Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-11
WAR; WARll wAR!I!
Our Hsseiton taking aHand-shooting Back.
wards and Frontwsrds.

Our Hsselton taking q Hsnd-shootIng Back.
wards and Frontwards.
Last Friday there was an apathet
ic spell in the House ct Washington.
There were not enough members
present to run COMMITTEE of the
whole" After an advance step with
a 100000 printing bill Mr.. Hazel.
ton and a Mr.. war6er, of Ohio,
broke the s,illoess with the follow
ing:
Mr.. HsZeltoD, rising to correct the
record, stated that last night he re-
piled TO q speech made by the gen.
tleman from Ohio (Warner), in
which that gentleman had alluded
to pensioner of the government
IS "hospital pimp." On looking
at the record this morning he found
that the portion of the speech to
which be had replied had been
stricken out. Laughter lie
would not have referred to the cir
cumstauee but for the fact that it
was the custom of the gentleman
from Ohio to strike out portions oil
his speeches. He (HsGelton) had
made three or four speeches and
they had gone home; but the OBJ.
jections to which they replied hav-
ing been removed by the party
himself, his constituents could not
appreciate them. [Laughter.1 He
had obtained manuscript copy oil
the notes of the official reporters
and he desired to have the record
corrected in conformity with it.
Mr.. Warner said that he had moi
had time to refer to the notes of the
speech of the gentleman from Wis
consin (HazeltoD), but he was GER
tain (and number of gentlemen
agreed with him) that some change
at least had been made in tha,
speech.
Mr.. Hszslton-Not word by me
Mr.. Warner said that he had usec
the words "hospitaI pimps," which
he had desired at the time to ask
might be stricken out, but now tina,
the matter was brought up he was
inclined to think that his speech, al
he had made it, was best. In strik
ing it out, however, he had done
nothing more than was done 3y
every member of the House.
Mr.. Hazalton expressed his will
lingness to have the official report
era state whether he had made the
slightest change in his speech. HI
was satisfied that the gentleman
from Ohio knew when he made tht
insinuation (for he was not brave
enough to charge it openly that b,
had altered his speech, that he bac
never changed one word or letter o
the reporters notes. Furthermore
this wac an old trick of the gentle
man from Ohio. Whenever tina
gentleman had made a declaratio,
which had been replied to, and b,
had not liked the reply or characte
of what he had stated, he had in tn,
night time, in his secret chamber
struck out what was Objectionable
to himself, leaving the reply naket
and bald as mountain top. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Warner--I deny that, abso
lutely, and the gentleman canno
undertake to refer to single cas-
of the kind. | denounce that as
falsehood here and now.
Mr.. Hazelton-For which | viii
hold the gentleman responsible.
A Republican Member - Oh
don't, Mr.. Hazelton. Not with dag
gers and coffee and pistols" [Lout
laughter
Mr.. Warner denied that he haC
applied the term "hospital pimps'
to pensioners Of the. g9yeTpmasslpet
claimants before Congress. If tn
gentleman from Wisconsin though
to Brighten him he was mistake en-
He (Warner) knew very we'll tina
the gentleman had never been il
the army that he had been as clos,
to the Canada border as he ooulC
get, and that he remained so far il
the rear as to be beyond the roar o
the loudest cannon. Laughter.1
Mr.. Hazelton-I am not surprised
that the gentleman stands on thi
floor to blow his own trumpet fo
what he did in the war. AS nea
as | find it. he was wounded early
sought pension early, and tn
wound for which he receives tina
pension is in his back. Loud langb
ter
Mr.. Warner-There is no better
evidence of coward
The Speaker-The chair thinks
that this is out of order.
Mr.. Warner (continuing)-Than
that he should shoot soldier in th,
back. That is the only way b,
shoots. / do not propose here t
proclaim my own deods. | refe,
this house and the country to th.
record made on the battlefield, il
campaigns aud in camp. from th,
beginning of the war to the end.
refer the gentleman to the PENN,
suls, to South Mountain, to Ante
tam, where | suffered as severely a.
any man in that battle. No mar
suffered more aud lived than | did
| refer him TO the reports of mi
superior officers. A gentleman who
stayed at home, who il willing and
has no better spirit than to come
here to assail tho record of q soldie,
OF which be knows nothing, de.
serves the character | have giver
him.
Mr. Hszslton-DId you not assai
my manhood, and charge me with
being in Csnada2 Lar Shter.1
The matter here dropped, and the
House adjourned till Monday.
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