The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-19
DONOVAN TAXES
 HEARTY WAL.l-0P AT LEADER MANN
Deplores Obstructive Tac- tics Which Delay I'm
 aortant Bills
lspeeial to The Farmerl

r,5r,I4e speech before the House of Representatives today Representative Donovan invoked the shades of sAbra- ham Lincoln, Blaine and Conkling to witness the tactics of some of the h great leaders of the American Con gross.
 He saias ssl1r. Sneaker yesterd day. we had a spectacle .herek that may do f credit to the educated man. the great leader of the rninorit ty rising from I his feet and resorting to tactics that he has many times resorted to. claim ing that he made a motion Tor Lne E purpose ofedebate. and so statin 8, put when the opportunity came to nm and he got possession of the floor and the subject matter, he was silent ana said not word. Now the secret of it was this: We | were considering under the Unaniz. ! nous Consent Calendar; and byl the i Speaker the question was stated Is l there objection to the present consld- erafion ssJaEne after tirneS periods of half n four we're used, and sometimes Iop- jec4ien, but no consideration exeept gentlemen listening to themselves ssNv5hen the matter of the PostofIiGe at P1yno uth, Mass, came up, sim pie matter, the report showed that 1 it involved the expenditure of $2.600 I ers more that was all. not a member of the eon3mittee who reported the bill 7as present, and the gentle man in " hose district the postofflce was Ioeated lBir- Thatcher4 went over to the center and addressed himself to the leader of the minority, and that, too, was a spectac1e. He was trying to e1fli ghten the gentleman who had reserHed the right tosobject. The dis tiTlguisfed leader of the minority 55 tlar11eds his head to one side, refused to be enli ghten neds and seemed t05sbe 2 borAsa by tffks gent feTnan remarks
 After nat had been going on for aha7ft sens zlll11S1Ees arose from my seat and safds Mr. Speaker regular orderse " ell the dignified gentleman who represents an Illinois di strfct.a ot'- jeeted as he often does, and quietly sniff edt the blame for the b1ll%-being4 saunted off the ealend lar to th e mem Der from Epnneetie ut he unsoph1s-a fieated member from Massachusett its swa1Iowed the medicine. so to speak and came over to me and begged mes to withdraw. IAhad not made any oh1ection Hut here is the picture:---7z A few no1nents Afterwards an In-S dian bill came ups relating, my God, to a class of people who have been s1Aug ghtered and ruined aIways by the; people ef this country from the be- ginning to the present day, and this attitude was not neglected yesterday.7 That bill was introduced by one of his associates on his side of the House Another simple matter The question in the bill was. shall the money from the sale of these lends be distributed5 pro rata among the Indians, or shall 1t pe by the direction of the secre-. z taEy of the Interior The distinguish Cd 1haractef reserved the II ght to ob- ject. Did hesssaE any hing about the In dian question: refer everyone to tho Reeord. Not a word After those. tactics had been progressing I think. about 75 minutes rose from my seat. and addressed the chair. MT. Speak: Ter. regular order.' Here is where the Efhiopian appeared in the Wood-pile. It was a gentleman on his own side who was talking, and instead of saving as he had to the member from Massa- chusetts. G1r. Thatcher1 On account Of the gentleman from Connecticut, I will object he changed his attitude was one of his own kind. This Is the art of the man. the shrewdness of him and we are told that shrewdness is lower order of the brain. qaugh- ters1 What did he do?
 :H there is any thing that rank1es in the breast of the minority leader, it is4to be put in a position where his tongue must be stiHed to silence, and il had to be stil1ed to silence in that parliamentary proceeding But he NEr. Speaker, that we go into the com naittee of the whole House on the state of the Union where we can have a chance to debate this bill
 446t us see nov ne QeDaIeQs IQasI Indian bill. The question was wheth- 2 CT there should be a division pro rata amongst the Indians, or whether fl should be under tl1es direction of the Secrstary of the Interior Here is the way our distinguished gentleman de- bated the bill Intelligent treatment was that it does not do to throw 8 zA Anouszsg wrench into the machinery, o1 whether 1t was wise for a monkey ta do it. fIaughter3 That " as the greai 7.1E E<zsf 7f--<-4 # was what the gentleman fron1 bfin- nesotas MT. Stevens. would call chew ing the rag. There was not a wore said in regard to the Indian bill
 After making that point and get ting the House into the committee O the whole with a new presiding off cer iu the chair, he rose in his nigh and suggested to the chairman tha the first reading of the bill be dis pensed with Now that was mo only seven Or eight lines in length and M took about that number of line for the chairman to repeat the state nzenf the gentlemen from Illinois and nave 1t aetsd upon So that va great saving of time. Then tn point of order was made by myself Q no quorum. The dudruIn cai me in. an the gentleman fe1fcitated himself Q, the laxgs number present. Then h went back to the monkey wrench sto ry and dropped into his Seat, and t11a was all of his debate upon the India. bill
 No. Mr. Speaker, the point of or der was made of no quorum and mem bers came in here with an air of say ing Who is 1t that made tho point e no quorum 2
 One is somewhat in doubt wher Congress meets. Not sfnfrequentl men may think that it meets in thi hall, but by the air that some mem bers put on 1t seems that they thin it ought to meet in the House offic building Perhaps 1t ought to mee across the Atlantic where some ar enjoying themselves and still drawin