The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
Rv our STAIR correspondent.)

washington, d. C., Oct 11--Repre-
sentative jeremiah Donovan delivered
Ia speech yesterday upon absenteelsm
that caused the walls of the old capt.
tol to ring Compared to his remarks
a few days ago upon. the same sub
,1ect his address of yesterday was as
! the report of a. .z2-ca1fbre pistol com
kpared to a 14-inch gun. In his first
speech he was raped to order upon q
frofnt OF order raised by members
Whose ears tingled under the 1ash1ng
of the Connecticut congressman.
Yesterday he gained the floor to read
from a newspaper editorial and no
point of order could be raised against
/ him He was greeted with applause
this time for his remarks were very
apropos in view OF the fact that dep
tutv sergeauts at arms have oeen
tsssar+chine the country with warrants
Tor absentees In order that the House
irufeaat have a quorum, and pass the
bending deficiency bill He was warm
tly applauded when he called attentlon
to the fact that Richard Pearson Hoo-
/ son has been absent from the sessions
kof the House for months, drawing his
ssalary and building his fences TO De
Maat Oscar w. Underwood for the
limited states Senate while Mr. Un-
lderwood was attending to his duties
IN Congress in a work OF framing a
ltarfrf measure for the bepeht OF his
lcountry-
Z ,J-ae member from the Fourth dis
k4ric& of Connecticut showed much the
same form that he used to show IN the
senate chamber at Hartford when ne
.exposed the Vaccinations OF the sen
iabors who were there to serve the rel11-
road and other special interests
Congressman Gardner said he should
resign from Congress, in view of the
fact that he recently absenteo hlinsei, ,
TO seek and secure the guoernato atorial
70. 1I71Te After
securing the floor for five minutes MI
Donovan took the reading rostrum
ana facing the membership present oe-
Ifvered the following speech:
Mr. speaker. I read from an editorial
IN the Bridgeport Evening farIner
f(Ccnn.) of Sept 2oth, the fonoWlns.
when a congressman runs away
te---r, btz york and is constantly and
freuuentIy absent from the scene OF
his duties he defrauds the people OF
that which he agreed to give them-
He does wrong"
NJ Sneaker. the other day 1 perhaps
f7td An Injustice to the representative
from Missouri in stating that for TWO
laavs All were absent for I should have
also stated that the representatives
from Massachusetts, were absent al
ere same time Massachusetts, is re-
lrarded by the world as the center OF
American intellect and as the great
lIsav state is regarded also as home
frf All social and religious freedom 1t Is
certainly of more Importance that lp=
lMaernbers should be here upholding the
sI3~h standards of their state more
tns7 Derhaps any other state in the
tT7n4ox, Has the time arrived when
Massachusetts, founded by the Puri-
FANS. will not look askance at ab-
Eenteeism7
e inadvertently the other day, While
rnen<sonIng delegations that were ap-
IN f1 nj
ftuctry That was wrong because there
are many of Its members who are
faithful In attendance and who give
very able service to their people. They
kRre 3dessrs. Shirley. Barkley, Helm,
FTe1ds, Thomas and Johnson.
I Some few days ago I called atten-
Rfop to the fact that some Of the lead
kers had practically abandoned their
tdutfes here and left the management
tof the business of the House to new
men A great currency measure was
krsp for action and at the same time a
lmreat tartfr bill that had taken months
No construct had come into the House
with the Senate disagreeing. The tar
hf bill had to be taken up in confer
,arce and that took four leaders away
from the delegations upon the curren-
icy bill The great leader from Ala
Rama Mr.. Underwood, the very able
and distinguished Kitchin from North
Faroifna one of the great fntellects
from our side, the gentleman from H.
1fnods Mr. Rainey, and that most skill
iRuI and practical member, Mr.. DtxoT
icf Indiana were called away to take
mart In the conferences with the Sen
ate Therefore, we could not have
nine benefit of their advice and SUD
port And the rest of the So-callet
headers had taken themselves away
and when the consideration of the cur
rency bill was commenced they were
not here TO participate in the discus
Nfon of that great measure.
A most noticeable absentee was one
trrho is considered by himself to be
presidential timber. and who is per
s1aps one of the most able ones
sRmonEst us He has been seen once OF
twice since about May T.
Now when this great mind from AL