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for his fairness and courtesy ana tn0n
go out and criticise him on the stump.
bad to neglect in this fashion Uncle
Toe Cannon, who is his warm personal
friend.
During the two hours session. from 0
to IL o'clock. the House transacted con-
siderable business. Some of it was sur
prising.
For instance. no one imagined that the
Olmsted resolution providing for an in
vestigation of the Martin charges Of scan
dial in Connection with the sale Of Friar
lands in the Philippines to the sugar
trust. would receive action of any kind,
favorable or unfavorable. at this session
The resolution, not being privileged. re-
quired a special rule for its considers
ton.
House Passes Resolution.
And the fact that the committee on
rules had adjourned for the session
seemed to eliminate all possibility of get
ting it before the House. But while the
House was dawdling along doing nothing
Mr.. Martin moved to suspend the rules
and pass the resolution. And the House
had done 1t by unanimous vote before II
had time to think.
Representative Sulzer Of New York was
encouraged by this example to try to get
his bin for the relief of the survivors Of
the Slocum disaster before the House by
authorizing the committee on claims to
spend $1,000 during the summer recess in
investigating the matter. but Representa-
tive Mann Of Illinois made a point Of or
der against this proposition, which was
sustained.
The most important action taken by
the House during the .two-hour ses-
sion was in connection with the brib-
cry charges made by Senator Gore Of
Oklahoma with reference to contracts
between the Oklahoma Indians and at
torneys. After a brief discussion Of
the subject a resolution was passed
providing for an investigation Of the
whole subject of these contracts by a
committee of five members Of the COM
mittee on Indian affairs.
Speaker Cannon's Speech.
In his speech just before adjourn
ment Mr.. Cannon said:
1.-The Chair desires in the remaining
minute before II o'clock to say that the
second session of the Sixty-first Congress
is about to end. 1t has been an impor-
tant session, and at times a strenuous
one.
''Virile man, earnest and positive, acting
in great representative capacity, some
times in debate and otherwise may say
that which. if the conditions were differ
ent. they would not say. So that, after
sharp contests. when the sober second
thought comes. broad men do not hold
their colleagues responsible if. under the
influence of passion or otherwise. they
have uttered words in debate which they
would not utter in their cooler moments.
Nothing to Apologize for"
''As this session of Congress is about
to colse and as we pass from Washington
to our homes as one member Of the House
and as Speaker of the House I shall go,
putting behind me without malice. the
contests through which the House has
passed. 1 have nothing to apologize for.
as member of the House or as Speaker.
presume each member can say the
same.
The chair desires to wish each MEM
Der of the House health during the va
cation. and hopes that we may meet on
the first Monday of December next in
full health. looking forward and not
backward, to perform the duties that
remain for the Sixty-first Congress be-
fore it expires under the law.
I'm compliance with the concurrent
resolution passed by the House and Sen
ate, the chair declares the House OF Rep
resentatives Of the second session of the
Sixty-first Congress adjourned without
day."