Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-22


plies to them were received with laughter on
| the Republican side.
Mr.. Reagan defended the Democratic party
from the charge Of inconsistency.
Mr.. Bland inquired for what Presidential
candidate Weaver had voted in 1876?
| Weaver-For Rutherford B. Hayes and am
| sorry for it,
Bland-And you have good reason why.
| Uaughter).
| Discussion, which was very noisy and irreg-
| ular. drifted into the question as to RESPONSE
| biity for generalization and credit for remon-
citation of silver, the Democrats casting dis
credit on Republicans for the former and
| claiming for themselves credit for the latter.
Mr.. Regan asked Weaver to state categor-
| ically whether he was in faver of paying the
public debt in greenbacks.
Mr.. Weaver replied that the Greenback
party proposed not to violate any contract
existing between the government and bond
| holders.
Mr.. Regan-That is exactly what the Demo-
cratic party said after the passage of the bill
of 80.
Mr.. Buckner asked Weaver when he left the
| Republican party.
| Mr.. Weaver replied that he left in 1871 just
when the gentleman (Buckner) was stumping
his district in favor of substituting green
4 UdChS lOT HdtlOIdl Ddlh uOlCS.
| Mr.. Warner sent to the clerks desk and
had read paragraph from the independent
Republican platform in 1868 in favor of green
back currency and of paying interest on bonds
in legal money, where the bonds SO provided.
Mr.. Reed suggested that all parties acted
foolishly then, but that the Repub.
licans had the good sense to get right.
Bland replied to Weaver's speech, in which
| he said that the gentleman had shown his ami
mus in attacking the Democrats, the only
| friends that gentleman had had in the House.
! loud laughter on the Republican side) He
referred to the charge made against Weaver in
the last campaign, that he was acting in the
interest of the Republicans, and said that his
action then eorresponded with his speech of
to-day.
| Weaver tried to interrupt Bland. asserting
that his statement was not true. Bland de-
clined to yield, and went on charging Weaver
with inconsistency and bad faith. He asserted
that all reform that had taken place lately in
financial matters had come from the Demo-
| cratic party. Republicans might, by assess
ment of office holders, and by corruption and
| fraud succeed in putting down the grand old
| Democratic party which stood for the rights
and liberties of the people, but sooner OF later
| (sevcral Republicans, 'later'0 reform would
come, not through Republicans or Greenback-
ers, but through the Democrats. applause
| on democratic side of the House.)
Weaver replied to Bland and challenged him
| to quote one word that he (Weaver)had said in
| the last campaign in favor of the Republican
party Until he could do so he should shut
| up, (Laughter.( He had in that campaign
arraigned the party and he arraigned it to-
| day. He repudiated the idea of having re-
eeived sympathy from the Democratic party
| during the campaign and said the only evidence
he had of it was in the shape of a forged letter
! published in the New York Star and which he
| believed was in the same handwriting as the
Morey letter. Uaughter.)
Mr.. Bland asked Mr. Weaver about his re-
puted interview during the campaign with
Jay Hobbel, chairman of the Congressional
Republican committee.
Mr.. Weaver denied that any such interview
had taken place, and charged falsehood of that
story on n. D. Lum, who, he said, had sold
out of both Republican and Democratic parties,
and both parties were cheated when they
bought him. Uaughter.) He did not charge
inconsistency on the Democratic party itself,
but on its leaders; on the men who ran with
the hounds and held with the hare. There
were men whom he desired to hold up to pub
lie condemnation, as being unworthy TO lead
the opposition TO the Republican party, which
sought to fasten on the country the British
system of perpetual debt
Mr.. Sparks got the floor and alluded to the
circumstance that had occurred during the
interruption between Weaver, Bland and 9TH
ers, i'll which Weaver had used an offensive
term to him; that he was "crazy." He went
on in good natured manner to excuse the Of
fensive remark as arising from misunder
standing on Weaver's part of what he (Sparks)
| had said to call it out.
Weaver replied in the same tone of pleasant
| ry and good humor, declining TO take offense
atwhat Sparks had said, and intimating that
| no one could venture to insult him intention
| ally by ascribing falsehood to him without
feeling the force of his (Weaver's) right arm
| daughter and uproar.)
Mr.. Sparks, on hearing the latter remark,
| changed his tone from one of pleasantly to
| one of anger, and said, II spurn with CON
| tempt the reach of his arm" The react of his
| arm would effect one as little as it affected in
| the last Presidential election.
Mr.. Weaver (still in jocular. ne)-Well,
| that was sufficient. Does not the gentleman
| see that he ought never to open his mouth at
| all when he is excited, never, never He
| spurns the reach of my arm, he can do SO. In
| the temper am in now he can do so. would
| not hurt hair of his head Qaughter.) His
| apology was ample and accept it, but | eau
| tion him against further use of the term false
hood or lie, that in Kentucky is regarded, l
believe, as equal to kick or blow, and even
| If l was not as large as mouse, would as
| sail any man who would apply such term
| Extensively. The gentleman has alluded to my
| weight, but | warn him that my fighting
weight is 1S5 pounds. Shouts Of laughter.)
Mr.. Sparks-Docs the gentleman say that 1
used the word .falsehood?
Mr.. Weavcr-So understood.
Mr.. sparks-Oh, no. Yours was certainly
the first offensive word.
Mr.. Weaver-(Still good humoredlyl. We
are all right now.
Mr.. Sparks-You misunderstood me, said
you were stating what was not true, and you
were wanting in the qualities of gentleman in
your failing to remedy it. Excitement and
confusion.) That was all there was of it, but
it was developed at the last election that you
wanted those qualities.
Mr.. Weaver (now thoroughly aroused nd
cxcited) denounce the gentleman personal ly
as liar on the floor of the House
Sparks-(E Equally excted)-You arc scoun-
drel and william.
I Weaver thefeupon, amid great aproar, left
the place where he was standing and advanced
menacingly toward Sparks, who, in his turn,
moved toward Weaver, but both were imme-
diately surrounded by members, who prevented
them from getting to close quarters, and made
them put on their coats, which each was in the
act of taking off as he advanced into the arena.
Of course the greatest confusion and disorder
prevailed on the floor and in the galleries, but
| in the midst of it the speaker took the chair
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