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Show UNSPOKEN SPEECHES DiE WHEN M'CLINTIC'S AROUND WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. -Representative McCllntiC of Oklahoma. , conllnues to keep speeches which j were never made in the house out of; , the Congressional Record It used to i be the custom With members giTt n a: Jlttio as 30 seconds lo speak to put. I patfes into the Record, but that was; I before McCllntic, began to handle ihe UK An i pldemic of unspoken M .-ehrs always came daring consid-1 l eration of measures with a popular appeal the soldier bonus for exam-; pie r.ut nowadays nobody can break through when McCllntic Is around. When the Oklahoma member con- eluded a brief speech yesterday on I ; the soldier hospital bill. Representative Representa-tive Snell of New York, arose I ask unanimous consent." he said. "that the gentleman from Oklahoma be permitted to revise and extend his remarks." I object," said McCllntic. and the houso roared. |