National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-05

Whole matter and 20 on with the bill that you are
80 anxious about, then take up the appropriation
bills, pass them and 20 home and give the eoun-
NJ g.e Cox here sent to the clerks desk and had
read an extract from the Record giving the re-
q Mr. % ~ the %ss snd sSsn
ran about shaking himself and smirching the
clothes Of people, and after all the
cur REMAINS A DIRTY DOG.
Mr.. cox why did not the House eensure that?
Mr.. HALE. Bscauseit did mot demand . CEN
Mr.. COX. Now let the Clerk read Mr.. Will
SONS reply.
nMr. WILSON. Mr.. Speaker, We have Just had
q me exhibition OF the dirty dog"
Mr.. HALE said he had offered his resolution
Of censare and demanded the previous question
because he thought there was no necessity ior oe-
bate after what had occurred. He believed that
Should BE- ADOPTED. He doubted the Right to az
pei for this cause and besides, 1t would require
tWo-thirds vote TO do Il; but he would say 70 his
colleague Mr.. Coxl that It was rather ungrs.
cious and unmsnly to thus bring In BY way OF
cefsure circumstances that had occurred atthe
Mr. ELpREDGE. ask the gentlsmaa from
New York II in that ,'purp" expression he did
not refer to the gentleman from Indiana, Mr..
Mr.. HALE replied that he could not be drawn
into sHering that question
Voices on the Democratic side. You know you
did but you 'prevaricated." e. CD. .
Mr.. DAWES inquired Of Mr.. BRowH If he de-
sired to De heard before q vote was taken on the
MI. BECK, Of KY, said that Mr.. Brown did
desire TO speak but his friends desired that Mr..
LAMAR might be heard on the subject arst.
Mr.. HALE, Of Me-, was then recognised and
said he was not at ali surprised by the language
used by the gentleman from Kentucky, and he
expected in the next Congress to hear much more
Of q like character and hear It applied not only
to the gentleman from Massachusetts, but to all
the honored names that came out Of the late
war. The gentleman was assaiIed because in the
war he had used q strong hand and not 3 feeble
hand. But because the gentleman from Ken
lucky has cast reproaeh pom member OF the
to act Unexpectedly, because the language used
had been Incorporate. Mr.. DAWES had said the
member WoGie CONSIDER SSensuLe 1eco o ISb
thing when administered in the presence Of Amer
lean Representatives.
This House must not consider what the member
might think Of the punishment melted out to him.
If expelled he will come back here with largely
increased majority: If other gentlemen thought
constituency than he (Mr. HALE) had. How any
gentleman could consider a censure pronounced
BY the Speaker of this House light thing passed
q majority vote. He feared they could not get the
necessary tHo-third vote to expel.
Mr.. HALE, of N. Y, here read from the Record
the remarks which Mr.. BRowN commenced yes
terday, to show that he had then
PREPARED THE VERY SPEECH
for which he was now called to an account.
Mr.. LAMAR, of Miss, said he was afraid that
the majority Of the House, acting under the innn-
ence fpassion and irritation, were about to com;
nit an act they would regret when reason resumed
its lawful sway. He wanted to be candid, and
sSy nj
Of yesterday, had committed violation oil the
rules. But how often has offensive language
passed unrebuked on this floor2 The gentleman
from New York, Mr.. HALE,l for whom he had
the greatest respect under an irritation which ne
(Mr. LAHAR) could excuse, had used an epithet
at which he was surprised, and the retort came
back with marked bitterness For one he tried
to avoid all personal illusions but he desired to
| call attention to like occurrences in the past.
who does mot remember how, a few years ago the
gentleman from Massachusetts Mr.. BUrLXRl
| charged q distinguished gentleman from Ohio,
with having been guilty Of q judicial murder in
| the
He recolIected the retort Of that gentleman, Mr..
BinTbSm.i 1t has burned into his memory. Il
/ was that the remark would come from no one but
/ q man who was imprisoned in q bottle and fed
| with q spoon. He did not allude to this matter
to revive unpleasant recollentions, but to call at
tention to language that was frequently used here
MT, DAWES. Does not the gentleman think
| It about time TO stop that sort Of Languages?
Mr.. LAMAR. do, but the objection should
have been interposed when the Republican side
Mr.. LAMAR then proceeded to relate a per.
| sonal scene in the House few years ago between
n mSp DonpsIIy Of Minnesota This, he said
was the first time that invectiVe language In dc
bate has been objected to, and an attempt made
to throttle one Of the antagonists. majority, nc
supposed could use their power to censure, but II
would be q punishment more singing than
blow.
and thought 1t one to demand to some extent I
| stern answer. He then alluded to the charg'
that Mr. Brown had Prs7aTleatsd and that ~ |.
