The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-07

4ue keulHmAu Hun 4uWA lAE' WehNeE.
talked about silver dollars, The argument
In favor Of procraetinating proceeded on
the doctrine in favor Of letting the
thing run on-the theory that the
peopls would be shocked and disgusted
that Congress should prefer to pay 5 OF
per cent to 8 per cent, and would,
alter q while, get something that cost
nothing 10 pay villainous bondholders, oil
whom he was not one, He was thoroughly
convinced that unless the banks were re-
| lieved OF tax 10 Rome extent, the per
cent bonds would literally fail, Hisprayer
for his country was that both parties
would take the financial question from the
political arena and decide 1t on its merits
decide II absolutely independent Of all
selfish motives oiOongressmen who iancied
they must be In favor ol plenty OF green
backs In order 10 get reelected. His
lyiend from Iowa [Gillettel looked as
II be would like TO know how he
[Ohittendenl had happened TO be defeat.
cd for Congress by Gresnbacker, and he
believed he would close his speech by
pulling out the record that beat him, He
had II here In his pocket producing his
poCket-book, from which he took printed
slips Of paper. He had not known the
gentleman who Wae to succeed him, he
had never seen him. He was 0 Baptist
clergyman, That was oil he [OhittendeDl
knew OF him until he heard that he was
elected, Laughter
This Government had protested against
the making Of hats In the State prison Of
New York, and there had happened To be
an association OF hAtters in the district
aud they nominated him for Congress
II had been considered joke, and
q regular Democratic candidate
had been nominated. The Democrats had
come 10 him Mr.. Chittenden] for aid TO
keep their man up, but he had said 10
them thathe would not give hall dollar
to keep their candidate In the field; that
he could afford TO be defeated, but he
could not afford to 90 back on the prinOi.
pies which had always governed him as
candidate for office. Then the Democratic
candidate had been Withdrawn. Now,
continued Mr.. Chittenden, standing In the
space In front OF the Speakers desk and
holding up g printed slip Of paper to the
view OF the members who were standing
Ia circle around him, on ths Friday be.
fore the election q newspaper In my dis.
trict charged me with being iree.trader.
Laughter The newspaper said explicit;
": "Mr. Uhittenden is . tree.trader and
voted on the 28.h Of March, 1873, with l22
Democrats" There you see what q man
gets for being in bad company Laugh
ter,
I'm FAVOR OF THE WOOD TARIFF BILL"
Itold the editors Of that paper that /
opposed the bill, and only voted to take 1t
up In order to get chance to oppose 1t;
that my friend, Mr.. HiscoCk here, a cop.
per.iastened protectioniSt, voted with me.
told him that II be referred TO my record
he would see that simply voted to fix
the day for the consideration Of the rove.
nue. measure, and that be might as hon.
esly have charged me with having shot
Abraham Lincoln as Of having favored that
bill, and left It with him to correct, or
not, aud he has never corrected 1t "a far aa
know. [Laughtet] The newspaper ar
tiCle, Mr.. Uhittendeu stated, charged him
not only with standing with the South on
the tariff, but standing With II when he
voted against the Civil Rights bill,
He bad vsted against II, and be
was clad Of il, TApplause,] 7The Solid
South" the article continued, "approves
his vote on the civil rights bill, and Great
Britain applauda his spseches and votes on
the tariff question. Laug hter,l Let us
uand to Congress man who all bis lie,
(He hoped that the next Speaker would
pay attention TO this aud know on what
committees to put his successor), has done
msnful service In the cause Of his human
rights, who represents the American doc.
trIne 81 protection 10 American indus
tries. That man ls," In very small type,
~, HYATT Smith," In very large type.
rLsughter1 This was 0 ridiculous tprni-
nation OF speech which he had begun in
serious earnestness. He hoped his sue.
cessor would be q good Representative.
He had been In the habit OF preaching
ifty times a year from . pulpit, and he
had recently said the House OF RepTesen'
tatiyes would hereafter be q part oi his
pulpit. tLaughter Meanwhile, In regard
10 this funding bilT, In honest belief that
II had much to do with the economic we'll.
fare, with the real prosperity and honor Of
this great natioB, ghich was today a
beacon light 10 all mankind, and which
promiSed In the near future to become ab.
6olutely the mopBroh Of the world, he
appealed To the House 10 push away par.
tlsau purposes aud come hp TO the aqes.
tion 40 fair, honest and worthy Represen-
istiyss OF lie greatest people On the earth,
tApplsuse /
Mr. Morrison sent 10 the Clerks desk
and had read an extract from Garheld's
lallsr nj apcaptance, In which he speaks
% nTtbs " ns%sr rnr nrSsnoy A beinV as national
a. the liz hap and sSvsE lITbs great proaper.
;,v III T nt ,hs country @ Shonld not Le enisnr.
oIoS ~ hv % onv viniant changes or or doTbtiSl
SnSncisl az Setimsnts.T M, McIane OBJ.
an"I naSnS ~ u III ha;na no,sradsJ thare vas
poseu sne uu'' oe'ns po,o"1.u 'nS 1,,s.,s. ~
no NECESSITY AT ALL TOR ANY TuArhEH
FUNDING BILL. =.
ME. Springer declared himself opposed