Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-04-10
CHARGE COWARD|CE'
CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY BILL Is
CAUSE OF A STORM.
REPUBLICANS ARE SCORED
Democratic Members Of Committee
Accuse Opponents Of Refusing
Persistently to Go on
Record.

Observation-Disclosures the failure
Tuesday of the Democratic members
Of the house committee on election OF
the president, vice-president and rep
resentatives in congress to force &C.
ton by that committee on the Dill IN
troduced by Mr.. Mccall OF Massa'
chusetts (Rep.) to compel the publ
cation of campaign Contributions
high words were passed.
The committee meeting broke up
and an organized movement Is now
on foot on the Democratic side OF the
house to openly charge the Repup-
licans with "cowardice in systematic
ally and persistently failing and re-
fus..g to 60 on record as either favor
ing or opposing the campaign pup
liciiy bill.
The five Democratic members OF
the committee-Messrs. Rucker OF
Missouri, Gillespie of Texas, Lassiter
OF Virginia, HardwIck of Georgia and
Hackett of North Carolina-after the
meeting made public signed state
ment, with the approval of the minori-
ty leader, Mr.. Williams, in substance
as follows:
That the meeting of the committee
was convened at the call of the chair
man, Mr.. Gaines of West Virginia;
that there were present also, Mr..
Burke of Pennsylvania and Mr.. Dieke-
ina OF Michigan (Rep.) and the five
Democratic members, these eight con-
shutting quorum; that the minority
members insisted upon taking up the
Mccall bill and acting upon it; that
Chairman Gaines thereupon whispered
to Mr.. Burke and Mr.. Diekema, mis-
Republican colleagues, and they at
once left the room; that the chairman
then declared no quorum present and
adjourned the meeting.
One of the Democratic members pro-
tested against this action as indie
cent"
District Bill Is Passed.
The whole of the session of the
house Tuesday was devoted to the
consideration of the District Of Column
bia appropriation bill. Two amend
ments of more or less national inter
est were adopted, one providing for
75-cent gas for all district establish
ments, and the other requiring that all
outside doors of public school build.
fngs shall open outward and that new
buildings shall have four exits.
An effort to secure the incorpora.
tion of child labor provision ap.
plicable to the district failed.
Hale Urges Economy.
AS an aftermath of the passage
Monday of the army appropriation
bill, Senator Hale of Maine, chairman
Of the committee on naval affairs,
sounded warning against increases
of the military establishments Of the
country, saying they were inviting a
deficit in the treasury and would serve
no useful purpose. Senator Hale
moved the reconsideration of the vote
by which the army bill was passed
and his motion was then laid on the
table at his request. Senator Burkett
characterized the proceeding as one OF
bad faith.
The senate passed the fertilization:
appropriation bill carrying an aggre'
gate of $12,1O6,1S7.
AS a mark of respect to the memory
of the late Representative Brick the
senate adjourned.
Calls for Paper Trust Facts.
n.-Wednesday's session
of the house will 60 down as one OF
the stormest in it's history. The sum
total of the days proceedings was the
adoption of several additional rules to
further check the Democratic filibus
ter and the passing Of the two resolu
lions introduced by Speaker Cannon
calling on the department of justice
and the department Of commerce and
labor for certain information regard
ing the so-called paper trust. The
naval appropriation bill was reported
to the house.