Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-05-23
LIVELY TIMES IN CONGRESS.

1
TER last week, in the course of debate,
recently, Mr.. Wilson, of this State,
and Mr.. Bynum, OF Indiana, had oc-
casion to remark that one Campbell,
a Pittsburg person who represented
certain glass manufacturing interests,
was liar and perjurer. Only
| couple of reckless Republicans dis
puted it. On Saturday, however, Mr..
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, a leading
high-tariff Republican, read letter
from the fellow Campbell, in which
he violently denounced Messrs. Will
son and Bynum, and incidentally ex-
pressed very bad opinion of the
Democratic party. The Democrats
objected to the reading of such a let
ter. Speaker Reed ruled that MIR.
Bayne made himself responsible for
it, but refused to give MIR. Bynum
chance to say anything on the sub
ject. Mr.. Breckenridge Numbered
at the Speaker that it was not fair to
silence the man who had been pub
licly attacked and let the man speak
who had made himself sponsor Of
and stood in the shoes of a slanderer.
Mr.. Mckinley, fairminded Republi-
can from Ohio, said it was only fair
play to let Mr.. Bynum be heard, and
after half hour of uproar, Mr.. By
mum secured the floor amid compare
tive quiet, and said that the Camp
bell affidavit was to the effect that
Mr.. Wilson and he had said that SO
month was enough for any glass
blower. In his district where he was
known, the affidavit had not been
circulated, but it had been circulated
i'm Mr.. Wilson's district He had tel
egraphed to the West Virginia papers
denouncing Campbell as liar and
perjurer. Since the gentleman from
Pennsylvania Mr.. Bayne) constituted
himself the sewer through which this
attack of Campbell made its way into
the Record
Mr.. Cheadle made the point OF
order that the language was out of
order.
The Chair thought that the word
Sewer in this connection was hardly
parliamentary.
Mr.. Bynum-'I withdraw it, then,
and say conduit pipe Since the
gentleman from Pennsylvania is the
medium through which the statement
of Campbell found its way into the
Record, since the Chair has said that
the way a citizen who may feel ag-
grieved can get into the Record is by
the Endorsement of a member of the
House, | have simply to say what l
did the other day, knowing full well
the meaning of the words, and that
was responsible for them, denounce
Mr. Campbell as liar and perjurer.
| want TO say now that | accept and
am willing to believe that | have as
great confidence in the character of
Mr. Campbell as have in the charac-
ter of the gentleman who makes this
attack upon me-"
At this point there was another up
roar, the Republicans becoming Wild
ly excited at this center shot. They
demanded that the words be taken
down. Mr.. Bynum refused to take
back what he had said, and after
much terrific wrangling vote of cen
sure was passed upon him, Speaker
Reed counting u quorum out OF his
head for that purpose. The parti-
sans of both sides poured hot shot
into each. other, and the Democrats
got rather the best of it. Mr. Bynum
was called up for censure, and be
was escorted to the desk by host of
his Democratic colleagues. Speaker
Reed ordered them to take their seats.
They refused to do it. Then Mr..
Reed proceeded to pass censure upon
Mr. Bynum, and when he had fin
ished Mr.. Bynum remarked that I'M
der the circumstances he accepted the
censure of the House as decoration.
This made the Republicans mad again,
but before they could resent it the
House adjourned.
On Monday Mr. Wilson took the
floor on question of personal privi-
lege. He presented the facts relative
to Mr.. Campbelrs appearance before
the ways and means committee, his
statement that Messrs. Bynum and
Wilson had said that $15 a month
was good wages for workingmen, the
REPUTATION of that statement, the re-
iteration of it in the form of an aft
davit, and the published denial of the
truth of the affidavit. In conclusion,
he said that in view of the courteous
relations which had heretofore existed
between the gentlemen from Pennsyl-
vania (Mr. Bayne) and himself, he
would give that gentleman an oppor-
tunity to say whether he personally
Endorsed the language of Campbell
as referring TO MIN Mr.. WILSON,.
In response to this question Mr..
Bayne arose and asked leave to make
a preliminary statement. He detailed
briefly the circumstances surrounding
the introduction of Campbelrs name
into the debate. He believed then
and he still believed that Mr. Camp
bell was man of integrity. He be-
lieved that the action of Mr. Camp
bell in misquoting Mr.. Bynum and
Mr.. Wilson was due to a misunder-
standing. He had the highest respect
for the gentlman from West Virginia,
and he believed him incapable of
making a false statement. In conclu-
sion Mr.. Bayne expressed regret that