Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-10


AND
THE COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED
The House met at 7:30 o'clock, Speaker
Hewitt in the chair. A number of petit
tions in favor of Films Allegheny license
bill were presented. The fore part of the
session was occupied in personal explain
ations. Mr.. Rice wanted to know whether
Mr.. Wolfe had denounced him in public
meeting in Philadelphia on Saturday night.
Mr. Wolfe said he had. Mr.. Rico asked
by what authority he had used his name ?
Wolfe said If Rice's name had been i'm.
properly used he was willing to test the
matter in the Philadelphia courts. Said
he valued his character too highly.
Mr.. Edwards said he had been called a
"dunghill." He then requested the clerk
to read a written speech. The paper re-
ferred to Mr.. Law was one Of the curled
and perfumed bon ton of upper Walnut
street, and also set forth sarcastically that
his name was found in Mrs. Bloomfield II.
Moore's directory of the first families of
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Hazlett rose to say that he had been
called lone of the most audacious rOOsters
on the hill" This term, said he, had been
applied by his friend. tho gambler and
bastard editor OF the Philadelphia Times,
A. X. Mcclure. He further remarked
that neither Mr.. Law nor Mr.. Wolfe
pays any taxes. Law says that was mis-
take. Mr.. Hazlett replied You never
pay tax on your watch /; l see you carry
One.'
Mr.. Wolfe asked: "How do you know
do not paytax?
"The auditor generals report docs rvt
show any return from Union county"
''But do you say do not pay taxes -
"Well, it a question OF veracity between
you and the auditor generals report.
Mr.. Hazlett then had number OF let
ters in his defense read.
Mr.. Myers, of Venango, took the floor
to vindicate himself from the epithets
"country dunghili and ROSTERS" He
said it was not decent for members of the
House to take part in public meeting
called to derounce fellow members, cspec-
tally when that meeting was participated
in by the rooster editor of the Philadelphia
Times. He said if the name of Alexander
K. Mcclure was spelled out, it would be
recognized as that of one of the greatest
of ROSTERS. He had left his filthy tracks
on his own county and was one of the most
villainously corrupt legislators in the
state. (Applause.] 1t was unjust for
these legislators 10 denounce their fellows
in such a cowardly manner when those at
tackled were not there to defend themselves.
As to being dunghill, he thought, if the
gentleman from the Eighth district, Mr.
Law, were anatomically examined, as
much dried grass would be found in him
as in anybody else. He went on to de-
fcnd his opposition to the delinquent tax
bill, by saying that he was opposed to the
bill because by taking it up out of order
legislation important to the rest Of the
state was retarded. He made some refer
cnce to "Mr.' Mcclure.
"Why do you call him Mr. asked
Hazlet: ''why don't you call him gam
bler?''
because never met him in a place of
that kind.''
"Ihave, " answered Hazlet, amid shouts
of laughter.
Mr.. Wolfe made short defense to his
action in the Philadelphia meeting.
Mr.. Hewitt then called Mr.. Pomeroy 70
the chair and took the floor. He said MIR.
Law had stated in his Saturday nights
speech that the speaker had used his Of
flee to rctard the bill. He had uniformly
voted for the suspension of the rules to
take up this bill. He had brought the
blood to A. K. McClure's check when the
reformer was here lobbying for $780,
600 steal. Mr.. McClure's rotten carcass
was reeking in corruption, he could
not even absorb decency. Il have
character Of some value. Mcclure lost
his long ago in the lobbies of this
House, yet it is such man who assails
my character" In referring to Law he
said that gentleman in his youth had
strutted on the stage on Saturday night
L.. kl>@ N111 -
Rhodes but he wasn't. The speaker had
impartially over the deliberations Of the
House. lie denounced Laws assertion
that his (the speaker's) sympathies were
against the bill as an infamous lie, a re-
mark that was received with some ap-
plause.
Mr.. Kneass charged MI. Landis with
saying that, he, Kneass, was hiding in the
library one day when the tax bill was
called up. Mr.. Lands raised the point of
order that the remark was made in private
and could not be replied to in public.
After sharp personal discussion between
the two Kneass continued and denounced
the assertion that he had lodged as in
famOusly and premeditatedly false. Mr..
Lands said he was sorry if he had said or
done anything to injure the gentleman
from Philadelphia, Mr.. Kneass.
Mr.. COlburn denounced Mcclure as
common thief, liar and scoundrel and as a |
man who had done more to disgrace Gods |
fOOtstO0l than any one else on it. He had |
never voted to take up the delinquent tax |
bill out of order and he. never would. He /
the bill as corrupt and infa-
nous and did not think it ever ought to
pass, although it was advocated by the
of one hundred, with their
Dutch captain, their Irish lieutenant and
blue bellied sergeant. He said the rOosters
from the country had as much blue blood
in them as any that ever came from Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. Law rose to remark that that was
perhaps the case on the floor of the House
but he was responsible for everything he
had said or done on Saturday night. in the
House and elsewhere.
Mr.. Faunce moved to suspend tho rules
or the consideration Of his resolution rela-
i've to fixing special sessions for the con
'ideratiOn of the tax bill.
Mr.. Souder moved to lay the resolution
m the table.
Mr.. Wolfe called the previous question,
N which motion Mr.. Soudcr, seconded by
hr. Graham, called the yeas and nays.
Agreed to-yeas 94, nays Sc.
Ihe motion to lay on the table was then
'al!ed and was not agreed to-yeas 81,
nays 80.
The motion to suspend tue rules was
hen taken up, and failing to receive the
tw0-thirds vote was defeated.
he yeas being "a, nays IS. !,