The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
STATESMEN DON'T SPEAK
Georgia congressman Now Merely
SCOwI When They Meet.
RUCUS OVER RULES CAUSED IT

Men Who Voted Against Clark Say
Hardwick and Bartlett Are Chronic
Boilers. HardwicI's Appointment
on the spanking" Committee
Creates Anger. Bartlett Wanted
'Griggs' Place.
The Atlanta Constitution prints
the following from John Corrigan,
Jr., its correspondent at Washing
ton:
Following the announcement to-
day that Representative Hardwick
of Georgia had been appointed on
the spanking" committee to disci-
pine the so-called "bolters,' and the
receipt of the Georgia papers in
Washington containing editorials and
news dipsatches bearing upon last
Mondays fight in the house, the air
blew hot around the Offices of the
Georgia members. Charges and
counter charges were hurled about
reckIessIy Georgia members passed
each other in the corridors without
speaking.
Hardwick and Bartlett Roasted.
Briefly stated, the sensational
charges are made that Representa- !
tives Hardwick and Bartlett have
bolted every caucus of the Georgia |
delegation in the last ten years.
Representative Bartlett was an
aspirant for the seat of Judge
James NJ. Griggs on the important
committee of ways and means, and /!
would have ousted the second dis |
trict man with the aid of the demo- |
cratic leader if Champ Clark had
been able to designate the minority .
members of the house committees as .
Leader Williams did before him.
Representative HardWick and .
Bartlett have been the most active
supporters of Champ Clark in the
Georgia delegation, and they have
been outspoken in censuring the
Georgia representatives who did not
vote as they did.
When Mr.. Hardwick was appoint
ed by Chairman Henry d. Clayton
as a member of the committee which
is to discipline the "bolters' it was
too much for the self-restraint of the
Georgia independents They blurt-
II out what they thought, and what
lone of these dignifed statesmen
said would not look we'll in print.
Hardwick and Bartlett.
Following the report, which Mr..
Hardwick did not deny, that he
would take the stump against Repre-
sentatives Edwards, Griggs, Living
ston, Lee, Howard and Brantley the
cOncensus of opinion among the gem
tlemen named was that he was well
coined to go as far as he liked
Then they had something to say
about Mr.. HardWiCk's record as a
bolter from Georgia caUcuseS. He
was charged with having invariably
taken position opposed to that of
his colleagues, and having twice
bOlted their Caucuses and refused to
be bound by their caucus action. I
The explanation of the GeOrgians ,
who voted with Fitzgerald on Mon
day and changed the rules of the y
house has already been stated so
often that it need not be repeated ]
here They deny that they are bolt ]
ers, but insist that they forced con-
cessiops out of the republicans.
The Facts in the Case.
Mr.. Edwards said he had been in {
congress only a snort while, and did
not recall the last bolt of Mr.. Hard
wick when he left a Georgia caucus
called to select a successor to Rufus
e. Lester on the rivers and harbOrs
committee
Mr.. Edwards corroborated the 9TH
er members of the delegation as to n
what happened last Saturday. Since I
the effort has been made in some
Georgia papers to separate the sheep
from the goats in Georgia's congress
sional delegation it may be we'll to
state the facts.
Three of the five Georgia members
who voted with the regular Organiza-
ton on Monday were taking no part
in the censure of their colleagues
who voted Independently. They say
there was more reason to sustain
them than there was to sustain the
boilers from the state caucus of Sat
urday.
So they do not enthuse over the I.
attempt to canOniZe as dyed-in-the-
wool regulars men who have bolted |