The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
TALKS PLAIN
Congressman Rainey Replies TO
.Iarrmian and 0theEsss
DEFIANT IN SPEECH

Saws Two Methods Of Progress Pre-
sent Themselves TO Every New
Concressman-Either Represent
the People and Be Frowned On, or
the Trusts and Be Petted.
Washington, Feb. 22.-Congress-
man Henry T. Rainey, Of Illinois,
today made a heated reply to the
denials of William Nelson Cromwell
and his associates concerning the
Panama canal purchase, made in an
swer to Mr.. Rainey's accusations
contained in his sensational speech
in the House January 26th. Mr.
Rainey said in part,
sI have not been member OF
this body long, as terms OF service
are reckoned here, but I have been
g member long enough to learn that
to every representative in congress,
early in his career, two methods OF
progress present themselves. One,
particularly easy and pleasant meth
cd: the other harder and more diff
Ncult. # you select the first and
the more easy career, it is only
necessary for you to remember that
YOU must not antagonize great cor
oorations or men Of great wealth,
unless you do it in general terms.
You must absolutely fail to see evi-
dence Of individual guilt in public
matters; or if you do see II, you
must keep still about it. Il you
pursue this course, your stay IN
Washington will be pleasant and
agreeable. White house dinners fol
low and an entire into the constantly
increasing winter colony Of million
aires in this city. If you are law
yer of some experience this course
opens up for you possibilities Of lu'
crative employment and large re-
tainers in New York city at the close
of your congressional career, and
some times even sooner than that
eff, however, you come here with
more serious motive and select
the other course, YOU may expect
to encounter difficulties. In the hrsi
place, you must not expect to be in
vited to participate in the social
functions of the very rich, even il
you would like to be invited. IT.
in the discharge Of your duties under
the oath you have taken, yoN discoV-
er and oenounce gross improprietles
affecting the administration and mer
in high position, you may expect
to be villifed, abused and nisrepre'
sented in the editorial columns o'
the newspapers friendly to the ad'
ministration and you must expect
to be abused and misrepresented on
this floor by the representatives o:
the interests you attack.
On the 26th day of January
discussed at some length on this
Hoor certain matters pertaining tc
the republic Of Panama and the con
nection Of the present a6ministra'
ton and it's advisors with the same
followed it up with one or two
shorter speeches on the same sub,
iect later on, and I have succeeded
in bringing upon myself villifcat1on
MISREPRESENTATION and abuse almost
without a parallel in the history Of
the BODY
Mr. Rainey said ne had been &C,
cused Of obtaining his information in
the Panama matter from ex-convicts
and blackmailers.
ssThe president of the United
States,' he said, "fnds it proper tc
give to the press a letter addressed
to the representative of an alleged
republic, in which he refers to me
BY name and makes q personal at
tack upon me. The president-elect
hurrying to this capitol heard also
the signals Of distress, and if he is
reported correctly in the newspapers
responded to me in the speech he
made on his way here, ne has grossly
misrepresentation what I said.
t9I want now to say the the presi-
dent of the United States, who seems
at the present time to be reading my
speeches, I want to say to the presi-
dent-elect, and to all these news
papers so anxious to obtain favor
with the next administration by
abusing NE and misrepresenting what
I say in their editorial columns, and
I want to say to you who have vii
lifed and misrepresented me on this
floor, that I propose to continue this
fight and you cannot stop me by call
ing me names and by directing at
me a system of personal abuse and
Misrepresentation"
Mr.. Rainey denied that ne had
ever asked the New York World for
any information in his canal inves-
LEGATIONS, or that they had ever ten
oered him any. He knew Of no
reason, however, why he should not
get information from the New York
World or from any other reliable
source.
In conclusion he warned Mr.. Crom-
wells representatives on this floor
and his spress bureaus that at some
future time he proposed to further
discuss his resolution, particularly
that part of it relating to what has
become of the s40,00O,000 paid for
the Panama canal, "and when do
discuss it on this floor, I will give
Mr.. Cromwell and his representatives
and his press bureaus something to