Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-28

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6r. O'Neill, Of Missouri, suggested that the
title Of the book should be amended by adding
the words. 'sAnd tattoOed at last"
Mr.. Cox said that he had trusted that Con-
gress would have adjourned without any par
tisan Presidential discussion having arisen.
The Democratic side of the House had not
brought forward Blaine and Logan, and had
received encomiums from the other side for
its action. Now the gentlemen on the other
side were forcing political debate.
Mr.. Cannon Offered resolution that the Re-
cord Of June . be so amended as to show that
the speech purporting to have been delivered
by Mr. McAdoO, in which reference is made to
Senator John a. Logan. was not actually de-
lIvered, but was printed in the Record Of
June p.
The House, he thought, owed it to itself to
adopt the resolution. 1t was not a political
question, and he did not speak Of il from the
standpoint of partisanship. Il was a ques-
tiOn whether or not the record of the House
should be the record Of the House IN fact, or
whether il should be the record containing
essays of gentlemen and become the receipt
acle of themalice Of individual members upon
those matters which they had not the courage
TO stand on the floor and ayOw. The question
of prOpriety was one Of which he was willing
the country should judge, but the question Of
the truth and decency Of the record was a
matter that all members were interested in.
MIR. McAdoo said he would leave the coun-
try TO judge OF the question Of personal honor
between the gentleman from Illinois and him.
self. He explained the circumstances which
led to his obtaining leave to print, and he de-
sired to say he did not retract one word of
that speech. He accepted the authorship Of
il in its entirety. He did not consider for one
moment he had violated any rule of courtesy,
any rule of equity, or any rule of manliness
in its publication. He had done what had
frequently been done. lie had incorporated
in his speech newspaper article
without comment. That article had been
published last January, and had been copied
from Maine to California, and there had not
been line of contradiction from the super
sensitive Senator, or his friends, in regard to
his name on that list. AS TO its connection
with the subject of pensions, he submitted he
had shown that connection in a logical and
reasonable way. The gentleman from Illinois
had SAID he had not the courage to deliver
the speech. In the state from which he came
and the district which he represented his
viest enemy had never whispered that he
was lacking in courage or manhood
He never SAID behind the back of a man that
which he would not say to his face. Applause
on the Democratic sidel. He had never yet
in his public career sought to strike public
or private man with an innuendo when he
could go to him as the prophet of old went to
the lsraellte King. and say, Thou art the
man. LApplausel The gentleman from Illinois
said that he had brought the matter before
the House because the record had been vio-
lated. The gentleman knew better than
this. IL was not to preserve the in
tegrity of the record, it was not
to bring the attention of the House to viola
tion of the rules of the House. 1t was simply
because the gentleman had found the name
of John A. Loga in the list III the Senator
from Illinois had gotten his land honestly he
had nothing to say, but he did deprecate and
condemn the principle that allowed any man,
whether he were an humble citizen or q great
Senator to acquire large tracts of public lands.
His animadversions had not been against Sen
atOr Logan's ownership of 81, 600 acres, but as
public man he heartily condemned the prin-
ciple which allowed the acquisition of lands
by individuals to the extent of $4,000 acres.
The Senator had remained month after month
silent as the tomb-not a whisper. not a sylla-
BILE, not a look of Indignation from the elo-
quent gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Cannon,
until he had been sought out as the standard
bearer, and that standard bearer peculiarly
connected with soldiers and sailors pensions
Then it was that the gentleman from Illinois
broke into turgid eloquence, asking that he
INC AdOO) should be marked as vio-
lator of the integrity of the public record.
In so far as the question of the record was
concerned he believed that the gentleman
himself had not delivered his tariff speech
MIR. Cannon-Nor is 1t printed in the Record.
Mr.. McAdOO said that in the Record of April
% he found the following; MIR. Cannon ad-
dressed the committee. His remarks will
appear hereafter" Did the Record lie?
Mr.. Cannon said he would reply in his own
time.
Mr.. McAdoo, continuing, said if he ha6 done
as some gentlemen did, instead of printing
such a fair thing as a newspaper article, and
give the newspaper and date of publication.
he might have asked the deluded soldiers
what they thought of great Senator who, in
his greed to absorb territory which belonged
to actual settlers in the land, which was made
for independent free holders and small farm
ers, went under cover of his brother in law to
New Mexico and tried to pre-empt the most
valuable land, and who was only estopped by
the public surveyor, who found that it be-
longed to another class that he professed
great friendship for, and rumor even had it
that he had Indian blood in his veins. He was
trying to steal from his own kith and kin.
Hundreds and thousands of acres were taken
from the unfortunate sayages, who were un-
able to protect themselves, until an honest
Secretary of the Interior had directed the
surveyor to take the back lands for
the the zunIs Loud applause ;S anq
He tMcAdoo) might have said this, but he
thanked heaven his association with the party
of honest men prevented his hurting such an
innuendo against any man. He left this sub
ject with the House. He was sneaking be-
hind no newspaper; he would not wrong any
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 pro-
posed to offer to the resolution TO have the
Record OF June 2l so amended as to show that
the speech purporting to have been delivered
by Mr. CutcheOn, OF Michigan, on the contract
labor bill had not actually been delivered. In
that speech Mr.. CutcheOn had made an as
sault on the Democratic party, and an unfair
and unjust assaultEagainst the author of the
bill.
Mr.. Henley, of California gave notice OF an
publish in the Record the remarks of Mr..
Cutcheon rejecting on Gen. U. S. Grant, made
on the Fitz John Porter bill and suppressed
from the Record. Laughter and applause on
the Democratic SIDE The Record, he said,
had been somewhat marred by Withholding
from 1t the scurrilOus and Vindlctive attacks
made on Gen. Grant. He offered the amend
ment in the interest of honesty and fair play,
and in order to relieve the embarrassment of
the newspaper reporters who, having tele-
graphed the report of the gentleman's speech,
found, on examining the Record tha next
morning, that they had lied, or somebody else
had. Laughter.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, gave notice of an
amendment to strike out a supposed"
speech OF Mr.. Brewer, of New Jersey, from
the Record of June Is, containing an extract
from Blaine's book.
Mr.. Cannon was on hisfeet to reply to Mr..
McAdoO, when the hour of O'Clock arrived,
and the Speaker, amid much merriment,
declared the House in recess until O'Clock,
the evening session to be for consideration of
pension bills.
At the evening session of the House no busi-
ness was transacted.