The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-14

consideration where abundant infornla- tion regarding a bill is withheld from the House He said the word "covertly' which MT. Hopkins had used in describ- ing the manner the resolution had been 'railroaded" through the House was in the light of the debate absolutely justi fed
 MT DeArmond of Missouri said that much was said in the heat of debate that on reflection would not be used He spoke of both MT. Hopkins and MT. Ben nett as gentlemen. and then said he be- lieved the whole subject could be cleared Up if properly presented Mir. Hopkins of Kentucky then rose to explain He dls- claimed any intention whatever to reflect any discredit upon his friend, MT Gold fogle. He had made them in a playful way, but as to MT Bennett he could not say so much. for after two hours of de- bate he was more convinced than ever that the statements he had made were reasonable and natural deductions of his conduct, and that he was right in making them.
 Hopkins Is Called to order.
 This remark resulted in MT Hopkins being called to order, the speaker stating that in his opinion the remarks were not in order. and he was advised to proceed l in order An effort was made to prohibit MT. Hopkins from making his statement l but on vote he was permitted to pro- ceed He said that one statment he was called upon to refute was the charge of illiteraey against the people whom he | represented As to the Fannie Diner case he said he had stated on the floor simply what the commissioner general of immigra ton had told him-that she was a blank idiot, she shrunk from the light that she had sores upon her legs which l indicated that she had been manacled, and that she had claws which showed that she had not been properly cared | for.
 MT. Dalzell of Pennsylvania and MT Williams of Mississippi became involved l in an altercation to the words used by | MT. Williams in criticism of MT. Bennett until there were calls on all sides to have the words taken down.
 MT. Dalzel with much agitation de- clared that the question affected every | individual member of the House, demo- crat or republican.
 What the gentleman from Kentucky said,' exclaimed MT. Dalzell, twas. in violation of propriety, an insult to the | dignity of the House. an express infrae- tion of it's rules. The question is whether this House will enforce it's own rules
 Brings Williams to Ills Feet
 He remarked that the gentleman from Mississippi, Mir Williams, had taken oc- casion to say that he was not in favor of immigration This utterance brought Mir. Williams to his feet to protest.
 MT. Dazell immediately confessed that ! he had misquoted MT. Williams. "Obvi- | ously" sententously replied the minority 1 leader. Mir. Dazell took fresh start, seemingly getting more angry, as he pro- | ceeded
 He said he did not care how much time was spent by the friends of either the | gentleman from Kentucky the gentle man from New York. but he did care for | the fact that the gentleman from Mis- | sissippi has impugned by insinuations the motives of the gentlman from New York, who he said guilty also in an nsin- | uating way of precisely the same crime. and the same violation of the rules which the gentleman from Kentucky was Loud applause on the republican side). 1 MT. Dalzell charged MT Williams with | using the occasion to rally his partsans by making the subject a partisan one.
 MT. Dalzell questioned the courage of | MT. Williams and suggested he should make a statement outright rather than | insinuate 1t.
 MT. Williams called loudly across the aisle, but in the confusion his remarks were lost. He and Mr Dazell stood glar- ing at one another.
 MT. Dalzell continued:
 "The gentleman from Mississippi in- | sinuated that the gentleman from New York had been guilty of the conduct 1 charged against him by the gentleman 1 from Kentucky. and when asked the ques- ton whether he believed he had or had not been guilty of that conduct he de- clined to answer unless exempted from the rules of the House."
 l MT. Williams was at this time calling loudly for recognition, and with his hand waving in the air he thundered.
 "The gentleman from Pennsylvania won't assert a falsehood."
 Clash Seems Imminent.
 The speaker pounded the desk with vgor. A clash seemed imminent when Mr. Cannon closed the incident by de- claring both members out of order and | ordering the remarks stricken from the | record.
 The vote was then taken on the resolu- tion to expunge Mir. Hopkins remarks and 1t was adopted, ayes 165 noes fl. The l conference report on the second urgent deficiency bill was adopted:
 The House then resumed consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill When the paragraph in the bill relating to rail way mail pay was reported a half dozen members from the south rose for the purpose of still ventilating the subject of the special fast mail provision on the Southern railway. Notwithstanding that the subsidy had been considered for number of days, the interest seemed to be just as keen as when the first speech was made on the subject.
 Mail Appropria Remains.
 On a vote being taken on the motion Of MT. Moon of Tennessee to strike out of the bill the appropriation for special mail facilities between Washington and Atlanta and New Orleans, the motion was rejected 106 to 2S
 The motion to strike out the special ia cilities on trunk lines between Kansas City. Mo, and Newton, Kas. was de- feated without division
 Mir Walter I. Smith of Iowa offered an amendment permitting periodical publca tions issued at stated intervals under the auspices of charitable. educational or re- ligious institutions to be admitted to the mail as second-class matter. In support of his statement MT. Smith said that 1t was reflection on the education and en- lightenment of the American people to permit the yellow journals and still vel lower magazines to the mails as sec ond-class matter, and take away the very life of charitable and educational insttu- tons, because publications representing cluded.
 All we ask" said MT. Smith, Ifs that the frail bark of virtue shall have the same rights on navigable waters as the piratical bark flying the black flag
 The amendment went out on a point of order