The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-19
IN THE HOUSE.
Mugwump Williams Objects to Ohen-
sive Headlines, and Quotes Scripture.

Mugwump williams Objects to Onen-
sive Headlines, and Quotes Scripture.
WASHINGTON CRY, March 1s.-"Hot
Shot for Mugwumps-Hoar and Williams
Shown Up-Williams' Report on Silver
Coinage Riddle" These were some OF the
words that Williams of Massachusetts, OBJ
jected to in the House today, and asked to
have stricken from the record of the
speech of Walker of Massachusetts,, which
had not been delivered by that gentleman
IN the House.
Williams characterized the language as I'M
geutlemanly, unmanly, unparIamentary and
offensive in the extreme. He considered the at
tack upon the Mugwumps personal attack, for
he had been one. IL the campaign Of 1854 his
colleague had been one OF the great Mugwumps
OF the day, but now he hated Mugwumpsm
worse than the devil After the gentleman
from Massachusetts, had said he would print
the remainder of his remarks there appeared a
subheading, inserted by himself, containing the
words quoted above. He tWilliams) wanted to
know whether the rules permitted congress
man to edit his speeches in the Record and have
the results, as he saw them in his own mind,
biazoned to the world. 1t was the business of
the committee on printing to see that such mat
ter was not injected by gentlemen who printed
speeches which 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 to the
various phrases of speeches.
Williams, quoting further from Walkers
speech, objected to the declaration that
the Mugwumps in the United States con-
gress held their seats "by gross deception
and moral fraud" These were at best I'M
manly words, but coming here under
cover of having been spoken, they were
serious.
Loud of California interrupted Williams,
to ask if the latter considered an attack
upon the Mugwumps personal attack.
Williams-Yes, 1 do; because 1 have
been one.
Continuing, Williams said:
In 1854 he had done himself the honor of
breaking away from tho Republican party.
Democratic applause.l In that campaign, one
OF the most difficult tasks the executive COM
Inistee had was to curb the ardor and zeal OF
Walker. who now made this attack upon lis for
mer associates. He commented Walker to the
sermon on the mount, to which he referred in
his speech: "wos unto you. Scribes and Phari-
sees, hypocrites; for We compass sea and land to
make one proselyte; ana Wnen ne IS maze, We
make him two-fold more the child of hell than
yourselves" [Great laughter.l
Walker replied:
1t evident that Mr. Williams has arisen for
the purpose of exhibiting himself The idea OF
reading the bible TO Democratic House.
lLaughter.l And the gentleman had to read it,
as he could not repeat it. The headlines 70 the
speech to which the gentleman alluded were
not written IN his manuscript, and he was sur
prised when he saw them in the Record. His
clerk had put the headlines on one copy of his
speech by an accident, which is liable to happen
any one, and that the copy had been sent to the
printing office. Walker urged that the head
lines be taken ont.
The matter was finally referred to the
committee on printing for investigation
and the House took a recess until evening.
1.-THE congressional debaters appear to have
got somewhat mixed in their display of biblical
knowledge, for the quotation referred to By
Williams as an extract from the sermon on tho
Mount" is incorrect for that sermon ends with
chapter VII, book of st. Matthew, whereas the
quotation is from the sermon in the temple,
chapter XXIII., OF the same book, fifth verse.
At the evening session there was no
quorum. About two dozen bills were
passed in committee of the whole and
placed on the unfinished calendar.