Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-26
Mr.. FUCKERS FORECAST
SEES DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND
BRYAN PRESIDENT.

Publicity before election as we'll as after
election. was the subject of an address de-
hvered by Mr.. RuclSer (Mo.) today In tho
House while the latter had under consid-
Grafton the diplomatic and consular bill
Ihere were less than hundred members
present when the House met, the galleries
presenting a bare appearance. here and
| there small group of spectators showing
interest In the discussion of Mr. Rucker In
FAVOR of general publicity bill.
The House pricked up It's ears when Mr..
hucker IN the course OF his address mem
TONED the names of members OF the COM
mittee who voted for his publicity bill. Gil
iespe OF Texas, Hardwick OF Georgia Ell
ierbe OF South Carolina, Watkins of Lou
islana and himself, all democrats. while
the repubiicans on the committee voted
against It.
Rucker Called to Order.
Mr. olmsted Pa.) called the gentleman to
order. saying that he had no right to d.
vulse the proceedings In committee
Mr. Curtis tkan.). who was in the chair.
called Mr.. Rueker sharply to order and
mad the rule read that the action of a COM
mittee was confidential and could be mada
public only by unanimous vote Of the par
ticular committee
Mr.. Rucker was ordered to proceed in or
der, but ingeniously got In the Record tho
names OF the republican members of the
committee on election of President Vica
President and members of Congress by stat
Ing that IL the bill were In the HOUSE the
republicans, to be consistent, would vote
against it.
He then said that the apathy on the part
OF the republicans toward his any other
Dill prohibiting political corruption was
startling. He suggested that when the
democrats got control of the Fiftieth Com
gress and relegated the republicans to the
Cherokee strip they would pass q law that
would punish corruptionists of all classes.
When the democrats get the next House.
said Mr. Rucker, and elect that splendid
democrat John Sharp Williams as speaker
unless my good friend and colleague Champ
Clark OF Missouri is candidate for Speaker.
then will come good legislation for the peo-
ple."
Sees Bryan President.
Passing from democratic House Mr..
Rucker saw a democratic President In the
White House. "and your brightest sun
(ponting to the republican side) is like a
lightning bug alongside the man whom we
WILL elect, our peerless leader, William Jen-
nings Bryan" Great applause on the DEM
ocratc side.l
Mr.. Olmsted CPa.) suggested that the
matter of publicity was subject for action
by the states; that Pennsylvania had
passed a publicity bill UNNECESSARILY
stronger than the Rucker bill.
Mr.. Rucker replied: You can't stop polt-
iCal corruption IN PennSylVanla, the only
way you can stop corruptionists in tho
Keystone state Is TO hang them" Great
laughter. in which the Pennsylvania dele
gates jOined.)
Later in the day Mr.. Clark CMo.) at
tempted to have the ruling of Mr.. Curtis
(Kan.), while presiding over the committee
of the whole, set aside, and his direction
to eXpunge certain remarks of Judge
Rucker (Mo) from the Record reversed In
this, however, Mr.. Clark failed. the Speaker
holding that unless the matter was pre-
sented by the chairman of the COMMITTEES
of the whole 1t could not properly be sub
>ject of consideration by the House.
Gaines Takes Rucker to Task
Mr.. Gaines CIV. Va), chairman of the
committee on the election of President.
Vice President and representatives in Con-
gress, took occasion, under the latitude Of
general debate. to severely criuclse the adj
dress of Mr.. Rucker and especially his re-
marks in relation to the secrets of the conn.,
miltee room.
He stated that both the Perry Belmont
publicity BILL so called, and the Rucker bill
were defective. and that his bill had more
of the essence of justice than either of the
other bills. 1t was Mr.. Gaines idea that
the merest child could evade the Rucker or
the Mccall bills. and he, as the representa-
tive of the republicans on the COMMITTEES.
Wnated to say that they were in favor of a
bill that would control political contribu-
tions, ant tu-y were working toward that
end.
He classed the Belmont measure folly
and the Rucker bill as 'balderdash anu
"claptrap."