The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-06-28
A SALTY SPEECH.
UNCLE JIMMY AS A HUMOR-
IST.
Foster of Ohio Attempts a Little
Fun at the Expense of
Blue Jeans, and Gives
Himself Away.
RADICAL ECONOMY.

quirer gives the following graphic picture
of a scene in Congress. in which Uncle
Jimmy Williams took part, defending the
Democratic blunders in favor OF economy.
We imagine that the next time Foster OF
Ohio wishes to make a sheer at anything
occurring in the House he will look else
where than to the old Indiana farmer. The
correspondent speaking of Foster says:
The pretended friend of reform, retrench-
ment and economy, he has persistently, in
the committee on appropriations ana in
the House, fought every measure or re-
trenchment, and every bill that proposed
to reduce a salary. This is the kind OF a
reformer Charley Foster is. When the
legis alive bill came up he tried to manu-
| Iacture a little buncombe for campaign
uses in bis own district, by moving To fix
the salaries of senators and members at
g 700 year. This amount is all Charley
| thinks he is worth year, and he didn'G
think any member of Congress worth any
more than himself. Foster has persistently
| fought all attemL ts to repeal the resumption
| act. He has not cast a single vote this win
| ter in the interests OF the people. After
moving to cut down his salary to 81 200 a
year, he proved himself consistent re-
former the other day by Offering resolu-
/ ton to provide for buying lemonade and
iced tea for fstigued congressman at the
government expense. This little item
alone has cost the people $4,000 in the last
dozen years. Forty thousand dollars to
| keep Republican Congress in lemonade
ana iced teal Old Blue Jeans Williams
said this was noDssnse-nsy, mora, ron
berry. He couldn't sea why the peoples
| money should De spent for such purposes.
He couldn't find anything in the cousti-
tuition that authorized bar at the expense
of the people, and he concluded, as the
times were hard, that he would save his
amount to the treasury. For this he in
cured Mr.. Fosters Oriental contempt.
WHERE THE SHEER CAME IN.
Yesterday the president sent a message
to the House calling attention to the sp-
proach OF the end OF the fiscal year, and
the empty state of the treasury. Debate
ensued upon the message. the Republicans
insisting that the Democrats were respon-
sible for the deadlock between the House
aud the Senate, and the Democrats return
ing the compliment. Sunset Cox took q
hand in the fray and said, among other
good things: 1.-The people do not want those
economists who are all the time extravs-
CANT and who never go forward in the
work of cutting down expenditures, men
who, like some upon the other side of the
House-thank God they are very few
think they are starving because they do
not wear purple and fine linen and fare
sumptuously every dsv." Here he was in
terrupted by Charley Foster, who lsDguid-
ly turned his good-natUred face toward
old Jimmy Williams seat and sneeringly
said: "Blue Jeans" It was very funny,
and Charley Foster laughed and some
other Republicans joined him. Sunset
said: "It would be very happy thing II
more persons, both Republicans and Dem
ocrsts, wore homespun. IL would be q
good thing If the government itself wore
more homespun. Laughter But what
L ann referring to Is not so much what you.
put on as how you behave. Laughter
and spplause.] / do not care how my
frien0 from OHIO is dressed; respect hin;
L suspect he is
ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN,
perhaps in royal English brosdcloth, upon
which he has fixed high tariff. Laughter
1 am too near sighted to see just how he
is dressed, but the reporters will get it.
suspect that my friend is trying to affect
some votes in Ohio and Indiana in our
favor; sometimes suspect him, owing to
some spssms OF goodness, as having little
leaning to our side OF the house. l am
glad he hes made this reference to an
honest, plainly dressed man, who has, as
chairman OF accounts, been taking care of
our accounts so honestly, and when he
goes before the people of Indiana to give
a other account as their man for Governor
they will take good care of him. Zap
plsuss. To this Mr.. Foster did not reply.
He saw that he had made a mistake. He
was sure he had made q mistake when Cox
finished, and six feet and three inches OF an
old-fashioned man. clad in jeans, swk-
wsrdly doomed up in the background. It
was old Jimmy Williams about to make
his first speech, and expectation was on
tip-toe. Members hurried to their seats;
all faced the gallant old farmer; the CALLER
les were silent, and every ear was strained
to catch his first words. The record shows
what follow in
THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES.
MUsH AND LOGIC.
Mr.. Williams of Indiana-Mr. Speaker,
have been here some four or five months
silent listener to the debates. / have er-
deavored to do my duty as a member here
In supporting such measures as / thought
right and proper. But this debate, like
many others, reminds me very much of a
circumstance which took place about the
first year Indiana was a state. Late one
evening" in November a gentleman wss
seen to rein up his horse at the door of a
cabin on the road. He inquired whether
ne could stay over night. Inc lanoiady,
who appeared at the door, replied, eyes,
sir, If you will put up with such fare as we
can give you" The gentleman readily
sssented, tor he was none of your z ,stern
gentlemen; he belonged to the West.
Lsughter.1 Soon after the landlord ap.
peared and took his horse and put him up.
The landlady show ed him into a room used
as psrior. sitting room, dining room aud
kitchen. The man was seated before
| a pleasant fire, It being the latter part
Of November, and over the fire hung
a pot OF boiling water. The lsndlsdy soon
ca me in sgsin with pan OF corn meal and
commenced stirring 1t into the hot water,
pouring it in with one hand and stirring
1t with the other until she got it to a
proper consistency for what we call in the
Western country, musb. Laughter
A Member-Ob, yes; we know what
| that IL. Laughter.
Mr.. Williams of Indiana-She then
throu In Soma colt onH aouo onofhar