The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-26
SAYS PATTEN TOLD
WICKED, CRUEL LIE
Representative Bennett Makes
Vigorous, Emphatic Defense
of immigration Commission.
WANTS QUICK RETRACTION
OF MAC0N'S STATEMENTS
Arkansan Promptly Refuses
to Accept the New Workers.
Words as Gospel"

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-Dcclaring
that James A. Patton, secretary of
the immigration Restriction league,
bad told "vicked. cruel, deliberate
and malicious lie' when he gave Rep
resentativc Macon of Arkansas im-
formation upon which the latter based
his speech yesterday, Representative
Bennett made vigorous defense of the
immigration commission IN the house
today
Statements of the gentleman from
Arkansas require an instant, full and
complete reiraction,' shouted Mr., Ben
nett, after he had explained in detail
the work of the commission its trip
abroad in 1907, which Mr., Macon had
termed "iunket," and the results. it
had accomplished.
Macon's Sharp Reply.
Mr.. Macon met Mr., Bennett IS de-
mands with sharp reply
81 am not going TO accept what the
gentleman from New York has said TO
this house as gospel. exclaimed Mr..
Macon, cit is question of ycracity.
and one OF these gentlemen has as
much credence on the part of the house
as the other until one or the other
shows himself to be n liar and the
other shows himself to be sajnt-and
the gentleman from New York is not
a saint
Mr. Macon admitted that Mr.. PatteD
was his informant, MI Macon ex-
planned that Mr.. Patten was n SON
in-law of A deceased member of the
commission and was In a position TO
know.
~ am not here TO take back any
part of my statement that the trip
abroad was a iunket. as | understand q
junkct,' exclaimed MIR. Macon.
Still Belligerent.
Thus the incident was closed with
out Mr.. Macon having receded from
his position. but not until after Mr.
Mann of Illinois had refused to con
sent to Mr.. Macon S request for permis-
sion TO revise his remarks in the rec
ord
Mr.. Macon explained that he merely
wanted to correct tho .'bad English
but Mr. Mann retorted that it was un-
necessary TO obtain consent for that,
aud that both parties to the contro-
versy would baYe TO 20 on record Tor
what they bad said
II was thought for time that Mann 5
statement indicated that Mr. Macon
might be called to account by the rules
committee for using parliamentary
language toward fellow member Of
the house. but it soon developed that
there was no such intention. It was
argued that Mr., Macon had not called
Mr. Bennett a ''liar,' as some mem.
bers had construed his remarks.
Enters General Denial.
Mr.. Bennett made general denial
of charges voiced by Mr.. Macon, and
asserted that the member from
Il. l.. i tlnIrf toll
ing the trouble 10 ascertain # they
were true. He said the commission
had spent only $4,000 of the peoples
money on their trip Of investigation
abroad. but had gone down into their
own pockets for more than that
amount rather than charge to their cX-
pcnsc accounts all that they had spent.
In the four months the commission
was IN europe, he said. he had little
time TO devote to sightseeing,
81 went through Rome without see.
ing st. Peters or the Appian Way,
declared Mr.. Bennett. and added that
he had made only two dying trips to
Paris and in each instance had left by
the next tram,
Sarcastic Comment,
When Mr. Bennett asserted that Will
liam r, Wheeler had given up $4,000
position 10 accept one for $1,000 with
tbe commission, Mr. Macon, m
credulous, interrupted TO saw that, if
he had done that, he would regard him.
self as either "a knave OF a fool
q have no objection TO the gentle.
maH's characterization of himself,
was Mr. Bennett s ''Tctor1 courteous.
MIR. Bennett said that The lmmgra
tion commission had accomplished
much good since il was created, having
broken mp the "white slave traffic.
taken steps TO exclude alien criminals.
and greatly improved steersge condi-
tious on immigration ships.