Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-05

Paine, in answer, sent to the Clerks
desk to have read telegram from Butler,
lated May 9TH, 1868, stating that Porter,
in a heated discussion, had used words
whch, Upon being reported to him. he
was obliged to notice. He, however,
omitted all the onerous part Of the judy.
ncn,. because his previous acts showed
that Porter had not, in fact, been dis
trait.
Sargent asked Wood whether he was
prepared to state that any person should
be excluded from membership in the
House for having used such language.
Wood said he had no difficulty in an
swering that question. He did not be-
licyc anybody was fit to sit in the House
who considered the Government humbug
or who denounced the President in such
scurrilous terms.
Sargent remarked that he had simply
wanted to get possession OF the facts.
Whittemorc asked Wood, sarcastically,
whether he did not think it better to treat
that class Of people with Cancellation aud
kindness.
Wood said yes, but not to give them
front seats.
Eldridsc would not put them alongside
Of the gentleman from South Carolina.
Laughter.
Sargent, in reply to Eldridgc, said he
would hazard the opinion that it gentle
men were expelled from the House, who
could be proved to have used ouch lam
guage, seats on the left democratic sidc)
would be pretty generally vacant. laugh
teri
Woodward declared, with some excite
mcnt, that the assertions Of the gentleman
from California were slandcrous.
An excited discussion ensucd on both
sides. by Holman, Smith of Oregon, Peck,
Voorhees,, Sargent, Cox, Mayhem, Wood
ward, Butler, Wood, Morgan and Ed
,idgc The debate was quiet bitter and
acrimonious, both sides inlulging in GRIM
ination aud recrimination in regard to
party record during the war. The confu-
sion at one time became so great that il
required the strenuous efforts of the
Speakers gavcl to restore order. Porter
wa, finally sworn in.
Farnswor!l reported n bill to abolish
the frankling privilege. by general con-
sent it was considered at once. After an
hours discussion it rasscd-aycs, III;
nays, IL.
Dawes Reply TO Butler.
Dawes proceeded to address the com.
mi.tce in reply to the speech of Butler
yesterday, criticising his former speech on
the expenditures of the administration.
Dawes defended his former speech as true
in every particular, and as proper for him
to mike. With the book of estimates in
his haul, he proceeded to refer, item by
item. to the estimates Of the various Dc.
plrtncnts, to show that his original state
meats in regard to excess of estimates over
arpr 'priat"nS last year were in every re.
spcct correct. He vindicatcd himself from
the charge of making Il speech from i'm
proper motives, anl related the experience
"t himself and other members of the CON-
mittce on Appropriations, in visiting the
various Departments, laying before them
Their several estimate, aud enlcavoriny to
procure Il rciu.tion. lie stated that while
each hea Of Il Department expressed re-
"rct for the large balances, they all de-
cared they could not be reduced. lie
spoke about two hours, and during the de-
livery Of his speech the aislcs in his Vi
,inity were crowded. At the conclusion
the committee arose.
The Speaker announced the following
select committee ON the Postal Telegraph
bill: Washburnc, Of Wisconsin; Law
renee, Dawes, Davis, Palmer, Woodward,
and Brock.
Paine moved that the Virginia mem.
hers, to whose right to seats there was no
objection, be now sworn in. Platte, Por.
ter and Mines, thcrcupon came forward
and took the oath Of office.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Legislative, Executive and
judicial appropriation bill.
Voorhees, addressed the House. lie sol.
cmnly asserted that vast proportion of
the national debt had no existence in re.
ality. 1t was fiction created by unjust,
scandalous legislation, or still worse, un.
ust scandalous perversion of true con.
tract; a fraud fastened upon the labor of
the nation, utterly without consideration,
legal or moral ; it was sheer and naked
rxtorton from the wants, necessities and
hclplcssness of the people when they were
at the mercy of capitalists. lie then pro.
.ceedcd to show how men who invested in
national bonds had obtained large bonus
tor investments, under former prices of
gold compared with present prices. He
said this injustice had driven many honest
minds to embrace tho fearful doctrine Of
reputation. The issue was in the hands
of the party in power.
Butler, of Massachusetts,, obtained the
floor for the purpose Of saying few words
additional in defence of the Republican
party and administration. 1t would stand
the assaults Of the gentleman from Indiana
Voorhees, but could not stand assault in
the house of its friends. He had contro.
.verted no assertion of Buffers in his for.
lmer speech.
Dawes, in reply to Butler. said he