Evening star., 1921-10-27
HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO ExPEL ,BLANTON
UP FOR VOTE TODAY
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Rlantons own hands a manuscript,
which | now hold in my hand. on the
back of which was written a direction
that it should be printed in the Record
of that day without fail. which, direction
was signed. Under the rules of the
printing office, as they understand them,
here was no option but to print the
manuscript and all contained therein.
1T was sent to the press about mid
night and before dawn of the Sabbath
day this vile, foul thing. printed at
government expense, was being sent by
last express train into every state, every
county, every hamlet in the land; into
the schools and colleges and unlversi-
ties; into thousands of American homes.
The language 1t contained would send
any one now mailing it-would subject
one, under the laws of the land. to I'M
prisonment for five years and fine Of
$1,000.
1T was presented at time when there
any one in authority-on Saturday night
when Congress was not in session.
1T would have been bad enough IL
the member from the seventeenth dis
uict OF Texas had offered this letter
purporttng to report a miserable sQuab-
Bile between employees of the printing
office. on the fioor of the House. He
word. If he had attempted to procsed
he would nave been subject to imme-
diate expulsion. but not one word Of this
vileneSs would have gone into the Rec
ord. But under the confidence of the
House. surreptitiously. contumeliously.
this vile thing that could not have been
presented on the floor was sent out as
on the winds. carrying on its face all
the usual evidences of having been de-
livered on the floor.
while the first paragraph, if care
fully read, might inform the reader
that these words, letters and excerpts
had not been uttered on the floor, the
entire manuscript is filled with refer
ences to the Speaker" Representa-
tive Mondell here read from the Rec
ord illustrations of such addresses to
the Speaker.
$50 on through nineteen columns
of the Record there are fifteen ad-
dresses to the Speaker, as though it
were spoken on the floor-as though
you and l and all of US had listened
to this vile thing.
Men do some things in anger for.
which we forgive them. Men COM
init crimes under sudden, -uncontrol-
able impulses. for which we must be
Mr.: Speaker, this crime
and its honor; this crime against
every law. and duty of civilized man,
was done deliberately, purposely, in
tie entity without either regard for the
law, for the statutes, or for the hon
Or of the House"
Blnnton Makes Defense.
When Representative Mondell had
Speaker Gille;t asked, Does
the gentleman from Texas desire to
be heard"
Representative Blanton rose from
his seat and walked to the marble
desk before the Speakers rostrum.
carrying large package of manu-
script.
81 am filing with the record clerk
of the House my revised and extended
speech on the railroad sittation, SO
that if there is any question: am
giving the entire membership OF the
House chance to view it and censor
it as they will. but these are my re-
as 1 believe THAT they should
be made under my oath" said Repre-
sentative Blanton. facing the Speaker.
He then turned to address the House
in his own defense.
Mr.. Blanton was pale. but smiling
If corridor reports are true" he
said, this will be my last speech in
the House"
Mr.. Blanton said the usual pro-
cedure was to bring witnesses against
the accused and for the defense, and
added:
But there is no appeal from a con-
viction in this case. even If my con-
stituents should send me back to this
Congress"
Referring to publication of tho
affidavit, Mr.. Blanton said:
Says He Protected Citizens.
with God as my witness I had no
intent other than protecting citizens
in their rights There is not an i'm
nSN1 in ho
speech. and the sole and only docu-
ment therein that has improper Ian
guage in 1t is the sworn AFFIDAVIT of a
government employe. That was fled
with the public printer"
There was a request from the demo-
his voice. but he replied he was
unable to do SO.
Mr.. Blanton said he caused all i'm
proper words in the affidavit to be
At this point Mr.. Blanton asked that
in justice to his family his remarks,
other than the affidavit, be put back
in the record.
Representative Mondell objected,
and a few members applauded
Continuing. Mr.. Blanton declared q
New York lawyer had informed him
that the Record was not unavailable
because of the inclusion Of alleged
obscene matter.
After reading for q while from a
prepared address. Mr.. Rlanton began
to speak extemporaneously. He spent
several minutes telling his colleagues
what newspapers were saying about
him.
Striking a dramatic pose. he
shouted:
mo man who has ever went to the
scaffold suffered more than I have"
Reading a newspaper clipping, Mr..
Blanton declared there had been an
effort to inject politics into the at