The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-03
OUR WASHINGTON
 NEWS LETTER
Representative Donovan Re- fuses to Let the Absent .sBrothers's Get Away
 With It.
Calls the Roll to Show Up the Tardy Ones Who Are Gen orally On Hand When
 Their Special Inter
 ests Are at Stake.
(by Cur Staff Correspondent.)


 66y Our Staff Correspondent.)
 Washington. July Representative Donovan called the roll of a number of the absentees in rather unique manner in the House of Representa- tives yesterday afternoon
 .I would like to have the attention of the gentleman from Washington. MT. Humphrey-' said MT. Donovan addressing the chair.
 He is not here. said a member
 70. Can | have the attention of the gentleman from Ohio, MT. Fees-s'' continued MT. Donovan
 He is out.'' stated a menber.
 Well can have the attention of Ehe minority leader Mir. Mann) 2
 ssFIe is temporarily absent said MT. Stanford of Wisconsin
 Mir Donovan continued: TT should like to have the attention of the gen t1ernan from Washington. MT. Hum. phrey for r do not want to say in his Eabsence what I wish to say. or in the absence Of the gentleman from Ohio, 1.-the intellectual member, MT. Tess
 .sHe has left the city to deliver a. patriotic oration on the Fourth of July interrupted NIr Stafford. ''The gentIernan from Wisconsin should ad- dress the speaker and not proceed in that dfsorderiy way. said MT. Dono- I van amidst laughter He contfnueds , All of these commercial interests. MT. Speaker should be represented on the floor in the Congress of the Nation Now as to that great lawyer whom we are told is the greatest legal gem t1enan in the United States { MT Grahanl,) the gentleman from Penn sS-lvania, I would like to have his at tention for few nlinutess''
 Finding that MT. Graham was also IaIso absent MT Donovan conttnueds
 Can it be possible that he is present only when some special fnterest has something on hand Well MT. Speak CT. inasrnuch as these gentlemen are not present. will yield the balance of my time.' kLaughter and ap- pIause9
 Previous to this incident Mfr. Dsono- van endeavored to hurry along the de- bate in the House in order to facilf- i tate business The House was deoAt- ing the bill to limit campasgn expenBes and were talking under the five min 1 ute rule.
 Stafford of Wisconsin had used up five minutes and Sisson Of Mississippi asked that he be given three minutes more
 Reserving the right to object MT. Donovan said. think ttlat Che gem t1eman from Wisconsin op tso be sk skconsaderate of enae aus no are . obliged to stay aeres 1sau ker
 Mr. Garrett of Tennesse said thai s he thought 1t was fair that the other side be given an equal amount oi time
 MT Donovan: ''The gentleman from Tennesse seems to be of the same stripe only he is on this side ttht Democratde-9 Now 1t is almost pain fuI to us, at feast to some of us te .l hear repetitfons of this sort hour afte1 hour. fI1aughter.1
 fwoufd lie not be thoughtful enolgI of some of us here to ask unanfnoui consent to extend his remarks. anS have what he wants to say inserted fl the Record.r
 MT. Garrett interJected here that hl did not suppose the gentleman iron Connecticut understood the meaninl Of the word :courtesy.
 MT. Donovan: MT. Speaker. reserv 1 ling the right to object. I want to ga, that that gratuttous insult from tn : gentleman from Tennesse was uncal1
 ed for, do not kabox anyone wh remains silent so little and takes par in irregular proceedings more than tn
 gentleman from Tennessee both in tn committee of the whole and In tn
 are sitting here listening 60 discussion
 that are foreign to the subject at ham,
 and the gentleman from Tennesse un ! derstands tha4.''
 In the Senate yesterday afternoo Senator Brandegee spoke against ab ,, senteeis1n in the Senate and declare 3 that the Trade Commission bills an D the Anti Trust bill were unneceasar 7 legislation.
 e Senator Cs1mnfns, RepubIican. ( z Iowa who is defending the Trade com : mission bill took expection to tn p statement of the Senator from Cor ' necticut in saying that the bill wa n mt .s1r4a 7er-zfood and xuzS mt vor e wholesome legislation. Senator Cum rins Is supporting the bill which is progressive Democratic measure.
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