Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-16
ire as until they have driven you out

OF power"
Gibson W. Va. favored the d:strihu-
tion OF the appropriation bills and as
serted that history bad shown ths,
nearly every scandal Of modern times
aad been found in the belly of an an
propriation bill. He did cot believe ia
tnis pretence Of honesty which some
gentlemen set up. He had Yet TO dis
oovsr that the gentleman from Penn
.yivania handAllJ and the gentleman
from Indiana tHolmanl nad ever ob
lected to an appropriation for their own
States.
Randall-The gentleman is mistaken
% far al | am concerned.
Gibson-It | am, the Rentleman's OBJ
leosions have been 30 slight and 30 in
frequent that they have not made him
as psominent a. bis other actions.
Continuing, Gibson sald that be re
membered that the gentleman from
fennsylvania came IN at the last of a
session OF Congress aud pressed through
the House under the threat tha. TO de
feat II would cause an extra session, an
appropriation for public building for
tennsylvaRia or Indiana.
handaii thoaght the Rentleman's
memory defective. He had resisted
every addition TO an appropriation for
public buildings in the 5undry Civil bill
and bis vote In committee had been
consistent With his public acts, q be re-
membered. and there WAS no appropris-
ton IN that bill for public bull ding in
Pennsylvania.
Gibson contended that the Appropri-
alton Committee had no businsss to
hold back aspiration bills and stifis the
voice of members of the House. While
the country had been demanding a gen
eral bankruptcy bill, while the meroan
tile interests Of the West had been de-
msnding cheap transit, nothing could
be done because the Appropriation Com
mIttee had chosen to thrust itself on
the Hoase and prevent other mem oers
from doing = solitary thing. Way VAS
10 that the gentleman from Pennsylva-
MIA and the gentleman from Indiana
ver. the only men who could be trusted
with an appropriation billI Did their
record show that they were more patgi-
otto thar other membe of the Housel
when these in mense land grants we're
given to railroads. when thieving ap-
preparations were made, where Was this
great c1mmitiee TO project the interests
OF the countryl These gentlemen said
they had objected. Why we're not their
objections potent then as now! They
were potent now to stop legislation for
free transportation, but they had no
power when confronted with railroad
steals.
Randall never veted dollar or an
acre of land for any railroad.
GIbson-l did not ask how the gentle
man voted. Ii is we'll known that while
he has had charge of these matters, he
has controlled legislation.
Randall-Not in ths least. Bat | am
glad to say that the Democr ats voted
almost unanimously as did.
Gibson 1T is not question of how
the gentleman voted or how he did not,
Ranaall-I thought it was.
GibsoR-It is because the gentleman
thrusts himself IN here and makes him
self a personal feature in this discus
SION that he 10 discussed. Laughter
We want to amend the rules for the
public good, not to help or hurt the
gentleman from Pennsylvania. there
Is not member Of the House but
knows that millions OF money and
thousands Of acres of public land have
been given to private corporations to
enable them to lay tax on the country,
where not one dollar has been expended
in free navigation. The voice of the
railroad is heard. not only in the press,
but Ia these halls. and every attempt TO
secure free navigation Is attacked, and
the committee making the attack Is
charged by innuendo with ste ais. ehal-
lenge the Appropriation Committee to
compare their bills with the river and
harbor bills, aud see which have the
osost jobs in them.
Gtsson then went on to argue Ia sup
port Of the distribution plan. and criii
cizsd the Appropriation Com nittse and
their efforts in Congress, and charged
them with neRlccting to build navy
and erect fortifieations for the proteo-
tion of the grea; cities of she country.
| Tie would vote to destroy as far as pos
sele the arbitrary and tvrannioal pow
er OF the Appropriation Committee.
Randall thought that in view Of the
remarks Of the gentleman froO West
| Virginia a. to land grants aud subsidies.
| 10 was proper for him tn say that since
the House had been under Democratic
control, there had not been An acre Of
land or dollar of subsidy appropriat-
ed. As to him thrusting himself for
ward here, every member ought to knew
that he had done Just the reverse. He
| did not deal in personalities in the
House, and IL anybody attempted TO
deal With him personally, he ought not
to do 30 here.
Morrison gave nstice that he would
endeavor to close the general debate to-
morrow afternoon, and then the House
adjourned.