Show IN I LOWER HOUSE Cockrans Resolution Knocked Out by the Speaker I t SUSTAINED BY PARTY VOTE VOTE I AROUSED BY Y SPEC t 4 t A I April Apri the WASHINGTON vv hous house met at i this morning only a a fe few members were preset present when Speaker Cannon caled called the hou house t to order Included amog among the number wee were Del Dal Dalzel zel sell and Cockran each of who whom was In his seat The house disagreed to the senate I amendments to the mi military tr academy I appropriation bill and a aked ed for 8 a con conference conference ference Notwithstanding the earl early haul hour of convening the galleries rapid rapidly I ly filled th the evidently ex exPecting S a recurrence or of the story stormy senes scenes of yesterday Speaker Cannon announced hi lila rul rulIn In log on the pint point of oC order made m my Mr r Grosvenor yesterday against te the con consideration of the resolution offered by Mr 11 Cockran which he claimed to b be privileges to investigate the chare charge that he had a accepted money for his participation In support of the election of McKinley In In an elaborate opinIon the speaker said Id he be was a war warrAnto warranted ranted in taking judicial knowledge of the fact tha that the oense offense st set forth was charge charged a against Mr Cockran if com committed at tl nIl was committed while the genteman gentleman from Ne New York was neiter neither a member nor a of this house Cited Precedents He read a number of precedents dat dating log ing as tar far as s 1796 an and sid said that In so far the hous was as in but butone butone one case had the hos house assumed to punish a member for act acts committed committed prior to the time he to the house hous The hair chaIr he sk said reels feels justified in taking cognizance of t the affair affairs that are alleged to b Te charged constitutes o 0 rime crime At most lie he said the only I question was one as to the propriety of If the conduct of oC a private citizen izen The hom house e he dec re could not rightfully I punish ir if it desired to do so He then ruled ul d that the chair holds that the I r resolution ma may not be entertained as a questIon of privilege Mr 11 Williams the minority leader Iader at once appealed from the ruling imm imme immediately following which Mr Pa Payne ne the majority leder leafier mOved to la lay the m me ton tion on the tale table a yea and nay vote ote being ordered thereon The motin motion to tolay lay Jay on the table was crrie carried 1 to 1 a strict party vote The hOuse then resumed ton tion of the bi bill requIring the empl employ employment ment of vessels es of the Unie United State States fr the transportation of oC supplies fo for forthe the army and anti navy fV I T dJ Mr Ir Littlefield Me Ie spoke In ad adI of te the measure S ilg that I It I was entirely proper for him to suggest that the remarks he would mke make would be entirely germane to the bill i He Hei i sid said I it had been the privilege of th thi the i house to wine witness some very I and remarkable displays of eloquence I The gentleman from New Kew York he said aid has contribute contributed in a large and to t th th I I display YH He 1 tul th the coun country tr try upon Mr return to eon gre gress which brought forth Demorat Democratic applause and paid a tribute to him is isa s sa a man of ability and great capacity but he sid said that that the arguments that ar are supposed to maintain in that thery theory for fiscal legislation had long ben threadbare fred frayed out tol tool wo worn travel stained and they now achieve a ne new distinctiveness b by th the rhetorical York from the genteman gentleman from Ne New NewYork York Attack on Cochran Cockran I I Mr Ir Cockran he sid said spent little t time Ime in developing the metaphysical I theories and genral lne line of argument and discussion which were ere SPId supposed to He lie behind and justify the doctrine I of free trade On the contrary he sid sail Mr Ir devoted his tm time largely to an assaul assault a vituperative and demagogic aBul on the I or of prot protection ton Republican applause greeted this assertion Mr r he declared epithet for argument and denunciation for demonstration I IH He H referred to the Democratic Dat t form recently adopted In New York I and said ald thAt the convention di did no i dare an any proposition that hat had any idea of definiteness whatever b be because i cause ause he sid said th the Democratic party I Could not enact act any of theIr l Into law of the lR lead Go GOd be I praised they cannot h he exclaimed I because the country I fr protected from I Dem legislation for four tc year years to come no mt matter r what hap happens n to 0 I the presidency or It Its chamb chamber He asked the Democrats If they stood o on the speech Oh of Mr Ir the ne new risen lead r of the Democracy Asked Many Mony Questions He directed a specific question to Mr Ir Williams if he approved of lIr Cock Cockrans silent rans Mr lr Williams rin remained Mr 11 then ventured Ute the a as assertion that the Demort Democrats would march out with fife and drum drain anti and forc force their cohorts Into lice an and make I the people that they both people thy ap approved proved and disapproved lie He gade goaded Mr Ir