The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-05-20
EDITORS SCORE
Congressman HslIngsWorth of
Ohio State,
THE MEMBERS LAUGH
listen to Editorial Charac-

as They Listen to Editorial Charac-
terizations, Such rs LASS of the
First Magnitude" Contemplate
Little Whelp," Zone of Shernlan's
Bums," Applied to Him.
The Washington correspondent Of
The News and Courier says if David
A. Hollingsworth, representative in
congress from the 10th Ohio district,
had searched during his whole life
time for a 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 a better time nor bet
ter surroundings than he did.
Buoyed up by the praise of his
Ohio constituency, Mr.. Holingsworth
Monday began an attack on the men,
ory of Jefferson Davis and the good
people of Mississippi, who have just
placed on the battleship bearing
t1at name a silver service with
Davis likeness. Promptly at noon
the Ohio congressman rose in his
place with a handful of bitter, sting
ing articles from Southern papers
l.. IN opic
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
ticles afterwards, he secured leave
of the Speaker to insert these artie-
les in the Congressional Record, then
proceeded to answer them On a gin:
Of personal privilege" Before Ii.
had gotten we'll 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:
AN ass of the first magnitude"
perhaps one of Sherman's buns,
who robbed defenceless men and wo-
men," contemplate little whelp,"
"a political nonentity from Ohio"
"a pale-faced luriinary," "a
pusillanimous pigmY from Ohio"
These were some of he 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-
lege 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 G; the
Shreveport Caucasion, of Shreve-
pert, 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 Nm an elaborate opinion
Speaker Cannon held that Mr.. Hol-
lingsworth had not been attacked III
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-
!ingsworth wanted the Speaker to
tell him why the objection was
made.
THE chair cannot tell said the
Speaker suavely, what moved the
gentleman to object, because he is
not mind reader"
This sally convu!sed the house
with laughter.
Interest in the proceeding was
heightened by the fact that Mr.. Far
rison's father, Burton Harrison, was
secretary to jefferson Davis during
the war.