Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-01-15
THE MONROE STATESMAN
PLUCKED.
Representative J. D. Taylor Makes Il
Warm for Mr.. Warner in
the House.

A Washington special to the Cleveland
Leader of the 7th inst, gives the follow
ing account of the tilt last week between
congressman Taylor and Warner, while
an amendment TO the pension appropria-
tien bill was under consideration:
Representative Warner, of Ohio. whose
swelling preteDsions to craftsmanship
have been several times punctured by
Representative Joseph D. Taylor, again
inflated himself to-day, and again had
the wind let out in summary manner
by the latter, and collapsed like bursted
balloon. He offered an amendment to
the pension appropriation bill, changing
the law as to the compensation of pen-
sion attorneys, and made speech of an
hour, condemning the present law, and
comparing 1t to the piracy of the Middle
Ages, and asking to have it stricken
from the statutes as a scheme of robbery
and injustice. Taylor then took the floor,
and read from the Congressional Record
the remarks of Warner and Rogers. of
Arkansas, Ia member of the committee
of which Warner is chairman, made in
the House on. the 18th of December,
when they were cudgeling Taylor for
presuming to criticise that committee
for its inaction, in which they both
claimed as distinguished honor the Sc
curing of this particular legislation. They
were then attempting to vindicate them
selves from the charge made by Taylor,
that the Committee on the Payment of
Pensions, Bounties and Back PAY, of
which Warner is chairman, had never in
the seven months of the last session Sc
cured single line of legislation. The
truth of this statement was then called
in question, and Taylor was charged
with great injustice in making it, and
the proof adduced was that this law now
assailed by Warner as smacking of the
piracy of the Middle Ages, was then held
up as something in the highest degree
admirable. Taylor lost none of this
golden opportunity to show up the hy-
pocrisy and demagogueism of these two
men, especially OF Warner, who had en-
deavored so recently to impeach Taylor
upon a technicality, and to avenge his
political grievances upon him by the aid
of Democratic House. Taylor showed
from the record that both Warner and
Rogers had declared in the House on
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fully considered this measure, and had
lcrystalized it into law by reporting it
to the House, and attaching it to the
pension appropriation bill. To-day They
denied all authorship and paternity of
the bill, and charged it on the Senate and
conference committee.
Taylor handled them without gloves,
and stated in a telling manner the shame
less position occupied by a portion of the
Democratic side of the House. A few
days ago they had decided by vote that
he had misrepresented this committee BY
not accrediting them with this legisla
tion, and now two hours had been taken
by the gentlemen to show that they were
in no way responsible for it, that, in
short, his accusers themselves had vim
dieated the entire truth Of his assertions
and had themselves proved that they had
misrepresented him, and misled and de
ceiyed the House. He pointed to the fact
that Warner yesterday, in his action and
vote on the Mexican pension bill, had
confirmed every Stateme he had made
concerning him and his committee with
the single exception of that regarding
this legislation, and to-day the gentleman
removes any doubt which might have
been hanging over that point, and makes
his own humiliation complete. Taylor
repeated that it is now matter of rec
ord, and will go before the country corr
roborated by the gentleman's own werds
aud acts, that every word of that speech
SO recently sought to be in part contro-
verted was and is true, and that this
committee is and has been the graveyard
of all important pension legislation, and
has throttled every bill ever referred to
| it. He further said that the conduct of
Warner on this occasion. was in keeping
! with the course of that gentleman on the
occasion of his former speech in har+
angueing the House concerning his CTay-
ler'sl military record. making statements
which we're utterly and maliciously false
and when he would have replied, nov
| ing the previous question, and prevent
ing him from making any denial or ex-
! PLANTATION.
The House seemed mortified at the
predieament in which it had involved
| itself in having recorded vote which
| is now shown to have been based on a
malicious and spiteful falsehood. If
! Warner were not constitutiOnally inca
pable Of seeing anything beyond his own
gigantic shadow he would begin to real+
ize the fact that Taylor has his ammu-
milton always with him, and had better
not be fooled with.