Show SERENO PAYNES SPEECH IS RE WITH APPLAUSE bryan praises roosevelt and then dilutes his endorsement with self praise washington feb 5 tho political debate which has been on in the house under the order of general debate on tho indian appropriation bill for several days was resumed today the farst speaker today was sereno payne of new york the majority leader who received a round of republican applause when ho took the floor he directed hla remarks to abo democrats and remarked that their political speeches were but in pursuance 0 their course each winter and spring preceding elections with renewed exuberance of spirits ho said with prophetic sight during this season 0 the year they carry tho next election inaugurate a candidate and divide up the offices laughter and republican applause greeted this remark continuing mr payne said wo hold our election in november and we will be there next november mr payne devoted much attention to mr bryan and said that tha peerless leader was wandering up and down the country accusing theodore roosevelt of grand or petty larceny in purloining his ideas he declared mr bryan had written the last three democratic platforms except the ono that judge parker amended with bis famous telegram more republican applause ensued mr payne declared that mr bryan tor tour years had been going among the dwellers and caves or hearing every mans complaint and every mans grievance and he added where there are votes behind the complaint and votes behind the grievances he immediately champions ano mans cause and when he comes to write the platform he follows the precedents of the democratic party tor the past fifty years by putting into the platform something to try to eaten the unwary voter not with regard to fixed principles but merely as a bid thrown out mr payne said bryan sometimes hit upon a good thing and put it in his platforms but he said when anybody else with the same means of information and knowledge takes the iden and vilifies vivifies vivi fies it into law and put it on the statute books mr bryan places himself among that grand army of men who are going about the country saying 1 I told you so mr bryan he said goes around the country endorsing roosevelt so far as he goes and then adds in order to dilute the endorsement ho is doing just what 1 would have done and our friends the democrats get ex cited about it mr payne asserted thai mr cochrane had eulogized the president on his last message A feeling of aalta alon at once was created he said as to whether the democrats were not going too far and as to whether their endorsement of the president would not hurt them at the next election mr williams therefore had called a halt by eulogizing only certain things in the and condemning many others mr payne then entered upon a erlb ute to president roosevelt theodore roosevelt he said has a warmer place in the hearts of the american people the hearts of plain men tha hearts of intelligent citizens tho hearts of righteous citizens of this country than has ever been occupied by any p man in the country prolonged applause discussing some 0 the presidents recommendations in his message mr payne said that he hoped that before tho close of the session a bill would bo passed modifying the employers liability act although he said it waa one of the most pieces of legislation with which congress had to deal mr payne said that undoubtedly some simple financial legislation was necessary and he thought the aldrich bill with some fow additions would be sufficient to meet the emergency mr payne charged that tho democratic party is a party of negation As or the republicans he said they would be at the polls next november with a platform that meant something th oy would declare on the tariff ques alon in no vertain sound 1 I 10 lo not mind saying today he said that it seems to be that they will declare for a revision 0 the tariff |