Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-12-18
A SLIGHT SENSATION.
Mr.. A. ]. Warner Ventilates His
Wrongs at the Hands OF
Mr.. J. .. Taylor.
A Rather Animated and Inter
estinq Colloquy in the
House.

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boys, headed by Warner. of Ohio, poune-
ed on j ID. Taylor, of the same state,
and made things exceedingly interesting
for awhile. Mr.. Warner began it when,
rising to a question of privilege, he Of
ferei a preamble and resolution reciting
that j. d. Taylor. of Ohio. on the 5th of
July, 1884 (the house having under con-
sideration the Mexican pension bill),
having obtained the door. occupied the
time Of the house for six minutes; that
subsequently he obtained leave to extend
his remarks in the Record that, instead
of extending his remarks, he had printed
in the Record after the adjournment of
congress q written speech or paper con-
tanning sentiments and paragraphs rev
fiecting Oh members of the house, u COM
mittee of the house, and the house itself,
and reporting or purportiDg TO report
the action of one of the committees Of
the senate, all in violation of his leave
to extend his remarks in the Record and
OF the rules of the house; and declaring
that the parts of the speech rejecting on
members of the house, on a committee
of the house, and on the house, and re
ferring to what took place i'll senate
committee, are not legitimate part of
the proceedings Of the house.
Mr.. Warner stated that he was direct
ed by the committee on pensions. bounty,
aad back pay to bring the matter before
the house. He sent to the clerks desk
and had read the portions OF Mr. Tay-
lor's speech. TO which objection is taken.
They reflect upon Mr.. Warner as chair :.
man of the committee on pensions, ,boun
", and back pay, on the committee it
self, and denounce the action of Che
house upon the Mexicon pension bill
They also make allusion to the action OF
the senate committee on pensions.
Mr.. Warner argued that the allega-
tions ia Mr.. TaylOrs speech were not
true; and controverted the statement
that the committee on pensions, bounty,
and back pay last session reported only
one bill for the relief of the soldier, and
that an Objectionable one, and be quoted
from the records of that committee tO
show that large number of bills had
been reported for the action of the
house. The paragraph in the speech TO
which he objected most strenuOusly was
one charging the committee with stealth
and cowardice. Did gentlemen claim
that that was parliamentary languagep
J. d. Taylor, of Ohio, attributed the
motive which Influenced the offering of
the resolution to the fact that Mr.. War
ner and himself had been rivol congress
sional candidates in the recent election,
and that Mr.. Warner claimed to be elect
ed by a majority of 2l7. He (Mr.
Taylor) had carried every county, except
Monroe. Mr.. Taylor then submitted AL
argument to substantiate the statements
made by him in the speech to which ex
ception was taken, and the discussion
drifted into consideration of the Mex
ican pension bill.
Coming down more directly to the
subject in controversy, he read from ia.
bles prepared by the public printer,shOw-
ing that Mr.. Warner had himself on
several occasions taken advantage of
The privilege of leave to print. in order
to show that it was the habit of mem-
ters to avail themselves of this permis!
sion. One of these tables discloses the
interesting fact that during the 45th,
46th, 47th, and the first session of the
48th congress 569 speeches were printed,
which were never delivered on the floor,
while 1, 1873 speeches delivered were with
held for revision, and substantially al
tered.
He also read a letter from Edward
Mcpherson giving the opinion that there
was nothing unparliamentary in his
speech, and calling attention to the fact
that the salt in Politics" speech of Mr.
Cox, of New York, was not de-
livered in the house, but was reprint
of a Fourth of July address TO Tammany
hail. Laughter.]
Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas, at this point
took hand in the row, expressing great
surprise that the gentleman frcm Ohio
did not fade and die under the blighting
charges which were against him.
Mr.. Hammond, of Georgia, spoke in
a strain which led to the belief that be
regarned Mr.. Taylor's failure to 0e-
nounce his accusors as internal seoun-
drels, villains, and liars, as 8 virtual
confession of guilt. Mr.. Hammond
pledged his vote to expunge from the
Record the remarks which had so woun-
ed the tender seDsibilities of Mr.. Warner
Mr.. Warner, in rising to close the de-
bate, had no soUner opened his mouth
than he put his foot in it. He said be
did not wish to go ineo Q discussion OF
the Ohio election; but he would say that
never had campaign been carried on
anywhere where methods so corrupt
forbidden, and abhorrent, were resorted
to as were resorted to by his colleague
his confederates and his paid staff OF
scoundreIs, to circulate the very speech
which he bad printed.
Mr.. Taylor demanded that these words
be taken down, and they were read from
the clerks desk.
Mr.. Warner. / withdraw the remarks
which can plainly see to be unparlia-
mentary, but say this: That do moi
think a campaign was ever carried on
anywhere in which methods more corr
rupt, forbidden, and abhorrent were re.
sorted to to achieve political ends than
were Iesortsd to in the 18th district OF
Ohio during the last campaign on the
part of the republican party. Applause
on the democratic side.
Mr.. Warner was permitted to proceed
in order. and be continued with yindi-
cation of the committee of which he il
chairman. BE ridiculed the assumption
made in the speech complained of. that
Mr.. Taylor was the special representa-
tive of the soldiers of the country. He
knew that when the war was well nigh
over, when all the great battles were
fought, the gentleman had enlisted in
the Home Guard of Ohio. One of the
conditions under which the regiment ex'
listed was that it should not be required
TO go out of the state.
Mr.. Taylor said that the regiment in
which he was enlisted had served year
and a half outside of Ohio.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, asserted that
there was rule about publishing speech.
es after the adjournment-a rule of hon.
or-that no reflection ON the integrity OF
members should be contained in them
1t was not true that no part of his "SalI
in Politics" speech had been delivered
in the house. Gentlemen might 60 back
25 years. and they would find that he
had never taken advantage of leave
to print to make reflection on any one
and the man who would dare do it
..ou In xuoro oofort1a hin,