St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-04
Watson, of Georgia, Resents
Insinuations That He Was
Bought.
Speaker Crisp's Clerk Accused
Of Cowardly, Untruthful
Work.
Jerry Simpson Reflects on
Senator Cullom and Gets
Called Down.
The Senate Settles Dubois in
His Seat as Senator From
Idaho.

WASHINGTON, March g. There was a
lively scene in the house this morning
when Representative Watson. leader of
the Peoples party, arose to question
of privileges, and denounced the CORE
spondent of the Atlanta Constitution
for accusing him of improper motives
in voting with the Republicans in the
Craig-Ste wart election case. Mr.. Wat
son caused to be read from the clerks
desk dispatch to the Constitution
from its Washington cores pondent,
who is the speakers clerk. wherein it
was stated that Mr.. Watson had voted
in favor Of the Republican contestee
because he expected financial aid from
that party in the next race for congress.
The Alliance man said: 1t has not
been long, Mr.. Speaker, since my good
name was all the property had on this
earth; since it was to me both house and
home, and the time has not come when
/ possess anything that is deaTer to me,
| am as humble, trust. as the humblest
member of this house, but if any men,
Der of it, high or low, charges me either
directly or indirectly in the cow
ardly
Language of InsinuatfOn,
with having acted corruptly as a sworn
juror in passing upon law question in
this house, he shall get my answer as
plainly, as sternly and as promptly de-
livered as honesty and courage require
it to be made. If one of these reading
clerks, Mr.. Speaker, were, through the
public journals, to denonnce as corrupt
a member of this house, it would
startle into attention every member who
knew of that charge, but when the
clerk of the speaker of this house de-
nounces through the public print gen.
tleman whom he knows to be the polit-
zeal opponent of the gentleman to
whom he is clerk, then it certainly be-
comes still more significant, and the
justification tor the reply is still more
complete.
That statement. Mr.. Speaker. in so
far as it pretends to state the facts, is
false The speaker of this house knows
it to be false; the man who wrote it
knows it to be false; and every member
of this house knows it to be false. He
says that the case was so plainly IN
favor of the Democratic contestant
that only seventeen Republicans voted
to keep the sitting member in his chair.
That is
Absolutely False;
and the speaker of the house knows it,
and his clerk ought to have known it.
[Applause.] Every Republican in his
seat. saving two, voted to retain the Re-
publican in his seat; and the two Re-
publicanS who voted against their party
associate were met and Overmatched-
met by three Democrats outside of the
deposed lepers, who are known as third
party men," Laughter
s'There were three Republicans who
voted against Mr.. Stewart" interrupted
Mr.. Haugen. ''Then it is a set-off, and
the three Republicans did what they
thought was only their duty as sworn
Jurors; and the three Democrats who
voted for the Republican were
men whose loyalty to the
party cannot be questioned.
Mr.. Cochran, of New York, is one of
the chiefs of national Democracy.
Laughter. He is supposed by any test
to come up to the requirements of 10y
Babbitt, of Wisconsin, and Mr.. Hall, of
staunch Democrats voted against their
party. Why? Because upon the testi-
mony and upon the law it was a ques-
ton ON which good lawyers could hou-
estly differ.
Patience Exhausted.
Ever since have been here this clerk
of the speaker has thought it his duty
to deride me, ridicule me and miSrepre-
sent me. In the article which l have
sent to the speakers desk the climax is
reached; the time when silence was
prudent and good policy is past. The
time when any man, be he ever so pa
tient, would feel driven to his denial
and his denunciation has come, and
here, Mr.. Speaker. | denounce that in
situation, cowardly as Is is. as base
and infamous falsehood. Great ap-
plauSe.
With these personal remarks of Mr..
Watson, the matter was dropped, and
the house went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
in the chair. and resumed the consider
alton of the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill. The unfinished sections
were considered without amendment,
and the committee then rose and re-
ported the bill to the house, and it was
passed.
In the morning hour. which began
about o'clock. the house resumed the
consideration of the bill allowing rail-
road companies to give special rates to
commercial travellers. Mr.. OTIS, of Kan
sas, antagonized the measure. 1t was a
stroke directed at the fundamental
principle upon which the interstate
commerce law was founded.
Widening the Gap.
Mr.. O'NeilI, of Pennsylvania, offered
an amendment providing that nothing
in the bill shall be construed to prohibit
any common carrier from granting re-
duced rates of transportation to pas
sengerS or making reduced rates for
freight. Mr.. HarrieS, of Minnesota,
offered an amendment providing that
any common carrier may give reduced
rates to members of the g. A. K. when
travelling to or from any annual en-
campment.
In speaking of the bill Mr.. Simpson,
OF Kansas, referred to the author of the
interstate commerce act Senator Gull
lom) as an ubiquitous railroad attor-
ney," when he was promptly called to or
der by Mr.. Limo, of Minnesota. Mr.. Simp-
son expressed his willingness to with
draw the ubiquitous" but this would
not saIlsfy Mr.. Lind. who insisted that
Mr.. Simpsons remarks were clearly out
of order. Mr.. Simpson then withdrew
the entire expression. The demand for
so to 70; and. pending action on the
amendments, the morning hour expired
and the house adjourned. The bill will
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