Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-15
UNCLE JOE IN 4 RAGE
Dramatic Scene i'll House When
Speaker Takes Floor to Re
sent Insinuation
HIS VIEWS ON STATEHOOD BILL
Speaker of the House stuns by Speech
of Smith of Arizona Makes a Spirit
ed Reply and Evokes Applause From
the House-An Interesting situa-
tion-other News.

| Washington, June 15.-.Not in years
has the house of representatives wit
messed a more dramatic scene than it
| witnessed late Thursday, incident to
the adoption of the conference report
on statehood
| AT the close of wearisone days
debate on the sundry civil bill, the geo.
logical survey discussion occupying the
major portion of the days proceedings,
Mr.. Hamilton, of Michigan, chairman
of the committee on territories, called
| up the conference report on the state
! hood bill. In anticipation of some-
| thing unusual, most of the members
We're in their seats, while the galleries
were comfortably filed.
| A round of cheers from both sides
of the chamber greeted the chairman
of the committee when Mr.. Hamilton
moved, the adoption of the report. Ear
lier in the day he had endeavored to
call up the report, but found that the
papers had not reached the house from
the senate. At that time he stated that
] he hid not expect any debate on agree
ment of the conferees, believing that 1t
would be adopted without discussion.
While there was no discussion on the
/ report itself, a most unexpected cpl
sode ensued.
| Mr.. Moon. of Tennessee. the ranking
member eff the minority on the cons
mittee OH territories, had made state
ment In relation TO the position of the
democrats as to the compromise which
| had been agreed upon in conference.
He was frequently interrupted with
! applause and was then followed by
! Mr. Marcus A. Smith, the delegate
from Arizona, who took occasion in a
guarded way to insinuate that there
had been undue influence used in post
ponfng an agreement.
Cannon Takes the Floor.
| Smarting under what he believed to
be direct insinuation against him,
| Speaker Cannon impetuously left the
chair, calling Mr. Dalzell to the desk,
and taking. a position unconsciously
| in the aisle opposite the seat which he
occupied for many years until chosen
speaker, he asked the speaker pro TEN
| for five minutes to explain his position.
Thunders of applause greeted the
| speaker as he stood with hand up
lifted, his head shaking, waiting for
quiet in the house. Again and again
| waves of applause swept over the
chamber democrats and republicans
participating.
Finally order was restored and then,
measuring every word, Speaker Cam
non said:
MIR. Speaker, as member of the
house of representatives, during this
session as at all other sessions, I have
represented. my constituents and acted
| for the whole people according to my
best Judgment. The coming into tn.
uaion of Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory meets my approval. IT
had my choice and were supreme, ]
would infinitely prefer 10 see Oklaho-
| ma and the Indian Territory come
separately With an aggregate popula-
| ton of two and almost one half mill
| ions. with four senator's, rather than
| to see New Mexico and Arizona come
together, and God knows, rather than
| to see them come sngly with about
| 100000 population with four senator's.
TT is no secret as to my views as
a representative. / have sought to the
You have the result before you. AL
tho every man in the Indian Territory
should vote against statehood for the
new proposed state of Oklahoma not
withstanding that protest the state
would be and will be formed under
this enabling act.'
Mr.. Smith of Arizona rose.
Mr. Cannon: 81 do not yield at this
moment There is no separate vote
there. There is a separate vote, how
ever, as to the other two. SO much
for that. I do not propose to go into
the merits of this proposition. would
not have taken the floor had not the
honorable gentleman, the delegate from
Arizona (Mr. Smith,, made the remark
that there was high penalty for the
governor Of that territory to attempt
to in. uence legislation, or for one
legislativ body or it's membership to
attempt to traffic in the legislation
with the other in order to secure other
legislation, if correctly state him.
Speaker Denies lmputation.
THAT remark could have had but
one motive, and one meaning, and that
meaning is that some one in the house
has sought to affect legislation in the
house as a matter of traffic in order to
secure action upon this matter in the
senate. That imputation as implied so
far as it reflects on the speaker of this
house and, SO far as I know or believe,
upon any other member of this house.
is unworthy of the gentlemen who ut
tered it and without foundation in fact,
IF it was necessary to furnish proof
of this statement, look about me here
on my own side of the house on men,
bers with whom I disagreed touching
the progress of this bill from time to
time, and upon that side of the house.
and I pause and invite any member
present who has the least intimation,
knowledge, or even belief that the
statement implied in the insinuation of
the gentlemen is true to say So"
When Speaker Cannon had finished
the house was in an uproar. 1t could
not be controlled nor did the presiding
officer make any effort toward con-
trolling It, Members who had sat in 81
lence during the delivery of the speech.
democrats and republicans alike.
crowded around the speaker TO shake
him by the hand and tell him how glad
they We're that the long drawn out
fight for statehood had been happily
ended in compromise and that his
speech voiced the sentiment of the
members.
Have you been betrayed by promises
of quacks, swallowed pills and bottled