The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
EDITORS SCORE
sman Ha|l.ngswoEth of
Ohio State,
TIE MEMBERS LAUGH
As They Listen to Editorial Charac-
terizations, Such as "Ass Of the
First Magnitude Contemplate
Little Whelp," zone Of sherman's
Bums," Applied to Him.
Bunls," Applied to Him.


Little Whelp," "One of sherman's
Bums," Applied to Him.
The Washington correspondent OF
The News and Courier says 1r David
A. Hollingsworth, representative IN
congress from the 18th Ohio district,
had searched during his whole life
time for better opportunity to turn
upon himself the ridicule of his col
leagues and to make himself the
"butt" of the house, he could not
have chosen better time nor bet
ter surroundings than he did.
Buoyed up 0y the praise of his
Ohio constituency, Mr. Hollingsworth
Monday began an attack on the mem
ory of Jefferson Davis and the good
people of Mississippi, who have just
placed on the battleship bearing
that name silver service with
Davis likeness. Promptly at noon
the Ohio congressman rose in his
place with handful Of bitter, sting
ing articles from Southern papers
on his course in the Davis matter.
That was the time he thought he
would get even, but not being post
ed in the parliamentary practice OF
the house, instead Of making his
speech first and inserting the ar
-icles afterwards, he secured leave
Of the Speaker to insert these artic-
les IN the Congressional Record, then
proceeded to answer them On a point
of personal privilege" Before be
had gotten well into his remarks, he
was shut off as being out Of order,
only the pieces he had inserted in
the Record remaining. However, the
story is best told in the words of
one of Washington's afternoon pa
pers, which says:
can ass of the first magnitude, ;"
perhaps one of Sherman's buns,
who robbed defenceless men and wo-
men," contemplate little whelp,"
"a political norentity from Ohio
"a pale-faced luminary,' a
pusillanimous pigmy from Ohio y
These were some of the characterize
tions of Mr. Hollingsworth, Of Ohio,
in editorials which he had read in
the house of representatives Monday
as the basis of question of privi-
llege affecting his resolution recently
offered protesting against the por-
trait of Jefferson Davis on the sill
yer service to be presented to the
battleship Mississippi. These edi-
torials accused him Of waving the
bloody shirt" and appeared in the
Daily Clarion-Ledger, OF Jackson,
Miss, April 80; The Southern Sen
tinel, of Ripley, Miss, May s.; the
Shreveport Caucasion, of Shreve-
port, La, May 4, and one other pa
per, name not given. The reading
of the editorials caused a great COM
motion, and at times moved the
members to great laughter.
Finally Messrs. Bartlett, Of Geor-
gia, and Fitzgerald, of New York,
objected to further numbering up
the Record" and demanded that the
Speaker rule on the question of priv
ilege. In an elaborate opinion
Speaker Cannon held that Mr.. Hol-
lingsworth had not been attacked ~
his representative capacity, and he
was not permitted to proceed fur
ther. Later Mr.. Hollingsworth
sought unanimous consent first to
print a speech on the subject, or
else to address the house for thirty
minutes. Mr.. Harrison, of New
York, objected, whereupon, Mr.. Hol-
lingsworth wanted the Speaker to
tell him why the objection was
made.
The chair cannot TELL" said the
Speaker suayely, what moved the
gentleman to object, because he is
not a mind reader
This sally conyulsed the house
with laughter.
Interest in the proceeding was
heightened by the fact that Mr.. Har-
rison's father. Burton Harrison, was
secretary to Jefferson Davis during
the war