Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-06

within The mcanine Of the Thurman set
they are but sf,2i2.000. From seven 70
one; from eight 10 two; and that l. the
distineuished gentleman who IL posing 10
this House os friend OF the pcopf.
whoa he Is seeking by statements Oh thai
sort TO Keep The House from endeayoringto
collect the Just debt due the Government.
He and the gentleman from Illinois M
springer must not, with my consent, pose
here as friends Of the Treasury when, BY
IcsoftiDg 10 such means ~ that they are
.rying 10 prevent the Government from
collecting what Is Justly due the Govern
ment. Those gentlemen cannot blind the
eyes OF the businessmen 10 the present
facts By detailing the history OF the roads
in the past. ] heard the gentleman from
Indiana few moments ago say, in response
20 question OF mine. that, in his opinion,
the attorneys OF railroads were always
urgent. IL the gentleman from Indiana
means TO insinuate OF 10 intimate in the re-
motest degree that am In anywise con.
nected with railroad company as at.
torney or agent, or that have ever accepted
iayors from a railroad company, directly or
indirectly. then. Mr.. Speaker, l hurl the
chsrge IL his teeth n false"
Mr.. Holman rose, and with some show OF
EtElltu W Nfdb w W.
courteous language which bad been used.
He had said nothing 10 incite the ire OF The
gentleman. He had been reading state
ment which WIS apparently absolutely cor
rect. Let public document speak the
truth, and lei the gentlemen who had APP
plauded the attack Of the gentleman from
Georgia see whether ii was an honorable
thing for them 10 do. He then proceeded
-, a ha
statement OF the net earnings o. the Union
and Central Pacific Railroad Companies to
show that they amounted 10 the sums pre-
vicusly stated by him. II the gentleman
could point 10 an error in the statement
made by public officer let him do IL, aud
let him not 90 into passion over con-
troyersy in which gentlemen ought TO scek
to know what the truth was. He had said
not a word which justified such a display
Of passion. The truth was valuable; he
spoke from the record, and the gentleman
did not.
Mr.. Crisp said truth was valuablr-to0
valuable TO be lost sight OF when the House
was called upon TO pass upon an important
measure like this. The gentlemln bad said
that he quoted from the record, and that he
Crisp Gid not. He denied 1t. The gen.
tleman did quote part OF the record. but u
was q part that miselds. He Crisp had
quoted the summing up Of the transaction
Of the railroads. The gentleman had taken
on Intermediary point.
Mr.. Holman: will publish the whole
table, and the country will SEE who Is right
Mr.. Crisp: ask nothing better than to
appeal TO the country on question OF this
sort. In business body as tins ought 10
&c seek to be adjusted by business prin-
ciples. The day has long passed when gem
IlCmen 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 scat he expressed the hope that
there would De no garbling OF the record.
"Ihe gentleman can make that iusinua-
ton here" hurst out Mr.. Crisp angrily;
"bUt"- He restrained himself here
ard resumed his seat, and The House. Ehlch
rad been in state 81 great confusion
during this episode, making il difficult for
speakers TO be heard, returned 10 its state
ot comparative quiet.