Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-25
Bryan Defended by Dem
oCrats Of the House.
ShackeItord Makes laughabIe
Attack on Speaker Cannon.
Latter Laughs at the Speech, Made
For Home Reading.

Washington, Jan. 24-Although the
urgent deficiency bill was nominalIy I'D
for consideration in the House of Rep
resentatives today, not word pertinen,
to the bill was spoken. Under the
privilege Of general debate, several
members addressed the House on a
variety of subjects, but the one which
attracted most attention was a criti-
cism by Mr.. Hitchcock OF Nebraska Of
Il political forecast by General Charles
II. Grosvenor of Ohio. The debate
brought to their feet numerous Demo-
Gratis, who sprang to the defence of Mr..
Bryan, while General Keifer of Ohio.
supported by several other Republicans,
undertook to refute all the arguments
concerning Mr.. Bryan's two CAMPAIGNS.
Mr.. Hitchcock spoke of the candidacy
Of Judge Parker and declared that il
was not a case in which his personal
strength was put to a test
Ills weakness" he said, was the
weakness of the reactionary-the weak
ness Of the general who was leading
toward the rear and not toward the
front"
No ono pretended that Mr.. Bryan did
not legally support Judge Parker, he
declared. "Bryanism," he added in
stead of being the bane OF the Demo-
cratic PARTY. is its strength for the
present and hope for the future"
When Mr.. Hitchcock became involved
in the discussion with General Keifer.
of Ohio as to the accuracy Of the fig
ures of General Grosvenor. Ole James
of Kentucky interrupted with the state
mcnt that he had seen it charged that
Senator Foraker said that President
Roosevelt Was prostituting the selec-
ton of officials under the federal gov
eminent for the purpose of beating him
out of Ohio and giving it to Taft.
rs that true or false?''
General Keifer's response was that
he was not responsible for all that was
said In the newspapers.
An attack on the power of the Speak
er was made in the House Of Eeprecsn-
tatives today by Mr.. Shackelford. Mis-
souri,. during the consideration of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill. He
said Speaker Cannon was the "Ablest.
boldeSt champion of autocracy this age
has produced and declared that the
Speaker exercised "a greater despotism
than exists in any monarchy IN
Europe"
Speaker Cannon entered the chamber
ut this moment and amid Republican
applause took a seat in front OF Shack
clford, who asserted that before any
bill could pass You must hand your
noble bodies forward in proper pose
fold your hands and say oh, Lord
Uncle Joe. thy will be done. and not
mine"
He challenged Speaker Cannon to
Rise in his place, not as Speaker, but
as a member of the Illinois delegation
and tell us how and when it was that
he shouldered the responsibility of the
legislation that was to be here enacted
by simply becoming moderator of this
deliberative assembly"
Speaker Cannon laughed.
Mr.. Shackelford protested against the
policy of 'One man power" as a viola
ton of the law and urged the members
To break down this autocracy and the
rules in order that the peoples repre-
sentatives may do the things they
wanted done"
Adjournment was taken at LIS T. NJ.
until Monday.