Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-27
dictation which had been humiliating not
only to the House, but TO the entire land.

dictation which had been humiliating not
only to the House, but TO the entire land.
FLAT CONTRADICTION.
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, said that before he
would characterize the gentleman's remarks as
they deserved to be characterized he would ex-
pose to the House and to the country their de-
liberate and willful inaccuracies. A charge had
been made by the gentleman in speech de-
livered in July last-a charge that he could not
evade by prating about his loyalty. No assault
had been made upon that, no intmation had
been made that the gentleman was not true
and loyal soldier, and it was entirely out OF
place for the gentleman, when charged with
deliberate inaccuracies, to say that he was
soldier in the army of the Union. The gentle-
man had charged that the Committee on Elec-
tions had been appointed by the Speaker:
This he (Crisp) had denied, and he now quoted
from the Record to show that the committee
had been elected by the House. The only
charge he had made against the gentle.
ignorance, and he left to the House
if he had not submitted proof sur
ficient to convict the gentleman before any jury
on Gods earth. The gentleman, from his re-
marks to-day, seemed to be willing to fiy from
the position of ignorance and assume that OF
malicious defamation-he (Crisp) said that
with a full knowledge Of the meaning OF the
words-malicious defamation of the Speaker
of the House-a gentleman who had no contro-
versy with the gentleman from Ohio. gentle
man who stood before the House and the
country as an honorable and high-toned man:
The gentleman from Ohio had come in here ana
made a statement in direct ecteontrayention OF the
Record, so that he might say malicious things
of man who occupied high position in the
Democratic party-things which ne had apso,
lutely failed to sustain. The gentleman had
cited the case of Thoebe versus Carlisle.
ALL HAD APPROVED IT.
In Justice to the Committee on Elections,
and in justice to MIR. Carlisle, he would say
that the committee had framed docket for
the trial Of these cases, and that that docket
had met the approval of every Republican
member of the committee. Thegentleman had
criticised his small vote in Georgia, and he
called attention to the fact that there had been
no opposition. The object of the gentleman in
referring to his district seemed TO be to justify
the Republican party in some outrageous con-
duct which was to come in the future. he
would not follow the gentleman into criticism
of his war record. There was nothing in his
(Crisp's) record to be ashamed Of nor had he
any regrets to express. The gentleman had
spoken about honesty, and had assumed high
moral position.
When gentleman assumed high position
of honesty the inquiry was natural whether
there was anything in his character or past life
which would lead the public to accept his
statement. He then referred to the we'll
known proceedings which took place in the
Ohio State Senate, when Mr.. Kennedy, as
Lieutenant Governor, presided over it, stating
that with but Il of the 81 members present the
gentleman had entertained a motion to turn
out four Democrats and seat four Republicans,
and had refused to permit the Democratic
members of the Senate, upon their return, to
place on the journal protest against the II. IN,
was circumstance by which gentlemen could
determine what value should be placed on the
opinion of the gentleman from Ohio on
question of honesty. Applause on Demo
cratic side.l
PECULIAR FIGURING.
When it came to politics, the gentleman fig
ured that II was half of 81 Laughter That
was the kind of gentleman who put himself
on high pinnacle of honesty and said that he |
was friend of the South and that he wanted |
honesty and fair dealing down there. Laugh |
teri The South had suffered many ills since |
the war. She had struggled through poverty |
and hard times and oppression, but he thanked |
God that it had not fallen so low that it would |
gentleman from Ohio. Laughter and ap- |
plause.1
Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, said that the |
gentleman from Ohio, had referred to the |
legislature and alluded to some gentleman on
this floor who had obtained a seat at the same |
election. who had not yet resigned his commits
sion. He (Breckinridge) assumed that the
House might Judge of how thoroughly the gen.
tleman prepared himself before he made his
charges, he would say to the gentleman that
the election which sent those four members to
the Legislature was held in September while
the Congressional election was in November |
Applause on the Democratic side.1 As q
further evidence of the gentleman's thorough
ness and impartiality, he would state that not |
one of those four members lived in his district
TADplause.l 1t would not do for him to dis
cuss the question of his own election, which |
must receive judicial determination, but the /
gentleman would find that in the annals of his
'Breckinridge's) district there had not been a
-umor of fraud in the Legislative election.
Applause.l
Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, said he would SUBJ
nit any public question involving the interests
Of his section to any fair tribunal consisting of
Did soldiers who had confronted him in the late
war. But man who involved bitter memories
ind sought to excite old animosities in order to
shield himself from the imputation of
UNFAIRNEss AND INJUSTICE
vas not man entitled to his respect. Zap
llause on Democratic side.l While the gen.
leman from Ohio had been delivering to-day
flanders upon him (Turner), he could have
,laced his hand upon one of his own colleagues
Who was living monument to the fairness of
Democratic House of Representatives. He
eferred to Mr.. Romeis and he asked that
Gentleman if he would stand up in the presence
II MS c0lleague ana say Wneb0er or not his
Turners) administration of the Committee on
Elections had been infamous.
Mr.. Romeis-I did not know what my COL
eague was going to say. l am living witness
o your fairness, and am prepared to say so.
Applause and cheers on the Democratic side
nd in the galleries.
Mr.. Turner-I am glad to recognize the fact
hat in the old State of Ohio there still sur
ives spirit of fairness and justice which will
ebuke detraction. Continuing, Mr.. Turner
aid that he desired to call attention to some
ther inaccuracies in the statement of the gen.
leman from Ohio. The gentleman had |
rraigned not only Mr.. Crisp and himself but
e had recklessly and mercilessly traduced and |
ssailed two of the most honorable gentlemen |
n the Republican side of the House, among
hem one of his colleagues-Mr. Cooper The
spoke about the reckless haste with
7hich the Carlisle case had been decided. and |
ct his colleague, Mr.. Cooper, and Mr. Rowell.
Illinois, had reported to the House that
'hpbe had no case. and that Carlisle should
e awarded the seat. Would the gentleman
ay that those gentlemen who sat on his own
de were also infamous? [Applause on Dem
cratic sidel
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