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HILL And REILLY
NEAR FISTCURFS
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ticut postmasters.'' BY this time the
House was aware that the spat between
the two Connecticut members was large
ly personal. and everybody sat up and
took notice.
Speech TO Postmasters.
Continuing. Mr.. Reilly said that he had
just received a letter from Connecticut
embracing extracts from a political speech
made some time ago by Mr.. Hill. The
speech. according to Mr. Reilly, was de-
livered at this years annual banquet Of
the Connecticut Postmasters' Association.
According to the speaker, Mr.. Hill began
his speech before the Connecticut post
masters by asking IL there were any re-
porters present. When assured that there
were not. Mr.. HILL so Mr.. Reilly said. made
the declaration that he was pleased to
see SO many familiar faces. but he feared
many of them would be missing at the
next annual banquet IL they did not do
better work in the next election than
they did in the last. According to Mr..
Reilly. Mr.. Hill continued:
You are all creatures OF the present
administration. and as such are expected
to be in harmony with and part OF that
administration, and Furthermore, notwith-
standing orders and statements to the
of and openly work for the continuation of
that administrator" Mr. Hill then pro-
ceeded, according to Mr.. Reilly, TO de-
nounce Reilly In this language. Behold
the man you have sent to Washington to
represent this district, Do you know
what he is doing? He is voting with the
Southern Democrats TO destroy the manu-
facturers OF Connecticut"
Hill n .sKnow-ft-alI."
Mr.. Reilly then proceeded to talk on his
own account. He declared that Hill was
"a know-it-all," that he was tired Of lis
tening to Mr. Hilrs ''buncombe talk"
and that he was going TO tell some plain
facts about Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Hill demanded OF Mr.. Reilly ION
his honor as a Representative whether
Reilly would state that he had quoted
correctly from the letter he had received.
Mr.. Reilly replied that II Mr. Hill denied
the truth Of the language imputed TO him
that he would take Mr.. Hilrs word.
Thereupon Mr.. Hill emphatical!y denied
the correctness Of the speech attributed
10 him. Mr.: Hin referred TO a recent
speech of Mr.. Reilly's, in which the lat
ter charged that Mr.. Hill had prepared
the wool revision bill offered by the
Republicans. that Mr. Hill was vice pres
ident Of a wool company. and therefore
an interested party in the proposed legis-
Iation.
Il have kept silent in the past on at
tacks Of this kind" declared Mr.. Hill. Il
came TO this hall some time last winter
when the gentleman was reading pre-
pared speech in which he accused me of
having prepared a wooden schedule while
president of a woolen mill. He did it de-
liberately. He might have known it was
false If he had wished TO have known it"
shakes Fist at Reilly.
Mr.. Hill explained that he had re-
signed from the vice presidency Of the
wooden mill before assisting in the prepa-
ration OF the Payne-Aldrich law. His
son. ne said, had died three years before
that time
The gentleman from Connecticut knew
the facts. and he suppressed them on
the floor" shouted Mr.. Hill. walking
toward Reilly and shaking his fist at
him. Il say that statements OF that
kind corning from any man, Republican
or Democrat. are unworthy Of any Gre
dence whatever, either now or in the
future
Mr.. Reilly replied. in substance, that
Mr. Hill was qUibblinE. The sQuabble
between the two Connecticut members
created a good deal Of excitement. and
the chances are that it Will soon be
Mr. Hin is evidently determined to get
the views Of Woodrow Wilson on vari-
Gus public questions into the Congress
sional Record. II is the purpose of Mr.
lIill and other Taft li"utenantS TO give
the fullest publicity To GOV. Wilson
utterances on labor, the tariff and other
subjects. and the rest of the session in
the House promises to be a lively one.