, 1890-08-24
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS:
Tarsney Corrects a SANDER on
His War Record.
Long and Lively Discussion on
the Lard Bill
Mason and Conger Indulge in
Personalities.

WASHINGTON. Aug. %. In the
house today O'Neil of Pennsylvania asked
unanimous consent for consideration of
the senate resolution for the removal of
the remains of Gen. Grant.
Quinn OF New York objected.
Mckinley, from the committee on
rules, reported, and the house adopted, a
resolution setting apart Thursday and
Saturday of next week Tor the eousidera-
ton of bills constituting eight hours as a
days work and relative to alien contract
labor.
Tarsney of Missouri, rising to n aues-
ton of privilege, sent to the clerks desk
and had read a letter in the National
Tribune denying that he had been
wounded at Gettysburg or had ever been
in Andersonville. He also had read a set
of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the
Ex-Pnsoners OF War Association at Cleve-
land, o.. denouncing him as a villiier
and reiterating the statement that he had
not been wounded at Gettysburg. He
said he wished to.deny the statement con-
tanned in the letter and resolution. He
had been stricken down at Gettysburg
and taken prisoner July 2, 1862. He
remained a prisoner until the LIST of No.
vember. 1864. He produced copies Of
the Official records Of the war department
In support of his statement.
The house then resumed consideration
of the lard bill.
After considerable discussion Mason Of
Illinois took the floor to close the debate
in opposition to the bill. The gentleman
from Iowa (Conger) had praised the agri-
culture paper edited by Wedderburn. He
could understand why the gentleman was
SO interested. Here Exhibiting a copy Of
the paper) was the gentleman's picture.
NI%ne-tenths of that paper was devoted to
that picture and to arguments in favor OF
the bill. He made no charge against
Wedderburn. He, himself, wanted the
evidence called for by his resolution Of
fered yesterday. He would at the proper
time offer a resolution asking for an in
vestigation as to what influence controlled
evidence. The gentleman from Iowa and
his friend had stopped information from
coming to the house. In the course of
conversation the gentleman had 80 ad-
mittod- tefr q
Congtr Indignantly denied the correct
ness of this statement and Mason as
warmly reiterated it. For a few minutes
the gentlemen contradicted each other
with greater bluntness than ~politeness,
much to the amusement of the house.
On motion of Mason an amendment
was adopted striking from the bill the
clause preventing the use of casks a sec
oud time; also the amendment allowing
the use Of the brands lard compound"
or compound lard."
Hayes of Iowa moved to amend by
striking out all alter the first section de-
ininQ lard. and inserting the provisions
OF the Paddock bill.
Brosius raised a point of order against
the amendment on the ground that it was
not german.
TIE speaker sustained the point of or
der.
Mason appealed from the decision. The
decision of the chair was sustained by the
house.
The question then REQUIRED on ordering
the bill engrossed and read a third time.
1t was agreed to. On the passage of the
bill the vote stood Ill to &c. No quo
rum. The house hen adjourned. The
bill comes up again Monday.