Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
minority report, cutting off several of these


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In advocating the report of the committee
Mr.. Cooper. of Indiana, incidentally re
ferred to the investigation of the Pension
Office during the last Congress, and sal(
| that since that investigation it had come Il
be known that Commissioner Raum's sol
had sold places in the Pension Bureau, ant
| for that offense had been removed by the
Secretary OF the Interior.
Messrs. B6atner, of Louisiana; Moses, o.
| Indiana; Snow, of Illinois, and Wise, o.
| Virginia, favored the majority report OF the
committee, and Mr. Mansury of Missouri
| favored the minority report.
Mr.. Cummings. of New York, rebuked
the House for voting regularly for the ap.
preparation for clerk to every Senator, We,
now proposing to cut down its own commit
tee clerks. He maintained there was not
man in the House to-day who was not pay
ing out of his own pocket from so cents to
81 day for postage. For what? For the
business of his constituents. Now 1t was
proposed, in addition, that the chairmen OF
committees should be compelled to do thelr
own committee work.
BoufeIIe Draws a Parallel.
Mr.. Boutelle, of Maine, began an anus
ing speech on the situation by the exclama-
ton: .'Whar a comical old humbug the
said, Congress after Congress, there had
been the same old tune on one string. He
had SAT here yesterday and looked upon the
remarkable spectacle presented by the gen
tlemaa from Indiana (NIr. Holman), who
administered to the brethren around him
IN aliopathic doses the medicine of retrench-
men5 and reform. There was something
familiar about it, and he had tried to recall
what it was. He had at last been able to do so.
1t all came back to him. l. was very simple.
history was repeating itself The perform
ance was simply a repetition Of the por-
trayal by Dickens and the caricature by
Cruikshark, who had depicted that famous
event when ''Mrs. Squeers" gathered the
boys around her and administered to them
with a long spoon their dose Of retrench-
ment and reform in the shape of birthstone
and treacle for the purpose of breaking
down their appetite and saving provisions.
Laughter.
Now, according to the prearranged form,
"Mr Pecksniff'' arose, and, with taffy in
one hand and an amendment in the other,
undertook to follow the great onward cause
of retrenchment and reform. Then the
other friend, the ''Rev. Chadband, " of Ken
lucky, (referring to Mr.. Breckenridge),
came in with "Bless you, my children,
and pronounced his benediction. Laugh
teri.
Dockery Too Pretty for His Party.
There was gentleman from Missouri
(Mr. Dockery), a gentleman who was
haunted all the time by the nightmare of
apprehension that he was too good-looking
to be taken for Democratic statesman, and
therefore felt obliged on all occasions to
keep up the assurance of Democratic party
orthodoxy. After all this came the "Deus
ex Machina," the gentleman from Indiana
(Mr. Holman), undertaking to start the re-
fern machinery by protestatlons; undertak-
ing to deal with public affairs as if they
were a nickel-in-the-slot machine, and even
then attempting to cheat the machine by
dropping in bogus nickel Laughter.
Mr.. Boutelle then proceeded to inveigh
against the Democratic party for its lack of
patriotism, saying that in the last six months
he had heard once of one patriotic remark
being made by a Democrat, and that Demo-
crat was a woman. He referred to the esti-
mable wife of the present Governor of the
great State of New York. That lady, on
visiting the Executive mansion, which for
two terms had been occupied by Democratic
had in an interview with a
correspondent alluded to the
of refurnishing the house.
america a Fine shopping Place.
She had said on that occasion that it was
not necessary, in order to put the Cover
nor's mansion in order, to go beyond the
confines of the American republic. [Ap-
Dlause on the Republican side. She had
'urther said that in order to buy her daught-
sr's trousseau she had found little occasion
10 go beyond the shops of w Watertown. When
the firms there did not have the article
called for she would buy them of the manu-
facturers or the importers. CAT the word
importers" the Democrats burst into
laughter as if the lady's remark strength
ened the Democratic view of the situation
Mr.. Boutelle then quoted further from Mrs
Flowers interview, in which she states
that she is an American through and
through and that she has vet to find bet
ter and cheaper place in which to shop than
in American stores. Applause on Repub-
Iican side
Mr.. BoutelIe said in conclusion: ''The
people of this great country are going to
have happy and prosperous new year,
in spite of the Democratic party, the gem
little slot machine" Applause on Repub-
lican side.
American China for the White House.
Mr.. Compton, of Maryland, commended
to President and Mrs. Harrison the good
advice given by Mrs. Flower-especially in
regard to the purchase of china. Laughter
and applause on Democratic side.
Mr. Cummings, of New York, wished to
add to the speech of the gentleman from
Maine this fact: That under the two Demo- |
cratic administrations of the State of New |
YORK the State debt had been reduced |
&, 200, 600, and that S3,OOO.OOO had been left I
in the Treasury when Governor Hill re-
tired-that treasury having been empty |
when Grover Cleveland entered into Office. |
Applause on Democratic side.
Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee, said that he had |
also enjoyed the debate of yesterday and |
he very harmless debate of TODAY, and he |
enjoyed them much better than he enioved |
seeing the representatives of the people |
marched out of the hall u months ago bv |
he gentleman from Maine CIr. Reed) "un- |
Ter parliamentary law" He thought that |
he resolution of the gentleman from In |
Llama (Ir. Holman) might be characterized |
IS the outburst of public conscience. 1t was
,road enough to let in the Chicago Exposi- |
ion and anything that related to the carry |
ng on of the Government.
Tables Turned by the People,
The gentleman from Maine (Mr. Bon.
elle) had spoken of 'Mrs. Squeers. and of |
he fact that she had administered brim-
tone and treacle to the boys. Ifthe gentle
nan had read the story further he would re-
member that after time the Students had
verturned the administration, and taking
he long spoon, compelled her to take the
,rimstone herself That was exactly what