Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-19
SID CONGRESS.
Williams Of Massachusetts,
Takes Exception 10 a Speech
is Printed by His Colleague Walker and
Wants Il Sniksn Ont.
NoyeS, Republican Contestant for Seat
in House TO be Seated.

WASHINGTON. March ls.--In the House,
| Willisms of Massachusetts,, rising TO q
question Of privilege, moved TO strike from
the record the portion Of the speech Of
Walker, Massachusetts. delivered on Tuef-
dsv last. which xss not delivered by hun.
He you'd not complain ia this matter
were there rot published uttersnces of Psr
sonal and insulting nature, such as he
| thought seldom appeared IN the records Of
Congress. The speech the gentleman has
printed made 4 gross stack on clase OF
men deaomiasted ss Mugwumps, and on
the New England delegation. after the
gentlemsn from Massachusetts, declared
that he would prirt the TEST Of his remarks
| there sppt sred 8 sur -hesding instr,ed By
the gebtlsmsn himself Hot Shot for
Mug~umps. Eosr ard Wi,isms sho sn
up. vii inns Report On Silver Coinsge
Rdjled " Laughter
| HIS (Wilusm,) irQpify WAS whether the
rules permitted a CONGRESSMAN to edit his
speeches in the Record snd have the re-
suits as he SAW them in his own mind blsE-
| oned to the vorld II was the business of
| the committee Of printing to see that such
| mstter was not injected by gentlemen who
| printed speeches snst they never had ut
tered.
Richardson of Tennessee, chairman of
| the committee on printing, ssii the COM
m!ttee hsd no uihoIily over the sub ject.
Walker sald the headlines to winch the
gentleman objected were printed BY mis-
| take. Laughter
| Williams said 1t WAS not bis purpose TO
| do any thing more shan ask the attention of
the committee on prlotng to such methods
| and ask it to see taat no suCh thing should
| happen in the future.
Richardson said it vas not in the power
| Of the committee 10 prevent the gentleman
| from MASSACHUSETTS from making headlines
and captions 70 various phrases in his
speech.
Williams csliei attention 10 language
which seemed to him parliamentary Of
| fensive in tie extreme, words not uttered
| in the heat of debate, but printed without
| proyocstion, words uttered only IN printing,
and not in = manly fashion. The privilege
| of printing IN the Records wss never in
tended to give the power Of personal insult
Even if it was proper under the rules, the
exercise of that power was not gen,iemaniy
| and not psriIamentsrv.
Williams, quo,idg from Walker s speech,
| objected to the ntlemans declaration that
the MugSumps in this house hell h II
| seats by gross deception sGd moral fraud.
These were at best unmsnly words, but
coming here under TIE color OF having
| been spoken, they we're m serious.
Williams said that in 1851 he had dole
himself ,b5 honor Of breaking away from
the Republican party. Democrat az
pause He had taken prominent il not
a leading part in the campaign conducted
for the purpose Of electing q DemoerstIC
President. The msn who Fl the Repub-
licsn party for ,h's purpose now lshored
| under the denomination of "Mugrumps.
| In that campaign ore II the most difficult
tasks tie * cutve committee had was to
curb aud CHECK the srd0r aud zeal Of the
| gentlemen from M ssaChusetts, walker,
who now made this attack on his former
associates. Laughter ard applause.
The Mugwump, have gore over 10 tbe
Democratic party. There was one man
| saved from the wreck The party which
hsd not all these men struggled 10 get many
OF them back in throes, and it had brought
bsck the single gentleman from Worcester.
Lsughter TIE Democrats from Nr~
England were here upua promises Tho
| silver que stion was made tis issue in the
ist csmpsign. The Democracy Of Mssss
chusetts not only declared itself sysinst
free coinage, but arraigned the RepublI
cans Of Massachusetts because they passed
The bad la~ Of 1890
|! had made no agreement, no pledges
as to ~bst this House v0uld Do. /. was
understood there WAS strong silver seni
ment on the Dem JCrsnC side. The NJw
T. gland Democrats were not 80 foolish ae
to say this House you'd not act favorsbty
upon the silver bill. The same verdict Of
the people of Masss2hueetts as given !sst
fall will be given again when the Demo-
Gratis went before ih, committee AMI asked
them whether they would trust q Demo
crst or Republican.
He fel. this question shouli be decided
in the party convention. That bad been
the sum and substance Of lis contes. within
the racks Of the Dem cratic pirtv. Whea
the question now arose ss to who was the
true friend of the people, be would point
to the vote Of March 7th.
Walker said that it wss evident to the
House that the gentleman from Msssschu-
sets (Wllisms) had arisen for the pur-
pose OF exhibiting himself Whether it
was Of any interest to the country what the
little bsrd Of Mugsumps did or thought,
or whether those Who associated with them
in 1894 (they have been sshsmed Of it ever
since) were justified in their vote, the
House could best Judge.
Alter some humorous reflections upon
Williams "poser" over The Democrats on
the floor, Walker ssid the headlines to his
speech 20 which the gentleman alluded
hsd not been written in his manuscript and
he was surprised when he saw them in the
Record He hal not written them.
Crsir, OF Texas-Who writes Youz
speeches? Laughier].
Richar dsoD Of TeDBesee il quired whether
the gentleman meant to say, after his
speech had passed from his s1ds, the of
Hcial reporter had inserted the words. OF
lhat they were inserted at the government
printing ofHHe.
Walker-Is the gentleman gives up
bossing the House and everybody else,
will attend to my business. daughter
Walker said he had several copies of his
spee ch and his clerk had pat headlines to
one Of them By accident; which was
liable to happen to any one, that copy was
sent to the printing Office. In response to
the gentle man from I, xs', he would say
that the gentleman -hD wrote his speeches
was Walker Of Worcester. TLsugh,er
He asked that the headlines De stricken
from the Record.
Walker said the remarks which be printed
eere clearly within the rules of the House
and he protested against the mi isice 10
himseIi personally, sni to his constituents,
OF striking one word out Of the Record e1-
cept the headlines which had oeen put 10
By mistake.
The discussion closed by the adoption
Of a resolluon offered by McMlllin, Tenn,
pfovidlng thai walkers printed and rot
| delivered speech be referred 10 the com
| siitse on printing, with Instructions to re-
| port whether the privieges of the House
| ~ere violated in the publication Of the
same; Ehesber or lot any portion thereof
mould be sxpunged trom the Record, snd
| shegher any othe. scli3u should be taken
| b. the House IN the premises.
| The Hous- st.cr coasid ring some pri-
vHe bills took recess until o'clock.
| AT he evening session about two dozen
| pivste pension bills we're considered in
| c,Tnnittee OF the whole sud placed upon
Up calendar Of urfhi.hed business.