The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08
Heyburn's Speech Falls Flat.

Heyburn's Speech Falls Flat.
 Washington, February 7-Protesting against granting government tents for the use of the Confederate veterans at their annual reunion at Mobile next April, Sem ator Hepburn of Idaho in the Senate late today made the sharpest comment upon the issues of the civil war that has iheen heard in Congress in twenty years He inveighed against men in rebel" uni forms being permitted to occupy govern ment property, or the ''rebel'' flag being allowed to float above it. Finally he drifted into the question of honoring men hy placing their statues in the congress ssonal hall of fame and by unInistakable inference condemned the action of Vir- ginia. in sending the statue of Gen. Rob ert E. Lee to Washington.
 Take it away and worship it, if you please he thundered, but do not in rrude it upon the people who do not want It."
 Democratic senators moved uneasily about the floor, conversing with each other, or sat ffowhing and angered, lis tening to the speech, which continued for nearly an hour. rinally, when Senator Hepburn had concluded, Senator Bank head said:
 Il am sure the senator from Idaho feels much better, and I ask for vote"
 Hepburn Is squeIched.
 By roll call,9 shouted dozen or more senators, and hands went up in second of that request from .every part of the Senate chamber. When the vote was had on the tent loaning. all of the demo- trats and all of the republicans except I MT. Hepburn voted for it. His negative vote was uttered in a loud and defiant tone.
 The Senate had been drowsy consider ing it's regular calendar during the great CT part of the day, and when, towards the close of the session. after almost everything else had been disposed of this measure was reached in it's regular or 1. der. Mir Hepburn was prompt to raise an objection, and Mir. Bankhead was just as alert in moving the consideration, regardless of the objection.
 1t immediately was evident that the objection had aroused some feeling, for with flushed face and animated voice MT. Bailey, who sat near MT. Bankhead, de- clared that if this measure was to be ruled out of order, no other business could be transacted.
 The Bankhead motion, being undebata- ble. the Senate immediately proceeded to aye and nay vote on the question as to whether the resolution should be taken up and Y was adopted unanimous 1y, MT. Hepburn himself refrainng from voting. With the resolution adopted MT
 
 probably 40 minutes, and he went over many of the issues of the war. and de- clared himself as much a patriot now as he had been in 1S62-63-6i There were no material Interruptions. but all senators listened with evident interest.
 No Reply to Hepburn.
 The southern senators held hurried consultation, while the Idaho senator was proceeding, and decided to make no reply. Accordingly, when MT. Hepburn had con cluded, they contented themselves with allowing the question to go to vote SO s..sssa ,sss, .ss, MT H.ys.,.. s.,. league, Senator Borah, was the first of the republicans to be reached in the roll call Without twitch of countenance. he voted in favor of the adoption of the resolution against which MT. Hepburn had so recently been inveighing.
 MT. Heyburns speech was delivered in earnest tones, though in well moderated voice.
 "Tbis resolution refers in terms to q Confederate veterans reunion at a speci- fled time.' he said, land 1t proposes that the government of the United States, in recognition of its purposes, shall loan the property oe the United States trust shall not be charged with bad faith when say that l have today Inquired from senator Wno IS lntereSteu III tllS meas ure, whether or not, on this occasion, the men engaged in this celebration would wear the rebel uniform, and his reply was in the affirmative. I asked him further if the rebel flag was to be carried over this property of the United aStates and he replied that both the rebel and the union flags were always carried at tbese reunions"
 MT. Hepburn then proceeded to say that while he did not want to open the wounds of war of the rebellion he still thought the south had made great mis- take in that war He had been told thst the government had been in the habit of making such loans to the Grand Army of the Republic. and he thanked God that such was the case. because the Grand Army was composed of men who had fought on the side of the union and their cause was glorious and honorable one.'
 Support of Union Cause.
 "Do you expcct'' he said going back to the contrast of the Grand Army of IrYHhs Republic with the Confederate vet M s. i 1 t''H