Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-17

facts. The Speaker had shown him the
/ resolution and said he should bechair-
man OF the committee. He replied,
s'I will be damned if / will. lGreat
| laughter. / will have nothing to
| do with it." / am sorry 70 DC oDIlged
to use the word here, and apologize
| for it, but when / am asked TO Detray
my associates, with whom had
acted in caucus, it seemed very good
one to meet the eXigeney. Laughter. ]
He believed the Speaker suggested to
Mr.. Cox, OF New York, the point Of
order against the caucus bill.
Cox-That is not true.
Mr.. Butler replied that he did not
say it was true, but believed it at the
time. because he saw the Speaker
comforting with a Democratic owner OF
rich coal fields, as he was trying to
get the Democrats to support the res
olutiOn.
BIaine-I was in favor Of the repeal
of the coal tariff, and the gentleman
was not.
Butler-I say again, for the ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain.
/ name the Speaker; rise to explain.
Laughter.
Mr.. Butler proceeded to say that he
knew what was coming and he knew
he could do nothing against the resO-
luton. The Speaker had cOntrived it
and it was forced through by the in
fiuence of the Speaker on the floor and
in the chair, with the aid of Demo
cratic votes. He exercised his right
to address, in a public letter, in a
newspaper and in a pamphlet his
associates in explanation OF his
position. He had replied to Mr..
Kelly in temperate language.
Mr.. Kelly-I spoke not only for my
self but for the great body Of prOtec-
tiOnists in this House, who were
wrOnged by the statement of the gen
tlemen as the vote will show.
Mr.. Butler-Nery well; only hope
that / have done those gentlemen no
wrong because l thought if they want
ed to put before US coal and
salt and iron, instead Of drawing
OutEthe iron that is entering into
the souls of our friends at the South,
they were exceedingly wrong. All
this abuse of me, and this getting
thus exceedingly wrathy by the
Speaker against me, does not harm
and will not frighten anybOdy-it will
not hurt anybody. Calling names will
do no harm to me here or in the cOun-
try. If / could be killed by being
called hard names, / should have died
long ago. Laughter. l have with
stood rOugher tongues than that one
Just Wagged against me. l have seen
abuse with more ingenuity, but not
vg,,-o u,,a1Sc-ufFvv loVrrohaR Of mo unn
l have survived; and l will survive
after the Speaker of the House has
filled the Presidential chair,
very long. He arraigned the
Speakers ruling, which admitted
ignorance of parliamentary law, but
said, Il thank God 1 know no more
about it than l do; because L see how
il affects the mans mind who has
made it a study; but / do think that
if the Speaker had been half as anx-
iOus for the passage of this bill to pro-
tect people in the South, as he was for
the land grant measure passed from
the Speakers table last session, it
would have become a law ere this"
Mr.. Blaine-Will the gentleman
specify what?
Mr.. Butler-Oh! pretty much all Of
them.
Blaine-I do not think it worth
while to say anything more than that
it is simply and only a gratuitOus
calumny. A number Of members
spoke briefly upon the resolution.
Mr.. Maynard would do his duty as
a member of the committee.
Mr.. Shallabarger asked to be ex-
cused on account of i'll health.
Mr.. Blair, of Michigan, chairman of
the Republican caucus, said the un-
deTstandiDg was that every gentle
man might support what was best for
the country, without considering him
self bound by the bill framed in the
caucus.
Mr.. Garfield objected to and criti-
cised Buffers card.
Kelly, Shellabarger, Burdett, Butler
and COrburn, were seveTally excused
from service on the committee.
Mr.. Stevenson, member of the
COmmitte, said he would stand by his
ground.
The House adjourned.