided four to two on the railroad rate legislation.
 My brother would have gone off that committee under similar circum stances" and he added that if the Hearst bill received the minority sup port in the committee, he would have supported it in caucus.
 The conversion as to the Hearst bill he likened to the conversion of Saul on his way to Damascus. It was inspired, he declared. Applause fol- lowed Williams when he said he had not allowed personalities to influence his transaction of the pubh.c service. He referred to committee appointments of Hearst-labor and irrigation of arid lands, and admitted that he did not love MT. Hearst.
 "Why should I love a millionaire who owns many newspapers, which he seems to be devoting to tearing me Cown?'' he asked.
 MT. Lamar at once asked for rec ognition as did MT. Shackleford. MT. Lamar was recognized. He spoke with feeling and charged that the mi norIity leader had called the rate bill caucus of the last session because he was angry at being turned down by his colleagues on the Miles amend ment.
 Tt was not a caucus; it was a gold brick" he said.
 MT. Williams interrupted to caution Mir. Lamar ito prevent unpleasant | things from happening" adding that 1 the gentleman was not permitted to ! use insulting language on the floor Of 1 the house."
 MT. Lamar referred to the letter of | criticism of MT. Hearst by MT. Will ] Hams. The latter denied the criticism | During this denial MT. Shackleford commented Mir. Hearst personally and ! for his rate bill. He said that he was | glad to see that President Roosevelt in | his message had "come around to the i Hearst bill.'
 ''The word of one Missouri democrat | is equal to that of two leaders, was the retort of MT. Shackleford to the statement of Williams denying the use l of certain language at the St. Louis | convention. Tn Missouri, we have raiS- ed the cry down with the bosses ! declared MT. Shackleford, who insisted ! that the wishes of his constituents were 1 much more to him than the leadership of Mir. Williams. Continuing his de nunciation of bosses Mir. Shackleford said it was the McCalls and McCurdys | who had prevented the election of w. J | Bryan as president and that H. H
 Rogers and J. Pierpont Morgan would | be delighted to have the democracy oi
 the country under the control of one boss.
 MT. Williams said he had had enough and did not desire to reply. The past had gone. He looked to the future and believed that this year there would 1 be found six democrats on committee | which would agree. He was tired o1 discord.
 "We are represented now in all the ! funny papers of the country as a don. 1 key" 'The trouble is,'' he continued
 turning to the republican side of the
 chamber, that the people of the coun.
 try are tired of you and are afraid O.
 us and it is partially on account O.
 such things as have happened here thi:
 morning that it is afraid of us.'
 The democrat party, said MT. Will
 Hams, would support a republican ratt
 bill if it contained the power to namt
 a substitute rate and keep it in forc'
 and to regulate private car lines anC other abuses.
 MT. Rodenburg, of Illinois, inquired if it would be in order to move tha the balance of the session be devoted to public business.
 "A parliamentary fnquiry!" shouted MT. Cushman, of Washington. "WoulC it be in order to move that the commit
 tee do now rise, out of further respect t' the deceased?" Qaughter)