Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-16
THU HOUSE.
WORK OF Yesterdays SESSION.
A Kansas Congressman Efsctually Sat
Upon.

WASHINGTON, April 14'-Iu the Hous
today, MIR. Randall, Of Pennsylvania
from the Committee on Appropriations
reported the Legislative, Executive An,
Judicial Appropriation bill, and it was re
ferred to the Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. Robertson, of Louisiana, from tn
Committee on Military Affairs, reporte,
the bill for the relief OF soldiers and sailor
who enlisted and served in the army O
names. House calendar.
| Mr.. McRse, OF Arkansas, from the Com
mittee on Public lands. reported back Sen
ate bill TO relieve purchasers of and to in
demnify certain States for swamp anC
overlooked lands. Committee of III,
Whole.
Bills were reported and placed On thu
calendar for the erection of public build
ings at Stockton and Fremont, Neb.
Mr. Galliuger, OF New Hampshire, from
the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re
ported the bill granting increased pension!
TO soldiers who have lost both hands
Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, from the same
committee, reported, with amendments
Senate bill granting pensions to ex soldier,
and sailors who are incapacitated for The
performance of manual labor, and provid.
ing pensions for dependent relatives of de.
ceased soldiers and sailors. Committee o.
Whole.
Mr.. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, from the
Committee on Indian Depreciation Claims,
reported the bill to provide for the adiudi.
cation and payment of claims arising from
Indian depredatiOGs. COMMITTEE OF Whole.
Mr.. Parsons, of Kansas, took advantage
OF the discussion to speak on the Mills
bill.
Mr.. Perkins then proceeded to argue
that the wealth of the country was due in
great degree to the system Of protection,
AID he criticised the Mills bill because it,
upon examination, he found that almost
every article raised by the American far
mer was put upon the free list, while
whatever protection was left was for capt.
tai. Continuing, Mr.. Perkins criticised
the Mills bill as striking down the pro-
ducts OF the field and putting the labOrers
OF America in competition with the labor
ers of the Old World. He hoped that in
the coming debate there would
be no hypOcricy. He hoped that the
mask would be removed, and that
the hideous face of free trade
exposed with all its deformity. While
Townsends and Springers and others bad
been allowed to indulge in platitudss the
gentleman from the South had been ad-
monished To sit still, but he hoped that
now they would demand to be heard.
They gave to the Democratic party 153
electoral votes, and it was well that they
should be consulted. After they had fill
bustered against a bill which proposed to
pay ST., 900, 900 to the northern States, it
was right that Democratic House should
surrender to them. Applause
Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, thought that
il was great pity that the gentleman
from Kansas MIR. Perkins, could not get
his head out of the cupboard and walk
squarely up to the House Of to-day, in
stead Of going back to slavery AMI rebel
lion. The gentleman from Kansas had
heard of the two men who when travelling
went to sleep in a room with a cupboard in
it. In the night one asked the other
to look out the window and see what kind
of o night il was going 10 be. The latter
by mistske opened the cupboard window
and after looking around exclaimed
1T is dark as hell, and smells like
cheese" Laughter The gentleman
from Kansas instead OF getting his head
out in the daylight 'of 1883 had got it in
the cupboard of rebellion aud everything
wss dark as hell and smelled of slavery.
[ Laughter
Ii was to the credit of the Democrats of
the House that they had something better
to talk about than the issues which had
been dead for twenty-five years, and
If any Democrat got up, and
instead of discussing living issues,
hI1 uothiDg TO talk about but dead issues
He hoped that he would he expelled from
the Democratic side, and made to take a
seat by the gentleman from Kansas, where
he could stick his nose in the cupboard
where the gentleman had his.
The gentlemen had read from the Con-
fvderate constitution. Did the gentleman
know that il was twenty-seven years siuce
that constitution had been adopted? That
constitution and what it contained were
not matters Of interest even to the people
he represented and to the people represent
81 by +fass who bad reported the bill.