The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-21
THE HOUSE.

MIR. Hatch Rises to Question of Privilege
and Responds to Senator Ingalls,.
WASHINGTON, July 20-Mr Hatch, of Mis-
souri,, rising to a question of privilege, sent to
the Clerks desk and had read extracts from
Senator Ingals's speech yesterday on the oleo-
margarine bill, in which he characterized
shameful spectacle the support of this measure
in the House under the leadership of the chair
man of committee himself engaged in the
dairy business. and upon which he relied for
support. Mr.. Ingalls, also charged that the
above named chairman had a personal interest
in the measure.
MIR. Speaker" said Mr.. Hatch, 'every gen
teman on the floor will agree with me that the
reference to me as chairman of the committee
on agriculture Of the House of Representatives
by senator, in discussion of bill that
passed this house, is in violation of every par
liamentary rule and in violation of every manly
and decent instinct that ought to actuate
member of either OF these houses The
spect which / have for this house
and its members alone deters me
from characterizing this attack as it
ought to be characterized. desire to state that
when this gentleman con meets my name with
statement that am personally interested in the
passage of the oleomargarine BILL and that de-
rive my support or any part OF 1t. from the
product of a herd OF COWS on my farm, 1t Is sim
ply complete and gratultous falsehood. There
is no truth in it and no foundation for it, AS
farmer / am the owner of a little herd of Jersey
cows which raise for the profit in the increase.
would be proud of owning dairy farm and
being dairy farmer of Missouri. / wish had
| the good fortune to have saved enough in my
| past life to be classed among the dairy farmers
| of Missouri: but when the gentleman attempts
| to insnuate. in my absence and in a forum
where have no rights, that | have any more
personal interest in the passage of that bill than
the ten million farmers and sixty
| million consumers of butter in the
| United States, he ssimply utters a false
] hood. And when the gentleman goes further,
| and says that have, in any part of the discus
sion. descended into the arena of vulgar personal
denunciation, he utters the greatest falsehood of
| his life-and that is the hardest thing can say
| about him. l am not in the habit of descending
! to vulgarities and personalities. leave that to
flow from the mouth of the Senator from Kan
sas-that womb of SANDER and detraction"
| Senate bill was passed authorizing the con-
| struction of bridges across the Tennessee and
Cumberland rivers by the Ohio Valley Railway
! Company.
Mr. Willis, of kentucky. from the committee
| on rivers and harbors, reported back the river
and harbor appropriation BILL with the recon-
| mendation that the Senate amendments be non
concurred in; but on point or order being raised
| by Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, the bill and amend
nents were referred to the committee Of the
| whole.
| Mr. Hewitt, of New York, from the commit
| tee on ways and means. reported back reso-
| luton requesting the President to communicate
/ to the House copies of any correspondence, re-
| ports or information relating to the probable
! advantage or disadvantages to ACQUIRE to the
United States by the operations of the reci-
| procity commercial convention between the
| United States and Mexico Adopted.
| The House then went into committee of the
whole-Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, in the chair
Ion the Senate amendments to the river and
/ harbor bill
/ Mr. Randall moved to amend by striki1g out
/ the Hennepin canal clause.
| MIR. Cannon, Mr. Grosvenor, Mr.. Murphy, Mr..
| Springer and Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, briefly
| opposed the motion, which was rejected-93 to
/ 100
/ Mr. Holman of Indiana offered an amend.
| ment having the effect of taking the charge of
! the Mississippi river Improvement out of the
| hands of the Mississlppisriver Commission. Lost
/ SO to 106
| Mr. Hewitt, of New York, moved to strike out
| the clause making an appropriation for the i'm
| proyement of New York harbor. He said that
| the only effect of the clause would be to make an
| appropriation to be expended by men who had
| no definite plans
Mr.. Bayne of Pennsylvania, expressed his as
constituent that member from New York
i should oppose an appropriation for his State.
i He did not know but that this action was taken
| as means to relieve the President from the
obligation which would be imposed upon him If
i the clause remained in the bill.
/ Mr.. Hewitt said, in view of the fact that the
/ great harbors had been ruined by injudcious
| efforts nj improvement, he had been requested
1 by the Chamber of Commerce not to allow this
/ folly to Se accomplished.
On Mr. Hewitt's motion. the vote stood IS to
oil, but the point of no quorum being raised, the
/ committee rose.
Mr.. Morrison reported back the concurrent
resolution, nxing July 26 as the day for final ad-