Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-18
REPRESENTATIVE IDIOT,

u,s Crazy Utterances About Issues Dead
and Buried Over Twenty Years-Dele-
,.,s Jossphs Puts I'm Plea for State
nood for New Mexico.
~ suNsToN, April 14.-Mr. Randall, Of
r."nsvlvania, from the Committee on APP
..onristions, reported the legislative, execu
I'VE and judicial appropriation bill. Re-
,...od TO COMMITTEES OF the whole.
pobertson, of Louisiana, from the Com
-,ttee on Military Affairs, reported bill
the relief OF soldiers and sailors who en-
r",ed and served in the army or navy
ling the rebellion under assumed names.
House calendar.
Gallinger, of New Hampshire. from the
committee on Invalid Pensions, reported
tbs bill granting increased pensions to
,,ldiers who have lost both hands. Com
,,ittee OF the whole.
pvnum. OF Indiana, from the same COM
.,;tfee repoIted with amendments the
Senate bill granting pensions to ex.soldiers
and sailors who are incapacitated for the
nartornaI ~n ce OF manual labor, and provid-
i"C for dependent relatives OF deceased
npIdiers and sailors. Committee OF the
whole.
u,;,tee ON Indian Depreciation Claims re-
unrted the bill to provide for adjudication
nd nayment OF claims arising from Indian
SnHradations. Committee of the whole.
The House proceeded in committee OF the
,uboIo 70 the consideration of the bill
onthorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury
to settle and paw the claim Of the State OF
EIorida ON account OF expenditures ma e
n sunnressing Indian hostilities.
consideration of the homestead bill hay
;rS heen postponed until next Saturday,
t5e House went into committee of the
Whole, McCrary OF Kentucky, in the chair,
on the
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
Perkins, OF Kansas, said the bill presented
no new legislation, but it did contain pro-
vision for the I.ayment of the Choctaw
;odouent. This judgments amounting to
AsOO,000, was now drawing per cent.
md ne could see no relief for the Govern
,nent exrcp, an act of reputation. Then
r,asspg nom the subject of Indians, Ter
kius addressed himself to the question of
tariff. He criticised the recent speech made
BIZ Nelsoa, Of Min'a sofa, and proceeded to
argue that the we iih of the country
vas due in "a great degree to the system OF
protection. He criticised the Mills bill
because upon examination he found that
almost every article raised by the Ameri-
ran farmer was put upon the free list, while
whatever protection was left was for capi.
tall The bill might be considered a report
to the House by representatives. oil the
Southern States. and when the antece-
dents of these gentlemen and the convic-
tons they have heretofore entertained
we're considered, it was not rmarkable they
had made
NO PROVISION FOR LABOR.
AIew years ago they had contended that
capital should own it's labor, should lash |
it's labor, should sell it's labor. He sent to
the clerks desk and had read, for the pur.
pose Of showing Southern sentiment on the |
subject Of free trade and labor. extracts |
from the Confederate Consultation. Con-
tinung Perkins criticised the Mills bill as
striking down the products of the /
field and putting the laborers
Of America in competition with
the Iaborers OF the Old World except per-
South and the cotton growers who got their /
nOn bands free If duty, while the Northern
hrner must pay q duty ON hoop iron for |
hopping hay. He hoped in the coming de.
bate there would be no hypocrisy; that the
mask would be removed and the hideous
lace OF free trade exposed
WITH ALL ITS DEFoRMlTIEs.
While the Townslends and Springers had
been allowed to indulge in platitudes the
gentlemen from the South had been adj
mouished to sit still, but he hoped that
now they would demand to be heard. Alter
they bad fiIibustered against the bill which
proposed to pay SIT 900, 900 to the North
ern States, il was right that Democratic
House should surrender to them.
Allen, of Mississippi, thought it was a
pity Perkins could not get his head out OF
the dark cupboard and walk sqsarely up to
the PAGES OF to-day instead OF going back to
slavery and rebellion. 1t was to the credit
Of the Democrats OF the House that they
had something bitter to talk about than
issues which had been dead twenty five
years, and il anv Democrat had nothing
to talk about but dead issues he hoped he
would be expelled from the Democratic
side and made to take a seat beside the
gentleman from Kansas, where he could
stick bic nose into the cupboard, where
Perkins had his. No man on the Ways
ann Means Committee was in favor OF
slave labor. They had all as much respect
lor white labor in this country as had the
gentleman from Kansas or any other per-
son who would vote against the bill.
How about black labor?" asked Per
kns.
ut is as free and independent as white
labor in Kansas" said Allen.
How about voting?" asked Perkins.
Mcmillan, of Tennessee, replied: "They
vote as they please"
Perkins: How about the chain gang in
Arkansas and Texas?
Allen: There is no law in Mississippi or
Arkansas that does not consign white felons
Wthe chain gang just as quickly as black
ones.
Joseph of New Mexico addressed the
Snmittee in favor OF the admission OF
M Mexico as State into the Union. He
pointed out the efforts heretofore put
@fth in the Territory to secure Statehood
ano stated that the population, resources
suo character Of the people were such as
slutled the Territory to immediate ad-
ulsslon into the Union on an equalfootlng
sltn the original States. He referred 20
statements contained in the minority
report Of the House Committee
On Territories and entered g sole mn pro-
Nst against the charges in that report
against the character Of the people OF New
Ieklco. The people were as honest, as
nrtuous, as intelligent and rs capable oil
SelgOVernment as were the people oil other
'eCIons OF the country.
me bill was then considered by sections,
aS snu without finishing the consideration of
Ts Sas indian bill the COMMITTEES rose and the
mouse adjourned.
Congressional Committee Notes.
!, ,"ASHINGToN, April 14.-Representative
LcAlney, one of the Republican members
wine Ways and Means Committee, says