Williams for a reply I Ot bet the minority leader si nil ent He then sought a reply from M l Clark Clarl Missouri l Champ Cark Clark Ready Mr 1 Clark t the frantic by sj ng th that t when should gp give him an n hour h he wouN make a a reply that wilt knock some of the gentlemen aU silly So No one ne he be sid said could yes or no to one hour of cheap demagogy Screams of ap approval approval cm came from the Democrats At this utterance The gentleman from Missouri wants on one hour to indulge in and ani vituperation retorted Mr lr Littlefield Mr Ir Clark b he said could say MY ye yes or ori orno i no now and lie he would give ve hm bm un until t til the end or of the cm campaign n to aez answer I A suggestion from rom Mr Clark tha that he and Mr should hire bal hail hailand and debate th the proposition ws was the signal for A outburst o of applause from rom the but Mr presed pressed for a categorical answer from rota any old man en the Deo Demo side Mr Baker New York aros arose Wi Will the gentleman yield b he excitedly aske asked No fAld said M Mr Littlefield fouls rus rush rushin in n where Angels dare not eter enter Baker Baer Wa Was Excited IY a ad Ing great p Bake shouted shout gelt el n on Page 2 FIREWORKS IN INt t LOWER lOWR HOUSE I Continued from Page 1 1 wU give ou nn an r it If you want one one I 1 will m give you one 0 Mr 11 paid no attention to Republican crie cries of Let him go on i ilet let him go on but said tl there r was only one ma man lef left on te the Democratic side Mr lr Baker who had the ph physical cour course answer se ge to o say he was rad 0 0 to an n t He contended that Mr r Baker COUI could have sId said Yes and after some re remarks remarks marks In which Mr Ir refused to accept Mr 1 Baker as entitled to speak eak for lor the Democracy Mr ir Lite Little Littlefield feld field was as drawn into a lively colloquy De DeArmond Arond which was much b by the crowded galleries Mr D Da Armond said he would venture to I gratify Mr 11 to some extent He was interrupted t d with Jh cr cries s o of yes or no from the Republicans Contin Continuing Mr Ds Armond said that If Mr 11 wanted information as to the tho Demo Democratic position he would say that the position of the Democrats Was to of off or to lower the dutes duties where r those hos dute duties sheltered trusa s 0 BleatIng of the Sheep ab bali bah came f m the can side 0 Mr Littlefield called on Mr 11 Do De ArI ArImond Ar monO mond to M say whether he did or did not wih with Mr Cockrans views I Democratic applause greeted Mr 11 Do De DeArmond Armond when he sid said the Democratic party would decarO declare for for a revision of I the he tariff In drive from sheler shelter the he trust trusts who are now robbing tile people 0 He then wrought the Demo Democrats rat up t ta a pich pitch when he asked Mr to yes or no as to whether the Republicans would drive out the tru trusts Democratic Jeers I Mr Ir Littlefield J amid jeers and laughter said he would an answer suter when he got ready and asked if IC Mr lr De Dc Armond had given ghen anything I like an ingenious fall fair and decent reply to o his queston question Mr Do De Armond he he I said s seemed med to pe be disturbed b by the trusts and he said I trust making I a ploy play on he ma may have read the Democratic platform adopted b by the Democracy of New York upon the great unknown and recently dis discovered discovered I covered is expected to be nominated and to make the run for the cy Mr 1 threw down the gaun let to the Democrats and said that no noone noone one dared to rise In his place and say he approved the speech of Mr r Cock Cockran Cockran ran Mr Cockran himself Mr 11 I declared did not stand b by it but on the contrary withdrew It in terms on the for floor o of the house yesterday Mr Ir then entered Into a general discussion of the protective tariff pul pol policy ic icy His time expired and Mr Ir Gros Grosvenor yenor venor a asked kEd unanimous consent that minutes he be allowed to proceed for fifteen Baker Objected I 1 object shouted Mr lr Baker amid genral general laughter You cannot treat me that way vay I i cannot be insulted on this foor floor b by you ou Bd and th then n extend you ou an any coures courtesy He took his seat shaking his fists Democratic members I persuaded him to withdraw his objection i ton tion whIch he did The conference report on the mitar military I academy bIl bill was agreed to Resuming te the foor floor and touching on the charge that some American manu sold their products abroad I cheaper than at home Mr Ir sid that wherever tile the tari tariff was the reason for this condition he would favor faor favora I a reduction of the tariff to deprive such of s so much of his pro teton as was necessary In order to prevent such resul result Mr 11 Littlefield sid said that under the thelast thelast last Democratic administration there was n a deficit of I It wan then he said sala that Secretary Carlisle I issued the bonds which August Belmont BelmontI and J P Morgan organ n negotiated at a profit I to themselves of more than Continuing he said It was no wonder that 8 a return to power was wanted I b by the Democrats in order that they may have hac opportunity to steal the reve ree of the United States government