Show SIMPSON STIRS q PTHE HOUSE Gentleman from Kansas Creates Excitement MADE AN ATTACK ON SPEAKER REED M FROM MAINE EQUAL TOT TO-T EMERGENCY It All Arose Over the Speakers Policy Poli-cy of Postponing the Appointment Appoint-ment of Committees Challenges and Retorts Fly Thick and Fast and Other Members Take a Hand in the Game A Lively Session Washington May 3 LThe issue was made quick as Speaker Reed put it in the house today on the speakers policy of postponing the appointment of committees Mr Simpson of Kansas brought it on by another attack upon the speaker speak-er which moved Mr Reed to challenge him to propose a resolution instructing the speaker to appoint the committees The Kansan evaded this challenge but Mr Lewis a new Democratic member from Washington took up the gauntlet gaunt-let which the speaker had thrown down and moved the adoption of a resolution of the tenor suggested by Mr Reed Then Mr Fleming Dem Ga offered a substitute embodying the instructions instruc-tions in different terms and Mr Ding ley the Republican leader to make the issue plain a he said presented another substitute directing the speaker speak-er to appoint committees immediately immedi-ately When the vote was taken on the proposition the speaker was sustained by practically the solid vote of his party assisted by 33 Democrats under the leadership of Mr Bailey The resolution was defeated yeas 52 nays 124 present and not voting 13 For the first time this session the factions in the Democratic rank factons Demortc rnk were forced to put themselves on record and 32 Democrats with all of the Populists supported Mr Lewis I Mr Lowe of New York was the only I Republican to put himself on record in support of the resolution while eight Democrats and < lve Republicans I answered present Mr Bailey denounced in strong terms the spectacle which the Democrats were presenting by their dissensions Messis Cochran Missouri and Wheeler Alabama of the Democrats spoke for the resolutions while Mr Dingle voiced the Republican policy The senate resolution appropriating 50000 for the congress of the Universal Postal union was adopted and Mr Showalter the Republican chosen at a special election to represent the Twentyfifth Pennsylvania district was sworn in There was a stack of newspaper I clippings on Mr Simpsons desk hich it appeared he was determined to have read but Mr Dingley protested that Mr Simpson had not raised any ques r tion of privilege Speaker Reed said that it woulJ bean be-an unsatisfactory doctrine that a member mem-ber could consume the time of the house with innumerable newspaoer i j i clippings and incidentally remarked i I 1 I that it was evident that newspaper attacks II I at-tacks do not impair the gentlemans usefulness This comment seemed to anger the I Kansan who began to declare loudlv that he was not obstructing legislation l legisla-tion and that he proposed to show who was obstructing it Again Mr Dingley sought to cut him off and Mr Simpson characterized the Maine leader as one of the dependents depend-ents of plutocracy who was hastening hasten-ing to defend the interests of his friends Mr Reed warned Mr Simpson Simp-son that he could not defend himself by attackinG another to which he replied re-plied that he must defend himself however he could He was proceeding to assert that the speaker obstructed legislation by refusing to appoint the ccmmittees when Mr Reedthrew down the gauntlet to him I the gentleman will present to the house a proposition that the speaker has been derelict in his duties in not appointing the compiittees said the speaker seeming for the first time this i session to be angered by Mr Simp I sons attack or if he will even put it in the shape of a request that the chair appoint the committees and the house sustain his contention the chair will appoint the committees For a moment challenge and retort I flew thick and fast between the speaker and his opponent The passage continued hotly the irate Populist charging upon the I speaker and Mr Reed punctuating his attack with the demand Will the gentleman present the resolution Mr Reed said that since the matter has taken such form he would nut i I to the house whether Mr Simpson raised any question of personal privilege privi-lege The house decided by a vote of I 37 to 94 that Mr Simpson had not whereupon Mr Simpson subsided I Mr Bailey inquired whether the minority min-ority did not intend to secure an expression ex-pression from thehouse as to whether it desired to consider the bankruptcy bill The senate had passed a good bankruptcy bill so the Republicans J were in no haste to allow it to be considered con-sidered Mr Dalzell Rep Pa replied that the committee on rules had the matter under consideration While Mr Dingleys motion was pending Mr Lewis a new Democratic member from Washington rose to announce an-nounce that in response to the kindly suggestion from the speaker he would present a resolution for the appointment appoint-ment of the committees The resolution resolu-tion was cut off however by the vote on Mr Dingleys motion several Republicans Re-publicans calling for the regular order or-der hereat the Democrats jeered The motion was carried 125 to 46 present and not voting 15 The house was then about to adjourn when Mr Dingley and other tcpublic ans began to inquire for the resolu I tion and Mr McMillin and some of his Democratic colleagues protested that debate was not in order which gave the Republicans an opportunity to laugh Speaker Reed again invited consideration I consider-ation of the resolution saying The chair thinks it desirable in justice to I himself and the house that the country should know that opportunity has been given for the consideration of the subject sub-ject jectOpportunity Opportunity being thus given lre Lewis presented his resolution directing that the sneaker annoint the committees commit-tees of the house Mr Lewis expressed regret i the resolution should not b in harmony with any part of the party to which he was allied Speaking only i for himself he believed i to b the I duty of congress to give the country the relief it demanded The delegation which had recently called on the speaker had represented the American Federation of Labor that 200000 people were starving Any man who shirked action o any policy of expediency was I a traitor to his duty I After he had finished his speech Mr Lewis attempted to shift the conduct of the resolution to Mr Bailey by