The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-04
WATSON ON HIS DIGNITY.
AN ATLANTA PAPER ACCUSED OF
HoUNDING BIN.

It's --latest tack Represented Him as
Playing Into the Hands OF the Repub-
licans in Order to Secure Financial
AID From Them for His Coming Cam
psign for Congress.
WASHINGTON. March 3.-In the House
this morning Mr.. Watson Of Georgia, ris-
ing to question Of personal privilege, sent
to the clerks desk and had read a dispatch 10
the Atlanta Constitution from WASH
ington criticising his vote upon the Craig
Stewart contested election case, intinating
that in voting for Mr.. Stewart he was
playing into the hands CT the republicans, in
order that he might secure financial aid
from them in his next campaign for con-
gress. That communication, said Mr.. Wat
son, was written by one Of the clerks Of
this House AID it charged him with having
voted corruptly in an election case. It was
not long since that his good name was all
the property he had OF earth,
when it was his house and
home, when it was both his personality aud
his realty, aud the time had not yet come,
and never would. when he possessed any
thing that was dsarer to him. The article
which he had read charged him, In the
oowardly language of inslnuation. as hav-
ing acted oorruptly as sworn juror.
A BOLD REPLY.
His answer to the charge would be made
as plainly aud as promptly as honor and
courage required that IL should be made. IL
one OF the reading clerks should deuouncs
as corrupt one OF the members Of the
House, the House would be startled and a
reply would be made, but when the clerk to
the speaker of the House denounced
through the public prints gentleman whom
he knows to he political opponent
| or the speaker, the justification
for reply was still more complete. T 9
| statement In the newspaper, in so far as 10
pretended to state facts, was false. The
| speaker knew 1t To be false The gentleman
who wrote 1t knew IL TO be false. aad every
| member OF the House knew it to be false.
Many woman, fair and beautiful many a
mau, bright and ambitious, had sold them
selves for honor's place and fame only. The
| vilest OF men and women sold themselves
for money. Since he had been in the House
he had attempted TO establish
Character FOR openness and
manliness aud fairness. Ever since
he had been here the clerk to the speaker
had thought it his duty TO disparage him,
TO ridicule him and to misrepresent him.
The climax had now been reached and pa
thence was no longer virtue. He denounced
the insinuation, cowardly as 1t was, as
was then dropped, and the Hou7e went into
COMMITTEES Of the whole, with Mr.. Richard-
son OF Tennessee in the chair, on the Distric5
OF Columbia appropriation bill.
HOW THE CUT Is MADE.
In speaking to verbal amendment Mr..
| Dingley of Maine took occasion to comment
upon the reductions made by the bill There
was no basis, he said, for the claim that it
really reduced expenditures IL was true
| ad lauu fbu, he ~ .f
last year. But every dollar of this reduc-
ton was made by the appropriation of lesy
for the streets, for paving, for roads, for
sewers and for police stations. These were
nece sary permanent public works, and this
reduction simply deferred the expenditures,
1t saved nothing. L. simply enabled the
gentlem on who had framed the bill to say
that they had reduced expenditures s609.-
600 when they had not reduced them one
dollar. They had simply deferred them
until after the presidential election.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the House and 1t was passed
without further amendment
SPECIAL RATES FOR DRUMMERs.
In the morning hour, which began about
l O'Clock, the House resumed the con-
sideration OF the bill allowing railroad COM
panies to give special rates to commercial
travellers.
Mr.. Mallory OF Florida opposed the
meas ure on the ground that IL would place
it in the power Of the railroad companies to
discriminate in favor Of some again st other
business houses. He was Opposed. under
any pretext, to abandoning the prInci pie
that railroads companies engaged in inter
state commerce should not be allowed TO
discriminate in favor of any individual
Mr.. O'Neil of Pennsylvania objected to-
the bill, holding that it should be amended
30 as to give railroad companies the right TO
give reduced rates of transportation TO any
persons they might see flt.
Mr.. Otis of Kansas antagonized the meas
ure. Ii was stroke directed at the funda-
mental principles upon which the interstate
commerce law was founded.
MUST NOT ACT AS BAR.
Mr.. ONeill Of Pennsylvania offered an
amendment providing thai nothing in the
bill shall be construed to prohibit any COM
mon carrier from granting reduced rates OF
transportation to passengers or making re-.
duced rates for freight.
Mr.. Harries of Minnesota offered an
amendment providing that any common
carrier may give reduced rates to MEM
bers of the G. A. r. when travelling to and
from any annual encempment. In speaks
ing to the bill MIR. Simpson of Kansas re-
ferred to the author OF the interstate COM
merce act CSenator Cullom) as an iniquit-
ous railroad attorney, when he was
promptly called to order by Mr.. Lind of
Minnesota.
Mr.. Simpson expressed bis willingness to
withdraw the ubiquitous" but this would
not satisfy Mr.. Lind, who insisted that Mr..
Simpsons remarks were clearly out OF
order.
Mr.. Simpson then withdrew the entire
expression.
demand for the previous question was
voted down by so to 20, and pending action
the morning hour expired and the House
adjourned. The bill will now go on the cal
endar as unfinished business