National Republican., 1884-02-26

that the number. Of persons employed in the
bureau Of animal INDUSTRY shall not exceed
twenty persons at any one time. Adopted.
Mr., 1hroCkmorton moved to strike out the
clause authorizing the commissioner ofagrioulture
to employ persons to carry out the provisions OF
the act, Lost.5I to 40.
amendment, replied to some remarks made a few
days since by John 5. Wise of Virginia. He bad
not had the remotest idea that Wise was going TO
make such aspeech. He had come to him Mr.Coxh
indicating that he had line Of thought some.
what jooular aud personal, and asked whether he
objected. lie replied that he did not, and the
gentleman had Immediately made speech re.
ieTfing TO him Gs pillar OF brass by day and n
pillar OF gas by night. He had examined the
this session as had the young callow hedglng
from Virginia. The gentleman had said that West
Virginia was the bnstard offspring Of political
erGl government and then turned his PHILIPPE
on him Mr.. Coxl who had stood here fighting
ssgainst this untmoly ripping of West Virginia
lie had been waiting for the
gentleman all day in a friendly way, but he had
doing some work No gentleman had spoken TO
him about that speech who had not said that II
was untimely. He would not say thAtit was In
bad taste, for ho respected the gentlemans
father IL he could not in all respects honor the
son Where did Wise get his wisdom in his quota
tion about a. pillar Of brass2 1t must have been
house knew who II was that followed Moses out OF
Egypt; and that the Lord went before asa pillar
thing he knew, that when Moses led the Hebrews
they did not get overwhelmed like the read
OF Virginia by the Red sea of that peculiar com
monwealth. He did not wish to say more in the
absence the gentleman from Virginia, particu-
larly as that gentleman had begged his pardon
before he had made his speech. tLaughter.1
Mr, Gibson also repiied TO that portion OF Wise's
speech, in which ho referred to West Virginia as
bastard state. When the gentleman mad assailed
In coarse terms the action Of the republican party
that party had sunk 30 low Us to applaud him for
It,. The gentleman talked about West Virginia
being bastard state, when he himself as read;
rape by the federal government upon the state OF
Virginia. But for tho interference Of the federal
prestige aud his own talents, would never have
succeeded in representing the people of Virginia
on this door. In conclusion he drew a contrast
between the prosperity OF his state and the mis-
fortano of Virginia in having to fight Malone aud
Mr.. Mayo said that he could not allow to go un.
answered the tauuts flung against Virginia by the
representative of the bastard child of Virginia.
The gentleman had spoken Of n vile coalition; he
could not say yet in the words of Daniel Webster,
that 1t was murdered coalition. Thank God, 1t
was yet alive, and 1t meant to pluck old Virginia
out of the hands of the bourbon faction which
was now putting down all law and order In that
state.
MIR. J. s. wise who had Just entered the hall,
said that he had little expected that the gentle
man from West Virginia Mr. Gibsonl would have
taken the floor to reply to what he had said while
he was away on important business. lie had not
wanted TO hear what the gentleman from New
York Mr.. CoNl would say, because he knew that
whatever he said would be kindly, would be
manly, would be more than good. Whatever ex-
preston he had used respecting that gentleman
had been kindly meant, and II he had been u little
impudent he knew the gentleman would excuse
him. He was glad he had given the gentleman
an occasion to look into that long-neglected book,
the Bible. The gentleman was right in regard to
the name of the sea which had overwhelmed the
coalition party. The only sea which had ever
overwhelmed il was the Red Sea of Blood. tAp-
plause on the republican side.l He did not want
to wander from the debate but to point out the
simple fact that instead of arguing matters on
their merits, there was always somebody, some
strict COnstrucuOnst, who wasted the valuable
time of congress in catching the heas of strict con-
struction. The supreme court of the United states
had done more to maintain state rights than all
the shriekers about strict construction that ever
occupied this hall.
The committee then. without action rose, and
the house, at 8 o'clock adjourned.