Reply of Nr Mr Wiliams Williams Mr r Williams Miss then ad the house houge devoting the first part of his address to a comment on Mr 11 Dal nells els aerion assertion that hoodlums were to tobe tobe be cund amon among tho those e adventurer adventurers who have huye lef left their own country fOr the countr 8 god good rather than among Americans He recounted the deeds of foreigners In III this country and referred to the members of oC the houa house of oC foreign 1 dra drawing Ying the Inference that Mr Ir statement was fbI Mr 11 Williams soke SIke ot of the millions of d of the who came I Oil the Mayflower 18 oer and said th they would tell you OU better than that The for who had come to the United States 8 he declared 1 would say MY that they i left their countries because conditions tt at home were wor worse e than would be round lund In a wilderness among wild red He said that the thoughts or of the Republicans along financial lines wIre about the same as those along Inter international national lines The Republicans lie he heald said ald were the men who if iC their the tho ones orles were ere carried out would not buy buya a sin single h article on the face of the earth from anybody Went After Littlefield Mr Ir Littlefield lie IC said had defied anybody to prove was the mother or of trusts trust lie He would he de elated t tell ll what trust protection was not the mother of t It was not the mother of oC that sort of trust which owes Its success to Increased of public service and to cheapened products lie He theft asked d the he direct qu or of Mr Ir LIttlefield if Ie hr hp the ad administration ministration of President McKinley yes efI ur or no noYes Yes answered Mr Jr Littlefield En Every ry word of oC It Mr r Williams further Inquired 0 Yes was the reply Mr 1 Williams thou then reminded Mr r Lit that they stood tOgether against the spirit t colonialism and said If he Williams WilliamB had said yes CS or no JIO simply to the Inquiry as to whether he ap M tIle the CO KIah spee speech h he would not have haye been telling the truth There w were re some things which hl h could not be answered yes es or no In the maIn lie Williams endorsed the Cockran speech but In some particulars he dif differed with It Mr II Littlefield Littiefield he added kne knew that there was not only nobody trying to make a campaign on free trade but he knows as a matter of fact that there could not possibly be any tree free trade in the United States A resolution offered b by Mr Grosvenor for tor a general leave for alt members to print for tor the rest o of the s session and for three days thereafter was voted down to the Democrats voting with the maJority t 6 26 bopp took until 9 tig Z 0 When the house reco reconvened ened Mr Bur I I f rno o the th conference nf ronce on the nC har harbor I Ibel bor bel bIll It s without de debate bate batEt 0 A bill was passed authorizing the sale and of su plus or un allotted lands In the th Yakima IndIan reservation Washington I ShippIng Bill BillI The shipping bill again was taken up and Mr LuckIng Lacking Dern Dem MIch offered two amendments to the bill one provid providIng Ing that no greater charge shan shall be made by vessels referred to in the bin bill binfor for the transportation ot of for I the army and nar naVy than are arc made by b such vessels for like goods o of private I partIes artles or companies aid the other re restricting I the tran transportation to ships manned by AmerIcan sailors as against tHose manned by Mongolians Th he amendments ot of Mr Lucking were dis disagreed disagreed agreed to and a test vote showIng a majority for the bill the Democrats forced a on the adoption of the previous question The previous question was ordered by bya a strict party vote and the house t passed the shipping ll to 98 Songs aI anti d Laughter The usual scenes ceh s incident t to to 1 ap approaching approaching adjournment were enact I Many any representatives retired to the t cloak rooms and sang patriotic songs Peals of oC laughter which followed eli each song ong were heard in the house but bitt busi business ness proc proceeded ded as usual When the conference report of the bill to raUf ratify and amend an agreement with the Shoshone or 01 Wind River In I Wyoming was called u fl Rep Wyo 0 Mr Fitzgerald Dern Dem N Y raised a question or of cons con and at the same time made the point ot of n nO quorum The speaker counted R a quorum but the Democrats ts demanded the yeas and nays nas and the roll roil was called for the fourth time Our dur i Ing the evening The vote d the of oC a quorum and that the had bad agreed to consider the re jort Mr r Mondell ll explained Its pro provisions visions oil Mr asserted that the r res d creation sas rich In gas and oil and I that the Indian Inspector had wired the secretary of the Interior that he de desired desired sired to come to Washington and con consult suit sult with him before the bill was pas passed d Somebody lie he char charged ed was anxious to have the bill rushed through in defiance or of nU all decency Mr 11 ondell declared he had never heard of such riches The previous question was ordered but without a 0 vote ote on the passage of the bill the house houe At 1 a m took a recess until 1030 tomorrow |