Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-25
IN. HEAT OF DEBATE
Fiery Speeches in the House
of Representatives.
HAMMER AND TONGS FIGHT
Representative Tawney's Motion to
Finance Economy Board the Cause.
STRENUOUS OBJECTIONS MADE
Discussion Takes Wide Range and
Representative Fitzgerald Closes
by Attacking President.

! Hot times in TIE House of Representa-
| tives yesterday. Representatives Tawney
| of Minnesota and Macon of Arkansas had
hammer and tongs verbal engagement,
| Representatives PAYNE of New York,
| Dalzell of Pennsylvania. and Fordney OF
michigan. three hide-bound regulars,
| ''insurged and voted with the demo-
Gratis, and Representative Fitzgerald of
New York described President Taft as
| the greatest failure that ever sat in the
| White House
The TawneyM Macon miX-up was rather
| amusing, although before it was over
Representative Mann of Illinois, who was
| in the chair, had to threaten Mr.. Macon
with the sergeant-at-arms before the
| Arkansas member subsidized. 1t started
| when. for the second time. Mr. Tawney
| offered an amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill, proposing to appropri-
ate 100000 to create an economy board
to modernize business methods in the
various departments of the government.
This didn't even make a little bit OF a
hit with Mr.. Macon. who described the
Tawney proposition is nothing more or
less than a scheme to provide Jobs and
| furnish campaign funds where and when
| they would do the most good
IL.
Representative Stafford of Wisconsin
asked Mr.. Macon. in a somewhat patron
| izing way, if he knew that the govern
ment. by an expenditure of mere
$4,000. had already effected saving of
| more than $2j0GGO in one branch of the
Treasury Department alone.
| Mr.. Macon shook his head and waved
his hands. Il don't believe AIRY part of
| that statement
| Mr.. Stafford suggested that Chairman
| Tawney of the appropriations committee
| Vouched for the correctness of the state
ments whereupon Mr.. Macon declared he
| did not care whose authority the gentle
man has"
/ THE gentleman from Arkansas is a law
unto himself Mr. Stafford commented.
oh, retorted Mr.. Macon, 1.-The gentle
superior law himself in many cases.
| There is question that he thinks we'll
of his opinion at times"
Savage Onslaught Follows.
| The House laughed and Mr. Macon pro-
ceeded to attack the republicans in the
| House for delaying the game and killing
| time" insisting they were staying in
Washington because they were afraid to
go home and face their constituents.
Il believe YOU are afraid to go home"
| he shouted. You remind me of some one
who had done something wrong and
| wanted TO stay away from home until SEN
| timent in regard to you changed in the
community. You are staying here under
the preteXt of trying to do something
when you are simply killing time and
waiting for adverse sentiment against you
| at home to blow over
| Mr.. Tawney evidently thought he saw a
fine chance to put something over OH Mr..
Macon.
LAS far as our being afraid to go home
| is concerned" he said. I'VE are in the
| same condition as was the gentleman
| from Arkansas two or three weeks ago.
He was afraid he would never come back,
and for that reason he went home"
Aims Center Shot.
| Let me ask the gentleman from Min
nesota," cried Mr.. Macon. after the
| laughter that followed Tawney's bulls
eye had died away, IF he was afraid
| he would not come back when he got the
President of the United States, at the
| expense of the American people, by using
| an appropriation of $4,000 for travelling
expenses, to go all the way to Winona
| to speak in his district for him? Who
was afraid then? No President Of the
| United States was ever called upon to
go to my home at the expense of the
American people to save my political
| scalp"
1t was the turn Of the democratic side
to laugh and applaud, and the opportu-
| nifty was improved.
| Mr.. Tawney appeared somewhat fab
| bergasted and sat down somewhat sud-
| denly, remarking that lin view of the
great indignation of the gentleman from
Arkansas 1 will not say anything in
| reply
Mr.. Macon continued to shatter the
air with observations, although his time
had expired. until Chairman Mann
threatened to call in the sergeant-at-
| arms to straighten things out. Then all
| was quiet once more.
Norris Has an Inning.
| Representative Norris of Nebraska. the
| insurgent leader, had a lot of fun with
| Representatives Payne Of New York, the
| republican floor leader and chairman of
| the ways and means committee, and two
of his heutenants, Representatives Dali
| zell of Pennsylvania and Fordney of
| Michigan. all standpatters and regulars,
| over their insurgency the tariff-bOard
item in the sundry civil bill. He called
attention to the fact that they were with
| the democrats on this proposition and
| welcomed them to the ranks Of the re-
| publican outlaws.
| Referring to Speaker Cannon's speech
| in New York several nights ago, in which
| he said that shooting was too good for
| the traitorous insurgents and that they
| ought to be hanged, Norris suggested that
pretty soon Uncle Joe would be wearing
| the scalps Of his erstwhile dearest friends
| and supporters-Payne, Dalzell and Ford
| ney-at his belt
| I'VE are confronted" said Mr. Norris
| "by a peculiar kind of combination. /
understand that the gentleman from New
York, Mr.. Payne, chairman OF the ways
and means committee; his lieutenants,
| Mr.. Dalzell and Mr. Fordney, are all OPP
! tn nf he
| have united their fortunes on this oc-
casion with the democratic side of the