The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
MORE POLITICS IN HOUSE
New Jersey Representatives Clash During Debate on Indian Ap-
 propriation Bill.
lSAKE's ATTACK ON BRYAN RESENTED
Congressman HamilI Takes Ills Col league to Task for the Sentiments Recently Expressed Before the Body Remarks Gain Applause from Both Sides of the Chamber.

Recently Expressed Before the Body
 Remarks Gain Applause from Both
 Sides of the Chamber.
 Washington, Feb. 13.--The second time this week politics cropped out during the discussion of the Indian appropriation bill in the house of rep resentatives. Wednesday Mir. Hamill of New Jersey got the floor for five minutes presumably to talk on the bill.
 My colleague. Mir Leake, last Mon- day, made some remarks derogatory of the conduct of Wm. Jennings Bryan" he said, "and before he could continue. MT. Sherman (New York) rose and said amid laughter: I must make the point of order that this sec tion of the bill does not appropriate for William Jennings Bryan" There were demands that Mir. Hamill be al lowed to proceed. On condition that MT. Leake should be permitted five minutes to reply, the permission was accorded.
 Resuming his remarks, Mir. Hamill declared that the sentiments as ex- pressed by Mir. Leake, '.are not the sentiments I entertain or the senti- ments that prevail in Hudson county, which we both represent; which pre- vail. for that matter, throughout the state of New Jersey.'
 Mir. Bryan, he said, had been criti- cised because of his knowledge of the decalogue. In his opinion It was amazing that MT Bryan should be openly opposed on the floor of the house, because he showed an acquain- tance with the ten commandments. It was refreshing. he said. to find man who not only boasted and possessed an acquaintance with the ten com mandments, but who throughout the entire course of his public career has consistently put the precepts of the commandments into practice"
 Shcats of democratic approval greeted Mir. Hamilrs announcement that while he agreed with the state ment that MT. Bryan's knowledge of occupy a pulpit with preeminence, T can also assure the house, reflecting at the same time their own conviction, that that same acquaintance will en- able him to occupy with eclat the post of president of the United States"
 The principles Mir. Bryan espoused. he said. were so undeniably sound, that his victorious opponents have appropriated many of them and made them the popular features of their policies"
 If. said Mir. Hamill, 1t was true, as charged by his colleague, that MT Bryan was engaged in the practice of corralling delegates to the Denver con ventIon, 1t was the very same practice indulged in "by the illustrlous gentle mon whom my friends on the other side of the chamber boasts of as their political chieftain."
 All eyes then turned toward MT. Leake. who amid republican applause said that he had been misunderstood and that the congressional record would bear him out that he had cast no aspersions on the peerless one" His tone in referring to Mir. Bryan was so sarcastic that he was again ap- plauded by the republicans. Mi. Leake said 1t was his honest opinion that his views reflected the sentiment of his district. his state and the country. There were. he said, certain principles of the democratic party which had been departed from since 1896 "and that in this year when We see an op- portunity of victory we are still trust ing our fortunes to the distinguished gentleman from Nebraska"
 Mir. Leake spoke of the doctrine of Thomas Jefferson and reverting to Mir. Bryan provoked republican applause and general laughter when he said: "I believe that MT Bryan is sincere. honest and l believe that he is truth ful. and I believe further that he can not represent the principles of democ- racy before the American people. | believe that he can not preach the doc. Urine of home rule in the states. I do not believe he can preach the doc Urine of American individuality, for when he rises as our leader he is "NNNN SANes'0 Dy hto ACtCoiCc Ol iftt silver. by his doctrines of government tai ownership. and by his guaranteeing of the bank deposits of the United States, md by all those other socialis- tic tendencies"
 The country, he declared needs the establishment of the principles of democracy into our national legislation and needs to get away from the prin- ciples which Mir, Bryan stands for"
 Mir. Leake after asserting that the republicans were party of expedien- cy and the democrats party of prin- ciple, said that he had been accused of being republican. He declared. however. that he did not believe that party was based on sound principles of democracy as enunciated by Jef ferson."
 General applause and laughter greeted Mir. Leake as he took his seat and after a momentary silence 1t broke out with increased yigor.