Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-20
DEMOCRATS TAKE BITTER DOSE
Member of Own Party Dips Pen in
Bile.
RANK AND FILE TERMED WORMS
Caucus Denounced rs cold Deck for
the Coming Caucus, n Feast of
stale Dishes - EpistIe
Read in House.

WASHINGTON. Jan. Representative
Calder, a New York republican. created
sensation I'm the house by reading an open
letter of Representative Dies of Texas a
democrat. attacking the democratic caucus
and clubbing It "cold deck for the COM
ing caucus. a feast of stale dishes"
A call of the house forced a full attend
ance of democrats.
Republicans had passed word around OF
the plan to read the letter to the house
while the roll call was on and the house
and galleries were crowded.
When the reading of the letter was be-
gun Representative Helfin of Alabama
tried to head II off by making a point of
order that the letter was not germane to
the pending postoffice appropriation bill,
but was promptly overruled.
Letter Causes Laughter.
As the reading continued with the rdi-
cule II thrust on the democratic leaders,
who were denoAnced in sarcastic terms for
distributing the committee spoils, there was
freuent uproarious laughter. The letter
denounced the caucus a frame up and
the democrats who supinely fell down be
fore these self-sustained successors Of Cae-
sar'' as fellow worms" as "Catllnes in
cog" and declared that the handful OF
men who framed up the committee rewards
were "early birds, Catilines in miniature,
usurpers and conspirators," who lmpu-
IDENTIFY stuck this cut and dried slate under
the noses of gentlemen"
The letter held that It was cruel mock
cry to summon the new members to Wash
ington merely to vote as they were told.
Worms inclined to turn will have an op-
portunity at the caucus, read the letter,
which added that the symbol of union
would be a ring in the nose
The democrats made no immediate re-
sponse, Mr. Borland of Missouri merely re-
ferring to the incident as waste Of time.
Economy Policy Criticised.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's economy
of administration in the Postoffice depart
ment came in for sharp criticism at the
hands of several members of the house
Of representatives today during the con-
sideration of the postoffice appropriation
bill.
Representatives Small of'North Carolina,
Bartlett OF Georgia, Borland Of Missouri
and Saunders of Virginia on the democratic
side and Representative Steenerson OF Min
nesota on the republican side, declared that
the economy plans were seriously affect
ing the efficiency of the postal service es-
pecially on the rural free delivery and
star routes and took issue with the off
ciaIs Of the Postoffice department that the
postal deficit was being wiped out without
detriment to the service.
Mr.. Small declared that the rural service
was Disseminated against and that while
the department did not hesitate to create
a deficiency in one branch OF the SER
vice, It was declining TO spend Sl,7OOOOO of
the appropriation allowed by congress for
an increase in the rural routes.
Mr.. Small asserted that when congress
provided for additional service its will
should not be thwarted by executive &C
tion.
Opening Gun I'm Canal Fight.
The opening gun In the fight for the for
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