Show BACON BACO J WAS OVER THE COALS Interstate Commerce Commis Commission Commission sion Talked Taked Too Much I 4 INDiGNANT HOUSE MEMBERS I STRONG LANGUAGE USED BYm BY MR m MANN MANNI I Washington Jan Jun 6 The meeting ot of the house committee on commerce was r replete u lete with zen en Incidents A hearing was being glen given to persons perSus Interested In Inthe inthe the bill E P BacOn of Milwaukee or of the inter commerce was first From the he took the stand until tP Ie it lr Bacon was subjected to rebuke by Mr Ir Mann ot or Illinois for certain statements made by him bUn In known as well as In public ad addre drees e 1 Mann quoted from a state statement ment alleged to have lune made by Mr Bacon tIit oWing to the opposition or oC orth th the majorIty or the two of oC co comres re 8 there WAS ws no of legIslation to further restrict the mr ar rl Do you thInk that was wa true trueT in inquired Mr lr MarM b Bacon thAt he be be It was as was true at that time Knew W W s False 1 know an angrily retorted Mr 11 Mann that th was a li I and a slander I kr kro ow It was faM Rd I you Ju kiew CV It waa fals Mr 11 Bacon calmly replied that he dId I not want ant to be claNe ac as a falsifier which only ser served to further anger Mr g who said who Wrote articles must be held lot lor wh the they n reading from Irom th the j referred to Mr Mann said it was stat stated stated ed In h address s before the St Louis convention that over three fourt of the j In con gres owed their J there to the lr u nce of the tho and he asked Mx Bitcon if that statement was his lis Ml Mi Bacon that his re reUa Ua had been extemporaneous ext but buti i td no recollection of making the I believe snit said Mr Ir Mann you jou thought any m man n in the country could go out and nj member of con gross gres It fortunately is true that people l pay no attention to such Would Names 4 Mr tr Bacon acon Insisted d he never neer made the but admitted saying that lour four of the members or of the he house had dared le lared they would permit no u on on the or of the committee on any bill until definite ac action lion tion was taken upon the Cooper Queries bill We want t as who those four men inca are nrc demanded Mr lIr Mann The Witness howeVer refused to MannS an answer S i saying it would QuId not be for him to name them Mr Shackelford Missouri of then in indignantly indignantly inquired I 1 ask you jou sir ii if Mr Shackelford was one or them Xo No was vas the reply You wont went over to the Elkins bill saId Mr Mann and because the corn com committee wont follow you fast enough you jou sa say we e are under the influence of the Mr Bacon denied making the state statement ment And added that after aftel the re revised Elkins bill was agreed upon he had endeavored to have It become law Mr Ir Mann then spoke of a banquet given at tile the UJ Union n League club In CM ca cago o at which o said an attempt was made to ce e blin in favor of the Elkina bill I 1 h laughed d at said Mr 1 Mann iann the they th the pooling clause laue of the bin bill T I ald It hedl ac 1 much chante lUI d a snowflake Jr I hades n |