Show WILD APPLAUSE TAUNT TO THE DEMOCRATS CONCERN ING COCKRANS TARIFF VIEWS washington april the pres and ol 01 almost enco 0 crowded galleries full lit and williams ot mississippi sis sippi in the house today made speeches intended for the coming presidential campaign the two speakers by their respective were wildly applauded there was an absence spec tive sides hut of personalities such as characterized the clash between dal the best of indeed bell ana cockran humor prevailed mr littlefield continually taunted the democrats with the utterances ol 01 sir cockran and by name called on several of the prominent members 01 hat party in the house to answer they approved yes or no whether mr cockrane cockrans Coc krans tariff views and whether they intended going before the ot free he people on the issue defended the protective tariff system from every point of view mr williams adopting the tactics ot sir endeavored to forro from the republicans and from mr ia particular categorical answers to several questions which he pertinent mr answered yes when asked it he approved of everything in the mckenley administration which enabled mr wellams to remind him that he ut and williams had stool together in opposition to colonial sir williams asserted that the IU were going before the people on the issue borrowed from the gamblers table of standing pat the house sat until late in the afternoon and then recessed until 9 at night mr cockran himself mr littlefield declared did not stand by it but on the contrary withdrew it in terms on the floor of the house yesterday mr then entered into a naneral discussion of the protective policy mr cockran he said spent the little lime in developing the metaphysical theories and general line of argument nd discussion which were supposed to lie behind and justify the doctrine ot free trade on the contrary he said cockran devoted hla time largely to an assault a vituperative and demagogic assault on the doctrine ot protection republican applause greeted this assertion mr cockran i do declared mistook epithet tor argument and denunciation tor lion he referred to the democratic platform recently adopted in new york and said that the convention did not aare proclaim any proposition that had any idea of whatever because he said the democratic party could not enact any of their alons into law ot the land god bo praised they cannot he because the Is protected from democratic legislature for tour years to come no matter what happens to the president or this chamber he asked the democrats it they stood on the ship of mr cockran the new risen leader ot the democracy he directed specific question to mr wellams if he approve mr cockrane Coc krana policy mr williams remained silent he then sought a reply from mr dark missouri mr clark set the democrats frantic ly saying that when the house should elye him an hour he would make a reply that will knock some of the gentlemen silly no one he said could reply yes or no to one hour ot cheap demagogy screams ot approval came from the democrats at this utterance the gentleman from missouri wants one hour to indulge in fi catlon and vituperation retorted mr littlefield Litt lefieLL mr dark he said could ay yes or no now and be would feh e him until the end of the campaign to answer A suggestion from mr dark ithac be and mr should hire a hall and debate the proposition was a signel for a tumultuous outburst of applause wats but mr for answer from any man on the democratic side mi baker of new york arose will the etleman yield he excitedly asad no said mr fools rusl in where angles dare not enter gesticulating wildly and great excitement mr baker shouted 1 I will give you an answer it you wani one I 1 will give you one mr paid no attention t cries ot let him go on but said there was only one man left on the democratic side sir baker had the physical courage 0 o say he was ready to give an answer he contend ed that mr baker could have said yea and after him remarks in which mr refused to accept mr baker as entities to speak tor the democracy mr was drawn into a lively colloquy with mr dearmond which was much enjoyed by the crowded galleries mr de armond said he would venture 0 o gratify mr to gome extent mr called on mr de armond to say whether he did or did not agree with mr cockrane cockrans Coc krans views democratic applause greeted mr de armond when be said the democratic party would declare for a revision 0 the tariff in order to delvo from shelter the trusts who are now robbing the people he then wrought the democrats up to a pitch when he asked mr to answer yes or no as to whether the republicans would drive out the rusts mr littlefield amid democratic jeers and laughter said he would answer when he got ready and asked if mr de armond hail given anything like an ingenious fair and decent reply to his question mr threw down the gaunt belt to the democrats and said that no one dared to rise in his place and say he approved the speech ot mr cockran ills time expired aad mr grosvenor asked that ho be allowed to proceed tor 15 1 I object shouted mr baker amid general laughter you cannot treat me that way I 1 cannot be insulted on this floor by you and then extend you any courtesy he took his scat wildly shaking his fists