The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
MOVE TO STRIKE
OUT ATTACK ON
THE PRESIDENT
House Appoints Committee to
Investigate Speech of Cook,
of Colorado.
BODY'S LONGEST SESSION
MARKED BY ACRIMONY
Sharp Encounters Over Efforts
to Pass the Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill.

OANg FGp. ~. Dobki
houses of Congress met at II O'Clock
today, an hour in advance of thesusual
time. The House did not adjourn yes
terday's session until after 8 a. M, but
there was a fair attendance when
Speaker Cannon's gavel fell and bust
ness began promptly.
Almost the first subject to occupy
attention was the speech made yes
terday by Mr.. Cook [Col.) attacking
the President. Mr.. Tawney (Minn.) Of
fered a resolution calling for the APP
pointment of a committee of five to
make investigation and report as to
the advisability of ~expunging the words
from the record.
Messrs. Fitzgerald IN. " and
Clark (Mo.) sprang to the forefront
with arguments that the resolution
was not privileged. Mr.. Clark main
tanned that a dangerous precedent was
being established and he charged that
the resolution was simply establishing
a press censorship in the House. The
resolution was adopted by a viva yoce
vote and the Speaker announced the
AOiACWih6 dS hhC
the Investigation: Mann Ql.), Perkins
IN. ". Foster Vt.), Clayton (Aia.)
and Howard (Ga-).
Reports Ship Subsidy Bill.
After Mr.. Goebel. of Ohio, today favor
ably reported to the House h ship
subsidy bill passed by the Senate, the
House returned to the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill. Various increases in
salaries provided for officers Of the
board OF managers of national soldiers
homes were stricken out on points OF
order by Mr.. Macon (Arkansas).
The House overwhelmingly voted
down an amendment by Mr.. Fitzgerald
New York;, striking out the provision
prohibiting Canteens at national SOL
diers' homes. On the ground that 1t
was new legislation, the chair sustained
a point of order against the provision
admitting to national soldiers homes all
honorably discharged soldiers or sailors
who have seen service in the Philip
pines, China and Alaska and 1t was
stricken out.
All records for the Sixtieth Congress
were broken by the House session.,
which ended at 1921 a. m. having ex-
tended oyer a period of sixteen and
one-half hours. Efforts of the leaders
to rush through all the impor-
tant appropriation bills in the closing
hours of the session, which will ter
inmate next Thursday at noon, to-
gether with the distractions placed in
their way by the Democrats, probably
will necessitate long night sessions on
ever one OF, the five remaining days.
Tawney-wflliams Tilt.
When the House met at IL
o'clock Chairman Tawney, Of the ap-
preparation committee, renewed his at
tempt to accomplish the passage of the
sundry civil appropriation bill. The
Democratic %filibuster, inaugurated last
night, greatly irritated Mr.. Tawney. y
sharp passage occurred late in the
night between him and John Sharp
Williams. former minority leader,
when the former declared that he was
not trying to prevent the gentleman
from making a speech but an exhibit
ton of himself. Mr.. Williams respond
ed in kind, stating that if he were
making as great an exhibition of him
self as the gentleman from Minnesota
normally and naturally does of himself
he would feel safer for himself than he
then did.
The records of the official stenog-
raphers show that the aggregate Of the
remark made during the days session
exceed those of any day during the last
quarter of a century.
Notwithstanding both Houses began
business without reference to the ap-
preparation bills, it was understood at
the beginning of the session a the
Senate would as soon as practicable
return to the agricultural bill. The
House returned to he undry civil bill.