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Show ' NEAR H6HT IN HOUSE i i REPRESENTATIVES MANN AND 8ISSON ENGAGE IN WORDY WAR 1 WHICH CAUSES UPROAR. i Mississippi Member Hurls Challenge at Congressman From Illinois During Debate About Sale of Hull of Battleship Maine. Washington A sharp clush between be-tween Representative Mann of Illl-: nols, .Republican loader of the house, i)ti Representative SIsBon, Democrat. ' if Mississippi, gave the buuae an ex- ! siting moment Saturday. What many members characterized as a challenge as hurl, d by Representative Sistion it the Illinois member, who, he said,! was protected by the rules of the ! bouse from what Mr. Sisson would I like to do or say to him. J "I do not ask for any protection by the rules of the house,'' Mr. Mann retorted re-torted sharply. The house broke Inlo an uproar, which soon quieted, and consideration ' Of the appropriation bill proceeded ' without further hostilities between! the two members. j The Interchange, which threatened ror a moment to have unpleasant con-ii-qiionees, resulted from Mr. Sisson's efforts to secure the adoption of an intendment to the urgent deficiency bill permitting the hull of the Maine to be sold to private concerns. I |
