The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-25

galleries. but by AL the members on the
floor.
He committed a gross breach Of par
.liamentary decorym, and was promptly
admonished of that fate by the speaker,
but not until after he had got in an
allusion that broke down all rules Of
order. 2s5s. II
Mr.. Payne Of New York had made an
extremely telling and logical argument
to the effect that it would be unfair to
the rest Of the nation to give to ems
bryo states which. contained but a
ton, in the United States o as the older
commonwealth with their millions Of
people. He referred to the fact that it
WASH t a square deal to give Arizona
the same representation in the United
States senate as the empire state OF
New York. The galleries yelled, in
spite of the sergeant-at-arms, and the
house broke into great roar Of laugh
ter, Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt
captured everybody when he said:
The gentleman talks of two sena-
tors from New York. Most Of us are
trying to forget them
Oheered Bede's Sally.
There is q strict rule Of the house
which prohibits all references to mem
bers Of the senate by name or by infer
ence, and, of course, Mr.. Bede had
Cannon was hammering with his gavel
to maintain order and stop the Mime
sofa representative the people on the
floor and the galleries were bubbling
with uncomfortable laughter. Senator
Depew had come back but a day or two
ago and most people here seem to be
fully alive to the unpleasant features Of
4 =. oo
committee.
Senator Platt has never been popular
in congress and Bede' allusion to the
| two New York senators, therefore, was
hugely relished by everyone.
Bede made another hit, and probably
said something which win live in the
| traditions Of the house, when he de-
clared that the pilgrim fathers never
would have landed in New England at
| all if they had not been seasick.
I It was a great opportunity for one of
the I'kidso Of the house, and Bede Ger:
tainly made the best of it. His speech
! was one which long will be remembered
| for it's undeniable wit. He made no
votes for his side, and he made a good
| many enemies by speaking at all, but
| he clinched his reputation, as congress
sional humorist Of the first water.
Bede's Speech.
~ want to say to the gentleman
from New York, Mr.. Bede said, tsthat
if the democratic party gets into power
! again it will not be because Of the pro
violence Of God, but because Of the mis-
/ takes Of the leaders Of the republican
party in this house. The gentleman
speaks Of the senators from New York
Most people are trying to forget them
! "The treatment Of the west by thu
east is a mistaken policy" declared
Mr.. Bede. The people Of the cas-
have gotten so that they are like thu
| girl from Kentucky, whose father wa
who said she was 81 years old befor,
| she knew that damned Yankee wa
not one. word. - snsa!
When they want to whip us int,
line and get something done here the,
call up the great maine of Theodor,
Roosevelt, but when they want to de
feat something that he wishes to brin,
about, they call him the bronch'
statesman PR. - z.s
i sob, they say they fear senator
4 from the west. do not. But the,
say You haven't folks enough on
there When oe;, did senator ever reI
, Mr.. Bede eulogized the west and it
"We used to hear New England wa
not a fit place to live in, yet we hav
made it great country. Even Gov
ernor Bradford in his notes on the earl
settlement Of that country, intimate
that the Pilgrim fathers themselve
8 would not have landed in New Englan
if they had not been seasick. /"
: I'll 80, In Insurgent Camp.
| +
. The republicans who voted with th
democrats on the test vote ordering til
! previous question on the rules were:
Adams (Wis( Babcock (Wis.), BED
Mimi, Beidler, Boynge, Brook
{coD, Brown, Galderhead, oashmal
bel. Gronnaz n. D. Hay, Hayes, He
mann, Howell (Pa), Humphre
(Wash:), Jones (Wash.), Kahn, Kenn
" dy (Ohio) Knowland, Loud, McGar1
McMorran, Marshall III. D. G,'1 Nine
. Mon!dell, Mudd, Murphy, Needham, o
jen (Wis.), Heeder, Slemp, Smi1
(Ca!), Stevenson (Minn.), Thorn
(Ohio), Wachter.
+ Democrats Explain.
d Washington, Jan. 25.-With TWEEN
. IL O'Clock today took up it's speci
; order on statehood. The debate Is
). run until 3 o CLOCK, when vote on Il
,, bill will be taken.
;. As an echo Of Yesterday 8 battle N
: Lloyd (Missouri) the democrat
5 'whip,' made an explanation regar
l. ing the thirteen democrats who we
!, absent when the vote was taken on t
e statehood rule.
d "a report is CURRENT he said. g
+ the effect that some Of the democrs
: yesterday got away without voting a