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is concerned. Will you repudiate Blackburn?
Down with the devil born amendments. Down
with centralism and it's hints of the crown and
sceptre. Down with the pictures of Lincoln
and the scoundrels who surrounded him in the
battle days of 1o6l-65. Down with every anti
Democratic idea and idol. These are the watch
words for 1880. -

Democratic idea and idol. These are the watch
words for 1880. F."
MR.. BLACKBURN's REJoINDER.
Mr.. Blackburn having come down from the
chair during the reading of the article, said, in
an excited manner: Mr.. Chairman-If this be
not the first time have been forced to COM
plain of unfairness at the hands of my friends
on the other side, it is certainly the first time
have ever been compelled to make such COM
plant against the gentleman from Maine. 1
have but this to say: regret that every re-
curing day brings up some personal assault,
which, it seems to me, fair dealing, honesty Of
construction, and ordinary manhood would re-
pudiate. With each recurring day, find my
self forced to repel some misconstruction given |
by some members of the House to language |
uttered by me in the shape of garbled quota |
lions, or else unwarranted, unfair, |
unnatural construction placed upon somebody |
elses language by members of that side of the
House So far as the newspaper article which
the gentleman from Maine has read to the |
House is concerned, care nothing for it, for
that paper is contribution from Ohio to Mis-
sissippi, and simply repeats the unfair, ungen-
erous and untruthful effort that was made here
yesterday to misrepresent me. l care nothing
for its utterances. But when the gentleman
from Maine seeks to add his high authority to
the Injustice done me by the editor of that in
consequential sheet, it then becomes more Sc
rious matter, then group the paper and the
gentleman from Maine together. and say to
this committee and the country, that it occurs
to me they are we'll mated. The one is as I'M
fair as the other is illiberal and crazy.
sPARRING.
Mr.. Frye-The one was colonel in the confed-
crate service, and not carpet-bagger from
Ohio. The was the peer of the gentleman
from Kentucky in that service in the South.
Of the other have nothing to say. applause
on the Republican side.)
Mr.. Blackburn (who had by this time moved
into the area in front of the Speakers chair,
and who stood there surrounded by many
Democratic members)-But have this to say
of the other. He seems to be more perfectly
familiar with the history, antecedents and mer-
its of the adventurer than I care to be.
Whether he served in that army or the other is
a matter of no concern to me. simply desire
to repeat that in the article which the gentle
| man has read, complimentary to me, as he
chooses to term it, in order to twist it to parti-
| san purpose, he perpetrate,1 an act of gross IN
| justice, to which the gentleman from Maine, to
my utter amazement, has sought to lend his
| high authority.
Mr.. Frye-I did this and nothing more l
heard the speech of the gentleman from Ken
| lucky when it was made on this floor, as taken
down by the Associated Press reporter, and sent
all over this country, and say had not
| scintilla of doubt that the construction which
this paper has put on that gentleman language
would be put on it in the South. If that gen.
|
| House which the Associated Press at the time
could declare to be what it did declare it to be,
and which the Okalona States from dispatch
| in the Associated Press could declare in its joy
to be what its heart desired it to be, then it is
not that has to be called to account for any
thing have repeated to this House. say it
is my right and it is
NOT uLIBERAL Oh UNJUST
to the gentleman from Kentucky for me to
! &lo Io hut tho
words of this paper published in Mississippi,
endorsed as it is by scores and scores Of papers
in the South, believe. I intended no injus-
tice to the gentleman from Kentucky. I say in
| my heart and from utterances which I have
seen in the papers South, I believe if the gen.
tleman from Kentucky had uttered this
floor the very words spoken by that paper, no
more, no less, he would have commended him
self to nine out of every ten Democrats south
of Mason and Dixon's line.
| Mr.. Davidson-You do injustice to all of us.
Mr.. Blackburn wish the gentleman from
Maine to understand The issue distinctly.
STAND BY THE RECORD
made in this House, and wish himself and his
colleagues would act as fairly. The words
which uttered stand reported on the record,
and say that there 40 dispatch by tie As
ISOLATED Press which warranted the garbling to
which my utterances have been subjected to by
gentlemen on the other side, and by that ennis
sary who sent among my people. What
inducements were offered to that emissary tc
make his home among people whom he persis-
family seeks to misrepresent, am not prepared
to say. Possibly the gentleman from Maine
can tell you whether
FORCED CONTRIBUTIONS
levied upon department clerks and on govern
ment employees constitute the motive which
led him to the work which seems to answer Sc
good purpose, do not know. applause and
clapping of hands on the Democratic side).
do not take issue with the gentleman from
Maine when he says that man is my peer, o
> was once. That may or may not be.
Mr.. Frye, interrupting-Your peer in the
I army.
MIR. Blackburn-But only mean to say this
that in the matter of the injustice done ant
Misrepresentation made, he has not show
: himself superior to the gentleman from
Maine to-day. applause on the Democrat
= side)
MIR. Mckinley here came into the controver
sy and asked MIR. Blackburn whether the speec
> of the latter had appeared in this record as
- had EN- delivered.
= MIR. Blackburn replied that it had with n
! substantial alteration. He repeated fe,
words that had been added, and which he sait
. rather weakened than strengthened the word
i actually uttered.
Mr.. Mckinley then asked whether the pam
phlet copy of Mr.. Blackburns speech did no
- ! vary from JQe record report OF IL IN the sen
y tence alluded to.
u Mr.. Blackburn said the word ''only'' ha
q been inserted in the pamphlet copy, but sal
~ he had really not revised the reporters notes
He retorted on Mr.. Mckinley by asking whett
er he had not revised his speech of yesterday
= Mr.. Mckinley replied he had, whereupon ther
i was triumphant clapping of hands and laugh
!, ter on the Democratic side.
- MIR. Blackburn then asked Mr.. McKinle,
g why it was that when yesterday the charge 0
q deliberate act of injustice had
y BEEN HURLED IN HIS TEETH
a. he had refused to allow the colloquy to g
10 into his speech.
d MIR. Mckinley replied ''the two things wer
,e side by side in the Record this morning." an
offered Blackburn the privilege of publish1n
Is his (McKinley's) speech with his blackburn
explanation.
4 MIR. Blackburn saracastcally thanked NJ
g. Kinley for the offer, but declined it on tt
az ground he blackburn. would not be benefte
by the association. Mr.. Mckinley returne
the compliment by asserting that the count1
20 would not be benefited by such association.
~ Mr.. Blackburn in conclusion expressed tt
g. hope there would now be an end to this mise
10 able wrangling. He never complained of
e. manly blow struck from the front but only
r an unmanly stab delivered in back. Th
e. discussion here terminated and Blackburn r
O. sumed his place as chairman of the committe
lie PRICE APOLOGIES.
ne Mr.. Price dfsblaimed any idea of giving Ri
,n s to the exciting scene which had just take
e. place by any remarks which he had made, an
i'd he proceeded to argue against the repe
ct of the election laws. The Republican part
lg had been charged with all sorts of crime. Or
n gentleman from Mississippi had told the Hou
y, that the Republican party was dead ar
no damned. Well, it must be admitted to be tt
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