The Portland daily press., 1890-03-15

The token is very highly priced by Mr..
Reed.
Among the social events of the week has
been a state dinner given at the White
Housesby the President. Among the guests
were Senator and Mrs. Frye. Congressman
and Mrs. Boutelle were invited also, but
were compelled by prior engagement to
decline.
The old gentleman Holman, of Indiana, is
not only the famous ''objector" of the House,
but he is also the exasperating collector"
During the debates in the committee OF the
whole on the public building bills an ip-
stance of the exasperating proceedings OF
the collector" was afforded. Congressman
Henry Cabot Lodge had succeeded in getting
up the bill for post office at Lynn. The
time was Short and the young Massachusetts
Congressman was on nettles lest something
should happen to his public building bill, a
calamity that every Congressman who has
one devoutly. prays against these days as the
uttermoSt calamity that can befall him. The
accompanying report was long, so Mr.. Lodge
asked unanimous consent to have the read
ing OF 1t dispensed with, promising, in case
that should be done. that he would in few
words state the subject matter of the report
There is probably not but one man in the
House who would not put a five minute
speech from Henry Cabot Lodge above the
reading Of many reports, especially when
that speech Is to be rehearsal of the sole
leather glories of Lynn. That one man is
Holman.
II object" he shouted the moment Mr..
Lodge made the proposition.
but can tell it all in q minute" protest.
ed the anxious Lynn Congressman.
Il object, want to hear the report" re.
turned Holman: and the Speaker ordered
the clerk to read. The reading clerk began
had not read the first paragraph when the
'..objectoro calmly got up and walked out of
the hall. He did not appear again until the re-
port was finished.
1t is easy to see why sassy" negro is
hated SO by the Democratic politicians in the
South. When negro is smart, or sassy"
as it is called, he is liable to be able to handle
about as good white politician as there is in
his neighborhood when it comes to a matter
of argument and debate. An instance of
this occurred this week during the hearing
of the contested election case of Langston VS..
Venable. Ex-Congressman Mckinney, of
Virginia. fire eater in matters of politics,
was arguing for Venable. He wanted to
make out Langston as a mercenary in poll
tics; and said that a prominent white Re
publican had told him mckinney that
Langston had offered to speak for Malone in
the last state election if the white Repub-
lican congressman from Virginia would go in
and help Langston to the seat which he was
cOntesting. According to Mckinney they
refused, and so Langston sulked in his tent
during the gubernatorial campaign. The
story had an evident effect upon the commit
tee, until Langston arose from the corner in
which he was sitting. Mckinney had been
very loud-voiced in his charges. Langston
go to Mr.. Mahone's managers and offer to
support Malone on one condi-
tion." said Langston, ''and this was
the condition. Malone had In my con-
test for Congress the year before put up a
white Republican candidate against me. so
said to them, Gentlemen, you drew the
white line on me in my last contest; but |
will forget it and will help you If you will as
sure me that when go up to Congress with
my contest next December you will not dis
criminate against me on account of the curl
of my hair and the color of my skim. This
gentlemen of the committee was all | asked.
asked no man to support me against the
evidence and his conscience. l only asked
that should not be prescribed by pre-
judice."
Mckinney made no reply, and the facts
and comments of the committee showed
that ne had been answered.
During this hearing Mckinney told an
amusing story, which was all the more
amusing because he told it in good faith TO
show the attachment of the Southern Demo-
crat for the straight ticket. 1t seems that in
the last state election one of the Democratic
candidates for the legislature in Petersburg
died on the night before election after it was
too late to change the tickets As they
voted the Democrats heard that their candf-
date was dead, bnt they made no change in
their votes. And when the returns came
IN. SAID Mckinney, we found th TIVE had
elected dead man by large majority, and
that, gentlemen, is an illustration of the way
we Democrats stand 10y our party down in
Virginia"
committee, 'it is voting for Jackson"
During the discussion of the Blair bill sew
eral interesting points have been m&de as to
its effects in different states. Mr. Plumb Of
Kansas has made a computation to show
how the various states would gain or lose IL
nancially by the bill. In general all the
Northern and Western States would contri-
butte more than they would get for the beDe.
fit Of the Southern States, which would get
much more than they would give. This
of course is the intention of Mr.. Blair in
bringing forward his measure. But when
the actual figures are given the proposition
looks a little different from what it does
when the point of view IL one Of supposed
philanthrophy alone. Under the bill the
New England States would receive and pay
out as follows:
9O8,5lO
MASSACHUSETTS.
receive. ..-............ 81 ,l52,lI6
2,496, ,319
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
............Sla1zI0
ray 4Sb,1SI
CONNECTICUT.
receive .S352,202
fay'.'''.. ........... S7l ,78O
RHODE ISLAND.
receive. S307 2l0
fdy'''''. 3S7 lab
VERMONT.
.......... 81 96 ,236
Pay.... ....................... ....... 465 900
OF coursefhe money called for to mt the
Blair bill into operation would not be asses.
sed upon the different states in direct taxes.
and hence the contributions of the yarions
states could be reckoned by Senator Plumb
only upon the general relation of the tax
ing powers of the various states.
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