New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-16
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A HOT DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
MR.. goUrELIE,s AMUSING SPEECH on HoLMAN's
INFRINGEMENT MEDICINE.
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favor Of economy 10 tickle the dear people touy
the Democratic majority in the House, without pausie
10 take breath begun the consideration OF INC iop
OF the Committee Accounts in favor OF the eiPio'
cent and payment OF clerks for all the staiiui"s ~
select committees. Two OF the Democratic memoers
OF the committee opposed the report on the grouho
Z that r. recommended the appointment OF clerks 10
nnmher OF committees which seldom or never meet
and never have any business to transact i'i' '"e'
regarded as not only violation OF the great Deocr'l'c
idea OF economy" but as piece OF ileAouSoe
extravaganza. At,
They were not the only Democrats who TOOK thiS
view OF the matter, and for more than TWO hours
hot debate RACED on the Democratic side over 'he
Question The great feature OF the afternoon oeo.o
however was the speech OF Mr. Boutele OF MAINE, VINO
kent the House in commissions OF laughter Wme TIC
held the floor.
When the House then took up for consideration 'h'
report Of the Committee on Accounts assigning cle,h'
IN tho various committees Mr. Dickersoh Oh heh''h!
quoted statistics TO snow thaV 'ne'o wa" ~
penditure in this respect.
Mr. Boatncr 81 Louisiana, spoke IN laVor Va MI
amendment authorizing each MEMBER not cha'i'u
OF a committee TO appoint clerk, ana ne 'lous"
that such an authorization would result IN INC oep
Of private business 49,, no,o,. a,
| Mr.. Moses. of Louisiana, supported the report Oh
tho committee II Congress expected to search ior
extravaganza in the departments must be proVoeu
with committees. 49,, a., 1880
Mr. wise of Virginia, not only supported the com
mittee report, but advocated tie appointment " "
divdual clerks to members.
| Mr. Mansur, OF Missouri, sold that ne hao 'o'eu
against the granting Of subsidies and he was opposed
10 voting subsidy Of so,1s6 year to the chairman
~ O committee to which no public business was ever
referred.
/ Mr. Cummings OF New York. protested against inc
effort TO reduce the number OF committee ciorh'"p
For Gods sake he said do not ask committees 10 nhu
nd buttOnS.
ncricnce in the House that at the beginning OF every
term OF Congress there were certain men Swhet"er h.'
were economists or not he could not say, VINO ue-
uberaely began by making q proposal that Henioo''
~ the House should tic their hands and feet ana te
! ottompt 10 walk and do business. But he noucco
n, hen e. came TO voting appropriations for gentle
mon at the other end Of the Capitol the House ou
not whit to be told what these gentlemen required
The House had In years gone by, u1ed 10 iiS.''o
economy BY repeating the fTnklng privilege ".''
had ben the result There was not Il man III "o
House to-day who not paying OUT OF Ills oM'
| nochet from so cents to 81 day for postage. for
whot7 For his own business No, for the business
~ his constituents Now II proposed In add'oh'
mt tho cboirmen of committees should be oonpehcd
10 do their own worlIgct their pens ana paper VAN
10 the stationery and have t1eir mucilhs' oo'0
filled wait upon themselves and pay for their ow"
shaving whclh not done at the o'hef emu oi '"'
Capitol. Naughter) , .r,oc,
".
an tho situation bv the exclamation what comscai
| old humbug the Democratic party IS rear a''o'
year he said Congress after Congress- there hah oee
the sarne Old tune on one string lie ma s"' n0.'
Yesterday and looked upon the remarHaDie sp1o"e'0
presented by the gentleman from Indiana (hr' ho''
who administered to the brethren AROUND MN ~ "n
na+bc doses the medicine Of rctrcnchmen ana reiorn
| Their. was something familiar about 1t, ana lie mao
tried 70 recall what II lie had at last been aoe
| N do so. 1t all came back TO HIM IL was very
simple History repeating itseh' ms perform
ance was simply q repetition OF tho portrait nauc D.
