Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-21
AMES SPRINGS
SENSA AT|ON
IN HOUSE
HON. SEREN0 {. PAYNE
is TARGET FOR ATTACK
Bay State InSurgent Declares
His Resolution Was Smoth-
cred in Committee Despite
Strong Republican Petition,

/ lBy Morning journal Special Leased wireI
Washington. May pa sensation
was sprung unexpectedly in the house
late today By Representative Butler
Ames. republican member from
/ Massachusetts when he obtained the
| floor for five minutes ana proceeded
to read 4 series of letters that had
, passed between himself and Represen-
tative Serene r. Payne, OF New York,
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee ana republican floor leader, in
which he scored Mr., Payne in strong
language,
The letters concerned a resolution
introduced in the house March 81.
by Mr.. Ames. which set forth that
negotiations should be opened with
Canada with q view to establishing
closer commercial relations with that
country.
AIR. Amos resolution was referred
to the ways and means committee
and the author charged that Mr.
Payne refused to allow the committee
70 consider it although he (Ames)
presented a petition favoring it, sign
ed by seVenty-seyen republican mem
bers and also urging the adoption of
the resolution.
"On three separate days J approach
ed your august person and asked verb
ally and politely for a hearing by your
committee on my resolution, said
Mr.. Ames in one letter. ITO my first
request you arrogantly insisted that
as far as you could find out, no one
wanted the resolution and il WAS not
good political sense. Believing that
your lack Of courtesy was inexcusable
and that you were unable to under
stand or appreciate that MANY repub-
lican members Of the house not only
wanted the resolution passed, but did
believe the resolution to be good po-
litical sense, / went to the unusual la
hor of circulating q petition which
enclosed"
Continuing the letter said the petit
ton was signed by seventy-seven re-
publican members, bur Mr. Payne had
given ii no consideration. 1t was re-
counted that the author Of the resu-
luton had seen 2 letter dictated in his
presence by President Taft and adj
dressed to Mr.. Payne favoring the
resolution. II recited that Mr. Ames
had twice spoken to Mr. PAYNE about
the presidents letter and that Mr..
Payne told him that his tPayne'sl
relations Mere such with the pres
dent that when he wrote you such Il
letter he did not want the resolution
Mr.. Payne replied saying that the
fact that "seventy-seven men have
signed your petition does not change
the situation in regard to your reso-
luton
After expressing surprise that the
petition of seventy-seven republican
should be disregarded Mr..
Ames' letter continued:
Your whole attitude has so lacked
in common courtesy and proper
sense of proportion that | feel forced /
to make this written protest Your
letter, If freely translated. should be
interpreted to read The desires of
many republican members ana the
public be damned.
When Mr. Ames had concluded, Mr..
Payne said he had informed Mr.. Amcs
that he believed the president should /
take up the Canadian negotiations and |
after that it would be time for con- |
gress to act.
- treated him politely he said