The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-19

striken from the record certain sentences
OF the speech of Walker of Massachusetts
which had not been delivered by that
gentleman In the House. Williams cbarac-
terlZed the language as ungentlemanly, un-
manly, unparliamentary and offensive in
the extreme.
Some of the phrases objected TO were:
Hot shot for mugwumps," 'Hoar and
Williams shown up" "Willams' report on
silver coinage riddled." He considered the
attack upon the mugwumpS as a personal
attack, for he had been one In the cam
paign Of 1894 his colleague had been one of
the great mugwumps of the day, but now
he hated the mugW jumps. After the gentle
man from Massachusetts had said he would
PRINT the remainder of his remarks. there
appeared In the record sub-headings in
serted by himself containing the words
quoted above.
lie (Wllliams) wanted to know whether
the rules permitted Congressman to edit
his speeches in the Record or have the re-
suits as he saw them in his own mind bla-
Zoned 10 the world. 1t was the business of
tie Committee on Printing TO see that such
matter was not injected by the gentlemen
VINO printed speeches that they never ut
tered.
Walker said the headlines to which the
gentleman objected had been printed by
mistake.
Richardson of the Committee on Printing
SAID 1t was not in the power of the commit
tee to prevent the gentlemen from making
headlines and captious TO the various phrases
OF 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 frauds" These were, at best, un-
manly words, but coming here under the
color oil having been spoken they were more
serious.
Loud of California interrupted Williams
TO ask II the latter considered the attack
upon the mngwumps as a personal attack.
1es, L do, because l have been one"
Continuing, Williams said in 1884 he had
done himself the honor of breaking away
from the Republican party. Democratic
applause In that campaign one of the
most difficult tasks the executive cGmmit tee
bad was TO curb the ardOr and zeal of
Walker, who now made this attack upon
his former associates. He commended to
Walker the sermon Oh the mount, to " hich
Walker referred iD his speech: "Woe unto
ye, scrlbes, Pharisees, hypoerites, for We
compass the sea and the land TO make one
proselyte; and when he is made ye made
MN twofold more the child Of evil than
yourselves" lGreat laughter.1
Walker said 1t was evident that Williams
had arisen for the purpose Of exhibiting
himself. The idea Of reading the Bible to a
Democratic house Laughter And the gen.
tleman had TO read ii, he couldn't repeat ii. :"
NC HoauHHtS 10 MS SpeecH 10 WHICH the
gentleman alluded were not written in his
manuscript and he was surprised when he
saw them in the Record. His clerk had put
headlines on one copy of his speech. BY
accident, which was liable to happen TO any
one, that copy had been sent to the printing
Office. Walker urged that the headlines be
taken out The matter was finally referred
to the Committee on Printing for investiga-
tiOn and the House took a recess until even
ing
AT the evening session of the House there
was no quorum. About two dozen bills
were passed in the committee of the whole
and were placed on the unfinished calendar.