Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-30
WILLIAMS JEERS
AT THE SPEAKER
DEMOCRATIC LEADER SC0FFS
AT JUNGLE JOE"
coNGRESSMEN LAUGH AT ANTICS
OF WILLIAMS
Minority Demands That Some Definite
Action Be Taken on the
Pulp and Paper
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were necessary to make up the requis-
ite number to pass the bill, Mr.. Will
Jams declared it should be easy to get
them because almost thirty Repub-
licans have introduced free paper bills
and" he said II know that every one
of you who introduced a bill meant
what you said"
Quoting the lines from the old hymn,
"While the lamp holds out to burn the
vilest sinner may return" Mr.. Will
Jams proceeded: "If you have been in
any manner buldozed. why, think for
a second. think of what a short life
we live here and how important ii is
that we should he doing things While
we live in this brief day of our time.
l express hope that at least thirty of
you may sign a petition. If you do
not like that petition because my name
is on 1t and the names of Champ Clark
and De Almond and Underwood and
John Wesley Gaines, and all these vile
publicans and sinners on this side, get
up one of your own. We can add the
two together. If thirty of you sign the
speaker cannot refuse because you, to-
gether with us, will then constitute a
majority of the house of representa-
tives.
Uses Sarcasm
EARLY in the session, when the rules
We're being adopted, the speaker was
asked if a majority of the house made
request to the speaker whether that
request would be needed, and his re-
ply, as I remember it. was a majority
of the house of representatives will all
ways be needed by the speaker So
If you put thirty names to our 166 and
constitute 1876, a majority of the house,
know that the eminently good
natured man who presides over this
house. who is so tolerant of opposition.
so patient whenever there is a STUN
bling block athwart his pathway. will
bow i'm his most elegant manner. with
the gesticulation that is peculiar to
him and say: Gentlemen, a majority
of the representatives of the American
people have right to have their way
and I will recognize somebody
Prove Existence of Trust
More evidence tending to show that
there is a combination of paper manu-
facturers to fix the price of news print
paper in the United states, was ad-
duced today before the special COM
mittee of the house which is investi-
eating the subject of duty on wood
pulp and print paper as affecting the
price in the United States.
John Norris of the New York Times,
the paper committee of
the American Newspaper Publishers
association, continued his testimony
and presented numerous letters and
documents to bear out this contention.
Apparently the committee was par
impressed with the annual
statement of the International Paper
for the fiscal year ended June
go 1907. showing an increased cost of
production of go cents a. ton as against
the raise of price of paper of $12 a ton
Chairman Mann. appreciating the i'm
portance of this testimony announced
he would go to the bottom to ascertain
the cause Of so large an increase in
the price of paper.
During the day Mr.. Norris formulat-
ed a number of questions which he
wished the committee to PROFOUND at
once to the International Paper COM
nany and others. and also submitted
the names of dozen persons identi-
fed with the paper business whom he
desired subpoenaed.