The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
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Great Amusement Is Created By PoIltI. cal Discussion and Boutelle Says Speaker Cannon Will Be
 Elected President.

NaShinStcn, January 21.-At the closa l of day of excitement in the House of i Representatives an amendment was added tothe penal code bill, making it crim- inal offense for any officer or employe 1 Of the government to give out advance
 information regarding any crop statistics,
 authorized by law to be prepared The
 original amendment was by MT. Burleson 1 ol Iexas, who made strong plea for
 It's passage, but substitute by MT Sher- . l ley of Kentucky. with a brief addition | by Mr Olmstead Of Pennsylvania was | accepted The necessity for its adoption
 was conceded by nearly every member i who addressed the house, and it's safe
 running of the gauntlet was greeted l with applause. The amendment is as l follows:
 Whoever, being an officer or employe of the United States, or a person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any capacity, under or by virtue of authority of any department or office
 therein, or while holding such office or l employment therein, shall, by virtue of
 the office, employment or position held by him, become possessed of any nforma- ton which might exert an influence upon
 or affect the market value of any product of the soil grown within the United States.
 which information is, by law, or by the
 rules and practices of the department or office required to be withheld from publication until fixed time, shall will
 luliy impart directly or indirectly, such
 information or any part thereof to any
 person not entitled under the law or the l rules and practices or -rne department
 or office to receive the sane, or shall, | before such information is made public
 through regular official channels, directly | or indirectly speculate in any such prod | uct respecting which he has thus becoms 1 possessed of such information by buying
 or selling the same in any quantity, shall | be fined not more than $10OO0, or Im- prisoned not more than 10 years. or both. Provided, that no person shall be deemed guilty of violation of any rule
 by any department unless prior to such alleged violation he shall have been pro vided with duly authenticated written | or printed statement of such rule or prac- l tiee.'
 Climax of the Debate.
 Earlier in the day interest attached to
 tilt between MT. Dalzell of Pennsylvania
 and MT. Randell of Texas over the lat 1 ters amendment prohibiting senators or
 members from being employed by public 1 service corporations Believing that MT. 1 Randall had insinuated that he repre- !, sented such corporations at this time, MT.
 Dalzell grew indignant and declared that
 he had not been employed in such ca- ] pacity for 20 years.
 The climax of the debate came when 1 MT. Clark of Missouri announced, amid | thunderous democratic applause that Will f liam J. Bryan would be nominated at
 the Denver convention, while MT. Bou- | telle of Illinois aroused the members on i his side of the House to a night pitch of
 enthusiasm by stating that Speaker Cam
 non would be the republican nominee at
 Chicago in June.
 Consideration of Bill. | Consideration of the bill to codify and
 revise the penal laws of the United States was resumed immediately after that body
 convened. The discussion was opened by MT. Randen of Texas, who spoke on his
 amendments which were pending when
 the bills were laid aside last week, pro- 1 hibiting the tempting of senators or rep
 resentatives by public service corpora
 tions. MT. Randell argued that members
 of Congress should legisate with abso- | lute disinterestedness It was well 1 known, he said that senators and rep resentatives have violated the proprietes | in these respects, and have received pres
 ents in the way of privileges and fran ! chises which were worth a great deal
 of money and which he asserted, should | have been spurnedt as an insult MT. | Ropdall nd Mr of exyIx ,,i. i became engaged in lively tilt in conse- l quence of MT. Dalzels objecting to the 1 granting of any further time to MT. Ran | dell. This so nettled the latter that he
 appealed to the chair not to recognize
 anybody to object to his remarks If
 that man is the representative of any | public service corporation" He said men | of that kind did not bear tag, and therefore we need this legislation be- 1 cause we cannot tell who they are | Dalzell Is Wrathy. l If the gentleman of Texas" said Mir | Dalzell with evident feeling. means tok insinuate that l have any connection--' 1 His sentence was not completed because | of Mr Randells s disavowal of any per- | sonal reference.
 q do not want anybody to interrupt l me who represents public service cor | poration, continued MT. Randell. 'If 1 the gentleman from Pennsylvania does 1 not do so the remark does not apply to 1 him If he does, it does apply 1 The explanation was not satisfactory 1 to MT. Dalzeu,
 II understand the gentleman to insin- | uate said he, and l protest against any such insinuation on the floor of this | House unless the gentleman has some | knowledge that justihes him."
 But the gentleman disavows any such 1 insinuation," interjected MT. Currer. try ing to pour oil on the troubled waters | s''rhe gentlemans disavowal and his language don't go together" sharply re- | torted Mir Dalzell.
 Does the gentleman say he does not?" | inquired Mir. Randell.
 l 'I represent no corporation of any kind" indignantly replied Mir. Dalzell.