Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-08 | Page 1 | Speaker Denounces Chicago Professor

SPOT DEUCES . GIIiOFESSl Unusual Scene in the House i. on the 64th Birthday of Champ Clark. WASHINGTON, March 7. Speaker Clark signalized his sixty-fourth birthday birth-day today by denouncing from tho rostrum; ros-trum; of the house an address by Charles Zueblin of Winchester, Mass., former professor of sociology in tho University of Chicago, assailing the speaker's counting of votes on the report of tho committee that investigated tho Mulhall lobby chargos. Democrats. Kooublicans and Progressives cheered and paid tribute trib-ute to the speaker when ho had finished. Mr. Clark had read to tho house a publishod articlo quoting Zueblin 's attack at-tack on his mothods and the alleged arbitrary dictation of tho spoakor and also Democratic Leader Underwood, Clark Branded Zuoblin's statements as "untrue, brazen and outrageous' ; and a reflection on tho integrity of the houso. Ho quoted the figures of the Mulhall vote, pointing out that a member mem-ber wishing to vote had four opportunities opportuni-ties to do so and added: "I have been lied about bo much I have sort of gotten used to it." Kepresentativo Mann of Illinois, Republican Re-publican loader; Iieprosontativo McDonald McDon-ald of Michigan, Progressive; .Representative .Represen-tative Butler of Pennsylvania, Republican, Republi-can, and others joined in corroborating tho' speaker and paying tribute to his fairness and honor. Mr. Mann's allusion allu-sion to tho spoakor 's sixty-fourth birthday birth-day produced applause and shouting. He declared no one could question Spoakor Clark's honor, intogrity or fairnexs ixa speaker, t ' Speaker Clark wus given a surprise party late todn3" in colouration of his sixty-fourth birthday. Twenty or more of his colleagues presented him with a silver candelabrum.