Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-26
NORRIS GOES FOR CANNON
Takes "Uncle Joe" to Task for Speech
at New York Banquet.
OTHERS RAKED OVER THE GOALS
Declares that Representatives Payne,
DalEeIl and Fordney Have EN-
tered "ReaIm of Unknown
insurgency"
tFrom a STAFF Correspondent


WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 2S.-(special
Telegram -Representative Norris drew
the fire Of the democrats yesterday when he
came out unreservedly in favor of appro-
priating money to carry on the tariff board
which was created under the suggestion
of President Taft. The only regret that
Judge Norris had in his speech in favor
of the provision was that it did not pro-
vide for a permanent genuine, full-fledged
tariff commission.
Chairman Tawney of the house appro-
priation committee, succeeded in framing
an amendment to the sundry civil bill pro-
viding the president with a fund of $3.50, 900
for the purpose OF obtaining information
concerning prices of manufactured articles
at home and abroad that stood the test
Of conformity with the rules OF the house
BY a strict party vote of ITO to SO the
amendment was adopted. Previously the
house by q vote of LOG to 81 rejected the
Fitzgerald amendment reducing the amount
to 5000
The provisions to accomplish this gen.
eral public purpose had been ruled out of
order by Mr.. Mann, Of Illinois, in the
chair The first proposed by Mr.. Tawney
called for mass Of Information beyond
any direct requirement Of the tariff law,
while In his second amendment there was
a provision that the president should make
an investigation of such prices before maxi
ing recommendations to congress. Both
were out of order because they provide for
doing things not specifically authorized by
law.
Preceding the decision ruling out the first
amendment, in which Mr.. Tawney accused
the democrats Of desiring to be in ignorance
% he a.
bate occurred
Congressman Norris was extremely sar
castle when he was arrayed against the
proposition. Payne of New York, Dalzell
of Pennsylvania and Fordney of Michigan,
who are opposed to the provisions of the
sundry civil bill, united their forces with
the democratic side of the house, which
Norris said was a combination undreamed
of in political annals of the country.
when such combinations get together 1t
Is time for the rest of us to take to the
woods" he said. This is a brand of in
surgency on the republican side of the
house and these three gentlemen have gone
out into the realms of unknown insurgency,
and / fear 1t is going to become a habit
with them. 1t may be that it will spread
and eventually this disease will reach some
of the leaders. Why, ! am beginning to
feel shaky myself"
Then Mr.. Norris, with splendid command
of himself, proceeded to show what might
occur when these three old and grizzled
veterans in the halls of legislation were
offered up as sacrifices by the speaker.
Continuing his satire on conditions in the
house over this selfsame item to provide
means for straightforward investigation of
the tariff, Judge Norris said:
II presume you have ali read in the good
book Of the king, who. in ancient times
made a statement that IL he could obtain
a certain victory he would offer when he
returned home. as a living sacrifice. the
first living thing. that he met. When he
went home, and was coming up the road,
the first thing that he saw was his lovely
daughter clothed in a new gown Of palm
leaves and a smile that would not come
off, She jumped over the picket fence and
| ran down the lane to met the old man,
little knowing that he had made it neces-
| sary for him, her own father, to kill her
| unless he could induce some country
Justice Of the peace to declare his contract
| Unconstitutional and contrary to public
policy.
Here we have a speaker of this house
| going down to the great city of New York
and attending a banquet and afterwards
in the late hours of the night or early
hours of the morning, which explains suf-
ficiently the probable condition Of the
speaker. that he issued that terrible decree
| that all insurgents must die, and like the
king Of old he comes back and 10 and
behold, the first one that must come under
that terrible penalty and suffer that awful
death are those of his most trusted lieu
| tenants.
II think these gentlemen ought to realize.
too, that their actions here interfere with
party solidity. They ought to realize and
they ought to remember that the repubi-
can party in it's last national platform de-
fined what protection means and it ought
to take a step toward carrying out the
definition"