Evening star., 1917-09-24
Exciting Scene In House
as Hef|in Is Challenged
to Name Suspected Men
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openly charged members with corrup-
ton.
Demands Severe Punishment.

Demands Severe Punishment.
IF the charges he made are true" Mr..
Norton said, land I don't believe they
are, no punishment is too harsh to deal
out to such men. II they are not true.
no apology that the member who made
the the. statement n could make would cor.
rect the damage he has done. If he got
down on his marrow bones in front OF
this House he could not cleanse his
fault know of no punishment severe
enough to be dealt out to such a char
acter."
Again and again during the ut
terance of those remarks the entire re-
publican side and a great many on
the democratic side applauded and
yelled their approval.
Leader Kitchin's table. calmly penciled
reply to Mr.. Norton.
Formal Demand for Proof.
Representative Norton told the House
that IL he ever had a suspicion such
as Mr.. Hefiin had stated that he would
be man enough to Investigate it and
then present It to the House."
The gentleman from Alabama" he
added. has stated that he could name
thirteen or fourteen members of the
Senate and the House who have acted
suspiciously. He should be required to
prove his statements or accept the pun
shment. in SO far as 1t can be given.
that statement Of the kind deserves.
In fairness to the American people this
body cannot permit such statements to
go unchallenged."
saying. in Washington newspaper
that he could point to the men in the
House who l believe received money"
and that their actions certainly indi-
Gated 1t and they look prosperous. He
also quoted Representative Howard of
Georgia as saying that this money was
not all used for kilograms. but was used
directly. and that ne. Mr.. Howard
thought he could pick out the men who
got it. Mr.. Norton announced that he
purposed to introduce a resolution re-
curing Representatives. Hefin and
Howard to prove their statements "or
to submit to the punishment they well
deserve"
House Excitement Grows.
Wild applause on both sides greeted Mr..
Norton as he sat down Mr.. Hefiin then
rose to reply and denied the inter
views The House became more excited
as the Alabama member proceeded. and
Rspresentative Caraway Of Arkansas
(democrat) demanded that Mr. Hehin
name the members he thought acted sus-
piciously.
member who had received German money.
Speaker Clark. ruling that Mr.. Heflin
was depressing, admonished him to
stick to the question. Mr.. Heflin said
the North Dakota member had quoted
him as saying that German money had
reached members of Congress.
Il made no such statement" he said.
Il stated on this floor that I did not
know any member to whom any Ger
man money had gone"
Not Made on the Floor.
Representative Goodwin, Arkansas.
democrat, asked him categorically if he
had had an interview with a Washing
ton reporter and had said to tho re-
porter that at q gambling house in
Washington members of Congress earned
easy money II they were on the German
side OF the controversy.
Il made no such references on the
hoor OF this House." replied Mr.. Helm,
and the Post said made them on the
floor Of the House." He added that there
have been runors Of spies.
They are here now" he added. I'M
mediately Representative Moore, Penn
sylvania republican. sprang to his feet.
Il demand" said Mr.. Moore, "that the
gentleman's words be taken down"
I did not say on the floor" explained
Mr.. Heflin. "and I did not mean on the
floor. If thought so, could NOT nrove
it," HAN's
He added that he believed there were
spies every day In the galleries of the
House. Mr.. Moore then Withdrew his
point.