Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-10
Mr.. Boutslle Loses His Temper and
Makes an Ass of Himself.
REMARKS ABOUT DOUGH FACES
Stir Up Trouble and Cause Re-
sentiment Speeches For and
Against the Repeal Of the Fed
eral Election Laws-Mr. Dolli-
yer, Of Iowa, Makes a Speech.

the Repu0llcan attempt 10 cueCh Iue
Democratic frauds" in that great city
and put down the alleged Garter Har-
rison ring"
Mr.. Dolliver, of Iowa, followed in the
same strain. The repeal OF the election
law he said places the government IN
the attitude of disallowing those who
defended it's life and leaving them with
out civil rights except by the grace OF
State laws, invented to destroy their
right of suffrage, He then made q
vigorous attack on Tammany, an organ
ization which he said lived upon the
tithes sxacted from the vices, the mis-
fortunes and contracts Of our great
American city.
Then came Mr.. Boutele, of Maine,
against the measure.
EVERY Democratic Speech" he said,
"has demonstrated that this Is to De
blow at the fundamental principles un-
derlying this government.
81 thought the new generation would
join hands with US in building up COM
mon country. For ten days the sheeted
ghosts of the ConfederacY have fitted
about these halls and gibbered OF de-
feated conspiracy.
The Vice President of the United
States has been accused OF undue SYM
pathy with your struggle TO capsizs the
government yet you do not complain.
Not a union soldier sits about the Cabi-
net table. Republican applause.
Mr.. Boutelle then went on TO take up
the records of the Senate committees,
beginning with the President pro tenn,
Mr.. Harris, showing that almost with
out exception they had served in the
Confederate army. He reviewed the
committees in the House, from the
Speaker down to the Committee on Pen
sions, showing how they, too, were DOM
mated by ex.COnfederates.
Mr.. Wilson, he said, had elected Mr.
Springer from the loyal States as Chair
man Of the Ways and Means, aud Hol-
man had been deposed by triumphant
Democracy with Confederate. II de-
clare here now on my own responsibility
as Representative, that no more per-
nicious doctrines, no more deadly blow
at our institutions, at the essence OF the
nationality Of our country, can be dealt
than by the denial Of the right Of this
imperial government to cross the bor-
ders of a sovereign State" Republi-
can applause.
'If such doctrines are to prevail,
then the cause for which l and two
million OF my Northern countrymen
fought when the rebellion was put
down, was not victorious" Renewed
applause.
II want you to understand" he con-
tinued, that when you rely on the
dough faces Of Massachusetts and the
ballot box suffers OF Tammany Hall
you are leaning on broken rod" APP
plause.
Mr.. Boutelle, after delivering a glow
ing apostrophe to New England in
which he made sarcastic illusions to
DR.. Everett, Of Massachusetts, was
about to read an abstract from James
Russell Lowell, which he said described
the dough face Of 1861, and enabled
him to throw upon the screen OF the
House a photograph OF the dough face
of 1898.
The House was listening eagerly.
Suddenly Mr.. Springer took exception
against applying the epithet dough
face" to a member OF the House.
Otis an epithet," returned Mr.. Bou
telle dehantly (which can be applied
with equal force as well to the gentle
man from Illinois as the gentleman
from Maine"
The House held its breath. Mr..
Springer's face grew white with rage.
do / understand you to say that
you applied that epithet to me?" he
shouted.
"You understood it as well'as you
are capable of understanding any
thing" retorted Boutelle.
~ want you to know, sir" replied
Mr.. Springer striding toward his sd-
versary with fire in his eye, that you
dare not apply such an epithet to me-"
"Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from
Illinois can't be impertinent TO me un-
der the guiss OF point Of order" re-
turned Mr.. Boutelle. "But withdraw
the epithet," he continued, moving his
arms magnanimously in Mr.. Springer's
direction, "in order that / may go OBJ
with my speech. deny, however, that
il was unpArliamentary. The attempt
to make il so is as silly as was the at
tempt in the last Congress to take ex-
ception to the word 'Mugwump.'"
Mr.. Springer was evidently far from
being satisfied with Mr.. Boutelle, but
he seated himself and Mr.. Boutelle read
the abstract.
Mr.. Marshall, of Virginia, secured
FIVE minutes in which to reply TO the
fiery utterances Of Mr.. Boutelle. He
appealed to Republicans not to be con-
stantly reminding the South that II had
engaged in an unholy rebellion. Mr..
Stallings, of Alabama, and Mr.. Lock
wood, of New York, followed In adyo-
cancy OF the bill.
Mr.. Payne, OF New York, opposed
the bill. IL was, he said. but the re-
suit OF methods which the South bad
adopted regarding the ballot. he de-
tailed a. great length the theft OF the
Senate Of New York" by the Demo
Gratis in 1890, and the part taken by
Judge l. b. Maynard. who was nom
mated for Supreme Judge by the New
York Democrats last Friday. why do
Won demand honest elections?" he ask
cd addressing the Democratic side,
when you nominate for the highest
judicial position in the Empire State q
criminal?"
Mr.. Fitch, OF New York, chairman OF
the committee which reported tie bill.
closed the debate for the Democrats. II
seemed particularly fitting, he said, that
the last argument 10 favor Of the repeal
az .as laws should be made by q repre-
fstiye Of New York city where they
ss originated. It is in that citT also