Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-19
SCENE IN THE HOUSE
Hot Words Exchanged by Members
Yesterday

Washington, Feb. 19-Everything
was running smoothly on the pen
sion appropriation bill in the House
of Representatives yesterday when
i Representative BARTLETT, of Georgia,
larose to remark that ne had heard
certain people characterize Demo
Gratis who fought the administration
ship purchase bill as "bolters." Mr.
Bartlett denied that he was boil
ter. and he used language that arous-
! ed Representative i1elfiin, Of Ala
! barna. who insisted that ali those who
F.; opposed the ship bill did so at the
dictate of the shipping trust" Now
Mr.. Bartlett is trust batter him.
! self and the charge that he was work
ing for one of these combinations
threw him into a frenzy.
II don't propose to be bull-doZed
by a braggart or bully like the
gentleman from Alabama" shrieked
Mr.. Bartlett. Bartlett added that he
did not care whether he stood in the
good graces of the White House or
not
Then the Georgia member turned
his batteries OH Representative Palmer
OF Pennsylvania. an administration
member, who helped 10 whip House
Democrats into line on the ship bill
Mr.. Bartlett referred 10 Mr.. Pal
mer as - so-called Democrat. Bar
tlett took fling at child labor con-
ditions in Pennsylvania and Palmer
said that The Republican machine
there dominated by the protected in.
terest, were responsible for these.
At this point Representative Moore
also Of Pennsylvania jumped into the
fray
"If the gentleman is going to at
tack our State, I want chance to
defend it," cried Mr.. Moore. "Thc
gentleman charges that he was de.
feated for the Senate by the interest
favoring spoliation, but the Under
wood tariff and not spoliation cost
him his seat.
1T was not the tariff" Palmer
shouted back. 1T was rum! RUM
Il cost S1,000.000 to seat q Republi
car. ~ the Senate ,fae Republican
party in Pennsylvania is in com
bination with vicious corporations
which the gentlemen so earnestly de
fcnds on the floor. This hog-combine
defeated me.
When Palmer made the slate
ment that all the Republicans from
Pennsylvania in the House stood for
the interest Of the corporations, Rep
prsentative Farr, Of that State, leap
ed to his feet with a cry of rage. he
charged that Representative Palmer
was paid lawyer" that he appear
ed at Harrisburg as legal lobbyist
and that he had repeatedly accepted
retainers from the Lackawanna Rail
road.
Mr.. Pamler denied that he was q
Iobhvist and accused Mr.. Farr Of ut
terins a faIsehood. Palmer then dis
cussed his professional connection
with railroads and other corpora
tions in Pennsylvania.
Representative Farr retorted by,
saving that what he objected to was
Mr.. Palmer's "hypocrisy" fe charg.
ed that his antagonist "was one thing
at home, another thing down here. "
'.Why. Mr.. Speaker" shouted tarr
turning to address Champ Clark.
.he robbed you of two delegates IN
Luzerne County. He went all over
the State under pretense Of reform
and. by every means. honorable and
dishonorable-
At this point Farr's time expired
and he concluded with menaclne
gesture. Representative Underwood
then moved an adjournment, express
sing the hope that today members
world he in better humor.
ATTIC i(TInFST