St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-12
How to Expedite Action on
the Mills Bill Is Puz-
zling Democrats.
The President PardonS a Host
Of Offenders, Including a
MinneSOtian.
Fuller's Nomination Again
Sidetracked--Cleveland
and Thurman.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE feature
in the house to-day was the bitter per-
sonal colloquy between Messrs. Wood
burn, of Nevada, and Cox. of New York.
Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, introduced
bill providing for an assistant secretary
of the navy. Mr.. Dougherty, of Florida,
offered a resolution reciting the lmprob-
ability of the passage of the Mills bill at
this session, and instructing the COM
mittee on ways and means to report
bills repeating internal taxes, except
upon spirits; providing for tax on in
comes of over IS, 600, to be used for pen
sions exclusively; and placing on the
free list all articles not manufactured or
produced in the United States. Referred.
Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, offered resO-
luton assigning certain days in July to
the consideration of pension legislation.
He said that the Republican party, in its
platform at Chicago, had pledged itself
to liberal pensions, and the Democratic
party, in its Chicago platform, had also
pledged itself in the same direction.
But at the recent st. Louis convention
there was no promise or pledge OF the
kind. He voiced the sentiment of every
man on the Republican side that time
be conceded for consideration of legis-
latiOn. He wanted the country to know
that
THE MINORITY WAS PowERLEss
to call up a pension bill except with the
consent and through the will of the ma
jority, as expressed by the committee
on rules.
Mr.. Woodburn, of Nevada, made a
bitter personal attack upon Mr.. Cox, OF
New York, on account of remarks by
Mr.. Cox in his tariff speech, in which
Mr.. Cox said Nevada was "a rotten bor-
ough." and ridiculed Nevada's repre-
sentative in the house. He defied the
gentleman from New York to point out
instances of bribery in his state, or bal
lot box stufing, or a Connolley, or
Sweeny, or CardOZe, or a Field, or
an Ingersoll, and it was to her credit
that she had never produced Cox. she
needed no Canada on her border to shell
ter her thieves and political scOundrels.
He had always heard that the gentle
man was the wit and humorist OF the
house, but he had never been CONVINCED
of it until he heard his speech on the
tariff. He remembered that when Ben
silence the people thought that
he would forever cease to pose
as the funny man of congress. Ii his
name was the same as that OF
the gentleman from New York, he
would have the good sense never to per-
nit it to be the subject of criticism on
the floor of the house. He had read
sacred and profane history and he had
failed to find the name of Cox associated
with a decent or conspicuous achieve
ment. The Almighty had never des-
tined to immortality man bearing the
name of Cox. Continuing, Mr.. Wood
burn quoted from CoX's book, The
Buckeye Abroad to show that in 1854
Mr.. Cox had held views
DEROGATORY TO THE CELT.
Mr.. WoOdburn declared that the
Buckeye in Ohio was totally different
from the Buckeye when he placed his
carpet bag in Tammany hall. The gem
tlemen was DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde.
His time expiring, he said, he would
take the floor tomorrow OH question
of privilege, on the subject
MIR. Cox said his book had been
quoted against him on many
subjects. Though young man
he had in that book vindicated
the doctrine of our constitution as to
religious toleratiOn. He had paid a
visit to Ireland, and had paid tribute
to the people of that country. The gem
tleman should have made his attack
bullet had gone by and the gentleman
| did not know he was hurt because he
was an incarnate suppressiO veri.
That was Irish for man who did not
tell the truth all through. If the gen.
tleman were
INDICTED FOR INTELLIGENCE
| and for telling the whole truth, and the
grand Jury Kept to its old custom, it
would write OH the back of the bill
.'Ignoramus." In conclusion he would
mole; dig underground; there is sun
light in the sky"
| A bill to increase the police force of
the District of Columbia was passed.
Mr.. Spinola, of New York, asked
unanimous consent for the immediate
! consideration of the joint resolution ap-
| propriating $4,000 for the celebration
of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
| battle of Gettysburg, but Mr.. Breckin-
| ridge. of Arkansas, who thought war
celebrations in any part of the country
| conclusive of no good, objected. The
| house then at o'clock adjourned.