The sun., 1919-10-18
SENATE AGOG OVER
WILLIAMS'S SPEECH
Outbreak Of the Mississippian
Against Irish Widely Dis
cussed in Washington.
EDITED FOR THE sRECoRD,
Walsh MONTY Puts in Reso-
luton for League Action
in Favor of Erin.
spscis, Despatch TO rnr Sun.


WARRINGTON, Oct. 17.-Echoes Of the
anti-Irish speech which Senator WILL
Jams (Miss) delivered yesterday filled
the Capitol to-day. They filtered out
from the cloakrooms of both party
groups. from the offices of the Com
mittee on Printing and came near pro-
soking reverberation in the formal
pre- oeedings of the Senate.
when the Senate met Senator WILL
iains appeared and, pursuant to the
penchant he has Lately demonstrated for
sitting on the Republican side of the
aisle. deserted his own seat and occupied
that of Senator Penrose (Pa.), right in
the front row. For time during the
early proceedings he manifested a dis
tinct interest and attempted repeatedly
10 obtain recognition presumably to make
another speech. Some Senators had
thought that when recognized he would
apologize for yesterdays outburst.
But when finally he was recognized he
merely proffered routine observation
and sat down. Senator Penrose arriving
IN the chamber found Senator williams
in possession OF his seat and preferring
siege to an assault retired to the cloak
room in some dudgeon
But the Mississippian showed no dis
position to vacate. and at length a page
appeared at the desk with a note to the
presiding officer. 1t was signed with
the name of Senator Penrose and proved
to be an appeal for recognition on a
matter Of personal privilege.
He Held Penrose's Seat.
Not only was Senator Williams sitting
IN the Pennsylvanian's seat but he had
occupied 1t the day previous when he
had delivered the remarkable denuncia-
ton Of all things Irish. Occupants of
The galleries are always handed when
tney enter a sheet with a chart of the
chambers seating arrangement, so that
visitors may pick out the Senator's in
their seats and feel a more acute and
satisfying sensation of awe in the pres
ence Of greatness recognized and iden-
titled.
As Senator Penrose fumed in the
cloak room over the loss of his seat the
awful thought evidently came to him
that may be the galleries, studying the
seating chart, would think williams was
fenrose; worse by far. Williams might
purst forth with another diatrfhe against
the Irish or somebody else with a bigger
voting strength In Pennsylvania than in
mississippi. and that would never do.
Wherefore the appealing note to the
eeSo'ne oihcer. senator PenroSe want
ed recognition. 1t alleged, in a matter of
privilege. He wanted to explain thai
the Senator in the third seat of the front
row-Republican side. No. Z on the chart
was not the Senator from Pennsyf-
vania. Hon. Boise Penrose, but the Sem
ator from Mississippi. John Sharpe WIi-
lams.
Tho presiding ofiicer, Senator Cum
mins SIa.). smiled and tossed the note
INTO the wastebasket. Senator Penrose
may or may not have intended to raise
recognition and the show failed to come
OF.
Williams Holds Fort.
But Senator Williams continued TO
mold the fort. and Senator Mark Smith
(Ariz.) went over and labored with him.
but without effect. The uncompromising
enemy OF Erin held on. Finally Sena-
tor Pat Harrison Miss }. colleague OF
Senator Williams. appeared and was be-
sought to intercede. He marched down
to the seat alongside that of the eyicled
Penrose. whispered in the ear of its occu-
pant and presently walked away In tri-
umph with his colleague.
But that was not all of IL nor OF other
matters related to the Irish issue. Early
in the day 1t was noted by curious per-
sons poring over the pages of the Con-
Jrssstonul Record that II didn't contain
the observations OF Senator Williams of
.he preceding day.
Still later diplomatic intimations were
circulated that may be other Senators to
whom Senator Williams had alluded In
the course of his speech would be will
ing to agree that some of the rough
parts Of the Grafton might be deleted.
The friends of Senator Williams seemed
willing that this should be done.
These intimations seemed to justify
the impression that the hot stuff" was
likely to be edited out of the speech.
So members OF the Committee on Print
ing sent to the official reporters for an
unexpurgated copy of the williams
speech. with intent to insure that II
should not be forever lost from the
records of American eloquence
And there the matter stands. Sena-
tors are permitted to revise" their re-
marks before appearance in the Record
and Senator Williams will have the
usual privilege.
Senator Walsh (Mont.) listened with
I'll concealed efforts at self-restraint OH