The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-28

New Jersey, upon the tariff, In which tina
: gentleman made very lengthy extrac
from MIR. Blaine's book. Twenty Years In
Congress IA speech, in fact, consisting
almost wholly OF an extract from that book
Mr.. O'Neill, OF Missouri, suggested thai
: the title OF the book should be amended by
. adding the words, "And Tattooed at Last"
Mr.. Cox said that he had trusted that
' Congress would have adjourned without
, any partisan presidential discussion hav-
, ing arisen. The Democratic side OF the
House had not brought forward Blame and
Logan, and had received eneomiums from
} the other side for IT. action. Now gentle
men on the other side were forcing "A
political debate.
Mr.. Cannon offered a resolution that the
Record Of june 18th DC so amended as TO
show that the speech purporting to have
) been delivered 10y Mr.. McAdoo in which
reference is made 10 senator John a. Logan
was not actually delivered, but was
printed in the Record OF June 9th. The
House, he thought. owed il TO itself to
adopt the resolution. IL was not political
question, and he didn't speak OF 1t from a
standpoint OF partisanship. IL was a'qHes-
ton whether or no he record OF the House
should be the record OF the House in fact,
or whether 1t should be a record containing
essays OF gentlemen, and become the reccp-
tacle OF the malice OF individual members
upon those matters which they had not the
courage TO stand on the floor and avOw.
The question OF propriety was, one Of which
he was willing The country should !udge !;
but the question Of truth and dccency Of
record was matter all members were in
terested in.
Mr.. McAdoO said that he would leave
! In M loo Of no of
personal honor between the gentleman
from Illinois and himself. He explained
the circumstances which led to his obtain
ing leave to print, and he desired TO say
that he did not rctract one word Of that
speech. He accepted the authorship OF it
in It's entirety. He did not consider for
one moment that he had violated any rule
OF courtesy, any rule of equity. or any rule
Of manlncsS. In its publication. He had
done what had frequently been dOne-he
had incorporated in his speech 4 newspaper
article without comment. That article had
been published last January, and had been
copied from Maine to California. and there
had not been a line Of contradiction from
the Super-sensitiVe Senator or his friends in
| regard to his name i'm that list As to its
connection with the subject Of pensions, he
submitted that he had shown that cOnnec-
ton in logical and reasonable way. The
gentleman from Illinois had said that he had
not the courage TO deliver speech in the
State from which he came and in the district
which he represented. His vilest enemy
had never yet whispered that he was lack
ing IN courage or manhood. lie had never
said behind the back OF living man
that which he would not say to his
face. Applause on the Democratic side. !
He had never yet in his public career
sought TO strike public or private man
with an innuendO when he could 90 10 him
as the prophet Of old went to the Israelie
king, and say, "Thou art the man." Zap
plauSe.] The gentleman from Illinois said
that he had brought the matter before the
| House because the Record had been yiO-
lated. The gentleman knew better than
that. 1t was not TO preserve the in
tegrity Of the Record. II was not to
bring the attention OF the House to
the violation OF the rules. II was simply
because the gentleman found the name Of
John A. Logan in the list. II the Senator
from Illinois had gotten his land honestly
he had nothing to say; but he did depre-
cate and condemn the principle that allow
| ed any man, whether he were IN humble
citizen or great senator. to acquire large
tracts OF public lands. His animadI ersions
| had not been against Senator Logan's own
ershIp OF $4,000 acres. but a public man
he heartily condemned the principle which
| allowed acquisition Of land by individuals to
the extent OF $4,000 acres. The Senator had
remained month after month silent as the
tomb. Not Il whisper, not syllable, not II
| look OF indignation from the eloquent gen.
tleman from Illinois OR. Cannon until he
1 l. IL. 1.,1 10,
and standard-bearer peculiarly connected
with soldiers and pensions. Then it was
| that the gentleman from Illinois broke into
turgid eloquencc, asking that he (McAdoo)
| should be marked as the yiOlatOr Of the in
tegrity Of a public record. So far AZ the
question OF the Record was concerned. he
believed that the gentleman himself had
not delivered his tariff speech.
Mr.. Cannon: Nor is it printed in the
| Record.
Mr.. McAdoo said that in the Record Of
| April 23d he found the following " Mr..
| Cannon addressed the committee. His re-
marks will appear hereafter" Did the Re
cord lie?
Mr.. Cannon said that he would reply in
! his own time.
| Mr.. McAdoO, continuing, said that II he
| had done rs some gentlemen did, instead
of printing such a fair thing 9s a neAvspa-
per article, and giving the newspaper and
| date OF the publication, he might have ask
| ed the deluded soldiers what they thought
/ OF the great Senator. who. iu his greed
| TO absorb territory which belonged to
actual settlers on the land which was
made for independent freehOlders and
small farmers, went under the cover OF
his brother-in-law to New Mexico ana
| tried 10 preempt the most valuable land.
and who was only e>topped by the pubic
| surveyor who found that ii belonged 10
another class that he professed the greatest
| friendship for, and Tumor even had u that
| he had Indian blood in his veins. he was
! irving TO steal from his own kith and Kin
! hundreds and thousands OF acres, and was
! taking them from the unfortunate
| sayages who were unable To protect
/ themselves, until an honest Secretary
| OF the Interior had directed the surveyor
| to take back the lands for Zunis. Loud
applause and laughter on the Democratic
.Side.l He (McAdOo) might have said this,
'but he thanked Heaven that his association
with party OF honest men prevented his
hurting such an innuerdo against any
man. He left this subject with the House;
he was sneakirg behind no newspaper;
he would not wrong a living man, be he
high or low; but he had simply put into
his speech without comment a newspaper
article which had been staring the people
| in the face for months.
| Mr.. Hopkins, OF Pennsylvania, had read
for information an amendment which he
proposed to offer to the resolution TO have
! the Record OF June 21st so amended as to
J show that the speech purporting 10 haze
| haen delivered by Mr.. Cu.cheon, OF Michi-
gar, on the " contract-labor" bill had not
actually been delivered. In that speech
| Mr.. Cutcheon had made an assault on the