At the time the SPEAKER asked the question TIT
speaker had not made reference to any member
No matter what he had anticipated saying b.
nd mt aanhed ha mint of saving IL and there
fore the speakers answer was premature.
| 3 Mr.. BROWN said it was the first time he ha'
ever been charged with evasion or preVarication
| He had always been accustomed to speak In plail
terms. and he would stand by the record to Yindi
cate his intention of giving truthful answer .
MI. DAWES. Have you any remarks to max
on the character Of the Language you used?
Mr.. BROWN. I stand BY the record.
aware Of any heat or excitement on his part. Hi
relations to his colleague MT. BUTLERl had nc
been such that any one would suppose that
test Of words, as was we'll known, his collesgu
was able to take care Of himself and to give any
body good as they sent . 1G 3 SSs
league that these proceedings were now going OF
The gentleman from Mississippi did not seem
appreciate the
GRAVITY OF THE OCCASION.
He shows that such occurrences were not unfr'
0uent here and he (Mr. H. agreed with him; bu
It was time that they should be stopped. If notl
! ing more had occurred than the use Of rude laI
guage, Mr.. Brown might have been called
} order, and would have sat down, and the Houi
would have treated 1t differently; but when
, member prepares his speech in advance, and p:
, already drawn an analogy which is supposed
: refer 10 some member, and upon being calle
upon by the SPEAKER gives an evasiye answe
: | II he did so, that is another thing. When u
t SPEAKER asked him If he was referring to a men
Der the gentleman was aware that the SPEAKS
did not allude to the words Scotland"
"Burke." But he was detailing CHARACTERISTIC
and finally coupled them with the name Of
member. 1t was then, It Is alleged, he prevaT
= Gated. If he did so the question was whether
| was proper that he should associate with gentl
!; men on this floor. He knew the manliness an
= character Of the people of Kentucky, and
man who would preyaricate and faisily even
: get through with personal attack.
D Mr. LAMAR desired to have read an extra
from the Record in relation to q colloquy IN
J; had occurred between General BUTLER and u
Mr.. DAWES objected. He saw no necessity
d MI. LAMAR. Then will say of the gsntl
man from Massachusetts-(after some hesit
tiO1TnT win not say what was W tb gOrg 70 sa
from Massachusetts about evasion and preTarie
ton did not require
EITHER COURAGE OR COURTESY TO MAKE.
. Mr.. E. R. HoAR. To which gentleman fro
. Massachusetts do you refer. To myself or ID
Mr.. LAMAR. do not doubt either your COZ
age or courtesy. But you remarked that the ge
| tleman nom KENTUCKY n3Q LAlslu6Q-
]; Mr.. E. r. HOAR denied that he had said |
2 He qualified hts remark, and said 'if' the &c
q tleman had fslsihed. That Is q matter for
Z House to pass upon.
. MT. LAMAR. Then withdraw the remar
y and beg the gentleman's pardon.
!. Mr.. WOOD, Of N. Y, regretted that the &c
J tlemen from Kentucky should have made use
4 the remark he had In the hurry and exctteme
y of debate. He also regretted the resOlutio
!. offered by Mr.. HALE and Mr.. DAWES. It wa
a grave question whether this House could depri
= any constituency Of a representative on this no
u And why do you propose to do 1t In this case?
at least It was an Incorporate utteranee made
the course of an excited debate. The exeiteme
/. of the last two weeks has wrung from certa
a gentlemen expressions which have
It CAUSED THE MOST BITTER FEELINGS.
y Every days session witnessed disorder and int
N perate language Of (which no note was taken.
" submitted whether It vas in the power OF {
Il House to expel member even for disorderly O
n duct.
"a M. ELDREDGE, OF Wis, said the scenes
A. to-day must carry members, who have been ht
4 for ten or twelve years, back TO other days,
~ element such as they had now seen had De
8 seen here before. Evaporation had exhibit
n itself In many instances. Herememoered one
N casion when, after an appropriation bill had j.
- been defeated, the chairman Of the Appropr
n ton Committee had turned to his party frier
- | and remarked that the bill had been ntobled
= pieces by pismires and kicked to death by era
- | hoppers- Every body knew to whom he reterr'