, 1890-08-07
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
severe Dennncintions OF the Tactics
of Speaker Reed.

HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
severe Dennncintions of the Tactics
of Speaker Reed.
The house to-day went into commit
tee Of the whole on the general def
cheney appropriation bill.
MI. henderson, oil Iowa, explained
thattho Pacific railroad claims were not
provided for In the bill. While he be-
lievdi tho time was near at hand when
these claims would have to be settled,
tho committee had been practically
unanimous in refusing to provide for
their rlpayment when they were still
pending in tho courts of the country.
Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas, attacked the
speakir and his rulings. The code of
rules, be said, under which the house
proceeded gave the speaker the power to
stiiie debate, gag the house. force
the Massage Of bills, avoid the
expostre of outragos and mistreat
the minority and bulldoze tho
majority. He had degraded the
majority. with the full assurance on the
part OF the republican members that IL
this pslicy should break down under
the judgment of liberty loving people
they wpuld perish. like Sampson, under
the runs; but If it succeeded, that he
alone should reap all the glory. Their
want q patriotism and courage was ex-
ceeded only by their suicidal stupidity.
and atong them all there had not been
found man with tho courage OF q jack
son, the patriotism of Henry and the
love ofliborty that inspired tho fathers,
who could say: "Tbis is our country,
these are our liberties, these are our
countrlmen, and you arc our servants,
and wewill not have our liberty trodden
down under foot, or a single countrymsn
outraged and wronged."
no he concluded, may tell you,
Mr.. Speaker, that they curse you, and
despiseyou, and hate you, and when
you are assailcd in private and in public
they ars silent"
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, defended the
speakeragainst the attack made upon
him by Mr.. Rogers. He referred to him
as the mighty man from Maine" and
declared that he stood to-day as the
towering historical, grand figure OF this
age of legislative victory and reform.
Commenting on the legislation Of the
session, Mr. Henderson touched upon
the tariff bill, saying that, although
some republicans might have desired to
amend itby reason OF the organized OPP
position on The other side, the time had
been so cdlsmed that those amendments
could not be made 1t seemed as
though thc minority was bent on
preventing all amendments. This
house had passed silver bill, whereby
silver was already marching forward to
take its place beside gold. This house
had been the first one with the courage
and patriotism to pass an anti-treasury
bill. 1t had passed the election bill.
IL was an election bill and not farce
bill, as its enemies took pleasure in call
ing it. This house had passed the
''original PACKAGE hill, boldly march
ing forward to the demands of the best
thought of the people of the nation,
North and South. The republicans of
the houss had erected a pyramid of
legislation.
Mr. Breckenridge. of Arkansas, criti-
cised the code Of rules, and proceeded to
contrast the personal and political re-
lations which existed between Speaker
Carlisle and the members, and that
which existed between them and
Speaker Reed. In the last congress the
members of the minority had always
been treatedi courteously. Now a
member of the minority rising for rec
he would Ieceive mt the hands of the
speaker. He then proceeded to make
an earnest appeal against the election
bill, concluding as follows: "Gentiemen
of the North, Why shall we not come to-
gether? Why can not we lay aside
these suspicionsr You can not take
your rotten burroughs from the South.
cenaries put at the polls. You
can not keep your political power
by debauching the ballot box,
or the jury box. You cannot make the
country one by turning out members
who are elected by the people and
seating those elected by your votes.
What you can do Is this: You can aid
the people of the South to build up that
country. You can help us TO keep In
the line of progress, so that your sons
may come and live among us, throw IN
their lots with ours and intermarry in
our families, so that while there
will still be North and South
it will be a loving and a
rich North, and prosperous and patri-
who on this side OF the chamber protest
against your rules, desire to have done
| by the people, who are behind you at
home, aud we appeal to Massachusetts,
with its Plymouth, and appeal to the
Western Reserve, settled by men who
came from New England, ana appeal to
the living soldiers who met us In battle
array
We appeal to the christians who knecl
with us AT the same altar, appeal to the
brave mgn who recognize sincerity and
bravery. and behind you ! appeal to the
living people of the North. Give us your
confidence, aud we will deserve ii. We
do deserve 1t, and lac who says otherwise
does not know us and does not speak
the truth of us. 1 speak to-day in the
sight Of God and this body and of those
| people who have known us at home,
when say from the illlness of my
heart that there is no reason why
the North and South should be apart.
There h every reason why the brave and
true men of both sections should believe
each other" ,Loud applause on the
democratic side.
Mr.. Boutelle said that lie had no desire
TO attempt any defense of tho speaker
from the kind of remarks which had
been made from certain sources to-day.
Ho then commented upon the Clay
! Breckipridge case, taking ms his text
the press report OF the majority of the
committee on elections. Upon this text
he built strong denunciation of the
electioS methods In the Southern states.
Pending action on the bill. the COM
mittee hrose, end the house adjourned.
TUESDAY.