The sun., 1910-02-18
lEFF DAVIS ON TIE RAMPAGE
he DARES THE SENATE TO
PASS A PIPE LINE BILL.

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4 me Challenge Is Acccpted ana the BIH
RngseA Win only .Defr's Negative
gUte--Bltter Personal CollOqules
with senator owen og Oklahoma
WASHINGTON. Feb. l7.--Senator Jen
\ Davis OF Arkansas dared the senate tS
. pAss to-day a bill giving the right OF way
fhrough public lands In his State to an
% pipe line extending from the oil fields
og oklahoma TO tidcwater at the Gulf oi
MEXICO. He said the bill was in the in
trrest Of the Standard Oil Company. Tbs
. senate not only accepted the ohallenge
hut passed the measure with only the vote
~ the Arkansas Senator in opposition
In the course OF his speech Senator
navis oonSigned John d. Rockefeller TO
hell and charged that Senator Owen OF
oklahoma was connected with Standard
OIL. This charge the Senator from Okla
honna Indignantly denied and there re-
eszltod between the two statesmen one
~ the bitterest personal oolloquies that
here taken place in the Senate since the
/ rnssaRe between Senators Tillman and
1LcIsaf4in of South Carolina, which ended
- blows
Charging that the bill before the Senate.
Uhich YVES urged for passage by Senator
Owen. is in the interest OF the Prairie Oil
Coappany, a branch of Standard Oil.
Henatnr JEFF said
4 I'VE don't want Standard Oil in Arkan-
sMz. The only place would consent to
FOR the construction OF a pipe line to carry
the oil and gas of the Standard Oil Com
pany, would be straight from here to hell.
And would like to have John ID. Rookie
foiIer. the old he trust magnate Of them
al. there TO receive 1t. Let it sweep
nround him, let it's flames engulf him, be-
cause sooner OF later that result will
happen
While Senator JEFF was delivering his
he'll fire and birthstone speech he was
dsnoing up and down the middle aisle OF
the Senate, and his voice. which rivalled
y steam cslliope, brought everybody from
the corridors. Senator Hale OF Maine
Rpt hall way in the centre door, saw who
WAS speaking. smiled. turned around and
walked right out. He was the exception.
Noet everybody else fingered to see the
1un. Turning TO Senator Owen, the
&enafnr from Arkansas said he had been
! ~ ,s.fs, med that the Senator from Okla
horna has some business connections with
The Prairie Gas and OH Company, a sub
eIdiary concern Of Standard Oil
Pale with anger, Senator Owen re-
<orted: The impudent statement Of the
<senstor from Arkansas is without any
fOundatiOn.-
MY advice is that way" was the an
fwsr OF Senator Davis, who added.
-fHo,igh my information may be moor
rect Indeed he sympathizes with them,
~ ncts like he is interested. he talks like
BIZ h interested. and, by jinks, believe
he is Interested
N 1T 10 imfnaterial TO me-" said Senator
'0~Sn. what the opinion OF the Senator
<rom Arkansas 10 concerning the senator
Ixrom OklAhoma. The exhibition he is
|nakznx OF himself here justifies the state
Enent that any opinion by the Senator
from Arkansas il absolutely worthleSs.'
a -Ah. Mr.. President,' said Senator
Davis, In dlsdain, my opinion may be
~crthiss.. but il does not bear the taint |
pf oil Petroleum smells to me. Il
Mnelis bad. mighty bad. 1t can never |
he charged against me that have made |
9u exhihifion In favor OF Standard OIL
Senator Owen said after he gained the |
floor nat kse answer OF the Senator from |
hTkansas deserved no reply. He told |
how the bill had passed the Senate last |
week., but was reoonsidered at his request |
1S q courtesy TO Senator Davis. who asked |
" be beard on IL in view OF the fact that he |
"N4 4D1ent from tne senate Wnen II passed.
II ieave 1t 20 the Senate" continued |
Senator Owen, Ito say whether the SEN
4tor fropn Arkansas has deserved that
o2<rtesy. This bill simply endeavors
~ ascsre pipe line from the greatest
c1 nclis In the world 10 tidewater. -Four
Hrsdred miles Of IL have already been con-
1<Es2cted and the corporation has been ad-
D1tted 30 Arkansas by authority Of the
ocr3tary OF State
Benator. Jed arose and addressed the
@ARir. but Senator Owen declined to yield
III IN inter ruption from him. aThe
naxor from Arkansas he said. ~has no
<I4im on ne He has forfeited my re-
&peot ior all time, and the Senator from
Arkansns should remember that
SENATOR Owen said he did not know
=sA@ther the Standard Oil Company has
9nything to do with the company that is
tonstrnofing the pipe line, and he declared
HAT II .was an immaterial matter 20 him Il
~ would not care should the line be con-
rolled by the Standard Oil Company It
IL be added, for the people Of my
5tate want the oil fields nnbottled. No L
other State ought to interfere with this
purpoee. The corporation that is build
|1E this line has paid its license fee in
Arkansas and is there legally"
SENATOR Clark OF Wyoming observed
hat the pending bill was no different
Rom similar bills passed with reference
b other States. but Senator JEFF in reply I
|<eclared that the pipe line company has
no legal bGknunB IN Arkansas, END that .
1hig recognition by Congress- would bring !
on conflict between State and Federal :
And SO far as the opinion
1f tho Senator from Oklahoma respecting
ne h ooncerned." yelled the Ozark Sem
Nor, Il toss 1t to the winds. never had 4
MY opinion OF him to begin with c
Senator Owen said that the bill had been =.
utroduced by Senator Clark Of Arkansas :
= the Senate, by Representative Cravens r
1f Arkansas in the House, and reported
~ Representative Robinson OF Arkansas = :
h the House. -It seems,"' he added. Ic
these members OF the Arkansas delega- I
1on and the Secretary Of State Of Arkansas Z,
IRE In favor Of the violation OF the State i
kwB.s
Senator Davis said that Senator Clark p
the bill for James K Jones. n
n. He declared that the real object OF q
ne measure was not to construct q pipe :.
Inc TO tidewRteY. but to establish an oil P
|fation In his home town, Little Rock y
~nefors you bring this blot on Arkan- u
'~e' pleaded Senator Davis. Il ask you
b ponder. dare q Democrnt-no.
M retract that word-I challenge a
)emocraE outside the Senator from Ok
nhOrnh f1 uofa for fltia hfIl n.-L 49,