The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-26

/ hlhphDhhhW war uuttht1 ttbteu vi tho hOoE "
the House. In the FIRST session q bill APP
peared granting o subsidy Of 500. 000. 900 to
tho Texas Pacific Railroad Company. That
great railway genius, Col. Tom Scott OF Penn
sylvania- was at the head OF tho scheme. The
plan was to build a Texas Pacific railroad with
three branches. one to Vicksburg. one to New
Orleans. and another to connect with the
Pennsylvania system. Tho latter trnnched at
Ninita In the Indian Territory. and ran up to
st. Louis. Tho aid Of tho whole South in pro-
curing this subsidy was asked under the pre-
toHce that 1t was a great scheme for the re-
Mobilization and DEVELOPMENT OF the south
west. The Southern newspapers almost unani-
mously favored the scheme. Many OF them had
probably been literally subsidized. Even so
great n cham pion OF the people as Alexander
IL. Stephens favored the measure.
The Alabama Legislature had unanimously
instructed its Senators AMI requested its Rep-
resentativcs to vote for the till. Col. Norbert
stood as firm rs a rock against II. He told its
promoters that he thought It was undemo-
cratic. and that no could not conscientiously
support 1t. Thereupon Col Scott tried to cocrce
him. Two lobbyists were sent down into his
district. They visited all tho principal towns
and got three.iourths OF the leading men
to petition him to vote for the bill.
The Colonel saw that he had either
to support tho measure or Give his rea-
sons for not doing 80. He made n speech
against It. 1t was his first speech upon tho
| floor OF tho House. There was great excite
ment when the telegraph brought tho news to
Montgomery. The indignation was outspoken
and general.
Col Herbert had intended to serve only one
term In Congress. His law partners had
agreed to hold his place In the firm open for
him two years. His speech on the railroad
subsidy; however. became an issue in the dis
IrlOt. I'll gan IL hrnnhRnaf m hiA ann-
Term. he was renSninat % We're It not . : :ortRe
he would have left Congress at the end Of his
His district isi8i; thu however, %.ver S was proud %s tdF 81 Kim E !sw;
men who were opposed to his course said that
h ihsy c s,ssH { nan a1 Sho w 9siI 'h 90 ee WSss q p
t ssss Tesl %as 5ise 81 dsss sDtt thsn P S;ts + rs He He
gomeIy Norwood's b%usiness, was to Induce
speech to the;n, The Siiii Which b, adyecat.
House on he state q the union ct W@arhinsoe
ton mnao H H e t. ~, .pe ;, HgSinst i had been
session, Tho friends Of the bill intended to try
to PISS 1t at the sh9ft session, and they again
1 Iosis ia snes'e Mr. Ms' i HsrSePt t In liz sR nss st" to
cd the State BY his vote. The Colon.l. however.
ners OF the keglsiaeure; Ihey stool oy him
strunct. 'The friends =, tha XII norer dorcSt ~
press It to a vote in the House. it died in
Sommlttee OF the whole, Herbert undoubted-
~ oiu nAoie " oe'e1t II than any other man.
w
u 'ne 'o,.s ! eonnress' speaker ranoall
placed COL Herbert on the Committee on the
Revision Of the Laws. At the second session
OF that Congress-. the Colonel proposed a plan
= ,he Craving Oh 'uties IN tue feoerat courts.
AZ tpa. .i"e lures "sre paeheo IN such courts
A. ovut N e'a'es. fsloef' hfst proposeu
TINS j" IN caucus "hich no nlnnseii hao
orouRh. ABOUT ~ was maue Demoeratro
moaoute' ~. uiu Y oseone h" unul .ne
ro.ty-siAtn ooneress. IN thas congress the
EoioueL was ~ .n' 'uu'cIafy Som"'.'ee. as
Eeroert was .he au'hoi OF Ine measure. the
nemoclaes ~ caucus elec,eu MIN 20 press the
az .nl1uxn. was wnAe ne was on 'ne ~
There was no trouble about Herberts re-
election to the Forty-seventh Congress. This
Congress- WIS rendered forever memorable BY
). Marron Keller. It's Speaker. Col herberts
seat was contested BY one stowbaSk. tho Re.
was alleged illegal and fraudulent voting.
make spsoch in his behalf before the Com.
mi,teo 81 ' TIsotiors ~, Ho.h.pt Ill.,, ,ms I'm II
swered InRersoll. appearing: as his own attor-
ney. II wns n Republic,n com m ittea. but thev
a -. w. 800 "e'
decided In Herberts favor unanimously
Tho famous contest between Samuel Ran
dali and John G. Carlisle preceded the Forty
eighth Concreas. Col Herbert had always
been a Jealous tariff reformer. He did not be-
lieye in any protective policy whatever. Ran.
All hainm nroto,.ton,st AL r.S,Ist". 80
uali pelpe u protec'lonls' am Carilsle q tarin
re:ormor. tho Colonel supported the latter:
but he was extremely reluctant to vote against
pss.su !. 49,. .Ss"
isandall. lie lelt mat the great fennsyivanian
had always been a devoted friend OF the South.
maani"oant s nIu aaa,n. a. ,bo Fonao mi " al
maenlneen. nsa. asaihst inc fos'e pl':
was made Speaker. He placed Col. Herbert
upon the Ways and Means. There Herbsrt
served under Col. william r. Morrison. with
Frank Hurd. ,James Fl. Blount. and otbsr FIGHT
ION = 20 - ~ " =" nsh'-
ers' Ihomas u. iced FRANK hiscocE: william
amo,. th. panr,Iioo, ~.uh,,, -, ~. 80