The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-30
CONGRESS CROWDS WORK AT CLOSE

and Mr.. Tillman gave evidences from
as he progressed his manner became
more. and more intense until he fairly
shouted in Mr.. Bailey 9 face as the
two men stood facing each other and
near enough together to touch.
Mr. Bailey replied to the last re-
the South Carolina senator had de.
We did the best we could, = replied
MI. Tillman at the top of his voice,
but there are so many lawyers here
who stick it out that there is no harm
for lawyers to get passes and that law
yers be excepted.
BY this time Mr.. Bailey had become
excited and he replied:
are always talking against the law
YerS-''
He did not get an opportunity to
finish the sentence, for Mr.. Tillman in
terrupted, saying:
HIf there are any demagogs here they
must be lawyers because the members
Of this body. are lawyers except pos
sibly half a Dozen
At this juncture the vice president
found it necessary to interfere and to
insist that the senator's address the
chair.
The interruption gave Mr.. Bailey an
opportunity to get his breath and when
he resumed he was quite calm.
Mr.: Bailey said:
The senator from South Carolina
has many admirable qualities, but he
usual fairness ana eieafn a osfu not
| know what grudge he has down in
South Carolina against the lawyers.
But what he ought to do, and nearly
I all he needs to do, to be. one of the
most useful senators Of this body is to
get that cobweb out of his mind. He
! perform great service; he does it fear
lessly and he does it honestly, and the
only thing that keeps him from doing
it wisely IS now and then he yields to
this very kind Of a prejudice. I have
come man with the great intellect Of
the senator from South Carolina to feel
narrow prejudice that exists among
certain people. against the lawyers of
Mr.. Tilman replied, declaring his re-
gard for respectable members Of that
profession, but adding: but 1 have
breed know
He quoted Jesus Characterization of
the lawyers as "hypocrites,' and said
the dirty creatures who run the po-
litical conventions are the men whom
he would shut off from the pass privi-
lege.' ..-.ss',,:.
Representative. Cooper of Wisconsin
is to be Disciplined by the house lead
ers, Speaker Cannon. and representa-
tives Payne of New York, Dalzell Of
Pennsylvania and Grosvenor of Ohio,
amendment from being stricken from
the railway rate bill in conference
+ The first act of the leaders occurred
yesterday when Representative Dalzell
Of Pennsylvania, who bears Mr.. Cooper
no good will. undertook to call Cooper
to account for changing a speech he
made Yesterday The Congressional
Record showed the speech had been re-
vised, which is a privilege every mem
Der has. - ,>a 49, 80 'E->*s..S@
Mr.. Cooper had opposed a special rule
brought in by Mr.. Dalzell to allow the
consideration of conference reports
without first having them printed. cit
is because Of this rule requiring print.
ing Mr.. Dalzen said,r ".that many
conference reports are being held up
and the business of the house delayed''
Mr.. Cooper insisted in the interests
Of good legislation that all conference
reports should be printed before being
considered in order that members might
hat they we're DOING In making this
statements he carefully absolved Mr..
Dalzell or any other member of wrong
doing. : =. -, . -. ,ass.,~,. -.
At the outset of last nights session
of the senate Mr. La Toilette sought to
secure a vote on his bill, but Senators
Gallinger, Garter, Foraker and Nc
Cumber urged delay. Mr.. La Toilette
said that if the bill should be defeated
he would show that the act is in the
face of recommendations Of the indus
trial commission, the interstate COM
merce commission and the president Of
the United States. He added that the
president had commissioned him to say
that it was his earnest hope that the
senate would take action on the bill.
7: Mr.. La Toilette charged other SEN
ators with preventing the consideration
and passage of his bill, and said they
must take the responsibility for scores
of railway disasters due: to employees
working overtime. n = A.
Mr.. Foraker moved to erecommit the
bill to the committee on interstate com
merce, and Mr.. La Toilette moved to
lay the motion on the table. The mo-
tion was declared lost.