democratic members persuaded sim to withdraw hta objection which ho did the conference report on the military academy bill was agreed to resuming the floor and touching on the charge that some american manufacturers rs sold their product abroad cheaper than at home mr bd that wherever the tariff was the reason for this condition he would favor a reduction of ho tariff to de pelva such manufacturer of so much ot bis production aa waa necessary to prevent such result mr said that under tho iiii democratic administration there nai a of it was thin that secretary carlisle issued the bonds willed august belmont and J P morgan negotiated at a profit to themselves of more than la 10 continuing he said it waa wonder that a return to power was want by the democrats in order abat they may have opportunity to steal the revenues of the united states government mr williams of then addressed the house devoting the first part of his address to a comment on sir dalzelle dalzells Dal zells assertion that hoodlums were to bo found among those adventurers who have left their own country for the count rys good rather than among the americans he recounted the deeds of foreigners in this country and referred to tho members of the house of foreign extraction drawing the inference that mr dalzelle dalzells Dal zells statement was unjustifiable mr williams spoke of the millions of descendants of the pilgrims who came on the mayflower and said they could tell you better than that tho foreigners who had come to the united states he declared would say that they left their countries because conditions at home wore worse than would be found in a wilderness among wild red men he said that thoughts of republicans along financial lines were about the ame as those along international lines the republicans he said the men who it their Ahe orles were carried out would not buy a single article on the face of the earth from any body mr he said had defied anybody to prove protection was the mother of trusts he would he declared ell what trust protection was not the mother of it was not the mother of that sort of trust which owea its success to increased efficiency of public service and to cheapened products he then asked the direct question of mr littlefilld Littlefi old if be endorsed the administration of president mckenley yes or no yes answered mr littlefield every word of it mr williams further inquired yes was the reply mr williams then reminded mr allt blefield tle field that they had stood together against the spirit of colonialism and said it he mr williams had said yes or no simply to the inquiry as to ghether he approved the cockran speech he would not have been telling the truth were some things which could not be answered yea or ao in the main he allam ll lam endorsed the cockran speech but in some particulars he differed from it ir be addea knew that there was not only nobody trying to make a campaign on tree trade but he knows as a matter of tact that there could not possibly be any free trade in the united states A resolution offered by mr grosvenor for a general leave for all mem bm to print for the rest 0 the session and for three days thereafter was voted down to at the house took a recess until 9 tonight when the house reconvened mr burton rep ohio presented the report on the emergency and harbor bill it was without A bill was authorizing the ale and of surplus or lands in tho vallma indian m the snipping mil again was taken up ana mr lucking dem alch offered two to the bill one pro that no greater charge shall be made by vessels referred to in the bill tor tn transportation ot supplies tor the army and navy than are made by tuch tor like goods ot private parties of companies and the other restricting tb transportation ot chips manned by american bailers bailors as against those maaike by mongolian th of mr lucking were dla to and a test vote snowing majority tor the bill the democrate Demo crata forced a roll call on the adoption of the loua lon the previous question waa ordered by a party vote and the house pawed the chipping bill the bual scenes incident to approaching pro aching adjournment were enacted many retired 0 o the cloak rooms and sang patriotic bongs balg 0 laughter followed each none when the conference report on the f bill to ratify and amend an agreement with the shoshone or wind alver in dlapa in wyoming was called up by mr mondell hep wyo mr ald dem N Y raised a question of consideration and at the bamo time made the point of no quorum the speaker counted a quorum but the democrats demanded the yeas and nays and the roll was called for the fourth time during the evening the vote disclosed the presence of a quorum and that the house agreed to consider the report air explained its provisions mr itzgerald asserted that the reservation was rich in gas and oil and that the indian inspector had wired the secretary of the interior that he to come to washington and consult with him before the bill was passed somebody he charged was anxious to get the bill rushed through in defiance of all decency mr mondell declared he had adver heard of such riches the previous question was ordered but without a vote on the passage ot the bill the house at 1 a m took a recess until 10 SO tomorrow |