The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-09
CONGRESSMEN ARE
 ON BETTER TERMS
Williams and DeArmond Cour-
 teous in Debate
INACTIVE DAY IN HOUSE
Reading of Bill To Revise Penal Laws Takes Up Nearly All the Time, But Gaines Manages To
 Make a Speech.

Washington, January S.-Little business was transacted by the House today. Af- ter forty minute debate a rule w-- adopted giving the bill to revise, codl fly and amend the penal laws, the right of way along with other preferred meas ures The bill was immediately taken up and upon the conclusion of it's reading was laid aside to permit MT. Gaines or Tennessee to address the House in favor of an approp. iaton for the Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson, near Nash ville Tenn.
 Adjournment was taken at 3:47 until tomorrow morning.
 In the presence of the entire House Rep resentative Williams of Mississippi and Representative DeArmond of Missouri, whose physical encounter on the floor of the House just before the Christmas adjournment attracted general attention, engaged In an exchange of amenities which was generally accepted as a pub- lie announcement of their respective in- tentions not to permit their personal diff ferences to interfere with the courteous discharge of their public duties. The in- cident occurred in connection with an eff fort of MT. Dalzell of the committee on rules to get the House to agree to rule giving right of way to the bill authoriz- ing the codification and amendment of the penal laws of the United States and limiting general debate to four hours.
 There was some discussion of the propo- sition before either Mr. Williams or Mr. DeArmond was heard. Several democrat ic members expressed the opinion that the rule was scheme to sidetrack other legislation. Dalzell however refuted this.
 Minority Leader Williams came to the rescue and favored the rule, saying that Congress ought to get rid of the report as it embodied the result of the labor of the commission for ten years. He said the matter was wholly non-partisan in every way.
 To the surprise of every one, MT. Will Hams then yielded ten of his twenty minutes time to Mir. DeArmond of Mis- sour, who politely bowed his acknowl- judgements. The two men constitute the minority of the committee on rules and are necessarily thrown together in the committees work and other members of the House expressed satisfaction over their evident intentions to preserve the amenities in their official relations.
 Mir DeArmond attacked the rule, be- cause in his opinion, the bill, which is a very long one, would be used as a buff fer the entire session against other and more important legislation.
 MT. Williams was vigorously supported by Messrs Sherley of Kentucky, Wat kins of Louisiana Houston of Tennessee; and Macon of Arkansas all members of the committee on revision of the laws
 The rule was passed by an overwhelm- ing majority, despite efforts by Mr. De- Armond and seven adherents to secure the yeas and nays and the House at once proceeded to the consideration and read ing of the bill which contains 189 pages. At the conclusion of the reading which consumed two hours and fifteen minutes, the bill was laid aside and the house again took up the resolution distributing the Presidents message to the several committees.