St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-06
SO presented-falsely. When gentlemen
garbled figures they would be false.

so presented-falsely. When gentlemen
garbled figures they would be false.
MR.. HOLMAN ROSE TO MAKE A STATEMENT
but Mr.. Crisp declined to yield, when Mr..
Holman exclaimed with irritation: 1.-THE
gentleman cannot make an assault upon
me-" And" exclaimed Mr.. Crisp, with
equal irritation, 1.-THE gentleman cannot die
tate to me what shall say upon the floor
of this house. He sought to class me and
the committed among the men who be-
trayed the people. will not submit to it,
and allow him to escape with impunity.
Applause He must abide by his figures,
and | am in no wise responsible for it.
Why did the gentleman make the statement
in regard to the net earnings unless it were
to mislead the house. The gentleman
stated that the earnings of the Central Pa
ciic were 81, S20,371 1t is marked so in
the book, but when it comes to the net
earnings within the meaning of the Thur
man act. they are but $1,212,000. And
that is the distinguished gentleman who is
posing in this house as friend of the peo-
pie. l heard the gentleman a few moments
ago say, in respotise to question of mine.
that in his opinion, the attorneys of rail-
roads were always urgent. Ii the gentle
man from Indiana means to insinuate or to
intimate in the remotest degree, that am
in any way connected with a railroad COM
pany as attorney or agent, or that have
ever accepted favOrs from a railroad COM
pany. directly or indirectly, then. Mr..
Speaker, hurl the charge in his teeth as
false" Mr.. Holman. with some show of
feeling, replied to what he termed the dis
courteous language which had been used.
He had said nothing to incite the ire of the
gentleman. He had been reading state
ment which was apparently absolutely cor
rect. He would publish the whole aud the
country would see who was right.
Mr.. Crisp-I ask nothing better than to
appeal to the country on question of this
sort. The day has long passed when gen.
tlemen can pose as friends of the people
when they are standing between the people
and the collection of just debt.
The house then granted leave to Messrs.
Holman and Crisp to print in the Record
the tables alluded to, and as Mr.. Holman
took his seat he expressed the hope that
there would be no garbling of the Record.
THE gentleman can make that insinuatlon
here" said Mr.. Crisp, angrily, ''but-he
restrained himself and resumed his seat
and the house, which had been in state of
great confusion during this episode. making
it difficult for the speakers to be heard, re
turned to its state of comparative quiet.
On motion of MIR. Holman an amendment
was adopted increasing from 40 to SO per
cent. the amount of the net earnings re-
quired to be paid into the sinking fnnd in
case the companies refuse to accept the
provisions of the act. The previous ques-
ton was then ordered on the engrossing and
third reading of the bill. but the opponents
of the measure, showing disposition to
filibuster until o'clock and thus prevent
vote upon the bill itself. Mr.. Crisp
yielded to the inevitable and stated that he
would endeavor to secure vote on Tues
day next.