The Washington times., 1912-08-20
HOUSE MEMBERS
IN Personal fEUD
=. over DAM SITES
Rainey and Austin Use
Sharp Words in Debate
This Afternoon.
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are as yet only IN formative condi-
tion. The profits the promoters of
these enterprises would be able to get
pend largely upon whether or not this
House requires tolls to the Govern
ment and provides for the regulation
OF prices to consumers.
Not Concerned About Profits.
THE promoters of these enterprises,
whoever they are, and am sorry II Is
impossible to find out 'even where
many of them live, will not make as
much out of these projects IL the con-
ditions we are insisting upon are at
tached to this bill. I submit that this
body is interested not in the possible
profits these promoters may get, but Is
interested in the protection of those ci-
tizens Of the United States who may be
consumers of the hydro electric power
generated by these companies, and this
body ought also to be interested in pro-
tecting the Treasury of the United
States.
II thin I can safely say from the evil
dence l have SO far been able to OBJ
tain, that these enterprises embraced in
the bills Of the gentleman from Tennes-
see are at least l the hands of and con-
from Tennessee. Speaking in this House
In carefully prepared address on the
nineteenth day of July, the gentleman
from Tennessee made this statemet:
Mr.. Speaker, II I am here as a rep
resentative favoring a water-power
trust which is seeking to take an un-
fam advantage Of the American people,
] have violated by oath of office. Not
and am no longer worthy to be a men,
Der of the House of Representatives.
If l am guilty of this charge, and the
gentlemen from Illinois will produce his
frnxy tCr1n Hon ao
2 member of this House. for I will no
longer be worthy of companionship or
association with the honorable men,
bership of this body. Neither would
would be fit representative Of the
splendid people who sent me to Con-
gress.'
Will Be Missed By Some.
II do not ask the gentleman to resign
from this body. He holds his commits
sion from the electors of the Second
Congressional District of Tennessee I
do not think, however, the cause of
waterpower conservation in Tennessee
would suffer If the gentleman's con-
nection with this House should cease.
The gentleman will be missed If he de-
termines to resign, or if his constituents
should send some other representative
to this body. He will be missed by r.
r, Weller, of Washington. D. c.. water.
Po"cr loDDylot anu lie Will
be missed by the firm of Cromwell &
Sullivan, of 40 Wall Street, New York.
He will be missed by the firm of Strong
& Cadwallader. Of New York. He will
be missed by ]. s. Kums and w. s..
kums. the waterpower bankers of
Pittsburgh. He will be missed by the
hrm of ]. P. Morgan & Co, the hackers
Of the General Electric Company. He
will be 'nisesd by other waterpower
promoters and manipulators; but those
who are interested in waterpower con-
servation will not regret his absence
from this body.
No Loss to Congress. ..
'If he should determine to resign
I can assure him that those who remain
in this tody will be able to take care
of the waterpower problems presenting
themselves for solution in a way that
will be equitable and fair to the COM
munities affected thereby, with due re-
gard also TO the Treasury of the United
States. l am quite sure the rivers OF
Tennessee can be saved for the peopl 3,
of Tennessee without the assistance OF
the gentleman who now represents the
Knoxville District here, and who with
so much energy, and with a general
ship worthy of better cause Is pre-.
pairing to feed the towns and cities of
his Congressional district bound and
gagged to that great molech of trusts,
the growing waterpower combination Of
the United States"
Mr.. Austin characterized Mr.. Rainey
as "one of who thinks he alone Is hon
est, and the same man who made
charges against the President of the
United States with reference to the
Panama canal transaction, which
charges he failed to sustain. He was
too unmanly, however. to apologize for
them, and his charges in this instance
are just as baseless."