The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-11
DENOUNCES
 MIR. BRYAN New Jersey Democrat Creates Sensation. THE GROSS OF SOCIALISM
Says NetTaskan Has Taken the
 Presidents Big Stick.
Remarks of Cengressman Leake 0z Floor of House Were Received With RepubIiess Laughter
 and Democratic Hisses.


 Indian appropriation bill under the Ave minute rule was resumed in the House of Representatives today. At the very outset politics was injected Into the proceedings when Mir. Leake. q demo- crat of New Jersey, denounced w. !. Bryan and his methods.
 Several republicans and democrats objected because he was not speaking to the bill. By unanimous consent, however. he was allowed to proceed. MT. Leake said he had been surprised at the usurpation of the prerogatfves of the democrats to the Denver con- vention next July. There were some men. he charged. who believed that this was the time and the House or Representatives the place to nominate a candidate on the democratic ticket. and" he said. unless my silence must be construed as an endorsement of the nomination of W. J. Bryan. I rise for the purpose of making this protest. "If." proceeded Mir. Leake, T adopted the example of Mir. Bryan. would vehemently condemn him as he did the distinguished democrat. the Honorable Grover Cleveland"
 But he would. he said. content hinar self with admitting that Mir. Bryan was honest. consistent and sincere. Ha declared, however, that Mir. Bryan's familiarity with the decaiogue better qualified him for the pulpit than for the presidency"
 Hissed By Demeerass.
 Republican laughter greeted this ut- terance, which immediately afterwards was supplemented by democratic his- ses when Mir. Leal<e said of Mir. Bryan: He has taken the big stick from the president of the, United States. and to use his own simile. he is now cruaifying the principles of democracy and Ameri- can individuality and ambition on the cross of socialism"
 The president. thus being deprived of his big stick. Mr. Leake declared. had resofted to the big slipper. Mr, Leal<a explained the opinion that the Ameri- can people did not need spAnlzlne from Bryan, to the latter Of which he ser- castfcany referred as "the gentleman from Nebraska" He thought the health of the American community was such that a doctor was needed, and he hoped that either of the two great pol iticaI parties would get one and that In his administration of the remedies for inc cure of the many ills, he would not forget when men condemn the Arneri- can railroads, that the American rail- road system was one of the greatest in the world and that American business men and American enterprise were the best on earth.
 MT. Leake provoked laughter when he expressed the hope that one of the two political parties would nominate "a snecIalist in statesmanship. If mat should be done.'' he declared. "the center aisle of the chamber would no longer mark the difference between republicans and democrats but the dtf- ference between radicals and. eonserva- lists.
 ''wiIl the gentlemen name the aoc- tor7" Interjected Mir. Gaines, Of Tenn essee. tor" Mir. Leake replied. T think tnat ia the privilege of the delegates 70 the Chicago and Denver Convention
 when the gentlemen talks anout railroads and the good things they nave done for the country" tnterrogetsa MT SchackIeford. of Missuori, did ne nave in mind MT. Hartmann
 MT. Leake replied that he did not hut said that, he referred to the fact that the American railroads had given cheaper and better service than the raIIroada of any other country. 0essrR. HeiIn. Alabama: and Hepburn. Iowa. were on their feet. each protesting that MT. Leake was out of order. but at that tuncture, EAT. Ae1Ne se hired and he took his seat amid the commotion his remarks had created. T.aian AppropriatIon BilI. washIngtop, Feb, i0--After Mr. I,eake's speech in the House today tne reguIar consideration of the lncian snnronriation bill was proceeded with | and the non-sectarian school provision wac taken up. The provision vas | r,odtSied SO that instead of authort1~ inr fine Commissioners of Indian Ar faira to negotiate with the various statea fin which they were located Tor | fine disposaI of these schools. ne is Eto Ascertain whether and on what terms | it may be possible to dispose or any | of the non-reservation schools whieh may be deemed no longer or F~toe to | the Indian service.
 to report to the next session Of Com 1yasa the results of his investigations.
 MT. Fitsgerald, (N. Y.) made violent onnositton to the permanent continu~ | anco of the Indian warehouse at sf. | Touia He charged that 1t was put | there simply for the convenience of | Sormer Secretary Hitchcock because that was his home city. The amount of business done by that warehouse. he insisted, did not justify it's main- tenance particularly as the man for whose special benefit 1t was estab- lished is no longer with the govern ment."
 thing to send that warehouse after | him"
 On Mir. Fitzgerald's point of order the warehouse was put Into category | 1T a tarnnorarv establishment