The Washington times., 1913-05-09

yestigated the underlying cause Of the
F'arragut square fracas.
regard As immaterial in this pro-
ceeding before the House the matte,
OF proVocation," said Mr.. Davis.
Congressman Gillett thought the prov.
ocation was material. which brought
tne reply that members will have full
opportunity to address themselves &c
this feature of the case"
rms case does not concern merely
the immunity and rights Of the gentle
man from Tennessee" continued Mr.
Davis. He has the right to plead tina,
immunity. but the reason for this reso.
luton and the investigation ordered by
the House. as ! understand 1t. Is that
the House itself Is interested, wholly
apart from the interest Of an Individual
member. The House as An aggregate
whole Is involved and wherever the i'm.
munities of an individual member are
invaded and he is deprived Of his con-
stttutional protection. the aggregate
membership Is weakened jnst fhat
much"
Congressman Immune.
Mr.. Davis characterized as ''!mperish.
able" the immunity of members of Con-
gress. 1t continued. he said. as long as
member lived and even after his de.
parture from public life he might not
be held accountable for words spoken
in debate in the halls OF Congress.
He cited the precedents applying in
the Glover case. notably that If Sar,
Houston, who was arrested and rspii-
manded in 1Ss2 for his attack on a
House member. The Supreme Court
said Mr.. Davis, had seemed to rule beth
ways on the question of immunity. but
he called attention to the fact that
in the Kilbourn case, cited by Mr.
fh,, StIn~pr1s
Court had dealt not with An assault,
upon a member, but a contumac:ous
witness. The court in that instance
granted a writ Of habeas corpus, hui
1t was on the ground that ths House
was not privileged to ask certain Ques-
Would the Sixty-fourth Congress
have a right to take this case up IL the
Sixty-third should fail TO do so?" asked
Congressman Fowler of Illinois.
Mr.. Davis said the question was hypo-
thetical.
Moon Assails Glover.
Congressman Moon Of Tennessee Bit
terly assailed Mr.. Glover for his attack
upon Mr.. Moons colleague. Mr.. Moon
used language more vigorous than that
originally employed by Mr.. Sims in his
criticism Of the banker.
According to Congressman Moon. the
banker had acted as a man with MUIR
der in his heart" and had harbored q
grudge against Mr.. Sims because the
latter, several years ago, was instru-
mentali n defeating a bill and prevent
ing Mr. Glover from digging intot he
Treasury ~
Mr.. Moon reviewed the famous con-
troversy regarding the Glover option
on lands adjacent to Rock Creek park,
and the defender Of Mr.. Sims reiterated
the old charge that the banker had
sought to dispose Of this option at an
exorbitant price the Government.
"Sms defeated a measure In which
Glover had a peculiar interest" said
Mr.. Moon. THE estimony shows that
Glover admitted he had kept a lookout
for Sims for two years, but had never
gone out of his way to find him. Glover
was offended by the patriotic conduct
on this floor OF Congressman Sims and
he seeks him day after day.
THE testimony of Congressman Ben
johnson shows that Glover expressed
regret that the dueling laws in this
country prevented a duel with Mr. Sims
Murder In Heart.
"The fact that Glover wanted to fight
a duel indicates that he had murder in
his heart; not only did he commit an
contempt Of this House. but he wanted
to kill the man that thwarted his at
tempt to reach his arms into the United