The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-03-19

" very little Importance to the
country what the mugwumps did in
1884. He had never seen the "a,
tieman from Massachusetts, (Wil-
liams) but once, before he met him
mere. He had seen him since and
50 had the House. He and his lit
tie fellow-mugwump, thes effigy of
John Harvard, expelled all the
Democrats in the House a few days
ago from the Democratic party.
Mr.. Grain: s'But they gave him
aosolutlon for that" (Laughter).
Mr.. Walker: eyes and the
Democrats will need absolution sew
eral times from this little band of
mugwumps before the session ends"
He saw the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts once, and he held him
(Mr. Walker) back just once in
meeting that voted for Grover
Cleveland-God save the mark. A
resolution was written and offered
In that meeting on which two
hours were wasted to fit it to suit
the gentleman from Massachusetts.
(Mr. Williams). They asked for
no office and requested none. They
had cast their votes from a high
sense of political duty and did
not wish to be injured by any
one being appointed to office.
The gentleman from Massachusetts
had kept us from voting for over
two hours for fear his great SER
vices would thereby be lost to Gro
yer Cleveland if that clause was
adopted. loud laughter on the
Republican side.) Every other
person was in favor if it except the
gentleman from Massachusetts,, and
that was the only time that he { Mr..
Walker) had ever seen Mr.. Will
liams and was the only helding
back he ever did for him. The sill
yer bill was ''pure politics" in con-
tradlstlnctlon to party politics.
Craftsmanship consisted in knowing
| what Legislation ought to be, and
secondly in securing The best iegis-
lation which the people will permit
and sobmit to. Legislation was a
compromise from h,.-l.aing to end.
The captions in The speech, "Hot
shot for mugwumps," etc, were not
written by hin Mr.. Walker).
Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee.
inquired if the official stenographer
had inserted those words, or if they
we're inserted without authority in
the government printing office. Mr..
Walker retorted that the gentleman
from Tennessee need not attempt to
boss the House and he would ex-
plain the matter. What happened
to him had happened to others. The
manuscript of his speech was in
manifold for various newspapers
made by his clerk and he thought it
had been stricken from the copy
sent to the Record office. 1t
was an accident, pure and simple,
and was liable to happen to any
member. He desired that the cap
ton to his speech be stricken out.
What he inserted was under the
rules.
Mr.. McMillin, of Tennessee,
thought the entire question should
go before the committee on printing.
Both gentlemen had made their
statements and he thought the bet
ter way to dispose of the matter
was to refer it to the committee on
printing with instructions to report
whether the privileges of the House
had been violated in the publication
and what further action, if any,
should be taken. This was adopted.
The House then went into the
committee Of the whole on the pri-
vate calendar, Mr.. Richardson, of
Tennessee, in the chair. The bill
for the relief of the Cumberland
female college, McMinnville, Tenn,
was passed. The bill for the relief
Of the legal representatives of H. H.
Sibley gave rise to long debate
and finally went over until next
private calendar day. At 5 O'Clock,
the committee rose and the House
took recess until s o'clock this