The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-14
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Williams with contributing more in one minute to democratic inharlnony than he (Mr. Lamar) had in q year. He ad- mitted that on Monday he was in the heat of anger and glad that he had been stopped. However, his personal friendship for MT. Williams had ceased. MT. Williams was at once recognized to reply. 'The gentleman" he said, takes himself too seriously. He thinks he can make an national issue out of a committee assignment, but he can't do it. He thinks he was remov- ed, but he was not. There was no com- mittee." MT. Williams asked if he would not have been lacking in moral courage, and in every essential of a floor leader, if he had made up a mi nority membership of the commerce committee which would have been di- Vided four to two on the question of railroad rates.
 My brother would have gone off that committee under the same circum- stances" said MT. Williams, and he added that had the Hearst bill receiv- ed the minority support in committee he would have supported it in cau- GUS. Comparing MT. Lamar to his g-'eat uncle, l.. Q. c. Lamar, MT. Wil- Hams said the uncle possessed superb egotism But he also possessed to con- secrate it, superb intellect" Long applause followed the statement of MT. Williams that he should ignore the per- sonalities of MT. Lamar. Applause again followed MT. Williams when he said he had not allowed personalities to influence his transaction of public business. And what he had done, he said, had been approved by almost the unanimous opinion of members of the minority side of the house."
 He admitted he did not love MT. Hearst. Why should 1 love a mill llonaire who owns many newspapers which he seems to be devoting to tear ing me down?" he asked.
 MT. Lamar at once appealed for rec ognition, as did MT. Shackleford. MT. Lamar was recognized. He charged that the minority leader had called the rate bill caucus of last session be- cause he was angry at being turned down by his colleagues on the Miles amendment. Tt was not caucus, it was a gold brick" he said. MT. Will Hams interrupted to caution MT. La- mar, saying: "The gentleman is not permitted to use insulting language on the floor of the house." MT. Lamar referred to a letter of criticism of MT. Hearst by MT. Williams. The latter denied the criticism. During this de- nial MT. Shackleford was recognized and reviewed the history of rate legis- lation. MT. Shackleford commended MT. Hearst personally and for his rate bill. He said he was glad to see that President Roosevelt in his message had 'come around to the Hearst bill"
 "The word of one Missouri democrat is equal to the word of two leaders" was retort of MT. Shackleford to a statement of MT. Williams denying that he had used certain language at the St. Louis convention.
 "Out in Missouri we have raised the cry Down wit hthe bosses,'" declared MT. Shackleford, adding that it was the McCalls and McCurdys who prevented the election of W. J. Bryan as presi- dent and that H. H. Rogers and J. Pierpont Morgan would be delighted to have the democracy of the country un- der the control of one boss.
 MT williams said he had had enough and did net desire to reply, we are represented now in all the funny pa pers of the country as a donkey" he said.
 "The trouble is," he continued, turn ing to the republican side of the cham Der, "that the people of the country are tired of you and are afraid of us, and it is partially on account of such things as happened here this morning that it is afraid Of us."
 MT. Rodenberg (Ill) inquired if it would be in order to move that the bal ance of the session be devoted to the public business
 "A parliamentary. inquiry" shouted MT. Cushman (Wash). Would it be in order to move that the committee do now rise out of further respect to the deceased"
 Without completing the assignment of the presidents message the house at Ali