National Republican., 1888-05-22
TIE HOUSE.

After the accumulated Senate bills had |
been cleared of the Speakers table and re-
fcrrcd to appropriate committees, Mr.. Mills,
of Texas, moved resolution that to-day be
set apart for the consideration Of bills re-
ported by the committee on labor, and the
resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, rising to a
question of privilege, said that he desired
to call attention to number of errors in
the CongreSsiCnal Record of last Thursday
morning, On Wednesday n colloquy had oc-
cured Between his colleage (Mr:: Brumm)
and himself and the gentleman from Penn
sylvania (Mr. Scott! lie found upon eX-
animation Of the Record that the report of
the transaction had been very materially
altered in two ways 1t was altered,
aG,,ry rs by ,a" ts suppression s%a Of nv ws iss
insertion of what did not take place.
These insertions and omissions were material
to the discussion. While he conceded In
the fullest and most generous way the right
of any member to revise his remarks, he
suggested that the rules of the House and
the rules Of common fairness and common
sense did not give member the liberty to
revise remarks In which other parties were
interested.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Nlr,
Scott) had no right to SO alter the collOquy
rs TO place Mr.. Brumm and himself (Mr.
Dalzell) in an attitude which they had not
occupied. lie found upon examination at
the printing Office that the gentleman's
speech had been sent to him for revision,
and that, with the exception Of one or two
pages, 1t had not been returned, Something
prepared by the gentleman himself had been
returned in lieu thereof. lie held in his
hand transcript of the notes Of the official
reporters, and he compared II with the
printed record of Mr.. ScOtt's speech to show
hnt hn tuFN 10 inl a. Il
ent The printed record omitted the asser-
tiln on the part of the gentleman that he
paid his men ut Scott Haven in cash and
tri-wCclily, and he was unwilling that the
gentleman S assertion ON that subject should
not stand as made In the actual transac-
ton the gentleman hesitated, even though
| in the heat of debate, to imputc that he Mr..
DUlZcll) was here as an attorney for certain
| interests, but IN the delberation of his closet
| lie said, III expect the gentleman, as the
| special representative OF the trusts oi this
| country" II was not creditable to the gen
| tlcman that he assumed, in the heat Of de.
bate, a more manly position than he did
when he undertook TO SID down IN his room
and make for the country an imaginary
record Of what took place in the House, and
the charge the gentleman m0de-if he made
| II rs Il charge-was untrue, Another point
| where the RecOd was changed was IN the
| gcntlemans reply 10 Mr., Brumm. On the
floor he denied point blank that he ever
contributed to the payment Of the coal anl
iron police; In the RecDrd he suppressed
| that denial, and denounced as false any
charge that he employed Pnkelton detec-
! tiyCs.
lie called attention to this because the
gcntlemun's statement ON the floor might at
some future time be put To the test of truth;
/ The latter part of the gentlcman's published
speech was never uttered. What he did say
was, 1T is as false as hell ITSELF This was
omitted In conclusion Mr. Dalzell denied
the tight of member to putinto the Rec)rt
what did not occur and to take that ont
which did occur wnen such intcriectiOns
and omissions affected the Interests of an
other member.
Mr.. Scott inquired Of the Speaker whether
The extracts from his speech read by Mr.,