Show CHARGE Of THE WOOD BRIGADE 1 A Leader Williams Beads a Poem in inthe 1 the House Bo se l g to i cent roio Fight NOT JOT INVITED TO C PHS MISSISSIPPI MAN INDULGES IN SARCASM March wa a taken to clear the th house of an imputation that members had abused the tho franking privilege Mr rr Sibley Pa report d unanimous joo j tram the tho committee on and nd post roads that an investigation made mado under the Sims resolution had no truth in the charges and the committee asked to be discharged from further inquiry This action was tak taken n after Mr Sims Elms Tenn had spoken briefly on the subject In its report the committee indulges In if a severe criticism of newspaper m It I Iq prefaced with witha a reference to the remark ot of President Roosevelt In his annUal report that publicity can by itself often otten push extraordinary results for or good find arid the courts of law are powerless Editorial Was Severe The crIticism causing the stated it to be universal knowledge that the abuse of the franking privilege by members pro the tho perfected spectacle of graft gran Both the editors and writers who produced the article disclaim laim to the ommittee the knowledge of any facts affording a basis for th the statement ThiR editorial the report continues doubtless had been copied extensively and aid must necessarily tend to a con contempt contempt tempt for law Jaw by imbuing the public mind that those who make the laws wr venal The report stated that all action Is 18 It a proper subject of press criticism but it respectfully sub th that t the HIe press which stands con consor en sor OW owes s it not alone to the public hut but to Itself that when R a general In is drawn there should bea be a basis of facts before con gross gIESS Is arraigned to the bar of pub lie li opinion Humor and Sarcasm Mr Jr Williams of Mississippi took the floor to give the Republican party a 8 little advice on st statehood but prefaced Reed aced this by reading a poem written IH hc said by bp a member entitled The Charge barge of the Wood Brigade what the heathen c call ll the massacre of Mount It was a parody on the Charge of th the Light Brigade and contained ref frences to tile the kU ing ot of women and children The G O 0 grand old pro is going to hold a 0 at 3 was the opening r f Mr Williams advice He remarked that he had not been invited Mr 11 Miller of Kansas asked if he heV 1 V ou att attend nd the caucus of invited Y Yes ES if you dont gag me answered Tr t Williams The chief purpose of your our going into i is to determine whether you ou will allow yourself to vote on the statehood question continued Mr lIr Williams Whether you will vote on the senate proposition and whether ou will admit Oklahoma or not Mere Question of Right Nn 0 one questioned the power or of the to send the bill to the commit but that he had the right to do it he did question There was clearly a right to first have a vote on the mo me motion tion to concur in the amendment of the senate which cuts Arizona and New Mexico out of the bill Should this right not be granted it would le be the most highhanded tyranny that ever took place from the tho speakers chair Have Haye you ever known the speaker to deviate from the rules which gov govern ern em this the gentleman says he loves the speaker Interjected Mr Hamilton of Michigan I love him personally not pout politically and will answer In the speakers own never does when the political exigencIes dont make it necessary necessary essary responded Mr Williams lIe made the point that the can members from Kansas and MIs is could not afford a vote a against admitting Oklahoma That the Re Republican Republican publican c caucus might be held the tha house tomorroW d at p in ID until I |