Dickens, and the carcature OF oruiKsii"nA' "V no.
denoted that famous event when Mrs sqecrs eh'hefeu
tho bovs around her and administered TO them WIN q
,ong spoon their dose Of retrenchmcnt and reforh IN
tho shane OF birthstone and teaclc FOR inc purPe VI
breaking down their appetite ana saving P'o'''o''
UaughterJ Now, according to the predTlanged io'i'
MIR Pecksnif arose, and with thfce IN one h''o "n'
an amendment In the other. undertook 10 follow 'he
-, Cr,rord courSe of rctrcrchment and reform Then
,ho o,ber friend the Rev Chadband OF Kentucky came
in with bless you, my children ana pronouhcen HIS
lbenedictOn There was more OF history anu iun III
YESTERDAYS proceedings than he had ever oeioic WIZ
. messed on the floor Of the House 1herc WIS hi'
, xoIot,le friend from Alabama '(Mr. Wheeler, who
jumped upon the back Of debate win an ai'oriS WIN,
reminded one OF the representative OF The Dar"i"ia
horv Looming ,pon the back Of the trick elephant
laughter That gentleman had started TO hrl some
thing or other back with sc0rn. lie had sot "''o
, ldircuties with his voice. lie had opened up Ike
caiope On IA Mississippi River steamboat. and lie h'o
wound up like a sandpeep with the pheuinoiii"
S nanrbterl The gentleman had reminded him OF one
y, tbose modern patent dolls of Edison's With {
monograph within it, Sometimes an lmperiec
cylinder got into the machine, and from the dapdso'
NJ brass band, it ran down to feeble squeak
+ QaugherJ lie afraid that the gentleman h''
broken something inside himself
There was geitleman from Missouri (Nr' DockeryI
thn TINA ly
nightmare Of apprehension that he was too gooa-iooH
ing 10 be taken for Democratic statesman, ana thcfe
fore felt Obliged on all occasions to keep up the rs
o surance Of Democratic party orthodoxy
After all this came the deus ex machina," u
" gentleman from Indiana. undertaking 10 start IN
. reform machinery by proteSta'Ions' uhdcr'eidns
. deal with public affairs as II they were mchein
= the slot machine, and even then attempting 10 o"e.
"a the machine by dropping in . bogus nickel LHngl
" teri - . 4,
y Mr. Boutelle then proceeded to inveigh against IN
- Democratic party for It's lack OF PATRIOTISM saying I'M
in the last six months he had heard only OF one paiou
20 remark being made by Democrat and that Democr'
=, WA a wompn. He referred to the estmable wire
" the present Governor of the great State Of for
~ That lady, on visiting the Executive Mansion, wmc
he for several terms had been occupied by Democrau
bachelors had in an interview with q Newspaper 60
respondent alluded to the necessity OF reInrhismi
T. the House. She had said Oh that occasion tat u '"
he not necessary in order to put the Governors nahs
Of in order to go beyond the confines OF the Nhrc'
In Repubnc applause on the Republican sheD =
he had further that IN order to buy her daughter
he trousseau she had found little occasion TO 90 beyoI
re- the shops Of Watertown. When the firms there Il
ley not have the article called for she would buy inc
'h Of the manufacturers or the importers (At the wo
importers the Democrats burst into laughter, as
the lsdy's remark strengthened the Democratic vC
TO of the situaon) Mr.. outele then read his editor
The from "The New-York Tines Of January Z. 1872
OF Tho returns the Bureau OF Statistics OF exports
ny, continue TO be Of character simply extra
md s,, IN inc month OF November 1891, these exec
slo coo 600 yielding net balance as against exports
favor OF this country for that month alone OF over siooO
600 snd bringing the net balance for three months peV
has to december / nearly SOB 600 1t is impossl
an ,h.. such sound facts as these tell with or
oNN' IN