The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-17
THE STATESMAN PROM ERIE
palIell Makes Short Work of
RspreaeutatIye Scott.

Representative scott.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 16.-In the
House to-day Mr.. Dalzell, Of Pennsylva-
mia, rose to correct, US he said, some
gross mlsstatements that had been made
on his district, and the illogical, incon-
sequential and absurd conclusions
sought to be drawn from these state
ments, and resent the impudent intru.
sion into the private affairs OF certain OF
his constituents. He said he found his
text in the very extraordinary screed
read last Friday by the gentleman rep
resenting the Erie district OF Pennsyl-
vania. He said extraordinary be-
cause for one reason, the gentleman
saw fit therein TO class himself with
statesmen and at the same time time to
characterize as demagogue, every man
OF that very large and respectable class
who did not believe that political econo-
my was an exact science and the gentle
man from Erie (Mr. Scott) statesman.
The American people might safely be
left to ascertain who was the "demagogue
with his mouth filled with catchwOrds."
When the gentleman's utterances on the
pending bill were examined ii was found
that the Statesman from Erie" was the
self.retained foe OF monopolies and trusts
and the great enthusiastic champion Of
the wage worker and the industrial
laborer.
The gentleman asserted that the pro-
position that the mandatory gave the
farmer market "a fallacy and fraud"
and he illustrated his position by giving
the case OF farmer near Braddock in
his (Dalzell's) district. The illustration
given by the gentleman concerning the
Edgar Thomson steel works contained
not line or letter consistent with the
truth. The farmer near Braddock was
no longer compelled to raise wheat and
submit to the domination Of Mark Lhne
in London. The teeming populatioh pt
the steel works furnished the farmefs,a a
market for products they would never
have sold before-a market for
garden truck, vegetables, butter,
milk and other things. II the states
man from Erie did not know that he was
grossly ignorant. II he did not know it,
Il was because OF moral strabismus.
His illustration OF the struggles Of the
farmer was sublimely grotesque. The
farmer near Braddock who paid 500 an
acre for his ground not long since sold
it for $1,000 IN acre. The gentleman
had pictured that farmer groaning be-
cause he had te pay thirty-three cents q
pound for steel beam, but what the
farmer wanted with the steel beam the
statesman from Erie did not say,
Laughter on the Republican side1 and
II he did want II perhaps he had little
out OF the $1,000 he had got for the last
acre he had sold. Mr.. Dalzell said that
Mr.. Scott, in his speech. placed the
price Of steel rails at $37 so when he had
signed a report from the Ways and
Means Committee stating it at S3l and
had suppressed important matters as To
the price OF the rails.
Continuing Mr.. Dalzell maintained that
Mr.. Scott contradicted himself with
respect to his figures upon the earnings
OF coal miners. He (Dalzell) said he
had been informed to-day by an intelli'
gent and honest miner that II any such
wages were paid they were exceptional
That II they were paid at all they were
paid at Scott Haven, in store orders
upon the truck stores kept in violation
OF the laws Of Pennsylvania, so that the
employer could rob his employe Ap
plause on the Republican side by fore
ing them to sign an ironclad agreement
And here, Mr.. Chairman, would leave
him with one friendly word Of advice, fol
which charge him nothing: 1t is moi
craftsmanship to discuss the private
affairs Of our neighbors behind theil
backs.
MI. scott-If the gentleman will go L
Scott Haven he will find ., 900 men therI
who tri.weekly receive in cash dollal
a day more than the gentleman's friendi
Fare paid at the Carnegie steel works
Turning to Dalzell he asked how many
men he had on his pay roll and to whom
he gave employment.
Mr.. Dalzell-I am not q millionaire,
Mr.. Scott-You had the opportunit,
hut YOU did not have the brains to ge
, there. democratic applause. He ask
ed whether Mr.. DalZell denied that tn,
, total amount OF labor in ton Of rail
at the Edgar Thompson works exceeded
$3.50.
MI. Dalzell-Certainly.
Mr., Brumm-Does not the gentleman
contribute towards paying the coal ant
iron police in the coal regiOns2
Mr.. Scott-No, sir you made tina
charge against me u.
. "And,n interrupted Mr.. Brumm, "
am going to prove il"
81 will make you prove it." cried Nj
Scott, yehemently. 81 am going TO cal
, YOU before the bar Of the House TO max
! you prove it."
"And / will prove it" shouted Nj
} Brumm- .
] at is false, sir, as hell itself" retorte,
! Mr.. Scott. "The gentleman ought :
have known what he was doing. / hav
: nothing more to say"
AGAR. Commander for Governor.
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