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

his time; but that speech came out OF the
Congressional Record fourteen pages long,
consuming perhaps forty-five minutes to
read it, at three minutes page.
Here, between pages 80 and 40 of the
Record, YOU will find that he made tariff
speech. He made it in daylight. l made
mine at night "Nobody there" as the gen
tleman says. He made his in broad day.
light. He was in good standing over there.
He could get the floor when could not
He had been in the forty sixth Congress
working for the Union soldiers, as he would
have you believe, and that gave him some
character on that floor, where there were
ninety members who had been in the Con-
federate army, all of whom took the modi-
fed oath. And yet, credit is due some OF
those men, as | have stated in my speech.
l said that a tribute of respect was due to
these men, who, though they had been in
the Confederate army, and though they were
in the Democratic party, had joined hands
with the friends of the Union soldiers in an
earnest effort to pass that Mexican bill with
the Senate amendments. Gen. Warner
could do what a Confederate soldier could
not do, from the fact that he was a Union
soldier. He could use his shoulder straps
and his brass buttons and the character of
having been brave Union soldier in battle
against the interests of the privates of the
army, thousands of whom were suffering
from want and from almost nakedness.
But that is depression. / want to say
that there is something more important
about this speech on the tariff than the
changes that he made in the reporters
transcript. In order to give the gentleman
a chance to reply, l want to say that hold
in my hand the Congressional Record of
May 4th, in which is printed the tariff speech
of the gentleman, which was delivered on
the Both day of April. And l hold here his
pamphlet report of that speech, made, it is
pretended, in the House-the one and the
same speech. want to say here that he
printed that pamphlet speech in Printers
Alley, in some job Office. The law allows
a member to get his printing done in the
Government Office in pamphlet form, copy
ing exactly what is in the Congressional
Record, by paying the Government the cost
of printing and ten per cent. profit. Gen.
Warner was not going to allow the Govern
ment that ten per cent. profit, and so he
went into a job Office; and when he went
there he made 1SS changes. Look at them!
[Col. Taylor exhibited a Congressional
Record, showing the changes made for the
pamphlet report of the same speech. One
hundred and tkiyty-eigkt changes! Put
ting in paragraphs and leaving out para
graphs, leaving out sometimes a half page
and adding as much, making it in the aggre-
gate little longer.
That is the man who has come here to
"expose me!
But would not so much object to his
changes in the report of his tariff speech if
his action had stopped there. He had
right to revise his speech in the office of the
Congressional Record.
But complain of this: that he sent out
that pamphlet speech under his frank as a
public document, in violation of the laws of
this country, and in violation of the franking
privilege of Congress. Applause.1
/ thought in the first place, that it could
not be possible; and should not make the
charge here to-day unless was sure of my
position. went to Hon. Edward McPher-
son and asked him first, whether member
of Congress could print his speech in a job
Office, away from the Government Printing
Office, and then call it a public doc
ument. Mr.. Mcpherson said he believed he
might if he did not change a single thing;
but he said if he changed it in a single
particular; if he put motto on the back or
added or omitted single sentence, it would
be violation of the law.
At that time did not know there were
any changes. 1 saw he had put part of the
Democratic platform on the first page and
several notices in addition thereto; and then
l went to comparing the Congressional Rec
ord report with the pamphlet report, and
found it was changed all the way through
changed 1873 times.
Why, it was not the same speech at ALL
You have heard the story of the boy and
the metaphysician in regard to the knife
which was lost and found. 'If have knife
and lose the blade, and put in a new one,
what knife will that be?" the boy asked
"The same knife" said the teacher "And
if lose the handle and put in new handler"
"The same" was the answer. ''Then."
asked the boy, "supposing that the lost blade
and the lost handle are found and are put to-
gether, what knife will that be" That was
puzzler. [Great laughter and applause.l
l ask, if it was General Warmers speech,
which was reported by the photographer
what was it that was printed in the pam
phlet? Or, if it was his speech which was
printed in the pamphlet, what was that
which was reported by the photographer
And mark you, l forgot to tell that l went
and got the original manuscript. General
Warner had changed that all through before
it was printed in the Record. Why, sometimes
he would put in a whole page at a stroke,
and sometimes he would strike out a great
deal. He revised and re-revised it. Now, if
some fellow could get that which he struck
out at the Government Printing Office, and
all which he afterwards struck out from the
pamphlet report printed at Polkinhorn's
Office, and put all of this together, whose
speech would that bef Laughter and ap-
plause.
And General Warner is the gentleman
who comes here to advise me in regard to
abusing the privileges of the House.
l want to read here little, and / will
show you that it is a fearful thing to be ig-
norant as he charges me- He does not know
whether l am to be pitied because l am ig-
norant, or blamed because am wicked; he
does not know. If he will turn to the Con-
stitution of the United States; if he has ever
read it, and have no doubt he has, because
he is good student, and read the sixth sec
ton, first article, he will find that this is de-
clared regarding the rights of members of
Congress-:
"For any speech or debate in either House
they shall not be questioned in any other
place"
Every word of that speech, whether spoken
or not, is presumed to have been spoken.
And no man can say am not responsible.
The speech is presumed to be spoken, and,
therefore. am liable to the present Forty
eighth Congress; and dare the gentleman TO
arraign me for it next winter. Great ap-
plause.
[Colonel Taylor's first hour was here up.l
SYNOPSIS OF GENL WARMERS
SECOND SPEECH.
did not and do not question his right to
print under leave, or the right of any one to
revise speeches. / had one hour and twenty
five minutes in my tariff speech. presume
that four -6fths of the speeches sent out are
printed outside the Government Printing
Office, and if it is the same matter as the
Record, have the same right
to distribute it. In the 10Th Congress l
heard Gen. Garfield denounce member for
printing allusions to members in their
speeches to which they could not reply. Mr..
Taylor has been around getting certificates
Of character from Republicans. You all
know how easy that is. The only pension
bills / resisted in the House were private
jobs. In regard to the land bill which has
been paraded here-well, had forgotten all
about it My recollection is, and the bill
ought to show, that it was introduced by re-
quest. There was no land to give to the SOL
diers- The Republicans had given it all
away to railroad corporations. This is q
question of fact between US. l think had
twenty-four minutes on the trade dollar.