Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-20
RAiNEY, OF ILLINOIS, ACCUSES
AUSTIN. OF TENNESSEE. OF
TRUST AFFILIATIONS.
PERSONALITY N,lNTEREsrEp I'M
WATER POWER COMBINE
Rainey Charges That Trait Of RepubIi-
can Leads Direct to So.cailsd Trust
Austin Makes Bitter Reply, De-
fonciins His Business Ventures and
Associations.

Washington, Aug. 20--Representative
Rainey, of Illinois, democrat, and
Representative Austin. of Tennessee. a
republican, fought a wordy battle in
the house today and exchanged otter
personalities. Each had fifty-four min
utes allotted under a special rule. Mr..
Rainey charged that Mr.. Austin was
personally interested in water power
legislation.
In recent colloquy Mr.. Rainey said
Mr.. Austin had declared that he as a
representative had favored the water
had disgraced himself. he said and II
guilt he would resign.
II do not ask the gentleman to re-
sign from this body" said Mr.. Rainey
today. delivering carefully prepared
speech. Il do think, however. that the
cause OF water power conservation in
Tennessee would suffer if the gentle
mans connections with the house
would cease"
Director IN Water Company.
"The Knoxville Power Company"
said Mr.. Rainey, made the first at
tempt to deliver the city Of Knoxville
and all Of that territory to the water
power trust. 1t had Ave incorporators.
The record Of the secretary Of the
state of Tennessee show that Richard
w. Austin was one of them, the same
Richard w. Austin who now repre-
sents the Second district Of Tennes-
see"
Mr.. Rainey said that 1T is possible
to produce at any time the admissions
of the gentleman from Tennessee. that
he had been authorized to assist for
mer United States Treasurer Charles
n. Treat In disposing of the fran
chise." Mr.. Rainey said that Charles Fl.
treat, George r. Sullivan and Richard
W. Austin on May 4. 1910. gave to F..
r. Weller Of Washington, an option tn
dispose of the holdings Of the Knox
vile Power Company for 100000,
which on Aug. 20, 1910, was accepted
by the Aluminium Company Of Amer
lea, closely allied with the General
Electric Company, the very largest Of
the six water power groups in the I'm
tied States" ,@
Trail Left is Plain.
mo member of this house Is on
closer terms or business relationship
with the representative of the great
water power trust than the gentleman
from Tennessee" said Mr.. Rainey.
"The trail from his congressional Of
fee here leads to the offices Of F. r.
Weller, of Washington, in the office Of
Charles II. Treat. former treasurer OF
the United States, Of the firm Of
Cromwell & Sullivan. dealers in inter-
oceanic canals and wtaer power. to
the banking office Of Kuhn. of Pitts
burg. and ]. p. Morgan, the bank Of
the General Electric Company.
Austin Grows Bitter.
Mr.. Austin sprang to his feet and
with intense bitterness replied to Mr..
Rainey. He referred to Mr.. Rainey's
indictment Of Charles P. Taft in con-
nection with the Panama canal ac-
QUESTION and declared that those
charges had not been proved.
:'And the gentleman from Illinois,"
he added. was unmanly enough to not
retract his slanders"
He referred to Mr.. Rainey as the
"defamer from Illinois," and declared
that his water power bills had. been
passed upon by the house Interstate
commerce committee, every member
of which was the peer Of, the gentle
man from Illinois,