New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
DEMAND TRIAL Of GLOVER
Friends of Sims to Introduce
Resolution in House.
FOR SLAPPING LAWMAKER
Representatives Insist Banker
Is Amen.ble to Contempt
Proceedings.
[From The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington. April 2O.-After a confer
ence i'm which the parliamentary experts
of the House participated. friends of Rep
resentative Thetus w. Sims, of Tonnes
see, decided to-day to offer resolution IN
the House tomorrow calling for the I'M
mediate institution of contempt proceed
ings against Charles G. Glover, the Wash
ington banker, who slapped Mr.. Simss
face on Friday.
The resolution. which will be offered by
Representative Garrett. of Tennessee will
call for the appointment Of a special
committee TO recommend to the House
the method of procedure in the arraign-
ment and trial of Mr.. Glover. II tire
resolution is adopted, as expected, the
trial will be conducted within the next
week
Twelve members of the House were
present at the conference. and'there was
unanimity of opinion that the millionaire
banker had committed a breach OF the
privileges of the House and was amenable
to contempt proceedings. Mr.. Garrett m
dicated to-day that the resolution be
would offer would assume that con-
Tempt was committed. and would leave
open To question only the method OF con-
Quoting the bankers trial
Mr. Garrett and Mr.. Houston. the for
mer of the Rules and the latter Of the
judiciary Committee. We're named as a
subcommittee 90 draft the resolution.
They spent the afternoon and night III
porting over precedents involving the un-
accountability Of members for words
spoken I'm debate on the floor The res'-
luton will allege that Mr.. Glover. in
striking Mr. Sims. violated that provision
of the Constitution which declares that
no member shall b. held 20 account else
whore for words spoken on the floor
Experts on parliamentary law are also
digging up precedents tonight in antici-
patton of a possible move on the part Of
Mr.. Glover to throw his fracas with Mr..
Sims into the courts II is believed that
the banker may apply for q writ If
habcas corpus in the event the House
should arrest him.
Upon several occasions the Supreme
Court has held that the legislative branch
OF the government has the inherent right
to punish for contempt Various prece-
dents are cited I'm 1870 one Patrick
Woods used a bludgeon On Representative
Porter. OF Virginia. and upon being hailed
before the House was sent To the District
jail for three months. y case regarded
as nearly analogous TO the present Incl
dent was that Of Samuel Houston. who
in 1882 attacked Representative william
Stanberry because Of a speech I'm the
House. Houston was arrested by the SER
gcant-at-arms. held in custody for n
week. and. upon being found guilty Of
contempt, was publicly reprimanded by
the Speaker
The friends OF Mr. Sims who attended
the conference to-day included Repre-
sentatives Houston Hall. Garrett. Austin.
Mcclellan Padgett aud Byrnes. OF Ten
nessee Fitzgerald, of New York; Sher-
ley, OF Kentucky; Pou, Of North Caro-
lima. and Hardwick and Crisp. OF Georgia.
Mr.. Crisp was formerly parliamentary
clerk OF the House. Bennett Clark, the
son OF the Speaker and present parla
mentarlan. was also present
Great indignation is said 10 have been
expressed at the conference over the
manner I'm which Mr. Glover accosted and
struck Mr. Sims and II was determined
to push vigorously the contempt proceed
nss against the capitalist.