Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

ability incurred in the service, and in the
cline of duty. That is his general argument
and has been all through these books here
[pointing to volumes of the Congressional
Record; and if it is not SO, let him turn to
some places where he has argued otherwise
than that. But l want to say more than
that. He criticises my vote. Well, he is
like the twelfth juryman, who said that the
other eleven were the most contrary men he
had ever seen.
When the Mexican Pension Bill passed
the House there were 46 votes against it, of
which Gen. Warmers was one. When it
came back from the Senate, with the amend
ments in favor of the Union soldiers added,
Gen. Warner was the only man out of the
46 who voted against the bill.
l was astounded when l got to Washing
ton the other day, to find in the Record
these words:
"The other amendments / am in favor of,
as they embrace substantially what l have
indorsed, and what the House has already
in part passed upon"
When l saw that / said, "Gen. Warner
never spoke these words in the House." l
said so because l heard him speak so often
on the subject. / had seen him stand in
the way of pensions. have heard him op-
pose at least hundred cases OF poor widows,
imbecile children, and all sorts of helpless
claimants. / have them here, page after
page Tpointing to the Congressional Record.
His whole record is inconsistent with that
statement and it occurred to me at once that
he had falsified the record. l went to the
Government Printing Office and saw the
original manuscript of the speech as taken
down by the official reporter, and found that
my suspicious were correct, that he had in
serted that paragraph himself after the
speech had been delivered, and it was in his
own handwriting, and had never been spoken
in the House l have here the statement of
the foreman of the printing Office to that
effect:
OFFICE OF PUBLIC PRINTER, !
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 25, 1884. !
Hon. T. D. Taylor, Cambridge, Ohio:
DEAR SIR-I have examined the manu-
script of speech made by Hon. A. ]. War
ner in the House of Representatives on
Tuly 2, 1884, on the Mexican Pension Bill,
and find that the words, "The other amend
ments l am in favor OF, as they embrace SUBJ
stantially what l have endorsed, and what
the House has already in part passed upon,"
are not in the handwriting of the reporters,
but were added by Mr.. Warner in his re-
vision of his remarks. In his revision he
added about 80 lines and struck out over 40
lines, in one place striking out the words,
"these amendments" and inserting "this
amendment"
Very respectfully,
AvEE PEARSON,
Foreman of Record.
Think of that now. He changed the
whole meaning of that speech.
l say here now, in the presence of the
gentleman, when he is not at Chicago, that
he never uttered these words in the House
that these words are contrary to, and incon
sistent with the speeches he has been making
all these years, and that these words were
put in the printed speech to mislead, and
that they are not true, not a line of them
true, and that they were added in the Con-
gressional Record in his own handwriting
after the reporter had transcribed his notes.
His position is too well known on these
pension matters.
have heard distinguished Democrats
condemn him for it. | have heard him
asked the question, what he came to Con-
gress for if not to advance pension legisla-
ton instead of to oppose n.
He was opposed to raising the pensions of
widows. He put these words in there
[pointing to Gen. Warmers speech in Con-
gressional Record, to make the country be-
lieve that he was in favor of pensions, after
he had talked with me, and after Gen. Rob-
inson had told him that he would live to re-
pent of his opposition to the Union soldiers.
And he is the man to come here to Cam
bridge and teach me morality!
He charges me with cowardice in regard
to my vote. l didn't do what he did. Ivoted
Fit J0h0 porter hid ha2 TSNoi
No!"] If his vote counted at all it counted
for Fitz John Porter, because he paired with
Republican. But want to say another
thing which Gen. Warner did, and which
regard as an abuse of the privilege of the
House. When his first vote was taken in
the House it was convenient for him to be
away out of town; at least he was away.
But when he came back there was another
vote. 1t came like stroke of lightning.
He had no warning. He had just made
speech when the names were called. He
shot out of the House. He went around to
pair with Ketchum, of New York. Ketchum
sat on one side and he on the other, and
when Gen. Warmers name was called he
sat in his seat and refused to answer. am
ashamed of no vote l cast. / am willing to
tell my people where ! stand on every ques-
ton. l have nothing to conceal. l never
lodged a vote, and don't propose to do so.
l don't propose to sacrifice my manhood
and honor while have strength and clear
brain, clear enough to keep me out OF such
mischief as the gentleman from Marietta
has involved himself in by his indiscretion.
You know what the old farmer said when
his bull intercepted the lightning express
train; and when he looked on and saw the
pieces of the bull flying through the air and
over the field he was very sad. His heart
was sad. "Ah," said he, "I admire your
courage, but wouldn't give durn' for your
discretion" Laughter.
l am sorry that l had not more time to
prepare myself for this discussion. l have
only had three or four days in which to do
so. did not come here to make a decla-
nation. But have brought letters, records,
certified copies and transcripts, to prove by
disinterested men that what l charge is
true.
have not the close of this debate, but
know that this intelligent audience can see
how this gentleman tries to dodge out this
way and that way; how he tries to avoid
the strokes here and the strokes there, and
how he has refused to answer the records
as produced them against him. He says
he had "a minutes in which to make his Ak
minute speech on the floor. Right here is
the Record, showing that Belford, of Colo
RADIOS gave him fourteen minutes of his
time, and this is all the time he ever had in
the House.
Gen. Warner-Who else yielded
Mr.. Taylor-I have looked over it. Point
it out if you can. [Offering Gen. Warner
the RecordJ
Gentlemen, you have heard my plea.
was arraigned here for crime, and the
"expose" was to be made at my home, in the
hearing of my neighbors and friends, in
the presence of the Union soldiers You
have heard my defense; and leave it to the
5000 soldiers of this district, who are brave
and true, who never covered in the dark
hours of the war, who have homes and
wives and children, and who have character
and reputation at stake-I leave it to you
whether l have done my duty faithfully and
well, and whether l have not proved the
truth of every line of my remarks here to-
day; and further proof which 1 have not
had time to refer to to-day, l shall add
when print these papers.
leave it to you, whether the gentleman
has not failed to establish the truth of any
line of his letter, so disrespectful and so dis
courteous.
Now, gentlemen, he asks why | did not
do more than l did in Congress. Why,
gentlemen, it was Democratic House.
he Hre; of 81 :.