Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-22

| IL was not proper TO consider important meas
ure Of this kind with such small House Let it
so over until after the holidays He protested
against an attempt to press the bill through not
withstandirg the large number of absentees
F. Wood said he was ready to let the debate run
on. He had aequieseed in the desire OF the House
this morning in regard to that but he was unwill-
| ing to adjourn from day to day to give gentlemen
an opportunity to prepare speeches. The last aye
and no vote had shown that there was in the House
thirty more than quorum. While he could no; at
tempt to control the physical actions of any member
| he felt it his duty impress on the House, in
season and out of season. the gravity Of the ques-
tion, and its imperative necessity.
member OF the Committee on WAYS and Means
bore testimony to the fact that the Chairman of the
committee CHR. Wood) had done his duty, and moth
ing less than his duty, in pressing action on the bill
randall sal there was measure more import
ant, and he did not believe there was any member
that really desired prevent at this session eesla
ton on the subject. Congress must legislate and
it would legslate. The House was not bound to
wait for gentlemen who desired to speak by the
hour. 1t was their duty to he here and to avail
themselves of their privilege If not it
was their own fault, and public business
should not be delayed. He thought it desirable
that the House should proceed to consider the bill
under the five minute rule. There were provisions
to which he could not give his support He thought
the sum provided for could be re 3ueed TO 5000 0o0
o0o and the Secretary of the Treasury would find,
after careful examination, that Congress need not
| provide for more than that amcant h9nds Ii
would like 90 put auxiliary pow - into The
taking Of these boHds legislation which would
pei the national banks TO take the entire amount of
bonds required security for their circulation in
| per cent. bonds
! Weaver made humorous speech. raignirg the
Democratic party for Inconsistency the financial
| question, and stating that that party in its State
| and national platforms encamped every four years
on the ground where the Republicans had eneamped
four years before
! He was frequently interrupted by Warner, Finley,
Bland and Others and his replies to them were re-
ceived with laughter on the Republican side.
Ryan defended the Democratic party from the
charge of inconsistency and retaliated that charge
on Weaver and the Greenback party
Bland inquired for what candidate Weaver had
voted in 1876
! Weaver-For Rutherford B. Hay es, and am sorry
for it.
Bland replied to Weaver's speech in which he said
that that gentleman had shown his animus by at
tacking the Democrats, the only friends which that
gentleman had in the House. loud laughter
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 his actions then corresponded with his speech
to day.
Weaver tried to interrupt Bland, asserting that
| his statement was not true.
Bland declined to yield and went on, charging
Weaver with inconsistency and bad faith He as
serted that all the reform that had taken place
recently in financial matters had come from the
! Democratic party The Republicans might, by
assessments of ofice-holders and by corruption and
fraud succeed in putting down the grand old Demo-
cratic party which stood for the rights and liberties Of
the people, but OF later Iseveral Republicans
| later -" reform would come, not through the Re.
pubGcans or Greenbackers but through the Demo
Gratis. Applause the Democratic side of the
! House,
| Weaver replied 10 Bland and challenged him to
quote 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.I
| He had in that campaign arrligned the Republican
| party, and he arragned it to-day. He repudated
the idea OF having received sympathy from the
Democratic party during the campaign and said the
only evidence he had OF it was in the shape of
forged letter, published in the New York Star
| [Laughter.l
| Bland asked Weaver about his reputed interview
| during the campaign with Jay Hubbell, Chairman
| OF tine Congressional Republican Committee
| Weaver denied that any such interview had taken
place, ami charged the falsehood OF that story on
D. D. Lum, who he said, had sold out to both the
Republican and Democratic parties and both parties
we're cheated when they bought him Laughter.l
He not charge inconsistency on the Democratic
party ITSELF but on its eaders-on the men who ran
with the hounds and held with the hare. These
were the men whom he desired to hold up to public
condemnation as being unworthy to lead the oppo-
sitIon to the Republican party which sought to
fasten the country the British system Of perpet.
! ual debt
Sparks got th9 floor and alluded to a circumstance
that had occurred during the interruptions between
Weaver, Bland and others, in which Weaver had
used an offensive term to him THAT he was crazy).
He went on in a good -natured to excuse
the offensive remark as arising from q misunder.
standing on Weaver's part of what he (sparks) had
| said to call 1t out.
Weaver replied in the tone OF pleasantly
and good humor, declining to take offense at what
Sparks said, and intimatng that no one could ven
ture to insult him Intentionally by ascribing false
| hood to him without feeling the force of his
| (weavers) right Laughter and uproar.l
Sparks, or hearing the latter remark, changed his
tone from of pleasantly to one of anger, and
said, q spurn with contempt the reach OF his arm.
The reach of his would affect little it
affected the last Presidential election"
Weaver (still in jocuar tone) Well, that was
sufficient Does not the gentleman see that henever
ought open his mouth at all when he is excited
never, never. He spurns the reach of my arm
He can do in the temper I am in now
/ wouli not hurt hair of his head
Laughter.l His apology was ample, and 1
accept it, but l caution him against further use
of the term, "falsehood or lie." That in Ken
lucky is regarded, believe, equal to lick or
blow" and even if I was not large as a
mouse would assail any man who would apply a
term to me offeusvely The gentleman has alluded
to my weight, but l warn him that my fighting
weight is 1855 pounds IShouts OF aughterI
sparks-Does the gentleman say that / used the
word Z" fasehood
Weaver-So understood.
Sparks-oh, no; yours was certainly the first
| offensive word.
Weaver (still good-humoredy)- are all right
now.
| Sparks You misunderstood me- l say that you
were stating what not true, and that you were
wanting in the qualities OF gentlemen in your fail
ing to remedy it. Excitement and confuson.l
That all that there OF it, but it deyel-
oped at the last election that you wanted those
qualities.
Weaver (now thoroughly angered and excited L
denounce the gentleman personally a liar on the
| floor of the House
Sparks equally excited)-You are scoundrel and
a villain.
/ Weaver thereupon, amid great uproar, left the
place where heiwas standing and advanced menac.
ingly towards Sparks, who, in his turn, moved to-
ward Weaver; but both were Immediately sur
rounded by members, who prevented them from
getting to close quarters ard made them put on
their coats which each was in the act OF taking off
| as he advanced into the area.
OF course the greatest confusion and disorder pre-
vailed on the floor and in the galleries. but in the