The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-19
In Tue House

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-"Hot shot
for Mugwumps. Hoar and Williams shown
up. Williams report on silver coinage
riddled"
These were some of the words that Will
llams, OF Massachusetts, objected to in the
House to-day, and asked to have them
stricken from the Record, as part of the
speech of Walker, of Massachusetts. which
had not been delivered by that gentleman
in the House. Williams characterized the
language as ungentlemanly, unmanly, I'M
parliamentary and offensive in the ex-
IRENE. He considered the attack upon
the MugWumps as personal attack, for he
mad been one. In the campaign of 1884 mis-
colleague had been one of the great Mug
wumps of the day, cut now he hated
MugWumps worse than the devil After
the gentleman from Massachusetts had
SAID he would print the remainder Of his
remurks there appeared THE sub-headinp
inserted by himself, containing the words
quoted above. He (Williams) wanted to
know whether thu rules permitted a Com
gresham TO edit his speeches in the Record
or nave the results as he saw them in his
own mind olazoned 10 the world. 1t was
the business OF the committee on printing
TO see That such matter was not injected nv
gentlemen who printed speeches thew
never uttered.
Walker said that the head lines to which
the gentleman objected had been printed
by mistake.
Richardson, of the committee on print
ing, SAID 1t was not in the power OF the
committee to prevent gentlemen making
head lines in their speeches.
Williams quoting further from Walkers
speech, objected to the declaration that the
MugWumps IN the United States Congress
held their seats "by gross deception and
moral fraud" These were at least I'M
manly words, but, coming here under the
cover OF having been spoken, they were
more serious.
LOUD, of California, interrupted Will
liGms to ask if the latter considered the
attack upon Mugwumps personal attack.
W1tlams-Ges, | do, because have been
one. Continuing, Williams said in 1884 he
had done himself the honor of breakiu o.
away from the Republican-party. Demo
cratic applause. In that campaign ore of
the most difficult tasks the executive com
mlttee mad was to curb the ardor and zeal
OF Walker, who now made this
attack upon his former associates.
He commended to Walker The Ser
mon on the Mount" to which
Walker had referred to in his speech:
Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees.
hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and land
to make one proselyte and when he is
made ye make him two-fold more the child
OF hell than yourselves" Great laughter
Walker said it was evident Mr.. Williams
had arisen for the purpose of exhibiting
himself and with the idea of reading the
Bible to Democratic House flaughterI,
ana the gentleman had to read; he couldn't
repeat it. Head lines to the speech to
which the gentleman alluded were not
written in his manuscript and he was sur
prlsed when he saw them In the Record
His clerk had put the head lines in one
copy Of the speech by accident, which was
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 commit
tee on printing for investigation and the
House took recess until evening.