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Show IBS OF HOUSE I1ULGEJ FLIS Mann, Payne and Murdock Furnish Amusement for the Democrats. WASHINGTON, April 11. Republicans Republi-cans and Progressives chided ono another an-other to tho great amusement of tho Democrats in tho houso today, delaying delay-ing tho legislative, oxecutivo and judicial judi-cial appropriation bill. A row botweon Representative Howard, Democrat, of Georgia, and Chairman Fitzgerald of tho appropriations committee, in which Howard assailed Fitzgerald for his economy speech yesterday, brought Republican Re-publican Leador Mann into the fray Ho declared Fitzgerald, working in vain to hold his party to its pledges of economy, wns trying to get support from tlio Progressives. "But the Republicans and Progress ives in mis noiiHo una etsownere, said Mr. Mann, "think together, work together and voto together, in tho end wo '11 get together, and then woo to you on the othor Bido of this houso. Wo've been having a family quarrel, but vou better keop out of it." "The gentleman from Illinois, ""interrupted ""in-terrupted Progressive Leader Murdock, "is right. We'll eet together. Tho Republican party will como to us." "The gentlemau from Kansas," said Ropresentativo Payno of New York, "is trying to male a political capital for what is left of his party'. IIo is now running for the senate from Kansas. Kan-sas. He knows ho would be beaten for tho house in his district, and ho is prunuing for the senate bocause he wants a bigger political funeral." "Speaking of funerals," retorted Murdock, "does tho gcntloman think 1 am looking for a bigcer funeral than ho brousht tho Republican party with his tariff bill?" , |