Evening journal., 1890-09-25
KENNEDY HEARD AGAIN.
His Sensational Speech Ex-
plunged from The Record.
REBUKED, BUT STILL DEFIANT.
The Ohio Legislator said His speech
Might BE Blotted from The Record,
but would he Remembered by co.
600, 600 Americans.

committee calling on the president for in
formation about the killing of Gen. Bar
rundia was agreed to. A resolution from
the judiciary committee directing that Mr.
Kennedy's celebrated speech be excluded
from The Record was agreed to. Mr.
Kennedy defended himself in q long
speech. The French spoliation claims
amendment TO the deficiency bin was non
concurred in-111 to s7-and conference
was ordered. Senate bills were passed /
/ giving Mrs. Fremont, Mrs. Mcclellan and i
| Mrs. Crook pensions of 5000 year each.
Dir. Kennedy's Defense.
Mr. Stewart (Vt), from the commit |
tee on judiciary, reported a resolution
directing the public printer to exclude |
from The Record the speech Of Represen-
tative Kennedy (O), made Sept. 3, criti-
cising Senator Quay
Mr.. Kennedy requested TO be heard in
his own behalf. At first there was dis
position shown to refuse him this request,
but after Mr. Boutelle Me- had declared
that it would be an outrage to deny him
the request, Mr. Kennedy was accorded
the floor for twenty minutes. Mr.. Ken
nedy said that he had asked the committee
| on judiciary either to let his speech appear
in The Record entire or to strike II out en-
tire. he was willing to stand before the
people of America on that speech, beliey-
ing that the people of this country in their
first Judgment and in their sober second
. Judgment would approve the words he had
uttered. He knew of no parliamentary
, body in the land that represented the
people of the United States so fully as the
body to which he belonged.
He Had Heard from the People.
If the people Of the United States were
. not to be heard on this floor on what floor,
, he asked, could they be heard2 He had
heard from the country. II had been
charged by a few persons that he had given
aid and comfort to the Democratic party.
He exhibited clippings from newspapers
| throughout all America and in all that
list he said there was not one single Demo-
cratic paper which had approved his
speech. But there were hundreds and
hundreds of clippings from Republican
= papers. and with one or two exceptions,
they approved his words. He also had
IS letters from every section Of the land from
Maine to California and from the lakes to
i the gulf indorsing his speech. He was
Il willing to stand before the people Of tbs
country and wait for their Endorsement
The party to which he belonged had
y pledged itself in its platform and during
the campaign to perform certain duties
: and fulfill certain promises.
His Reasons for Speaking.
!, One Of those pledges, he said-the first
= and greatest pledge-was that the Repub
S, Iican party would put on the statute books
Is of the land law for the protection o
20 every citizen so that be could 20 to th'
ballot box, deposit his vote and have i
u counted. 1t was because his party hat
failed to do that that he had stood upol
this floor and spoke Of broken pledges an'
: broken promises. This house had per
formed its pledges.
1t was not the fault OF the house that tn
pledges had not been redeemed and he ha
right to say this here or elsewhere II
had made speeches on this floor whic
had sunk into The Record as rain drop
sank into the ocean and were lost foreve
But he had at least made one speech on th
floor that the people had heard. The hous
might blot 1t from The Record and swee
it from existence, but it could not blot
from the uuickened conseiences of GO Co., ,0
people Of America.
To Follow Lineoln's Lead.
He could not, he said, rival the words
the great emaneipator, but with the sing
talent God had given him, he would star
on this floor or anywhere defending q
rights of the poor, down trodden and 0
pressed He had stood for five years {
fifty battlefields to testify his devotion
the cause of liberty and unity And I
TWENTY-FIVE years since, whenever oppC
tnnity presented itself, he had stood in
half Of liberty, justice, equality, free bi
lot and fair count
Others might seek the plaudits Of t
powerful and the great, but as for him,
would be content TO stand by the side
the plain people whom Abraham Linco
had loved.
He Avoided the Question.
Mr. Stewart said that the gentleman h
not uttered one word touching the II
question. Nobody questioned the gent
mans fidelity to the principles Of libeI
and nobody challenged the record he h
made in defense of that principle. I
y question was whether in the speech, viii
1 II was in spirit and substance bitter a
savage arraignment of the co-ordin'
branch, was a violation Of parliaments
law and Of the privileges of the house
as the gentleman said, the people OF
country were under the impression Il
this sort Of assault had been correctly ma
the unanimous Judgment of the hoI
ought to correct that impression. In
sponse to a question by Mr. Boutelle
Stewart stated that it was proposed to
punge the entire speech, which called fo
the retort from Mr.. Boutelle that in
punging the entire speech the gentlem
was expunging part of the Republic
platform. The previous question was Il
ordeied-yeas, l41; nays 66-and the re
luton adopted-yeas, $50; nays, SO.
In the Senate.
The senate passed resolution direct
- the heads Of the state, treasury, war q
A syr navy departments TO prepare bills ba
- on the recommendations Of the mar
M conference. Senate substitute Tor
, i5S Sr federal collrt bill was passed, also sen
- bill to pay to the personal representati
5G of Capt John Ericsson $l3,93O, found
TO him by decree of the court OF claims
LII 1851
~ The Federal Court Bill.
The federal court bill as it passed
senate provides for the appointment by
- president Of an additional circuit 1us
y II creates in each circuit a circuit cour
Nj | appeals TO consist of three judges
which is to be a court of record, with
- pellate jurisdiction.
A term is To be held annually by the