Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-29
CHARGED DUPLICITY
WARM EXCHANGE BETWEEN
MEssRs. COOPER AND DALzELL.

There was family row on the floor OF
the House this morning in which Repre-
sentatives DalZeil of Pennsylvania and
cooper of Wisconsin both republicans, were
the participants. Before the fracas was
over the House was treated to the unusual
experience of having one member demand
that a speech printed by another member
in the Record be thrown aside and the orgi-
nal stenographic report of that speech be
inserted in Its place. Some hard words
We're exchanged and there was good deal
of bitter feeling on both sides.
The excitement was the result Of q
speech made by Mr.. Cooper yesterday in
which he made some pointed remarks about
Representative Dalzell in particular and the
committee on rules in general. This morn
ing shortly after the House convened Mr.
Dalzell arose and remarked that yesterday
made the statement that If he thought as
meanly of his colleague Mr.. Cooper did
ne would resign from Congress.
The speech preceded that remark OF
mine" said Mr.. DaIzell, "and / have
right as a matter of justice to myself to
have the speech that was made printed IN
the Record and not another speech which
entirely changes the sense
Mr.. Cooper jumped to his feet and inter-
rupted Mr.. Dalzell
Il deny" said Mr. Cooper, "that the sub
stantial character of my speech was
changed in any particular and the gentle
man can insert it all. But the report
which came to me was so ungrammatical
and distorted and mistaken in many ways
that tried to make it smooth as posi-
bic. But 1t contains the exact ideas l ex-
pressed on the floor"
Before l left the House last evening"
replied Mr.. Dalzel in voice that trembled
with rage, Il went to the stenographers
desk and obtained copy of the speech de-
livered by the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Cooper. which hold in my hand now.
1t Is a remarkably well reported speech.
There are very few inaccuracies of gram
mar. The right of the gentleman to corr
rect these no one deny. His right to
make insertions and to take out parts, in
SO far as they do not affect the meaning
and purpose of the speech, no one will deny.
but no gentleman has the right to change
the substantial character of a speech which
involves the sense and meaping OF another
gentleman's speech. Mr.. Cooper in his re-
marks yesterday fmpugned the motives and
belittled the intelligence of his colleague In
this House. He impugned my motive, and
whether or not the changes are substantial.
l will let the House and not the gentleman
from Wisconsin judge.
sMr Cooper said, in answer to my state
ment, that the gentleman says tnat this is
an effort to carry out the spirit of the
rule In my judgment this is an effort dis
tfnctly and deliberately to violate the spirit
of the rule II that was not an imputation
upon my motive than am unable to UNDER
stand the English language Ihe gentleman
from Wisconsin very cunningly changed
that sentence to read this way, In my 1ud-
,nent this is an effort which distinctly and
deliberately violates the spirit of the rule
.'Mr. Cooper also said. We go to work
worse than a lot of town supervisors ever
do and worse than anybody anywhere pre-
tending to an ordinary intelligence. The
gentleman from Wisconsin did not allow
that sentence to remain In the Record.
II allow the House to Judge as between
the gentleman and myself as to whether or
not he changed the substance OF his speech,
as to whether or not he did dishonorable
thing not only with respect to the House In
the mangling of its records. but an indecent
thing in respect to his colleague, whose mo-
tive he impugned upon the floor Of this
House when he comes In the silence of his
chamber to read over what he has said here,
and has not the courage to repeat 1t. but
deliberately. no one else being by, took 1t
cut Of the Record.
Mr. Cooper made reply denying that he
had impugned the motive of Mr.. Dalzell, or
anybody else, and explaining what he had
Intended to say.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cooper's explana-
ton vote was taken and the House, by
considerable majority. expunged Mr.. Coop
er's speech from the Record and put in It's
place his remarks as taken down originally
by the official stenographer. The exact
vote by which this unusual proceeding was
accomplished was G6 to 49,