Evening star., 1923-02-02

shine. The weather bureau today de-
of the bonus question in reply to in
quiry as to why the state of Ala
! bama had not voted a soldiers bonus.
when the people of Alabama give
anything TO the soldier they give
| It to him quietly and say nothing
about it. but everytime you (other
states) give him a dollar you stand
on the housetop and crow like a
rooster"
Senator Wadsworth said the oriri-
nal notes showed that Mr.. Henin had
| in his own handwriting inserted the
word. laughter" after hts remark.
| The New York Senator also declar-
| ed that. according to the stem
ographer's notes, Senator Hefiin
had said at one point that
| New York does so much devilment.
| l have no time TO remember what sh q
| does" but that Mr.. Hefi!n had crossed
Ethat sentence out before the Record
1 was sent TO the printer
! Senator Wadsworth further charged
! that senator Helm had caused to be
! inserted in the Record other sentences
| which he tHefiin) had never said on
! the Senate floor. and had altered a
| reference 10 Chief Justice Taft which
! was considered Objectionable BY some
senators SO as not to make II SO OBJ
! lection able.
This is in the main not important"
said Senator Wadsworth. but il
| shows that you cannot always tell
| Congressional Record
! Several times during Senator Wads
| worth's discussion of the matter Sena-
/ lor Helm tried 20 interrupt. but Vice
! President Coolidge refused 70 recog-
! nize him, holding that he was NOT In
order until Il motion was made 70 let Ct
! him proceed IN order. Senator Len
root. republican. Wisconsin made
suHh motion. but democrats. led by
! Senators Robinson and Senator Tn
derwood OF Alabama. held that no
motion was necessary. This led 10 ar
, other long parliamentary wrangIe.
/ Hefiin opens Guns.
/ Wee President Coolidge finally rec
ogniZed Senator Hefin. who proceed
ed 70 criticize the Vice Presidents
ruling ard the republicans who had
sustained Il. He promised reprisals.
declaring every republican on the Isl
i ought TO be beat and said he would
go into their states in the next cleo
| tion in such an effort
Re garding his references yesterday
TO Chief Justice Taft Senator Hef!n
aid the stenographers had made mis-
takes. but were not TO blame because
| OF laughter and confusion at the time.
Admits Corrections.
Il did make corrections in my
, speech. Senator Heflin continued I'm
the heat Of debate we do 1t every
day. "" tone down our remarks
| somew hat"
He added that he had asked IL Sen
ator "adsworth. and not Mr. Taft.
| represented Wall street" and insist :
ed inst the stenographer's record TO
the contrary was erroneous.
i committed no other offense, but
| 10 declare that 7 did not represent
| Wall street" Senator Helm said, add
ing he did not understand why other
! senators were not called down" yee-
terday. He declared the Vice Pres
ident never batted an eye" when
Senator Lenroot, republican, Wiscon-
sin. made his "tirade" against Sena-
tor Brookhart. republican,, Iowa, yes
| terday. and imputed Russian soviet
purposes to Mr.. Brookhart.
Apology Asked.
The Alabama senator further as
serted that Senator Lodge had told
Senator Robinson he would drop the
matter If Senator Heflln would apollo
gize to the Senate. but. he added. he
| would see them further than the
hot region" before he would apollo
gize. He insisted that the roll call
; today showed he had stepped on the
4
| to keep it up.
There has never been time" the
Alabama senator said. when the
money power was stronger than to-
day in the National Capital. 1t is
| entrenched in the Capitol and
of the big purse is the man of power
in the republican party
/ Several of the senators who voted
to support the ruling had been
recommended to him as progressives.
| Mr.. Hefiin said, adding, that he had
had his doubts all along"
There's Mr. Couzens. my good
friend from Detroit" he continued,
"who came parading here as a
progressive. This morning he walked
right up and took his place under the
| whiskers Of the senator from Massa-
chusetts."
Immediately after Senator Hefiin
| concluded, Senator Couzens rose to a
| point of personal privilege. asked
that the transcript of Senator Hef1in's s
In and read. and then moved they be
expunged from the Record
81 do not propose" said Senator
Couzens, ito let the senator from
Alabama again go in the nighttime and
change his remarks respecting the
senator from Michigan, myself. before
they are published in the record. /
| want the changes to be made now In
the open Senate and before the gal
leries, to which the senator from Ala
bama plays. and therefore move that
that portion Of the senator's remarks
be expunged from the record"
The language Of Mr.. Hehin to which
Mr.. Couzens took exception was rs
follows:
"And how did some Of tho others
ivote-some of those who have been
classed as progressives. / was told
one of them was a progressive. but
millionaire many times over. / said
Say that again, and say II
slow They said it again. / said: II
will crop out on him. He will vote
some time when the big interests. are
attacked. He will then go over and
take his place among the bell wethers
of the standpat party"
Senator Johnson, republican. Cali
fornia, broke in at this point, say
ing he had voted against the rul
ing Of the vice pre0dent on the basis
of the record, and at the time ne
voted he did not know that Senator
lHefin had Changed" the record to
lsuit himself. Senator johnson added
that he voted because he was under
1.-THE apprehension that tho matter In
lvolved the principle of free speech,
but that now he stood with Senator
Couzens and Ibid not believe the
tSenate should sit supinely by and let
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