The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
CLARK NAMES BRYAN
Tells the House Democrats
Will Nominate Him.
POLITICS DEBATED ON FLOOR
MissOuriRn Challenges Republicans
to Tell Who Their Nominee VIII
Be-BOuteil Declares Cannon VIII
be Elected Next NOyember-Both
Sides Indulge I'm Applause.


Politics had a lively hearing in the
! House Of Representatives. yesterday, In
! the course Of the consideration of the
criminal code revision bill Mr.. Payne
(Rep, \. " made a speech deprecaung
the introduction Of politics into the dis
cussion of the bill
He mentioned. particularly, new mem
bers from the State Of Missouri who. he
said, fearing the result Of the coming
| election, sought 10 strengthen themselves
by injecting demagogicaI amendments
into the BILL and wasting tho time OF
the House in talking about them.
| Champ Clark Dem. Mo- took the
floor and defended the right Of the new
members to be heard and the propriety
Of their action. He turned then 20 the
/ suggestion that Missouri would align it.
self permanently on the Republican side.
In 1904 he said. 1900 Democrats in
Missouri stayed at home election day.
| because they didn't like telegram that
went out from Esopus 20 ST. Louis that
year. and that's the truth about that
applause Although Roosevelt carried
the State by 5000 he received only 700
more votes than Mckinley did in 1900
while the population increased rs. 600 in
the interval
The situation Is just this. on July
/ s next We intend TO nominate William
/ Jennings Bryan for President. and his
! nomination will make Missouri safe for
/ 5000 majority
Both sides Applaud.
This declaration was followed by a
/ most unusual outburst; Democrats first
wildly applaudiHg and being joined later
/ by the Republicans. who thereby indlcst-
/ ed their belief that Bryan was a good
candidate from their standpoint. When
| the haudclapping had ceased. Mr.. Clark
/ rather grimly remarked. I've told who
/ I am for; I'll bet my head there aren't
/ ten members OF the other side will dare
stand up and say who they are in favor
/ Of" daughter and APPLAUSE
Mr. Bouten lRep., ID was promptly on
/ his feet remarkng, I am ready 20 de-
/ clare my preference"
/ Mr. Clark-"Oh, you are for Uncle
/ joe"
+ Mr Boutell-"I am. While You may
nominate Bryan in July, the people Will
/ elect Cannon in November." applause
/ Mr.. Clark-'Do you believe the ad-
ministrati0n forces will support him?"
! Mr. Boutell-'Certainlyi every Republi-
can in the country viii vote for the cam
! d late nF ma a
/ Mr. Clark-"Say, were YOU at that Grid
/ iron dinner last winter when the Presl-
/ dent and Foraker had that fuss? Great
/ laughter DO you suppose that men who
/ felt toward each other as they did then
would ever support each other for the
! Presidency"
Mr. Certainly; they would do
so with great pleasure (Derisive laugh
/ ter on the Democratic side)
Clark Thinks Not.
Mr. Clark-'Don't you believe #. Not
so long as the world stands. So much for
the lone fisherman" (an allusion to the
fact that Mr.. Bouten was the only Re
/ publican who accepted his challenger.
With hearty laugh, the incident closed
At 2:2O o'clock Mr. Kimball Dem. XVI
interrupted the debate in the House Of
Representatives 10 announce. to the ac-
compartment Of general applause: John
Sharp Williams. the minority leader. af-
/ ter service of sixteen years in this
House, was to-day elected a United States
Senator by the legislature of Mississippi" "
Amendment agreed To.
! An amendment offered by Mr.. Bur
/ Lesson, of Texas. which came over from
/ last week, was discussed for two hours
and finally agreed to in the form of a
| substitute, prepared by Mr.. Sherley. Of
| Kentucky. II provides punishment for
/ giving out in advance, by any officer or
employe of the government. Of any crop
/ statistics. and is intended to cover such
/ cases as the scandal which agitated the
country two years ago, when il was
/ discovered that figures relating to the
! cotton crop had been communicated reg
| ularly, In advance, 20 a New York broker
| The substitute was agreed to without
/ a division,
Earlier in the day, there was a lively
! tilt between Mr.. RandelI. Of Texas. and
Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. as a result
of the latters objection to granting time
to Mr.. Randell. The latter said that
he did not like to have his remarks OBJ
jeCted TO by man who represented pub
lie service corporations.
This brought on a spirited cOlloduy, In
which Mr. Dalzell protested against the
| remarks and declared that he represented
no corporation of any kind, and had not
for twenty years.
GEines Offers Amendment,
Mr.. Gaines, Of Tennessee, then offered an
amendment proposing to punish any en-
ploye of the government for making cor
rupted calculations Of crop statistics. He
said that a case Of this kind had &C.
CURED in the Agricultural Department
some time ago, when the clerk who should
have compiled tobacco crop statistics
turned the work over to two inexperi-
eneed woman clerks in the department.
and their figures went out to the country.
to the great detiment Of tobacco grow
ers
The amendment was rejected, 80 to Sc
whereupon Representative O. NJ James.
of Kentucky raised the point Of no
quorum. The committee rose at this point
and at 40 adjourned