Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-02-09
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The startling speech Of Mr. Dawes
TO which we referred two weeks ago
seems 10 have created desire on tn,
part Of a number Of his fellow Repub
licans in The House to win littl,
notoriety by attacking the Massachu
setts member. Among these was on
Congressman, Mr.. Schofeld, and tn,
success that attended his effort may
be seen in the following The bill
under discussion was the ono to cstab
lish a Navy Yard at League Island
Philadelphia, which Mr. Schofeld ia
vored and Dawes opposed:
Mr.. .Schofeld assured the House that
he would have said nothing on The
subject of the bill had it not been foi
the very extraordinary speech of the
gentleman from Massachusetts Mr.
Dawes the other day. 1t seemed tu
him as if that gentleman had made ur
bis mind that the bill must be defeated
without regard TO It's merits or demer-
it's He described the circumstances
attending the making of that speech
how the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Garfeld) had solemnly asked the at
tention Of the House to it, reminding
him of tho "Iear ye, hear ye" of a
court erier, and, the gentleman from
Wisconsin Mr. Washburne) took his
seat beside Mr.. Dawes to give him
audience, reminding him of the words
of the old song describing how GER
tain auditor L'.H
"With emotion dull ft
On the pivot Of bis skull
Turned round bis listening ear"
Il was a picture for a painter All
this was prepared in advance; this
raising a tempest to drown a fly. 10
this connection, he alluded 10 the ap.
preparation of $4,000 made the other
day to enable, as he put it, the gen
tleman from Ohio to entertain some
festive bankers Of New York, and TO
the circumstances of the gentleman
from Wisconsin having recently got
through an appropriation of s2O0,0 600
for the Des Moines Rapids, not csti-
mated for by any Of those unworthy
Departments" II had forced itself
upon his conviction almost, that which
had been repeatedly told him, that
"the gentleman from Massachusetts
bad little balance TO settle with the
Republican members of Pennsyl.
vania." a
Mr. Dawes-Will the gentleman be
kind enough 10 state explicitly just
what he means by the last remark 2
Mr. Schoficld-The gentleman him.
self knows, suppose, because On a
icsting way) / have told him what had
been suggested; but if be insists on
my stating it here, l will say that it
has been hintcd to me that The gentle
man from Massachusetts, was not alto.
gether satisfied because the Repubi-
can members from Pennsylvania, in
the organization of the House had
preferred n gentleman whom they
thought could sometimes find modes
of signalizing his friendship other
than by the infliciion of wounds.
Mr.. Dawes-Does the gentleman
mean TO impute any snch motive as
that 10 me in what ! have done here
on this foory ask the gentleman
TO answer me frankly and fairly here
on record, docs ho intend TO impute
to me any such motive in anything !
have done herel
Mr.. Schofeld-If tho gentleman
will not be so very sensitive, and will
be quiet for few minutes, he viii see
just how much | am imputingt to him
Mr.. Dawes-The gentleman will
do me the favor by answering my
questions.
Mr.. Schofeld-When the gentle
man was making that extraordinary
speech about everything but the bill,
| begged, and SO did my colleagues,
for word of explanation, and it was
declined. / viii answer the gentle
mans question in my own way, and l
wish now that he would let me have
the floor.
Mr.. Dawes--lftho gentleman will
do me the favor to cease his inundoes
and to answer EXPLICITLY my inter
rogatory, whether he does, here in
this place, as a member Of the House,
imputc to me such motive, he will do
me a favor and will do me Justice.
Mr., Scho6eld-lf the gentleman
from Massachusetts, will be legs ner-
vous, and will listen 20 what / have
TO say, he will understand exactly my
meaning. When | saw all this prep
aration, and when saw that tho gen
tleman roamcd over the whole Gov
ernment 20 find something obnoxious,
and that whom he had at last awakened
the Indignation Of the House against
everything that could be criticised in
all the Departments and when | saw
him gather up his hostility aud hurl
It at the bill, which only proposed 20
remove an old Navy yard to a new
one, the convention, | say, was almost
forced upon my mind that perhaps the
insinuation might have some founda-
tion, and that is all | was saying.
%hlf ANhthNid Nhth ihRStNNtA W
review these portions Of Mr. Dawes s
speech criticising the economical no
tions Of the Secretary Of tho Navy
aud Of the Postmaster General lie
would not pause 10 criticise the irrev-
crcnt illustration of the gentleman
from Massachusetts that this was a
"John the Baptist bill" II he chose
TO say that the bill bore tho same rcla.
tion to an appropriation that John
the Baptist bore TO the coming OF the
Saviour Of men 1t was bis own taste,
bnt Of course in the assignment OF
parts he took to himself the position
of llcrod-he was to decapiiate this
bill
Mr. Dawes said tho insinuaiion Of
the gentleman from Pennsylvania, on
which he based his speech, and which
failed to induce him either TO put IN
plain English or TO say distinctly iha,
he endorsed, if il had any meaning at
all, is equally an insult to the Speaker
of the House, to the Pennsylvania
delegation, and TO myself, aud has NO
Justification, as yon, Mr. Speaker
know. in any particular fact, nor ia