National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-13
GEN. CHIPMAN'S SPEECH.
Mr.. RoosNurs slAuutRs ANSWERED.


VI '"' inh'""nS 'o"-
Hr'ss"'"h-The Actual Indebtedness OF
the DIstrict-T,onnte,. vt.,tt.,,to,, .r
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We qye below The re,iv NJ oanoroi s,,tr,,,,
made IN the Touss Of :, on o
Jay TO the charges made by Mr.. Roosevelt
aBAlhHt tue bOaru OF Public Works:
Mr.. Chapman. I shall endeayor TO JetaIn the
House but very few mInnteS II h moi n,Y NM
pose - occupy the half hour which have hcen
accorded by the gentleman from pennsyIyania
shall only follow the gentleman from New YORK
INT. Roosevelt In the statements regard AZ 81.
sential TO he trayeraet, and leave his sneech and
my own, recently made, which fully covered the
whole subject to take their course and meet
their own results as to charge and rpfutatibn'
I do not admit that the ornIieman trn,o Ns,,,
York comes here with such clean hands mai bc il
entitled to set IN a standard Of moraI cnndnrr IN
the District. No man shall cry ont in Washing
ton, "Tammany No, r." while Mailing a ceptia.
cate OF ONCE given him by the decree Of ~ Tam
many No. Ia man so shameless that he has
me aniaclty 70 admit that he was not elected by
the votes Of the people Of his district, hut was
counted In by power which he then had neither
the virtue nor courage to resist. II II moi, Mr.,
ha,lrinhn, Satan rebuklng sin to witness this ex.
hihitlOn OF the gentleman
=. NOW, MT, Chairman, the gentleman from New
YORK asaalla In brutal manner the personal
character Of men IN this District who arc his
peers. Inc particular officcr whom he singles
out has struggled here In this community from
chlldhoodi he Is known to thousands, and he
sthh i nere WIN as good character In all those
qnAntes which make M manhood, as that Of
any man upon this noor. He Ia seii.madc, il il
true, but he Ia one OF those men for whom nature
has done more than wealth, blood, or any other
lnnuence can DO for some men might mention
rms man win MS associates Ia now attempting
70 make " ashlnRtOn city something that II has
not Deen " the years that are pasta NJ real
,en,o ,oa tnu o. great people But, SIR
AMI y seems now that there Is IN nyenueEI Will
n.y. mOn say sswer1that there y an avenue In this
~ "ni.n 'he comblnel Influences Of
tne Opposltlon, their ISLANDERS, their misrepre-
schtnuons, lneit insane hostility TO everything
MnCh ehus TO the good OF the District, may be
Po en ~ nete, anu nc employed to defeat what
lacEaIu ny tue pAtflour efforts OF these public
o'ncerN. -
In. Inc genteman from New York speaks Of
I,nuu anu MISREPRESENTATION and says that these
S'eis W ny htsnptlnR 10 deceive the House. lie
m, ny Ponie1 OUT one single instance where
.nh' nas peeh done; LOOK at the report which
,heIr Scno,, y, cranoir r WoIks has made, Take
~ a., w,h eNsnne y, AMI iet the board stand
,on a VIII ", axe tnal PORTION which the gen.
uenlan ctlllclses so severely, that which gives
,he estimates OF the contracts which were made
ments pnaI Jecia " ~, out mese improve
ii. , nhu neciare mat no man not absolutely
olnu MIN nsIeu Anu prejudice VIII fall TO see
reIuth,io ~. o. the genticmans charges. Let me
connns,ian iiouse tnat we real question Ia that
Molks represent 70 Congress substantially the
AN1 p o' iheIr lndebteIness or their llabtles7
,il.,,s us ~ not new question. The gentleman
~ soon ~ opportunity offered, and call atten.
aun noM W tne TACT lhhI the gentleman falls to
ts,nns ~ p NJ Inan halI score o. misreptesen-
~, ~ W US specCn WHICH exposed. assume
.nht nc CAnhot explain, anu l shall not repeat
'nS aEuneh,'
vn,un' ~, l ahese that the b>ard Of Public
RspSrsr,,rr, ryr,n ,,,,,n-.,,.
,bi,, ~ ~, w iakIh iSnEhI6pSEsS
muiinIu,g' OF Nllhln very few thousand dollars,
, wn,yn rs near a. estimates can he made In
vel he gentie,nan w",,iS h we' w. o' worh aud