Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-05
AUTOCRAT REED.
Rogers, Of Arkansas, Reads
Him a Lesson.
Henderson, of Iowa, Essays to
Defend Him.
Breckenridge, of Arkansas, Makes
an ImpassiOned Address.
The Men of the North Entreated to Deal
The Men of the North Entreated to Deal
More Justly with Their South
ern Brethren.
Associated Press Dispatches

WASHINGTON, August 4.-The house
went into committee of the whole on
the general pension appropriation.
Henderson, of Iowa, explained that
the Pacific railroad claims were not pro-
vided for in the bill. While he believed
that the time was near at hand when
these claims would have to be settled,
the committee had been practically
unanimous in refusing to provide for
their payment when they were still
pending in the courts of the country.
Rogers, of Arkansas, attacked the
speaker and his rulings. The code Of
rules, he said, under which the house
was proceeding gave the speaker power
to stifle debate, gag the house, force the
passage of bills, avoid exposure, outrage
and mistreat the minority and bulldoze
the majority. He had degraded the ma
jority with the full assurance on the
part of the Republican members, that if
this scheme should break down under
the judgment of the llberty-loving peo-
pie, they would perish, like Sam
son, under the ruins; but if
it succeeded, he alone should
reap all the glory. Their want
of patriotic courage was exceeded only
by their suicidal stupidity; and among
them all had not been found man with
the courage of Jackson, the patriotism
of Henry, and the love of liberty that
inspired the fathers, who could say
"This is our country; these are our lib
critics these are our countrymen, and
you are our servants, and we will not
have one trodden down under foot, or
another outraged and wronged."
"No," he concluded, II tell you, Mr..
Speaker, that they curse you and de-
spise you, and hate you; and when you
are assailed in private and in public,
they are SILENT"
Henderson, of Iowa, defended the
speaker against the attack made upon
him by Rogers. He referred to him as
the mighty man from Maine," and de-
clared that he stood today as tomorrow,
the historic figure of this age OF legisla-
tive victory and reform.
Commenting on the legislation of the
session. Henderson touched upon
the tariff bill, saying that al
though some Republicans might have
desired to amend it, by reason OF the or
ganized opposition on the other side,
the time had been so consumed that
those amendments could not be made.
1t seemed as though the 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 ihe first with the
courage and patriotism to pass an anti
trust bill. 1t had passed an election
bill-an election bill, and not force
bill, as its enemies called it. The house
had passed the 'original package" bill.
Marching boldly forward to the de-
mands of the best thought of the people
of the nation, north and south; the
Republicans of the house had erected a
pyramid of legislation. ..
Breckenridge, of Arkansas, criticised
the code of rules, and proceeded to con-
trast the personal and political relation
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 treated cour-
teously. Now member of the minor
ity, rising for recognition, did not know
what treatment he would receive at the
hands OF the speaker. He then pro-
ceeded to make an earnest appeal against
the force bill, concluding as follows
Gentlemen of the north, why
shall we not come together? =?
Why cannot we lay aside these
suspicious? You cannot take your ''rot-
ten boroughs" from the south. You
cannot hold power here by mercenaries
put at the polls. You cannot keep
political power by debauching the
ballot box or the jury box. You can
not make the country one by turning
out members who are elected by the
people, and seating those not elected by
their 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 progressive
march, so that your sons may
come and live among us, throw in
their lot with ours, intermarry in
our families, so that, while there will
still be north and south, it will be a
loving and rich north, a prosperous and
patriotic south. That is what we Dem
ocrats who, on this side of the chamber,
protest against your rules, desire to
have done by the people who are behind
you at home. 1 appeal to the Massachu-
setts towu of Plymouth; l ap-
peal to the western reserve
settled by men who came
from New England; l appeal to the liv-
ing soldiers who met us in battles
array"
appeal to the Christians who kneel
with us at the same altar; 1 appeal to
the brave men who recognize the sim
cerity and bravery behind you l ap-
peal to the living people of the north.
Give us your confidence; we will de-
serve it; we do deserve it., and he who
says otherwise does not know us, does
not speak the truth of us. speak today
in the sight of God and this body, and
of those people who have known me at
home since l was little boy, when l
say from the fullness of my heart there
is no reason why the north and south
should be apart. There is every reason
why the brave and true men of both
sections should believe each other"
Loud applause on the Democratic
side.]
Boutelle said he had no desire to at
tempt any defense of the speaker from
the kind of remarks which had been
made from certain sources today. He
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