The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-10
Ended in the House Monday With
Some Exhibitions OF Hot
Temper
Boutelle Frightened by Sheeted
Ghosts Of the Confederacy
In the Halls N
Republicans Cite Tam many ss = stand.
on for southern Elections and
John ]. Davenport.

| WASHINGTON, OCT. 9.-In the house to-
| day. during tho debate on the federal cleo
tions bill. Boutells, of Maine. after a glow
Ing tribute to New England, made saroas-
tic aIlusions TO DR.. Everett, Of Massachu- :
s.tts. and was about 10 read from the writ
ings of James Russell Lowell, which, he
said, desc lbed the 'doughfnce" OF '6l. and
was photograph OF the 'douRhfnce'' OF
49,
6nrinRer. Of Illinois. took exception to
applying the suithst. '"douRhfaoe." to a
member Of the house.
''It's an epithst" said Boutells fiercsly.
(which can be applied with equal force as
we'll to the gentleman from Illinois as to
tha gentleman I, ON Mainc.''
Springer grew white with rage. and.
stridina hsrcely toward Boutslle. retorted:
Il want you to know. 81. that you cannot
apply suoh an epithet to mev' After some
further exchanges, Boutelle. still protest.
mentary, withdrew It.
Continuing. Boutells said: Every dem
ocratio speech has dem monstrated that this ts
to be blow At the fundamental principles
underlying the government. l thought tho
now generation would join hands with Us in
building up our common country. For ton
| days shestsd ghosts Of The confedsraoy
have fitted about these halls and gibbersd
OF the defeated conspiracy. The vice. pres
| ident Of the United States has hesn accused
of undue sympathy with your struggle to
onpsizs tho government, yet you do not
complain. Not union soldier sits about
the cabinet table" [Republioan .: plnuse. ]
| Boutelle then went on TO take mp tn /,
records Of the demoor tic senate commit
tees beginning with the president pro tenn,
Harris. showing almost without exec tion
thev served In the confederate army. He
reviewed the comm. .ttees In tho house.
1.om the speaker down to the com mittee
on pensions. showing how they are domin
elected Springer. from a loyal state. al
chairman Of The wass and means; and Hol-
man was depessd by the triumphant
democraov with confederate.
Il declare here now. on my own Es.
sponsibility % representative. that no
more misohievous doctrine, no moro deadly
blow al our institutions, nt the essense OF
our nationality. of our country. can be
dealt than by denial of the right of this
imperial government to oss tho borders
Of = foversign state. Republican applause. ]
II such doetrines arc to rrevHil then the
cause for which I and 1000. 900 OF my
northern countrymen fought, when the re-
bellion was put down, was not victorious"
| Renewed Q plause.
Marshall, Of Virginia, Stallings, OF Cali
fornia. and Lockwood. of New York. fol-
lowod.
| Payne. republican, of New York, opposed
tho bill. He detailed at great length the
f"theft' Of the senate of New York nv the
democrats in 1890, and the rart taken bv
Judge I. H. Ma, a,nard. who was noninnsed
| for supreme judge b" the New York demo.
G ats last Friday. why do you demand
honest elect!ons?' he asked. addressing the
democratic side. when YOU nominate for
the highest Judicial position in tho Empire
state. a crimina. p
| Fitch, of New Yo K, chairman of the
committee which reported the bill. clos d
tho dobste for the democrats. He scored
John I. Davenport without restraint and
traced the attempt of rel ublieans at Al
bany and Washington to leRis. New
York into a rel .ublican city, but the result
of this attempt and the performances Of
Davenport have only been to drive the re-
publicans ,ntirely from control In New
York city. He d Tended New York against
the assaults made ulon her government,
and in conclus he denied that there Is
any question of states rights or iuterprsta
tlon OF the constitution involved in this.
To redee m the lodges made by the Chicago
plato m. IN the light of experience with
these laws and in the nam OF the city of
Now York. he demanded tho passage Of the
pending bill. Applause.
| Tucker rose at tho close Of Fitch's speech
to ask leave to print some rsmarks in re-
ply TO an aspe sion upon his father, John
Randolph Tucker. by Boutslle.