Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-05-25

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And when you stand at Life's great churn
Let the farmers words to you return
"Churn Slowly"
-.Lincoln Journal.
THE TARIFF IN CONGRESS.
Reply of Hon. John DalZell to
Scott's Speech.
WASHINGTON, D. G. Nav 16.-
Congressman John Dalzell, of Pitts.
burg, was dubbed the "Ingalls of the
House" this afternoon. The sobriquet
was Well placed. He literally tore
Mr.. Scott to pieces. In thirty min
utes he made speech which secured
him the position he now holds as
one of the best speakers in the
House AS in the late unpleasant
ness in the Senate, Mr.. Scott was
only able to answer Mr.. Dalzell's
arguments by resorting to such un-
gentlemanly expressions as 81 speak
of the member from Pennsylvania as
gentleman. | may be mistaken in
my estimate. "'1 pay no more atten-
tion to the gentleman from Pittsburg
than l do to the barking of a dog in
the Streets" aud Ills statements are
as false as hell ITSELF"
Mr.. Scott was goaded until he lost
his temper and didn't know what he
was saying He had received warn
lug that Mr. Dalzell was going to
speak. So had the members, the gall
leries and the press. Mr.. Dalzell did
not secure the floor until twenty
minutes of five O'Clock, but the CALLER
les were full, and the number of
newspaper men who waited to hear
him speak was unprecedented this
season.
THE STATESMAN FROM ERIE.
A minute before he took the floor,
Mr.. Scott strolled carelessly up the
main aisle of the House and took a
seat in the front row on the Demo
cratic side just in front of John o.
Neill, the labor representative from
St. Louis. But his carelessness was
soon thrown off, and in q white heat
Of anger he was on his feet several
times to interrupt Mr.. Dalzell.
The representative from Pittsbarg
had only fifteen minutes in which to
speak, but so interesting were his re-
marks that no one, not even the
Chairman of the committee, Mr.,
Springer, called him to order when
be ran fifteen minutes over his time.
The occasion was considered of SO
much Importance that the majority Of
the members of the Ways and Means
Committee were present to listen
to the man who won recogni.
tion by his Pacific railroad speech.
The moment Mr.. DalZell took the
floor there was silence. but it scarce
ly lasted through the sentences, for
when he referred to the Statesman
from Erie" there was a tumultuous
outburst of applause. Even after,
when he spoke of Mr.. Scott in this
way, the applause was quick and
ready. Mr. Scott interrupted him
several times and his anger was SO
evident that Mr.. Dalzell's answer to
the last interruption, II do hope the
gentleman will keep his temper" was
received with loud applause and fol
lowed by cries of "Hit him again.
Dalzell!"
Mr.. Outhwaite, of Ohio, tried to
interject q question. but was met
with the withering reply, 81 am
only giving way to the man from
Erie. The gentleman from Ohio can
have his turn later"
Mr.. DALZELL's SPEECH.
Mr. Dalzell, in opening, declared
that he had no intention of making a
speech, and continued: "Only through
the courtesy of the gentlemen from
Michigan and Kansas am / on the
floor to correct some gross misstate-
ments of fact that have been made on
the floor of this House, with respect
to certain of the industries of my dis
trict, to expose in their true light the
illogical, inconsequential and absurd
conclusions sought to be drawn from
these misstatements into the private
affairs of certain of my constituents
with respect thereto. l find nv text
for the few remarks I intend to make
in the very extraordinary screed
which was read on Friday by the
gentleman from the Erie district of
Pennsylvania. l .call it extraordina'
ry for one reason-because the gentle
man saw fit to class himself therein
with statesmen, and at the same
time to characterize as demagogue
with his mouthful of catch words, and
as Bourbon, every member that
does not believe that political econo.
my is an exact science or the gentle.
man from Erie statesman"
Mr.. Dalzell did not take time to ex.
plore with precision Mr.. Scott's 's
claims to craftsmanship; he left that
to history. Nor wonld he cross
swords with the gentleman on consti-
tutional questions; he was satisfied
with the legality of tariff-tax. He
denied the statement attributed to
Thomas Jefferson by Mr.. Scott and
quoted from Jefferson's sixth annual
message to Congress the pertinent
inquiry: "Shall we suppress the i'm
post and give the advantage to for.
eign over domestic manufactures ?''
Mr.. Dalzell inquired feelingly for the
edition of the United States history
which recorded that the campaign OF
1900 was fought on the issue of q
protective tariff, and that the ques.
tion was determined on the gentle
mans side by the American people iI
favor of Jefferson and the Constitu
ton. He feared that some one had
been imposing on Mr.. Scott's credu
lity.
when, however, he leaves" con
tinued Mr.. Dalzell, "the department
of craftsmanship, which involve phi
losophy, history and quotation. ant
gets down to d description of th'
present bill, l am not disposed t.
find so much fault with him." Mr.
Dalzell then commenced an analysi