The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-22
HUMPHREY SPEECH
 PROVES BOOMERANG.
His Attack on Business Refuted
 By Indiana Member.

Washington. July 22.-Representa- tive Humphrey of Washington, who is one of the chief calamity howlers of the Republican side of the House,
 made a serious mistake the other day when he made some disparaging re- marks about the industrial prosper ity existing in the congressional dis trict of Representative Cullop, Dem ocrat, of Indiana. His speech prov ed to be a boomerang. and it has served to silence somewhat those Re- publicans who are attempting to make political capital out of last springs s1ackness in business.
 Humphrey, it seems, questioned the accuracy of Cullop's speech, and consulted a Republican 1eadert of the district asking about conditions. As result he was able to reply to the Cullop speech next day. and in his reply he declared that on the very day CuAop delivered his address the largest factory in his district. the Showers Manufacturing Company, of Bloomington, Indiana, closed down.
 This announcement came as a. great surprise to MT. Cullop, but he did not reply at the time. Instead he start ed an investigation of his own. Then
 he waited for Humphrey to qhirp 1 again.
 He did not have to wait long. The [ joke on .Cu1Iop was too. good for Humphrey not to keep on rubbing it in. Consequently, during a, general
 prosperity debate one day, Hum : phrey again oTnmiserated Cullop on
 his misfortune in making a, prosper l ity speech on the very day the biggest mill in his district closed down. Fur thermore. Humphrey said. this was
 characteristic of all the Democratic 1 speeches. The Democrats. he said,
 are whistHng to keep up their cour- It was exactly the opportunity
 which CuIop needed. The House had
 been wranging over the condition of
 business for two hours. and Hum- 1 phrey's remark had been the most l telling blow delivered from the Re- publican side. CEllop obtained the floor and without preliminary com
 ment read the following telegram signed by a member of the firm of 1 Showers Manufacturing Company: sBloornington, Ind, July 2, 1914.-- 1 Showers factory has enjoyed the most prosperous year in it's 40 years of business. It always closes the week Of July for vacations It will re- surne work next Monday with a full I force of 1000 men. with orders enough to run until Christmas. Stone l operators forced to work their men l12 hours a day to get out orders. Esv- cry factory in Bloomington is running full force and the Wilson adninistra- i ton is being commented by all ex-
 ers.,s
 This was a complete and final ans- | wer. The Democrats cheered enthu- siasticalIy. After Recurring Hum lphrey upon assassinating the business | character and standing Of firms with out making adequate investigation. CulIop read a, letter from Republi- can farmer in his district telling
 about the high prices farmers are re- Eceiving for their produce this year. | AL -1s--- the Democrats furnish. say continue I to give it to us,5 keep it up, wrote l this farmer.
 What is his name 2'' asked Repre-
 sentative Good. Republican of Iowa
 simeon Edwards'' replied Cullop, "a man who never voted the Demo Icratic ticket in his life, but who will do so this fall 2