The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
TART DEBATE BY JERSEY MEN Democratic CoMagues Discuss Ban. HAMMILL E dS DEFENDER
 -H-~- Leake Stands oy His Guns With
 Sarcasm.
  Declares that .aPeeriess oae" Has So eiaiistIc Tendencies which are Not Approved By Ills coa-
 stituents Back Home. 4

Washington, Feb 12.--For the sec ond Mime this week politics cropped out during the discussion, of the Indian ap- propriation in the House of Represen- tatives.
 got the floor for five minutes, presum- ably to talk on the bill.
 My colleague, Mir. Leake, last Mon- day, made some remarks derogatory to the conduct of William Jennings Bry- an,' he said, and before he could con- tinue, Mir. Sherman. of New York. rose and said amid great laughter: must make the point of order that this sec for William Jennings Bryan.
 There, were demands that Mir. Ham min be allowed to proceed. On condi- tion that Mir. Leake should De permitted five minutes to reply. the permission was accorded
 Resuming his remarks, Mfr. Hammill declared that the sentiments as ex- pressed by Mir. Leake, "are not the sem timents I entertain or the sentiments that prevail in Hudson County. which we both represent. which prevail. for that matter. throughout the State Of New Jersey
 Mir. Bryan, he said. should not be criticized because of his knowledge of the decaIogue. Tn his opinion 1t was AfnAIAuk tUAL N1Is cLJ&u 4tlUUaQ VH openly opposed on the floor of the House because he showed an aequaint- ance with the ten commandments. It was refreshing. he said, to find a man who not only boasfed and possessed an acquaintance with the ten command ments, 1but who throughout the entire course of his public career has con. sistenfly put the precepts of the com mandments into practice.r
 Shouts of Democratic applause greet ed Mfr. Hammills announcement that while he agreed with the statement that Mir. Bryanss knowledge of the com niandments would fit him to occupy pulpit with pre- emineuee@ ''I cAn ae7 snre' the House that that same ae- quaintance will enaple him to occupy Elsh eel9t ths post ef REes'aant os fhe
 mo principles Mir. Bryan esposaed. he said were 50 undeniabIy senfi6. @khat his victorious opponents have ap- propriated many of them and made them the popular features of their pol- icies."
 If. said Mir. HammilI. 1t was true, as charged by his colleague. that Mir. Bry- an was engaged in the practice of cors railing delegates to the Denver Con- vention, 1t was the very same practice indulged in by the iIiugtrsous genfle- man whom my friends on the other side of the chamber boast of-as their po- litical chfeftAin." (
 All eyes then turned toward MT. Leake. who amid Republican, applauss said that he had been misundersfood and that the Congressional Record would. bear him out that hc had cast no aspersions on 'the peerless one" His tone in referring to Mir. Bryan was so sarcastic that he was again apk piauded by the Republicans. ' Mir. Leale said he was honest. that ms voice reflected the sentiment of his district. his State and the country. There were. he said, certain, principles Of the Democratic party which had been departed from in 1sse, land that in this year, when we see an opportu- nity of victory we are still trusting our fortunes to the distinguished gen- tlenfan from Nebrasika."
 MT. Leake spoke of the doctrine of Thomas Jefferson and reverting to Mir Bryan provoked vociferous applause and general laughter when he said: T believe that Mir. Bryan is sincere. honest. and I believe that he is thoughtful, and believe further that he cannot represent the principles of Democracy before the American people. believe that he cannot preach the doctrine of home rule in the States do not believe he can preach the doctrine of American individuality, for when he rises as our leader he ie wound around by his heresies of free silver, by his doctrine of governmental ownership. and by his guaranteeing of the bank deposits of the United States. and by all those other sociaI- istic tendencies."
 The country. he declared, "hSeds Democracy now--needs the establish ment of the principles of Democracy into our national legislation. and needs to get away from the principles which Mir. Bryan stands for"
 Mir Leake, afAer asserting that the Republicans were a party of expe- diency and the Democrats a party of the people. said that he had been ac- oused of being a Republican. He de- clared, however, that he did not be- lieve that party was based on sound principles and the safety of the coun- try must rest on the old. everlasting principles of Democracy as ,enunciated by Thomas Jefferson."
 General applause and laughter greet ed Mir. Leake as he took bis seat and after a little silence it broke out wikh increased Vigor.
 John Sharp Williams. leader of the minority. brought the colloquy to climax and a close.
 'I have observed" he said. that the liabilities of the other side were con- siderably stirred by the clash of two individual. opinions on this side. The Republicans seem to rejoice in the fact that there Is no rod of iron on the Democratic side to assure absolute unanimity of opinion. l recognize. as in contrast, that the Republicans are generally united notwithstanding the fact that now and then when one of them rises, he is warned by another of them to get out of the way Or be