The sun., 1908-03-24
sULzER BELLIGERENT.
WOrdy sparrinG Contest In the House With
MF. Mann Of Illinois,

WASHINGTON, March Representative
sulzer OF New York and Representative
Mann Of Illinois went at II again In the
House Of Representatives to-day. II was
a two or three round contest, London prize
ring rules, no blows being struck. Mr.. Sulzer
scored on the heaviest talk and won a point
on tactics by landing in the breakaway.
Il was continuation Of the sparring
contest Of Saturday Mr.. Sulser opened the
mill In triumph by announcing that Mr..
Mann had not dared to accept his side bet
Of 81 900, President Roosevelt to be referee.
on the issue, which was that he, Sulzer,
and not Mann. was the sauthor OF the
law creating bureau Of corporations
/ Mr.. Sulzer had in the battle Of Saturday
given what purported TO be the history
OF the enactment and had declared that
the bill to establish Department Of Labor
as reported by Mr., Hepburn Of Iowa, chair
man OF the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, contained mol provision
for bureau Of corporations.
The provision, he said, had been an
nounced by the oonferees, who took some
of the features Of the bill he (Sulzer) had
! introduced az the framework Of the section
finally adopted, as he said, in violation OF
| the rules OF both House and Senate. II
his bill had been taken in It's entirety.
Suzer asserted, itwould have made a much
better bureau Of corporations than the
existing one.
Mr.. Mann offered resolution to expunge
from the record Of Saturdays proceedings
the remarks which Mr.. Sulzer had caused
| 10 be inserted under leave and to insert
what he really did say. Mr. Mann referred
TO several instances where he oontended Mr.
Suzer had changed the tenor Of his speech
40 as to make him say yea when he had
said may and TO say nay when he had
said yea Mr.. Mann said that while
what Mr. Sulzer said made little difference
| in itself he was not satisfied TO have the
| record show him replying to statements
| that were never made,
! Mr.. Mann generously abandoned his
| right to move the previous question at the
| close Of his remarks, whereupon Mr.. Sulzer
| practically repeated his statements as they
! appeared in the record, and added some
thing more. Twice he was called TO order
| by Speaker Cannon for unpATliamentary
language He said Mr.. Mann 'barks and
bites and when bitten again squeals' thar
his claim to be the author Of the bureau OF
corporations idea was preposterous ridiou-
lous and nonsensical and he designated
his opponent as pettiiogging lawyer.
| Mr., Sulzer threatened that If the resolu.
tion to expunge we're carried he would
get the speech back in a way that would
! cause the Republicans trouble. and that
| from this time on, the House would hear
from him much more frequently than
heretofore this session, lShuddersl. Sub
! seuuently Mr.. Sulzer gathered about twenty
! FIVE other Democrats around him and got
| them to agree 10 insist on the regular order
! IL the House during the remainder OF the
sessions This means that all requests
for passage Of bills by unanimous consent
will be objected 70, that all measures will
! have TO be read. that no bills may be taken
from the calendar and passed
There will be no cutting Of corners from
now on said Mr. Sulzer. Il shall insist
| upon the regular order
In answer 70 Speaker Cannon's admoni'
tions against unparlamentary speech the
belligcrent from New York called out: Hit
the gavel againl' and when the Speaker
calmly commanded for the second time,
THE gentleman from New York will pro-
ceed In order the gentleman from New
York drawled Exactly
BY a party vote the resolution to eXpungC
and insert was carried,
Later in the day, while the House was
considering District business, Mr.. Sulzel
! insisted on the presence Of a quorum, ant
for the first time this session the doors wert
closed and d call Of the House ordered.
! Thrce-1uarters OF an hour was occupied In
gathering members from the lunchroom
] and House office buildinR