The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

there had not been line of contra
I diction from the senator in reg ;rd
} his name in that list.
2 Mr.. Cannon said the Record { Il nc
show the gentleman from New .!rrse
had obtained leave to print, and hert
fore the Record. on its face, lnlsle
tie house and the country.
Mr.. McAdOo, continuing, said t
gentleman from Illinois says h
brought the matter before the hous
because the record had been destroyed
The gentleman knew better. 1t wa
not preserved. The integrity of tn
record was not to bring the attention
of the house to a violation of rules
Sa far as the question of record WA:
concerned, he believed the gentleman
had not delivered his tariff speech.
Mr.. CaDnon-"Nor is it printed il
the record.
| Mr.. McAdoo said in the record Of
April %, he found the following
Cannon addressed the committee
his remarks will appear hereafter
Did the record lie?
Mr.. Cannon said he would reply in
his own time.
Mr.. McAdoo-I said if he had done
as some gentlemen did, instead OF
printing such fair thing as news
paper article. and giving the newspa-
per date of publication. he might
lave asked the deluded soldiers
what they thought Of a
great senator, who in his
greed to absorb territory,
which belonged to settlers and small
farmers, went, under cover of his
brother-in-law, to New Mexico, and
tried to pre-empt most valuable land,
and who was only stopped by the pub
lie surveyor, who found it belonged to
another class he profeSsel the great
est friendship for, and rumor even had
it that he had Indian blood in his
veins. He was trying to take from
and thousands of acres, and was
Savages who were unable TO protect
themselves, until an honest secretary
of the interior had directed the sur
veyor to take them back for the Zu-
mas. Loud applause and laughter on
democratic side. He (McAdoo) might
have said this. but he thanked heaven
his association with party of honest
men had prevented his hurting such
an inunendo against the man. He
left this subject with the house. He
was sneaking behind no newspaper.
He would not wrong living
man, be he high or low,
but he simply put into bis speech,
without comment, newspaper
article, which had been staring the
people in the face for months.
Mr.. Hopkins had read for informa-
ton, the amendment which he had
proposed to offer to the resolution, to
have the record of June 2lst amended
so as to show that the speech pur-
porting to have been delivered by Mr..
Cutcheon, on the contract labor bill,
had not been delivered.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, gave
notice of an amendment to strike
out supposed" speech OF
Mr.. Brewer, of New Jersey, from
the record of June.
Mr.. Cannon was on his feet to reply
to Mr.. McAdoo, when the hour of
o'clock arrived, and the speaker, amid
much merriment, declared the house
in recess until 8 o'clock. The evening
sessions to be for the consideration of
pension bills.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 28.-Senate
amendments to the legislative bill
were non-concurr red in.
The speaker stated the regular Or
der was question of privilege COM
ing over from yesterday, and present
ed by the resolution offered by Mr..
Cannon, that the record he so amend
ed as to show that the speech pur-
porting to have been delivered by
member in which allusion was made
to Senator Logan, was not actually
delivered by him.
\ Mr.. Cox New York; after depreca-
ting the practice of printing long es-
says in the record, said the present
dispute arose from the publication in
the record, of newspaper article,
stating Senator Logan owned 10000
acres of land. 1t had not been
charged that he came by them wrong
fully. lie did not know that Logan
was dishonest man. What was the
object of the discussion, to-day. ex-
cept to prevent adjournment? In or
der to put an end to the discussion,
he moved to lay the whole matter on
the table. (Cries of good" and
"Vote.O
The motion wasa greed to without
division.
Mr.. Horn, from the committee on
appropriations, reported the fortlii-
cation appropriation bill. Referred
to committee of the whole.
: Mr.. Randall, on behalf of the mi
nority of the committee, submitted a
substitute therefor. Same reference.
Mr.. Lowing, in supporting the
bill, said every man who had been
forced to work for the government
ten hours for days wages, since the
passage of the eight hour law, had
been defrauded of his legal rights.
Mr.. Tillman, of South Carolina, OPP
posed the bill, characterizing it as a
claim agents bill, and declaring 1t
would permit another said of 100000
upon the treasury, and not only per-
NIT the raid, but create an aristocracy
of labor. Had not the government
enough patronage already? The bill
would demoralize all private laLor in
the neighborhood where the govern
ment had any work going on Tit
great mass of people did not want this
law. 1t was only wanted by some
claim agents and doctrinaries WHIT
were too lazy to work and though
the world owed them living.
The house then went into commit
tee of the whole on business reporte'
from the committee on labor. Tn
first bill considered was one providing
adjustment of accounts of govern
ment laborers, workmen and mechan
les, arising under the eight hour lult
Mr.. Willis contended the eight hou
law was mandatory.
Mr.. Foran denied there was an,
truth in the allegation that the bi
l was claim agents bill.
1 Mr.. Glascock advocated the bill.
3 Mr. Brown, of Indiana, said as Ion
: as the S-hour law could not be mad
universal, it was the worst kind {
!: class legislation to declare that
5 workman in government emplo
should receive as much money fl
l. eight hours work as his fellow
@ laborer ina private shop received fl
q ten hours.
n Mr.. ONeil, of Missouri, favort
II the bill.
Mr. Strubble opposed it.
N Mr.. HiScock suggested an amen
l. ment changing the phraseology
n the hill by providing that laborel
is etc shall be paid ten hours wages
M eight hours labor. If that amen
ID ment were adopted, gentlemen cou
s, afford to make their demogos
a. speeches, and could talk about tn
ell hearts bleeding for the laboring ms
he Mr.. Hopkins referred the gent
IN man to the platform of his own PAL
es for demagoguery on this question.