Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-06

MCCULLOUGH, IOrtnef h6puDllCaH
Secretary Of the Treasury, admitted in
| 1871 of Stanley Matthews, admitted
in 1875, member of the United
States Supreme Court, and appointed
no doubt for the reason that he was q
member of the Golden Club.
There are also the names of Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Cyrus w. Field,
and number of others. / will not
read them because the gentleman
would denounce them as Mugwumps.
Buchanan-Thel list of them are
Bynum-Garfield's name appears
in the publication of 1871 as being
admitted in 1869.
Bayne-He repudiated his connec-
nection with that Club; he said he
was elected without his consent or
knowledge. (Derisive laughter on the
Democratic side.)
Wilson, OF New York-And Roose-
velt has tince recanted.
Boutelle asked it the gentleman did
not know, as every newspaper reader
knew, that President Garfield had
publicly and repeatedly repudiated
any connection with the Golden Club;
that his election was q compliment
paid to him without his knowledge
and that he absolutely refused to be-
come member.
Bynum-It was compliment paid
to him on account of the sentiment
he expressed. When and where did
he repudiate it?
Boutelle promised to produce
abundant proof of his statements.
Russell, of Connecticut would
like to ask the gentleman from Indi-
ana whether ]. S. Moore, known as
"Parsee" Moore, member Of the
Golden Club, was not, as | am in
formed, the author OF the Mills bill?
Bynum-The authors OF the Mills
bill are the majority of the Ways and
Means Committee.
Russell-Has not ''Parsee" Moore
been the controlling spirit of the
majority Of the Ways and Means
Committee?
Breckenridge-If the gentleman
will take the responsibility of making
the charge on his own veracity, then
we will make issue.
Buchanan asked if the gentleman
would admit that the minority MEM
bers of the committee were not ad- |
mitted to meetings Of the majority
when the bill was in preparation.
Mr.. Breckenridge replied with a
question as to whether the gentleman
referred to the private meetings the |
majority held for conference.
Buchanan: All! the gentlemen
held secret meetings, did they? l am
glad that the gentlemen confess the
secrecy of their meetings.
Breckenridge replied, amid Demo
cratic applause, that surely the gen.
tleman did not think the majority Of
the committee expected the minority |
to agree with them in their efforts to
reduce taxation.
Mccormick, Of Pennsylvania, took |
the floor and devoted himself largely |
to criticism OF number of sections |
of the bill. He wanted to know what
the scheme of the majority of the |
Committee on Ways and Means was
if it was not free trade scheme.
6tockade, of Mississippi, defended
the bill. He referred to the recent |
strikes and said when American labor
UcuuptCu W Icbi5e pdupcT ldDOi, iBk-
erton was telegraphed to and there |
came host of miners at $40 day, |
and these American citizens went out |
Of their homes with revolvers in their |
faces, and those weapons in the |
hands Of ruffians.
Brumm-Is it not true that all
those men who have employed Pink
erton detectives in the coal regions
are free traders headed by Scott; OF i
this House; Corbin, Of New York,
and Coke, Of Pennsylvania, all free
traders?
Stockdale-I am rot the guardian
Of Scott. regard him as amply able
to take care Of himself, but / do know
that it was the American laborer that
was at the muzzle of the gup, and that
it was American capital that was at
the breech. l don't care whether it
was Scott, Corbin or anybody else, l
speak what l believe to be the truth.
The Committee then arose and the
House adjourned.