yielding yield-ing to him the control of the time but Mr Bailey declined to take control and attacked tfce resolution in a speech which was frequently applauded by the Republicans I am heartily sick and tired of exhibiting ex-hibiting to the country the dissensions and divisjons that unfortunately exist C < q I in the Democratic party he began I would seem that the minority might without friction unite on some policy When we see our great opponent oppo-nent united on all great questions sometimes some-times against its judgment and turn to see our own side hopelessly divided on a mere question of parliamentary procedure it is a pitiful sight we present sent to the country He had striven in every way an honorable hon-orable man could to Prevent dissensions I dissen-sions Mr Bailey continued He related how the Democrats had fought over the method of considering 16 amendments to the Indian appropriation bill when it had afterward developed the amendments amend-ments were of s little importance that of there them had been a division on only three Today the Democrats had quarreled over the bankruptcy bill The Republicans Repub-licans could not refuse to consider it without reflecting on their colleagues in the senate for all of the eight votes against it there had been cast by Democrats Dem-ocrats five of the Democrats who were opposed to any bankruptcy bill When he had almost secured an agreement to take up the bill the Democrats had stirred up this unseemly discussion Mr Bailey had wondered he said when he had seen the speaker assailed from day to day that he had not sooner invited in-vited a resolution which would shift the responsibility from the speaker to the house The gentleman from Kansas Mr Simpson had refused to introduce such a resolution when the speaker invited I in-vited him to because he did not want the committees appointed There is not a man on this side of the house who wants the committees appointed Mr Bailey asserted j Messrs Lewis Barlow of California I and Simpson declared that they did I Then there are more unwise men on this side than I thought Mr Bailey 1 I replied Mr Simpson interrupted to say that j Republican legislation was no worse < than Democratic whereupon Mr 1 Bale said with a wave of his hand to the Democrats I commend that to your followers on this side of the house Incidentally he said the country coun-try would never take the gentleman from Kansas seriously Mr Lewis had said Mr Bailey con inued that he desired the free coinage of silver yet he knew there was no more chance of a committee of this house reporting a free silver bill than I for an infidel to enter the kingdom of ii I heaven Prosneritv was what everyone 0 I wanted i the Republicans gave prosperity pros-perity they would be given a vote of I confidence if they did not a return to bimetallism was assured Mr Cochran Dem Mo spoke briefly in favor of free coinage Mr Simpson put in a few more r marke The adoption of a resolution he deemed unnecessary because the speaker would defy that as he had the rule of the house He had thought that when the Democratic party had kicked out the gold bug gang Whitney Whit-ney Hill and the others who had come to Chicago on a special train that it had reformed but when he saw it acting act-ing as a trailer to the Republicans he despaired of its reformation Repub licans would vote against the resolution I because they feared that if they did I not the speaker would not give them II good committee appointments Nero I could have said that the Romans had the power to direct him to change his I I policy a well a the czar of the house j A substitute was presented bv Mr Fleming Dem Ga for the resolution I reciting that under the rules already 1 adopted 1 was the speakers duty to appoint the committees The only I speech made for the Republicans was I by Mr Dingley The issue i f should i be presented at all should be frankly I and squarely stated he said The resolutions I reso-lutions presented made it uncertain I whether the speaker was directed to I appoint the committee at once He took issue with the contention that the I j speaker should dO this An estraordin I i ary session had been called for the one I i purpose of providing revenue for the government The house had accom I pushed its work and was waiting for I I the action of the senate He did nbt believe it was wise to enter upon general I gen-eral legislation or do more than take I I up such incidental matters as might I arise connected with the revenue To I make the issue clear Mr Dingley offered I of-fered a substitute amendment for the resolution which was Resolved That the speaker be directed di-rected to immediately appoint the committees com-mittees of the house I Mr Lewis in closing the debate expressed ex-pressed surprise that Mr Bailey after approving the resolution when it was presented to him personally had seen I fit to oose it in debate This aroused Mr Bailer to a hot rejoinder re-joinder that the resolution which Mr j Lewis presented to the house was the i same he had shown him I The Dingley substitute was made and the vote on the resolution I a amended was taken by roll I call and resulted ayes 52 nays 124 present 13 those answering present being paired The vote was chiefly interesting because i displayed the division in the Democratic ranks and that division was nearly equal 33 voting against the resolution under Mr I Baileys leadership and 32 with Mr i Lewis for i The only Republican who voted for the resolution was Mr Lowe of New York All the Populists and fusionists voted for it The silver Republicans refrained from voting The Democrats who voted for the resolution were as follows idlers Norton Ogden Pierce Rhea I Richardson Rixey Settle Terry Zenor I Allen Benton Brundige Burke Cochran Coch-ran Cowherd Davey Dearmond Dock try Fleming Fox Handy Hunter I Kitchin Lamb Latimer Lewis Love Mitchell McRae The Democrats who voted against I I the resolution were Adamson Bailey Baird Bell Bankhead Brennock i Brewer Campbell Carmack Clark I Cooney Cooper Cranford Davis De Graffenried Devries Hay Henry I Texas King Kleberg Lewis Ga McClellan McGuire Meekison Meyer Robinson Savers Slayden Stephens Sullivan Tate Wheeler Ky Will iams I Mr Cannon Rep Ills called up the senate resolution to appropriate 50000 for the expenses of the congress of the I Universal Peace union which convenes in Washington this week and It was i adopted At 328 p m the house adjourned till I Thursday |