The Washington herald., 1911-08-19

cratic side as he concluded the brief par
liamentary form, which, by the way, hs
read from the rules manual of the House
BY unanimous consent debate on thl
! wool measure was limited to three hourl
and Representative Ollie James, Of Ken
lucky. who will transfer his irnmens,
frame to the United States Senate in the
near future, led on for the unterrified
and expectant Democracy. He made 9
typical rip-snorting, up and at 'en
speech, calling attention In strident tonei
to the fact that the King of England had
not exercised his constitutional veto
IL he would lose his crown and possibly
his head. Mr.. James thundered so that
folks all over the Capitol could hear
that this veto power is an inheritance
Of royalty. 1t is undemocratic and un-
American and in this case in fragrant de-
fiance Of the will of the American peo-
ple.''
Mr.. James referred to the "shivering
poor" and to their bold betrayal by Mr.
Taft. He was referring somewhat scorn-
fully to the tariff board as these distin-
guished men who have all the wisdom OF
the country" when Representative War
burton, of Washington, yelled, without
rising from his seat: why, most Of them
are Democrats!'
Get up"' bawled tho immense Ken
tuckian, turning in the direction of the
voice. Get up. SO I can see you. When
you want to shoot at me. don't do 1t from
ambush" There was some real wild ap-
plause on the Democratic side at this
sally. and Representative Hefifn. of Ala
bama. who plays Damon to Mr.. James
Pythias. banged his desk fiercely.
Representative Samuel w. Smith, of
Michigans who is about five feet high,
mildly suggested that Grover Cleveland
was the most active vetoer that ever sat
In the White House.
''Oh. he never vetoed q bill that cheap
ened clothing" cried Mr.. James. crushing
Mr.. Smith to the floor with a look.
Representative Austin. of Tennessee.
pleaded with the insurgents on the Re-
publican side to behave themselves and
stand by President Taft.
IF the Presidents veto is overturned
here to-day" he said, ''let 1t be done by
Democratic votes"
Speaker Clark closed the debate on the
measure, Majority Leader Underwood
talking his place in the chair and as
Stunning the gavel amid wild applause
from his colleagues. to whom Oscar Is
the whole show.
Speaker Lost His Bet.
The President has a right to veto
this bill IL he wants to do So" said Mr..
Clark, but I lament his lack Of wisdom
as a personal friend. He has raised an
issue that will rage with fury until the
close of the polls in November. 1912"
Mr.. Clark added that after reading
the Presidents Winona speech he was
so certain he would sign the wool bill
that he had "bet and lost the best hat
made in the United States on that prop
osition."
The Republican regulars haven't had
many opportunities to make a racket
during the special session, but when
Speaker Clark announced the vote and
added that the necessary two-thirds had
not voted to override the President, they
made up for lost time.
The Presidents veto message on the
free list bill was then taken up and
read. and, after twenty minutes of de-
bate, during which Representative
Payne, Of New York, and Representative
Underwood, of Alabama, defended their
respective positions, this measure was
voted upon with a similar result. The
House then adjourned.