The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-13
litdsfleId and Lamar Have
 Lively Tilt
REFLECTION ON MIR LAMAR
MT. LittlefeId Maintained the Florida Representative Had Used Language That Tended to Incite Assas-
 sination and Bloodshed.

Washington, January 12.-The House of Representatives today devoted it's entire session to discussion of the impeachment charges against Judge Charles Swayne of the northern district of Florida. A dramatic incident occurred when MT. Lit tlefield of Maine called on MT. Lamar, of Florida, who filed the charges against the judge, to admit or repudiate an all legged interview, which the former claimed tended to incite the people to commit ar act of violence against Judge Swayne MT. Lamar admitted giving an interview but emphatically denied any suggestion from him that could be construed Into advising assassination or murder He said that although Judge Swayne was known to be the most lawless man in Florida he had remained secure from bodily harm.
 MT. Palmer Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee of seven, appointed by the speaker. to prepare the case against Judge Swayne. explained that the majority or the committee had reached their con clusions after most painstal1ing delibera- tions and 1t remained for the House itself to take such further action in the case as 1t might deem proper.
 Mr. Littlefield of Maine said he felt 1t
  record showed and what 1t did not show He then analysed the evidence in the case in all its phases and said that none of the majority of the committee except the subcommittee had read the report when they voted for impeachment.
 Turning his attention to Mir. Lamar of Florida, who filed the original charges, Mir. Littlefield called on him to admit or deny any alleged interview published in 4ha A1trA aoltr Of To printed from the Atlanta Constitution on March 20, 1904, which Mr. Littlefield said did violence to MT. Lamar's reputation as a gentleman and as an honored member of the House. MT. Littlefeld quoted from the interview in which MT. Lamar is alleged to have said that the people of Florida has stood Judge Swayne about as long as they could and that he was going to tell Congress that if some action was not taken to relieve the people of Florida Judge Swayne would be in danger
 Statement Absolutely Incorrect.
 MT Lamar said that any language im- putting to him the statement that Judge Swayne's life was in danger was aboslute- ly incorrect, but he had said that if the proceedings in the House terminated in nothing 1t would be because the House did not understand the conditions in Florida; that he looked upon Judge Swayne 'as utterly corrupt, and utterly tyrannical and the most lawless man in the state Cf Florida"
 MT Lamar declared that he stated in the interview "that if nothing appealed to Judge Swayne, neither law nor hu- manity In his own lawless career, then would point out to him the fact that his arbitrary and tyrannical action might result in some ill-ordered brain or some revengeful brain, that suffered at his hands, inflicting violence upon him..
 MT Littlefield said 1t grived him pro- frundly that a member of the House had preached 'incltement to assasslnatloi and murder"
 q deny any suggestion of violence to Judge swayne." declared MT. Lamar.
 DO you think,' interjected MT. Rob- inson, Arkansas, addressing MT. Little field after the statement by the gen. tleman from Florida that he Justified assassination. ?'
 q protest here and now exclaimed NJ. Littleheld, that no language put into public prints and read by the common D, ople and which urged assassination, is trivial in it's character"
 Denounce 1t as FaIsehood.
 MT. Lamar was promptly on his feet and declared that while he did not think MT. I.ittlefield intended to charge him with melting murder, Mir. Littlefield cer- tainly had almost blindly misapprehended what was really said. If" said MT. Lamar, anyone used his language in the interview to impute that he suggested violence to Judge Swayne, he would de- nounce 1t as a malicious falsehood.'
 "The gentleman's denunciations disturb nobody" replied Mir. Littlefeld, who added, that unfortunately for MT. La mar. the ordinary citizen of the United States would so construe 1t, and it is for that reason that the language does great violence to the character of the distin- euished gentleman from Florida"
 General applause greeted an inquiry by MT. Gaines (Tennessee). why MT Little field did not confine himself to a discus sion of the record, as he short time be- fore was kicking about 1t not being done.
 .Is the gentleman disturbed?" sarcas- tically retorted MT. Littlefeld.
 Gaineo Makes Retort.
 A storm of applause followed the reply of Mr. Gaines that he was disturbed in his confidence in Mir Littlefeld S fair mindedness. MT. Ltttlefield then declared that a part of the testimony of Judge Swayne was not reported, and asked who did the reporting.
 "Oh." answered MT. Palmer, 'the col ored man employed by the judiciary com mittee.
 Mir Littlefield charged that the judici- ary committee had edited out of the rec ord statements of Judge Swayne which they embc their report.
 MT. Littlefieiu ill continue his remarks tomorrow
 The Shackelford resolution authorizing the committee on interstate commerce to investigate the Panama Railroad com pany was passed, after which the House adjourned.
 THE SENATE.
 Washington. January 12.-The legisla- tive. executive and judicial appropriation biI. was today read at length in the Sen ate. and there was considerable discussion of the civil service question, and the nrovision for the investigation of foreign trade conditions by the department of commerce.
 The bill for the encouragement of the merchant marine was reported to the Sen e and MT. Bailey made the point that tn, commission had been pledged |, report in favor of discriminating du- lies, and not in favor of ship subsidies. The suggestion was combatted by Sena- tors Gallinger and Lodge, who were mem- n.r. of the commission.