The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
colloquy, which Mr.. Harris vainly en-
deavored to bring to close.

co1loquy, which Mr.. Harris vainly en-
| deavored to bring to close.
Turpie Creates Sensation.
A few minutes afterward an incl
! dent occurred which created a pro-
| found sensation All the Dem0crats
/ had been more or less Initiated by the
prodding from the other side, directed
principally against Mr.. A1drich who
was maneuvering the opposition Mr..
Turpie, who got the floor when Mr..
Palmer sat down, made a direct as
sault on Mr.. Aldrich. the like of which
has not been heard in the senate
chamber for years He declared that
three mOnStrous untruths had char
acterized the opposition, three gross,
palpable lies, of incOnceivable mem
dacity. The first of these untruths
was that a new bill was being pre-
pared by the secretary of the treas
ury; the second that two or three
hundred amendments lit did not mat
ter which) were to be presented and
the third was that the bill reported
from the finance committee was not
the bill to be passed All these as
sertions had been categorica1ly denied
by four Democratic membe Of the
finance committee.
And yet" continued Mr. Turpie.
raising his hand aloft and stretching
1t toward Mr. A1drich, 'sthe senator
from Rhode Island comes in here and
says he believes they are true There
could be no such an issue of veracity.
l prefer to believe and I do believe
the senators of this side, and I dis
believe the senator-no, 1 will not
say Senator's disbelieve the di-
minutive unit of the other side
who asserts the contrary. Who is
the author of these reports that
are being circulated here and in the
newspaper press? Who claims the
paternity? The senator from Rhode
Island 1 recollect the predecessor of
the honorable senator from Rhode
Island, he continued, with biting and
venOmous irony, referring to the Sem
atOr A1drich of 1890 as a different in
div idual from the Senator Aldrich of
to-day, ''but even he could not then
have been the author of all three of
these untruths- He might have been
the author of one, but three would have
driven him from the field. He had
been drug clerk and was familiar
with that line of business and other
lines as a wholesale grocer. We who
were here then will never forget the
writing of his distinguished counte-
nance; his enormous development of
cheek that extended from ear to ear
and from chin to forehead We will /
never forget his auricular appendares
that scraped the dome of the capitol.
'How can the present senator hope
to rival his predecessor in the hate of
truth and in the love of falsehood
that has always characterized the
cheats of protection?''
When Mr.. Turpie sat down there
was hush upon the chamber. Every
one was amazed at the personal char
acter of the attack upon Senator AID
rich.
Then all eyes were turned on the !
Rhode Island senator. He rose slowly. !
I'm the position the senator from In
diana now takes" he said, slowly and |
deliberately, "he speaks for no one |
but himself. Under other circum- I
stances and conditions do not believe !
he would have made the speech he has 1
made" Mr.. Aldrich took his seat
The incident closed without another
word, and Mr.. Quay took the floor
and resumed the prepared speech he
began some weeks ago.
Proceedings in the House.
WASHINGTON, May 1. - When the
house met Mr.. Meiklejohn of Ne
braska, called up the senate bill for
ha 0finr7 Of