The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-12-23
The House takes no Stock In Cheap
L Frauds

epn ~. IdylOT, lu tue CamOIluye ueOhte
last summer, dared General Warner to
call him to account IN the House for Ger.
tain statements and expressions found
in his printed speech, not sentence Of
which he ever delivered, he perhaps
didn't reslizs what was in store for him
The scoring given him by General War
ner in the House on Friday last vas q
full aud comprehensive answer TO this
challenge.
The resolutions which we're adopted,
and which you will no doubt publish in
Iull, were presented by Gen. Warner by
direction OF the committee of which he
is chairman. The motion to instruct the
chairman 10 presen. the resolutions was
made by a Republican member OF the
committee, seconded by another Repub-
licsn member, and was adopted by .
unanimous vote of the committee, which
is composed of five Democrats and four
Republicans. The TACT is that the Re-
publican mem bers Of the committee were
,qlally as indignant over the false
charges made in the speech against the
committee as we're the Democrats.
In presenting the res olut:ons. General
Warner confined his remarks strictly To
q mere statement OF the facts which
moved the committee to take action 10
the matter. But when Taylor got up TO
reply, he hadn't discretion enough to
observe the old maxim, that, "in had
cause, one should he SILENT" hut imine-
iiately opened out and proceeded to de.
liver his old campaign speech on pen.
sions. The wise thing for him to have
done, under the circumstances, would
have been to simply state that the mat
ter complained OF had been inserted in.
sdverten,ly and without any intention 10
abuse the privileges OF the House, and
then ask to withdraw those parts OF his
speech. Had this been done, Of course,
The resolutions would have been with.
drawn, and Mr.. TAYLOR would have es-
capped the humiliation which would nee.
essariIv follow their adoption BIT he
foolishly persisted in trying to vindica'e
himself. He screamed '.like 3 rantan-
kerous tom cat with HE tail under the
cheese knife" and the consequence is
that many of his Republican friends
here are now convinced, il they did no,
know il before, that be is a fraud OF
f, twenty.four cars.s- without alloy.
True to the instinc's which direct his
conduct generally, Taylor attempted to
cas-, sur upon Monroe county. hy de.
claring that the election OF General War.
ner vas much doubted by the people OF
the district, and that he had received his
entire mai ,rity in Monroe, which was
337. This fine showing for Monroe
and the good work it did in keeping such
blatherski,es as Taylor out Of Congress,
moved Mr. Davidson. Of Florida. to ex.
claim, g nod for Monroe This brought
down the House 10 vociferOus applause,
and 1t is perhaps the FIRST time in the his.
tory OF old Monroe that she WAS ever
checred on the f ,or of Congress.
One of the inscrutsble mysteries o.
Taylor's defense was the reading OF Gen.
Warmers letter to Mr.. Cowden on. the
question in reference to the tariff on
wool. The letter was published IN all
the Democratic papers OF the district
during the campaign, and was commen.
led BY every one for its frank and open
statement of the Generals position on
the tariff. Not single member Of Con:
gress but knew that the letter contained
a truthful statement OF his position on
that question. and the reading of it was
received with applause nv the Democrats.
Another matter he read in his defense
was an editorial from The Spirit. in
which it was asserted-p, ol,ably mad
vertently-ihat Speaker Carlisle is free
trader. This raised the laugh on the
Speaker, and thus THE Spirit becomes
famous in the columns of the Cengres.
sional Record
The other documents he read we're the
same ammunition he burnt in the Cam
bridge debate. 1t now turns out that.
as matter Of fact, the two letters he
read from the Foreman of the. Record
we're prepared and written by Taylor
himself. In one o: them. where i, is
stated that General Warner in the r.vis-
ion oi his renal ks on one occasion, "hati
added abou, i:ty lines and struck out
about forty proves to be untrue. The
truth is that out OF The whole speech re
ferred to there were corrections only In
some forty lines and additions amount.
ing To about ten lines.
The public printer iGforms me that TIE
re writing Of whole speeches is not un.
usual where they have not been prepar.
ed before delivery. Senator Carpenter
Of Wisconsin, always re.wroie oil bis
speeches. and President Garfield always
largely revised his; but the rewriting
usually depends upon the circumstances
under which the speeches we're delivered.
The complaint against TAYLOR vas no,
tha, he had printed speech in the Re.
corfu. VI tUdt uO tVNtoCu cDcCIu,
or even that he had printed what he did
not deliver 10 the House-all this he had
right to do under the privileges of the
House Blu, the complaint was that, af.
ter the adjournment OF Congress, he
printed in the Record q speech contain
ing charges not true in themselves. re.
Hecting upon a committee OF the House,
arraigning members OF the House lsel'
ALI of which was ione after Congress
had adjourned and no opportunity was
given to reply to the charges Tavlor's
six minutes speech, which was delivered.
was read in connection with the resola-
tions, and nothing objectionable appears
in it, Tor it contains not single sentence
OF his printed speech.
One OF the certificates produced ny
Ia, lor from Mcpherson. q Republican
ex clerk of the House. contained an as
sertion that the Hon. S. s. Cox had in.
serted one of his Tammany Hall speech.
es in the Record, no part of which had
ever been delivered in the House This
the wittv New Yorker showed 10 be q
lie. and he .'went for that heather Chi
nee' with vengeance Mr. Rogers. Of
Arkansas, a member Of the committee,
also helped in the skinning process, and