The National tribune., 1906-06-07

House In the hush OF the first horror
after the announcement OF his fatal act.
In that he said he had taken his own
life. because he was no longer able to
meet financial obligations. He wished
no Congressional cortege, no splurge.
He abhorred such things. He also said
that he did not want any memorial ex-
ercises held In the House in his honor.
That was farce which he had always
consistently opposed. 1t is an awful
thing to have a sincere, honest life
snuffed out this way, and men who
have served with him for these past IA
years in Congress are bowed down with
grief over it.
When the Senate gets cranky it's
cranky, and that is all there is to it. The
other day Gum Shoe Bill Stone" of
Missouri, was making one Of his lucid
talks to the Senate, when two or three
messengers appeared in the gallery
above the head of the presiding officer
and made noise and began to unfold
a huge map. 1t crinkled and crankled
like breaking glass. Senator Stone look
ed up, annoyed, and then the messen-
gers tried to hastily roll the map up
and back out, but the thing made more
noise than ever. Senator Stone calmly
stopped, and the Vice President damned
the little ivory mallet down on the mar
bic desk and commanded silence. THE
Sergeant-at-Arms Will suspend that
work until after the Senator from Mis-
souri, has concluded" he declared stern
~. "Or until the Senate adjourn" sug-
gested Senator Foraker. A dozen Sem
ators added their protests, and the
messengers finally got
out About this time Senator Knox
came gliding In, and he proceeded to
blushingly explain that he was going to,
talk late in the afternoon on the pro-
jected canal from Pittsburg to Lake
Erie, and had had this map made to
make his exhibit on. Then Senator
Knox, who is newcomer in the Senate,
you know, only about a year old, learned
that when he wanted to display maps
in the United States Senate the men,
bers Of the august assemblage have a
certain kind of oiled paper that has no
rustic to it which they use for that
purpose, and that hereafter he will
please have his maps made on this kind
Of paper. Falterfngly he declared he
would, and the episode was over.
The maddest lot of men you ever saw
were yanked up before the bar Of the
House one day last week, under arrest
by the Sergeant-at-Arms for being abb
sent from the House when they were
needed to make the quorum which Rep
sr, demanded. Mr.. Rucker, OF some
where down South, denounced the ar
rest Of himself and another Southern
gemman, sub. as "a foul and contempt
bic outrage" which anyone must see is
pretty near the limit for language 10
the Speaker of the House Of Represen-
tatives, the second gentleman In the
and, IL you please.
The Sergeant-atArms he called "a
usurper with no authority to arrest"
and by way Of emphasizing the discrim-
nation he believed had been manifest
ed. asserted that "a member of the
Presidents family" referring to Mr.
Longworth. had been apprehended last
week, but had not been brought to the
bar and put In a list of members EAR
rested"
After these gentlemen had concluded
heir explanations and their structures
upon the House officials. Mr.. Payne, OF
New York, the Republican floor leader,
proceeded to lecture members, particu- |
ariy the Republicans. He declared it |
20 be the primary duty Of members to
attend upon the House sessions. and
warned them that. under the rules. ii
hey did not, there was provision where
~ they might be "docked," and init |
mated that this would be done unless |
here was marked reform on the part of
ng to the call for a quorum. al
Despite the efforts OF several of the |
influential Republicans, the reference in |
he Journal to the arrest prOceedfnEst
vas not omitted from. the permanent
'ecord, and those gentlemen who were |
Monday night will go down in history
Is having been, once in their lives at |
east, under arrest. Il
1t was supposed that with the ap-
prevail OF the Journal the whole matteFi
vas closed. but 1t seems not Mr.. Muir
ply, also from down South, rose in his
seat and declared that he arose to a
question of the highest privilege, and
quoted rules and precedents to show
hat the Speaker had no authority to /
ssue writs OF arrest unless SO directed |
by the House.
Mr.. Murphy is a new member, and /
he does not know exactly what 1t is that
1e has undertaken when he bucks up |
against the Speaker Of the House. |
speaker Cannon gravely heard the high
privilege question" OF Mr.i
Murphy, then i'm his most judicial tone /
proceeded to do the gentleman up. Hell
,ited Rules of the House to him, and /
lfter making the gentlemen feel like 30
.ents. declared 1.-The Chair believes that
lnder the Rules of the House the gen. |
leman was legally arrested" Then the
yavel came down with a bang that made |
he tiles in the corridor jingle, and the /
speaker gave his gavei over to some
called up for the purpose, and |
walked out into the lobby as calmly as
hough he had just shooed fly Off his
,ald head.
A dispatch to the Bureau Of Manu-
'actures from Minister John Hicks, of |
Santiago states the Chilean Government
has appointed Edward c. Spencer, an II
American citizen, who has lived In Chile |
'or 40 years. to advertise in the United
States the commercial, mining, manu-
and agricultural resources Of
hat country.
A process whereby a lens for astron- |
1mical purposes can be produced in a |
Few weeks at q cost Of $500 instead Of |
thousands OF dollars, is reported by
w. A. Rublee, Of Wen
IA. He states that a Hungarian chemist |
has produced a fluid, which, inclosed be- |
tween two thin crystals, will overcome |
he defects Of ordinary lenses.
Charges by about 40 Indians OF the |
Jmatlila Reservation, in Oregon, against |
Maj. e. O. Edwards, Superintendent Of |
the Indian Agency there, have been
thoroughly investigated and have re- |