The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-20
Instead Of Being Philanthropist He
Has Waxed Fat on Watered Stock
and Robbed Employees.
G0ADED BY JOHN DALZELL
Who Showed Little Mercy to the
Street-Car Magnate.
Mr.. JOhnson's Reply-His Motion to Put
Rails on the Free List Defeated
by Vote of 79 to 100.

WASHINGTON, jan 19-The House IS
making slow progress with the amend
ments to the tariff bill. Only one week
more remains and less than twenty amend
ments to about one thousand paragraphs
have been disposed of. The argument be-
tween Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Dalzell OF the
proposition to put steel rails on the free
list continued to-day. When the vote came
the amendment was defeated, but only
forty Democrats voted with their coll
leagues of the committee, while seventy
nine voted with Johnson and the radicals.
This morning before Mr.. DalzeII was
recognized to proceed with his speech be
gun yesterday, Mr.. Wilson asked unani-
nous consent that three hours be set aside
next Monday for consideration OF the
amendments to the sugar schedule. This
was agreed TO. Mr.. Dalzell then began his
speech by recapitulating the charges he
had made against Mr.. Johnson. He had
shown, he said, that AIr Johnson manu-
factured certain kind Of street-railway rails
behind the protection OF 100 patents and
wanted rails to go on the free list; that
he coerced his employees in the facef OF
winter and starvation into accepting, wages
one-third cash and two-tlrds scrip; that
ne made an untrue statement and had
altered the stenographer's notes. and last
ly that the scrip had been hawked about
the streets of Johnstown, and had been
bought i'm at a discount by relatives OF
Mr.. Johnson before it was redeemed at
par.
Continuing, Mr.. Dalzsll said: II desire
10 saw further that do not believe he (Mr
Johnson). pays higher wages than his neigh
bors L have this the authority of the
president of the Cambria iron works.
IN the culver of the free-trade demagogue--
abuse OF Carnegie. Republican applause1
johnson and Carnegie stand in the sans
category-they are both robber barons, both
have grown rich. but there the similarity
ceases. Applause) In the midst OF the pre-
vailing distress Carnegie. the true phiian-
lief of the poor in Pittsburg, while the
false philanthropist from Cleveland takes
about the wages of his employees. (Ap-
plause.( Mr.. Johnson" he continued sar-
castically; has waxed fat on the watered
stock OF his street roads: his income from
that source Is $1,000 a day. His banl ac-
count is swelled by the manufacture OF
rails under the protection of patents All
this. l suppose, can be done outside OF
this chamber without criticism (Applause)
so long as L have a voice here he con-
duerade as a. philanthropist and with
shameless and unblushing effrontery, pro-
pose to strike down a rival interest
JOHNSON'S REPLY.
the echo when he sat down. and the MEM
bers flocked over TO the Democratic side
to listen to Mr.. Johnson's reply to the Bit
ter personal assault Of his antagonist ''The
question before the committee is whether
steel rails shall 30 on the free list" began
Mr.. Johnson. calmly. 'I have listened to
the fearful tirade against myself and. my
partner. but even confessing that all he
SAYS Is true, that offers no reason why
raiis RAJ should not go on the free list. CAp-
plauseD The personal side OF this contro-
Vefsy was not brought into the House by
me- l notified Mr.. Dalzell three days ago
that l intended TO do what have done so
that he might prepare TO defend the steel
rail pool Instead OF arming himself with
arguments. he has brought pins here to
stick into me. Oaughter)
Win reference to the personal charges
beiefi1 be has made nae ;b desire & to address myself
nonolist | plead guilty Qaughter) The
next is that l am manufacturing a class
or rails protected by 100 patents and would
not De affected by free rails We only
We tried, to perpetuate the monopoly and
control the market but the courts decided
competition. My amendment proposes TO
put girder rails on the free list, so that
We Will be open 10 the worlds competition"
(Applause.)
Mr.. johnson went on to explain that
the alternative was TO reduce wages or
close the mills entirely, as was, done at
Sparrows Point, Md. AS TO the grave
charges that in changing the record he had
practlced deceit upon the House. he eN-
planned that when ne made his speech ha
was totally unprepaTed TO answer the ques-
tion Mr.. Dalzell prOpounded 10 him. When
he found he was slightly I'm error and he
had made the change 20 which Mr.. Dali
had done the next day was TO inform Air.
Dalzell of that fact. prolonged Demo-
cratic applause.) Was ii fair, he inquired.
for the gentleman from Pennsylvania not
TO mention that fact when he charged him
with the deceit? Renewed applause) The
gentleman had been so hard pressed, con-
tinued Mr.. johnson, that he had lugged in
his wicked partner, Arthur j. Moxham:
Mr. Moxham, although not a naturalized
citizen, said he, when the Hood at Johns
town left 12,000 people in the water and
5000 drowned, was chosen dictator. He fed
1t was also true that he had purchased
an engine in England, because he
fSgld 2a months h9t afteF the Engsh re manSfaet @
turer agreed TO deliver it. In these five
months he had paid out SlIoOO IN wages.
(Applause) The purchase OF that engine
had benefited American labor, The other
personalities had been brought into this
controversy by the eloquent advocate Of the
steel rail trust TO cloud the argument IE
all seriousness he declared that this steel
rail pool was only typical of other pro-
which was perhaps not so easy 10 prove as
this. In concluding he he appealed to al
were sucking the life blood out Of the peo-
pie
Mr. Bland declared IndN Tree ftllS WoHll
enable many roads TO repair their roads
ard take many out OF the hands OF re-
.ceivers.
WILSON OPPOSES JOHNSON.
Mr. Wilson, chairman OF the committee,
took a position against Mr.. johnson. lie
and many other Democrats had no doubt
sympathized with much that Mr.. Johnson
had said, but they could not afford 10 go OF
in a great question like this at half cock.
There were he declared. no friends OF the
steel rail pool among those who framed
this schedule The steel rail schedule had
been dealt with in the same spirit OF fairness
as that OF others had been. In CONCLUSION.
Chairman Wilson urged upon his Demo-
cratic colleagues the necessity OF presery-
ing the whole scheme of the bill.
Messrs Cannon. Wagner and Adams
argua1 against the Johnson amendment.
Nr Dunn said Sir. Johnson mighty
good fellow personally. but an unsafe and
erratic leader To follow: he was opposed
en1phatically To his free-trade doctrines. lie
did not want the tail OF the Democratic
partv 10 wag the dog.
Mr. Hopkins offered an amendment TO
the amendmentt 10 restore the existing
rates on steel rails. This was lost without
a division The vote then taken
Mr. Johnson's free-rall amendment which
defeated by a vote OF 100 10 -.
Mr. Hende erson or Iowa. was then recog-
nized To offer the agricultural schedule Ot
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