The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-12

He referred 70 the fact that the surplus was
still accommodating. that the fiscal year was near
ing its close with the appropriation bills suI I'M
disposed of. aud finally came to the eiss OF his
remarks with citation Of the various general
pension bills which had been reported on oy
committees or introduced In the House Mr..
Grosvenor then said that petition had been
presented TO the committee on rules. signed py
all the Republicans who were present In the
House. asking for an assignment o, time 20 ,ne
COMMITTEES on invalid pensions. and respectfully
calling attention to the demand there was In the
country for pension legislation That petition
had been presented about month
ago. Before that time two requests
had been made by the formal action
Of the committee on invslid pensions for time to
consider some pension bills. Up to this time
the committee on rules had not assigned one day
one hour 10 the consideration OF pension dis
While il had given days to nearly every otnsr
committee, it had stubbornly refused TO Let the
com mittse on invalid pensions have q day. Inc
Republican party in its platform % Chicago bad
pledged itself TO substantial pensions 10 the SOL
diers, and the Democratic party In its platform
had also announced itself in favor OF liberal
pensions. But, unfortunately. in the recent
utterances of the Democratic party at ST. Louis.
there Was no word. no reference, no suggestion
that the Democratic party IN the future pro-
posed to carry out its promises to the Union
soldiers OF the country.
Mr.. Cannon OF Illinois. as one OF the minority
members of the committee on rules. SAID. that,
30 far 40 he knew. there had been no meeting OF
the committee for some weeks The other MI
nority member, Nr. Reed, of Maine, and him.
self had asked that meeting be called, in order
that they might properly voice the sentiments
OF the Repub iican members of the House, but
they had heard nothing in regard to II.
Mr.. Grosvenor then said be wanted the sol
diers of the country 10 understand that the MI
poriry was utterly poweress to call up PEN
sion bill except with the consent and through
the will Of the majority. a. expressed by the
committee on rules
Mr.. WOODBURY. of Nevada. made q bitter per-
soual attack upon Mr.. Cox. of New York, taking
for his text. extracts from Mr.. Cox's tariff
speech, in which he characterized Nevada As
rotten borough" and ridiculed its representa-
tive In the House. The gentleman, he said.
called Nevada a ''rotten borough" but no de6ed
the gentleman 80 name an instance OF the pur-
chase or the Legislature OF that State. de de-
fed the gentleman to name time Ia her history
when there had not been an honest vote. hon
estly counted. Nevada never had to boast OF
Connolly, Sweeney, Cardoza. q Field or an
Ingersoll, and IL was to her credit that she bad
never produced q Cox Laughter She needed
no Canada on her border to shelter her thieves
and political scoundrels. Unlike the State Of New
York. the capacity of her ballot-boxes was
limited By the quantity Of votes cast; and il the
Blair bill became Law his constituents would
not get cents whore the gentlemsn's consttu-
ents WOMB get dollars. II all the corruption
fund that would be- expended to carry the EN-
pire State for Cleveland were put into Virginia
City, IL would not have perceprble influence
on any one OF the four wards He had always
heard that the gentleman was the wit and the
humnrist of the House, but he had never been
convinced of 1T until tks gentleman delivered
his speech on the tariff. He remembered that
when Ben Butler ''shoo-died" the gentleman into
silence the people believed that be would for
ever cease TO pose as the funny man Of Conere
But the gentleman had evidently become jealous
of Mr.. Allen. of Mississippi, and in desperate
effort TO regain his shattered reputation
had selected his [Mr Woodburn'sl name for q
humorous analysis. II his name we're the same
~ that of the gentleman from Now York. he
would have the good sense never to permit il to
be the subject OF criticism on tho floor Of the
House. He bad read modern and ancient.
sacred and profane history. and he had failed 20
find that the name Of Cox Was ever sssocisted
with decent or conspicuous achievement. The
Almighty bad never destined to immortality .
man bearing the name of Cox. He then quoted
Mr. Cox's remarks eulogistc Of the Celts and
derogatory Of the Saxons. and commented upon
the marvellous change which bad come over the
sentiments Of the gentleman since he wrote
''The Buckeye Abroad" From this book he
quoted to show that 10 1854 Mr. Cox had held
views derogatory to the Cslt, and he declared
that the Buckeye in Ohio was totally different
from the Buckeye when he placed his carpet
bag in Tammany Hall The gentleman was DIR.
Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. Mr.. Woodburn then
went into an analysis of Mr. Cox's middle name
of Sullivan. and denied that gentleman's claim
tuAb 10 was q 0ooc6nudut Oh Oeuerdl SULLIVAN, OF
revolutionary fame. In conclusion, he replied
to tie charge in regard to A. S. Hewitt having
apolog;zed to the British minister because the
House passed . resolution of inquiry as to tie
trial of an American citizen by British court;
but his time having expired, be stated that he
would take the floor tomorrow upon . question
of privilege and address the House on the sub
ject
Mr.. Cox said that he had been advised by
friends on both sides Of the House to pay no at
| teption to this nonsense For many years this
book, The Buckeye Abroad" had been quoted
| against him on many subjects Though young
| man. he had in that book indicated. as every
young American should. the doctrine or our
| Constitution as to religious liberation. he had
| paid visit to Ireland and bad paid tribute to
/ the people of that country. The gentleman
| should have made this attack upon him during
| the debate on the tariff. The bullet had gone
| the time to know that lie was hurt He did not
know 1t because he was an incarnate suppressio
veri That was Irish for man who did not
tell the truth all through. Laugh.
assertion that he was a better LAWYER
than he Mr.. Cox] WAS He had therefore re.
| ferred to Blackstone. and found that when the
| grand jury had heard the evidence and found
| the accusation eroundlsss il formally entered
on the back of the bill. "Ienoramusu II the
gentleman were indicted for intelligence and for
telling the whole truth, and the grand jury
] kept to the old custom. it would write on the
back of the bill, "Ienoramus." Laughter.
] All he had to say to the gentleman, in conclu-
sion, was. 'DIe, dig, little mole: dig under
ground: there's sunlight IN the sky"
| Mr.. Strube, OF Iowa. and Mr.. Dipgley, OF
| Maine. criticised the committee on alcoholic
! liquor traffic for not having reported measure
to regulate or prevent the sale of LIQUORS in the
| District Of Columbia. The bill was then passed.
| Mr. Spinols. of New York, asked unanimous
consent for the immediate consideration of the
| joint resolution appropriating $25 900 for the
celebration Of the twenty fifth anniversary 81
| the battle of Gettysburg
| Mr. Breckenridge. of Arkansas, objected. on
| the ground that war celebrations in any portion
| Of the country were conducive of no good.
| The Speaker laid before the House o commu
| nication from the Secretary of the Treasury
| transmitting estimate Of $4,000 from the
| Supervising Architect for repairs Of the New
| Orleans custom-house. Referred. Adjourned.
NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.