The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-08

the Committee on Finance was rejected and the bill
made the special order from and after Monday next
at o'clock
House OF Representatives.
MONDAY, July 6, 1916.
MR.. BRINKERHoFr's pEPENcK-A LECTURE TO THE EDITOR
Mr.. BarsxKRHorr MIR. Speaker, rise to question
MIR DAVIS Of Kentucky.-we have had personal ex.
plantations enough hope the committees will be called
for reports.
Mr. BRrsKEnHorr.-I ask the unanimous consent of
the House
ir DAv,.-I object.
Mr. BRISKERHorF.-I ask suspension of the rules to
enable me to make personal explanation.
Mr.. WIS1HRop-Will it be in order to move that the
States be called for resolutions
Mr.. BRISKERHorr--I hope the gentleman will with.
draw it.
The SrrAKER.--Thc gentleman from Ohio asks a sus-
pension of the rules to enable him to mako personal
explanation Those in favor of suspending the rules
will rise. (Members voted) One hundred and one vote
in the affirmative. Evidently two-thirds. Tie gentle
man will proceed
Mr. BRiSKERHorr said the editor of the Union and
the administration of which it is the organ might have
known il they had been acquainted with the sentiments
OF the West that the people would not tolerate tax
tea aud coffee The against il. their
judgment condemned it. and they could give their
assent TO it, without sacrificing their consistency
hand and their conscience on the other Day after day
the Union had been urging the tax the Committee Of
Ways and Means had inserted it in the bill. The gentle
man from Georgia llir Jones) who opened the debate
en- the revenue bill advocated the proposition The
secretary of the treasury adopted part OF his Dan
cal scheme. But two days before his remarks
of those who opposed to the tax and adhered
their previous opinions. He therefore, determined
put stop a. once and forever TO the dngdong and i'm
pertinent structures Whether or not, what he said,
brought about the striking out of tea and coffee he left
It for others to determine and now he left the editor of
the Union to harp something else This tax having
been stricken out removed in great degree, his obec
tons TO The bill Some others were removed, and he
voted for to get rid Of the incongrues of the law Of
1872 The Organ had charged him with a change Of
sentiment, but he defed any to point out in his
speech, printed in tnc IateAigencer and the Unon
inconsistent deClara
tons The Committee of Ways and Means yieied--the
mountain dad gone to Nlshomet, not Mahomet to the
part But the Union has proved the existence of a
personal considerations This III becomes man who
denounced the independent treasury day and de-
Tended it the nexton all sides of questions, by turns
First for 81 40, all of Oregon and subsequently for 49,
and under and this within period of single week
II i'll becomes such man to attribute personal consider
alton to others while he is himself spendary the
government and in the receipt of tens of thousands
OF dollars from the public crib He (Mr Brinkcrho)
had made no personal attackhad complained Of pri
vate pique. He had had nothing TO complain Of The
marks which he had made related TO public questions
the Oregon queston-t had acted wing advice in its
adjustment The voice Of the West reached in con.
button Of office the West in general had been overlooked
and Ohs in particular. Let the "organ" these
things instead of escaping under the of persona
~ There are circumstances connected with the history
OF the administration which should make its organ
tons Asto the gentleman from Indiana mir Wick,)
he would leave him to the tender mcrcies Of the gentle
man from New York, (Nir Rathbun) lie was humane
and not disposed to mutilate the dead.
wioK's prrrScr AND POSITION
Mr. Wick arose, amid good deal of confusion. The
Speaker raped IL restore order and there cries
down in front, and order all the hail As
as the judge began to speak, the attention of the members
increased He said that he had asked the permission Of
the House to make personal explanation not because
he was offended with anything that had been printed
said, or written, but because il the fashion; and
man had better be out of the world than out of fashion
On the 3oth of June, he made speech the tariff bill
and he alluded TO the causes which would perhaps de-
feat the intention OF the democratic paty-ts promises
and pledges lie did aude to Mr. Brinkerhof by name;
He sstonshed that any gentleman should take any
thing to themselves, except could be accounted on
the principle that they find the which their conscience
told them fitted them. (Laughter) Things were said
which were not reported. Then, now, in i'll
health; and he now could scarcely speak In another
hour he would be burning with fever He surprised
,hat me gentleman from Ohio MR. Nc DowelD had TAX en-
umnrage at what he said. He did not allude, by
i",pncauon' 10 the gentleman.
sir bhiSNrnorr;-Did you not qaote my language
Ncn a1en lie don't mean you-hes speaking about
to the reporter ~ WI" ''au~A''e
y MI W,cS resumed member from New York, (dr.
attack on him in his absence A. no NJ t ss S.o al
ne had been told that the gentleman assured thsr. h.
(Mr Wick) had attacked the entire Nss Vors ~ no
ton He had made such attack; on ,hs ons
took occasion to compliment the delegation. NV :sin~
that the best calculation of the tariff had slsn - syns
tlemen from New York Therefore he conid vi sun
dersand that the gentleman took it himself IA a III
little too much-he assured them he was ~ Ss S
York delegation; ergo, New York sate n a~ a." New
He had understood that the gentleman from New V
undertook to state his reasons why his (hr Wick,N ~
pheaIion for the Office Of brgader general was rejee
eu ana mat the gentleman had placed the rejection on
the ground that he lacked the first Of sol
dier-courage: With regard to that, he had only 10 saw
any one had so told the gentleman his ant lies
II the gentleman did not state the fact of his own know
iedse-it he stated as matter Of opinion or inference
that was matter entirely Of Indifference The member
hag undertaken to make few remarks in relation his
lWicks) political biography, and a change in his poll
ncs oI Una, subject there was veil to lit, winch
was not n,icd on the 3oth Of june Twelve years ago.
he, tSlr. Wck) voted with the whgs ten wears ava h.
voted with the Democratic party and had continued TO do
SO p to thi, time he had been faithful Could the gen.
ueman Hom New ork say the same1 II the genten man,
or any other gives statement except the one he gave
does this endo what every democratic boy denoun
guilty "
Mr. R.rHsvs said he had made no mputationL
MT WICK perceived by the New York Herald tha