The record-union., 1892-03-19
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
FREE COINAGE MEMORIALS PRE-
SENTED TO TIE SENATE.
Williams Of Massachusetts Objects tC
Language In tho IS Record'' Re-
ferrlng to Himself.
Special to the REcoRp-Js1oy.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON. March 1S-In the Senate
this morning several memorials in favor
of the unlimited coinage of silver were
presented by Wolcott from the silver
leagues and silver clubs of Colorado, and
one against it by Cockrell from citizens OF
Missouri.
Stanford gave notice that at O'Clock
Thursday he would ask the Senate to
consider resolutions Of respect on the
death of his late colleague, Hearst.
Dawes gave notice that he would call
up the Indian appropriation bill next
Monday.
Casey, from the Committee on Agri-
culture, reported bill to establish a uni
form standard for wheat, corn, oats, bar
ley and rye. Placed on the calendar,
The following bills were made special
orders for next week: Making an appro-
pr1atiOn for the improvement of Column
bla River, for the construction of a boat
railway at The Dalles ard Cello Falls
and Ten-Mile Rapids on the Columbia
Biver. and the improvement Of Three
Mile Rapids.
After a brief executive session the Sen
ate adjourned until Monday.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March IS.-"Hot shot
for the mugwumps: Hoar and Williams
shown up; Williams report on the silver
coinage riddled." These were some OF
the words that Williams Of Massachusetts
objected to in the House to-day. and
asked to have stricken from the Record
as part of the speech of v alker of Massa-
chusetts which had not been delivered
by that gentleman in the House. Will
Jams characterized the language as un-
gentlemanly, unmanly and unparlia-
mentary and offensive in the extreme.
He considered the attack upon the mug
wumpS q personal attack, tor he had
been one Of the great mugwumps of the
day, but now he hated the mugwunps
worse than the devil. After the gentle
man from Massachusetts had said he
would print the remainder OF his re-
marks, there appeared sub-heading, in
serted by himself, containing the words
quoted as above. He tWilliams) wanted
to know whether the rules permitted a
Congressman to edit his speeches in the
Reeord, or have the results as he saw
them in his own mind blazoned to The
world. 1t was the business of the Com
mittee on Printing to see that such mat
ter was not injected by gentlemen who
had printed speeches they never uttered.
Walker said the headlines to which the
gentleman objected had been printed by
mistake.
Richardson of the Committee on Print
ing said it was not in the power of the
committee to prevent gentlemen from
making headlines and captions of various
phrases Of speeches.
Williams, quoting further from Walk
er's speeches, objected to the declaration
that the mugwumps in the United States
Congress held their seats by gross de-
ception and moral frauds" These were
at best unnanlY words, but, coming here
under the color Of having been spoken.
they were more serious.
Loud of California interrupted Will
Jams to ask if the latter considered the
attack upon the mugwumps a personal
attack.
Williams: "Yes, do, because I have
been one." Continuing, Williams said
in 1884 he had done himself the honor of
breaking away from the Republican
party. democratic applause In that
the Executive Committee had was to
curb the ardor and zeal of Walker, who
now made this attack upon his former
associates.
Walker said the headlines to the speech
to which the gentleman alluded to were
not written in his manuscript, and he was
surprised when he saw them in the
Record. His clerk had put the headlines
on one copy of the speech. By acci-
dent, which is liable to happen to anyone.
that copy had been sent to the printing
office. Walker urged that the headlines
be taken out.
The matter was finally referred to the
Committee on Printing for investigation,
and the House took a recess until this
evening.