The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-04
CAPITAL GOSSIP.

Blackguardism and pusilism were
tho twinisms put upon exhibition in
the House this week by the republi
CANS. More disgraceful scenes were
never witnessed, aud the active par.
tlcipants were all members of the
! republican party, which claims TO rel
resent all that is good and moral in
the politics of the country-claims
Agifid you.
Representative Cannon. one of
Speaker Reeds most submissive Hen
senapts, began the trouble by assam.
ing the authority to publicly repre-.
mand in resolution forty four
members of the House by name, be-
cause they did not meekly sit in their
seats in order to be counted to make
up II quorum. Ten of the gentlemen
named were republican, The subject
before the House was the compound
lard bill which Mr.. Cannon is anxious
to have passd, AMI to which there is
bitter opposition in both parties.
The gentlemen whom Mr.. Cannon
wanted to reprimand. very naturally
protested against ally such proceed
Jag Mr.. Vaux, the venerable Sue.
cessor to Mr.. Randall, his gray locks
fairly bristling with indignation. said:-
Have youa right to impute lAotlTesE
That is not the parliamentary power
, of the majority in this House until
| the empire comes" This was greeted
with applause from the democrats.
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There was more of the same sort,
and 1T so angered Mr.. Cannon that he
completely lost his head and made
use OF language which no respectable
newspaper can print. That fired up
Mr.. Mason, Il republican opponent of
| the bill whose family were in the
gallery, and going over to where Mr..
Cannon WAS he roundly abused him
in the choicest Chicago billingsgate;,
but he had the good taste to do it in
IL tone too low to be heard by the
ladies in the galleries. Meanwhile
tne House was in terrible uprOar..
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The lie WAS passed between Re-
representatives. Mason, of Illinois, land
Walker of Massachusetts, both re-
publicans, and had it not been for the
interference of members they would
have engaged in tisticuffs.
1t would seem that nothing more
disgraceful could occur; but the end
was not yet. Representatives Wilson. :
of Washington, and beckwith,. of
New Jersey, two more republicans, !
got into an alteration over the CAN
non resolution, and Mr.. Wilson called
Mr.. Beckwith blankety blank liar, |
whereupon the Jerseyman disgraeed
himself and his constituents Ivy apply
Ing the most disgraceful epithet in
the English language to the Repre-
sentative of the State which bears
the honored name of the father of
his country. The result was an i'm.
mediate smuggling match which re
quired the combined efforts of the
Sergeant-at- Arms and a number of
members TO stop. These be the men
who are asking the voters of the
country to continue them in power.
RtTe agreement TO Degr1. V0VT.,E i,
upon the tariff bill September 8, has
been unanimously ratified by the I
Senate: Senator German says the !
bill will he sufficiently exposed by |
that time to show the people of the
country what an outrage the repub-
llcans are fosting upon them. The
sugar lobby is again gathering here
in force in order to get in their work
when the sugar clause of the bill is
reached, which will probably be next
week..
Senator German Is chuckling over a
Joke which he very innocently played
upon the representatives of several