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Show Washington, Jan. 25. Declaring that James A. Patten, secretary of the Immigration Restriction league, had told a "wicked, cruel, deliberate and malicious lie" when he gave Representative Repre-sentative Macon of Arkansas Information Informa-tion upon which the latter based his fvpeoch yesterday. Representative Hen- nett made n vigorous defense of the Immigration cnimuls!on In Ihc house today. "Statements of the gentleman from Arkansas require an instant, full and complete retraction." shouted Mr. Bennett, after he had explained In detail de-tail the work of tho commission. Its trip abrcwid in lfiwT. which Mr. Macon had termed a "unket," and the results It had accomplished. Mr. Macon met Mr. Bennettt's demands with a sharp reply. "I am not going to accept what the gentleman from New York has said to thl house ns gospel " ex-clairnoii ex-clairnoii Mr. .Macon. "It Is a question of veracity, and one of these gentleman gentle-man has :is much credence (.n the loir; of tlit house as the oiher until one or the other shows himself to be liar ,-md the mher shown himself to le a sint and I lie genilemnn from New York is not a saint." Mr. Macon admitted thai Mr. Patten was his informant. Mr. Macon explained ex-plained that Mr. Patten was a son-in-If'.v of a deceased member of the commission com-mission pud was in a position to 1 now. "I am not here to take hack any p;-t of my statement that the lilp "i'Vinl was a jtinkcU" exclaimed Mr. '"r.coa. Tims the Incident was closed with-cm with-cm Mr. Macon having receded from Ms position, ltui not until after Mr. Mann of Jllinel lnd refused to con-d-rt to Mr. Macon's request for per-n per-n isMrin to revise liis remarks In the 'cord. Mr. Macon explained that he merely wanted to coi rect Fngllsh," but Mr. Mann reiorred that it was unnecessary unnec-essary to otitaln consent for that, and that both parties to the controersy vould have to go on record for what they hsd said. It v.a thought for a lime that Mr. Mann's statement Indicated that Mr. Macon might he called to account by the rules committee for urlng unparliamentary unpar-liamentary language toward a fellow nipmner 01 in nouBe, nut u soon ae-veloped ae-veloped tliat (here was no such Intention. Inten-tion. H was nrRucd that Mr. Macon hid not called Mr. nnneit a "liar," j as ome member.? had construed his remarks Mr. licnntt ma1e a general denial of charges voiced ly .Mr Macon, and asserted that the member from Arkansas Arkan-sas had made thrm without taking the trouble to ascertain whether or not ihe were true. He said the commission com-mission had sppnt only $1.1, OfiO of the peoples monev .on their trip of investigation in-vestigation abroad, hut had rone down Into their own pockets for moro than that amount rather than chars to their expense accounts all they had spent In 'hp. four months the commission ras in Europe, he said, he had little time to dew to to sisht-KPrlpR. "I went through Roino without seeing see-ing St. Peter's or the Applan way," declared Mr. Hennetf, and added that he had only ntnde two fl infj-trips to Paris, and in each intUnce had left by the next trnln When Mr. Bennett averted that William R VhHer had plvcn up a $lft,nno i)osi:irm tu ncrept one for $7, SI''1 w:)i the comiui ifinn. Mr. Macon Ma-con Incredulously interrupted to say that. If he had done that, lie would reRard himself ns either "a knave or a fool." "I have noobjerllon to the gentleman's gentle-man's characterization of himself," was Mr. Bennett's retort courteous. Mr. Dennett said that the Immigration Immigra-tion commission had accomplished much god since H was created having hav-ing brokpn up the "white plae traffic," traf-fic," taken steps to exclude alien criminal and generally Improved steerape conditions on immigrant ships. Washington. Jan. 25. Denouncing as "infamously ind maliciously and wantonly lalse" statements made In the house yesterday by Representative Representa-tive Macon of Arkansas. Representative Representa-tive Fennet t of New York, a member of i lie immigration commission, ntose to a question of personal privilege in the house today to defend the com-rlsslon. com-rlsslon. Mr Rennet declared that the gentleman gen-tleman from Arkansas by a five-minute walk from the capitol could hae reached the headquarters of the commission com-mission and could have found that the thai-gen he voiced were untrue. "1 said." interposed Mr. Macon. "I had brr-n advised that what I said was true, The gentleman docs not, I hope, deny that 1 received such Informal Infor-mal ion." Insisting that Mr. Macon might easily have discovered the falsity of his charges, Mr. Bcnncrtt referred to a teport made to the hor.so wlthtn two weeks, and accessible to everybody, which, he said, showed -the lacis in relation io "the white sdave traffic." "I am iinxlous to have the gentleman gentle-man make a statement of ih? proceedings proceed-ings of the commission," protested Mr. Macon. "The expenses of the commission atid seven r-inpolyes." juoceeded Mr. Bennett! , "lor thr-e month. travel, would amount io-JT'.h'O. traveling, as we did, as i lie commissioners of the best government under the sun This statement r:qulres Insiant and full retraction." re-traction." Refeirlug in (lie commission's trip abroad, Mr. Beutr-it s.ild be had pat?ed oiiL one day in Naples in "taking a Mica' 'on." ! seeing some Objects ol l'lirret. "I went ibiuiigh IJi.nie," he eoniin- ..A .-...(, ,;-.. Ol Mm. .1.- App.ian 'b. ' il'd vUb the king of Italy, whic!) H va ; im tluty to do If the gentleman will o to ihe treasury department." said Mr. Penneti. "be can find what eevy ecg I ate for breakfast eot " I |