The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
SHAKE FISTS
AT WILLIAMS.
Row in House in. Which Dal-
zell and Other Repub-
liCdns Join.
DECEPTIVE METHODSIN
IMMIGRANTS CASE.
Postoffice Appropriation Bill Is Passed,
Including Subsidy Clause.

Postoffice Appropriation Bill Is Passed,
including Subsidy Clause.
(BY MAURICE SPLAlN.)
Washington, April I3.-Messrs. Dal.
Zell, Payne and Keifer, shaking their fists
at John Sharp Williams, the democratic
leader, and vociferiously calling him to
order, formed the climax of a sensational
row in the house this afternoon, which
did the incidental good of letting in light
on the sort of committee from which the
country expects effective legislation for
the restriction of immigration.
The row was precipitated by a motion
of Mr.. Gardner, of Massachusetts,, that a
speech, made day before yesterday by
Mr.. Hopkins, of Kentucky, attacking Mr.
Bennett, of New York, and charging in
effect that Bennett was agent of the steam
ship trust, be expunged from the record.
Mr.. Hopkins attack on Bennett was
based on the alleged deceptive methods
used by the latter to induce the house to
pass few days ago bill to permit the
landing in this country of Fannie Diner, a
German girl, said to have been an idiot
When he got his bill up under unanimous
consent, and had it passed, Hopkins
charged that Bennett deceived the house
by suppressing the fact that Fannie Diner
was alleged to be hopeless idiot, with
claws, In stead of hands, who ate her food
like dog.
BENNETT HAD DECEIVED HOUSE.
The debate amply bore out the truth of
the allegation that Bennett had deliber-
ately deceived the house. as Hopkins
charged. John Sharp Williams put this
beyond question by vigorous speech he
made, attacking Bennett for his suppress
sion of the truth about the German girl,
and by this means inducing the house to
pass bill under unanimous consent,
which would probably have been objected
to had the whole truth been known.
Mr.. Williams threw good deal of fire
into his denunciation of the New York
member for his conduct, and declared that
the house ought to be considering reSe-
luton to expel him, instead of one to ex.
punge from the record Mr.. Hopkins re-
marks about him. Business was done in
the house, especially under unanimous
consent, ION homer" and if members de-
ceived one another the state of affairs
would become intolerable, Mr.. Williams
declared.
ASKS UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
Finally Mr.. Gardner demanded to know
If Mr.. Williams would say to the house
that he believed Bennett had deliberately
and willfully deceived the house. Mr.
Williams replied that if he answered the
question frankly some one would demand
that his words be taken down and he be
called to order for violating the rules.
This did not satisfy Mr.. Gardner. He in
sisted Mr.. Williams should answer. Mr.
Williams then asked unanimous consent
that no one should call him to order if he
replied frankly and fully to Gardner's
question. Immediately, Mr.. Waldo, of
New York, who sat next to Bennett, OBJ
jected, thus refusing the unanimous con-
sent asked by the democratic leader.
A few minutes later, in closing the de-
bate on Gardner's motion, Mr.. Dalzell
said that Mr.. Williams lacked the courage
shown by Mr.. Hopkins in his attack on
Bennett, and sought to hide behind re-
quest for unanimous consent.
WILLIAMS RESENTS TAUNT.
Mr.. Williams was on his feet in an in
slant and cried with indignation: "The
gentleman from Pennsylvania does not
want to utter falsehood on the floor of
the House. He has made misleading
statement.
In the confusion Mr.. Dalzell and others
on the republican side misunderstood
what Mr.. Williams had said. They
thought he had directly charged Mr.. Dali
Zell with uttering falsehood. A chorus
of cries of protest arose from the repub-
lean side, while Mr.. Dalzell, Mr.. Payne
and General Keifer rushed toward the
center aisle calling on the speaker to call
Williams to order, to take down his words
etc.
Mr.. Dalzell was pale with anger.
The speaker stopped the tumult and
restored good humor by declaring that
everybody had been out of order for 40
minutes, and closing the debate. Gard
ner's motion to expunge Hopkins attack
on Bennett was carried by vote of los
to OF.
FAvORS UNRESTRICTED IMMIGRATION
Incidental to the debate 1t was revealed
that Bennett, of New York, is one of the
members of the House immigration COM
mittee who Is in favor of practically un-
restricted immigration. This fact was
the basis of Hopkins charge that Bennett
Is the agent or attorney of steamship
companies engaged In the business of
HOO0iuS liS @Ouuuy Will uldCSH dUlC iii
migration.
Gardner, of Massachusetts,, a repub-
lican of the committee, in the course of
the debate. told what valuable man Ben
nett was, and naively admitted that,
knowing his desire for unrestricted immi-
grafton, he had been permitted to draw up
some of the provisions of the bill that has
been reported to the House for the alleged
purpose of shutting of the floods of
ignorant and otherwise undesirable i'm
migrants now pouring into the country.
The conference report of the second
urgent deficiency bill was adopted.
Tuesday was set aside for the consid-
Grafton of bills on the.private calendar.
POST OFFICE BILL TAKEN UP.
Then the House resumed consideration
OF the postofice appropriation bill.