The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-10
iii CONGRESS- SATURDAY.

a chasaetsristIe~ speech From Champ
Ciark-Psrsonni AiIusions aud orlti.
cism.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. s.-The pro.
ceedings in the house yesterday were
enliyened by characteristic speech
from Champ Clark Dem. No., which
abounded in personal illusions, and
was Of the sledge.hammer variety. It
was made in connection with the bill to
retire incapacitated officers Of the revs.
nue. cutter service, and was delivered
with the ayowed purpose Of talking the
bill to death. Mr. Clark succeeded In
consuming the morning hour, and the
measure. went over. The bill was con-
sideEed several times At the last session.
Mr.. Mallory. Mr.. English and Mr.. Co.
vert supported It to-day.
"Here goes" Mr.. Clark began, after
avowlng his determination OF talking
out the morning hour "Mr. Chair
man, in my literary aud classical re-
searches I at one time read and COM
mitted 20 memory famous quotation:
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years Of God are hers.
But error wounded, wrlthes In pain,
And dies amid her wonhiper.
"The first half OF this 10 the truth.
the last as big a lie as ever was pub.
lished on the face OF the earth, and the
history OF this bill demonstrates it.
thought twice last summer that ! had
killed it. rejoiced in the thought that
| had been enabled to kill one steal
during one Of my sessions in Congress.
"When Mr.. Bryan stood up here, the
most eloquent tribune that the people
have had in this hall daughter on the
Republican side) for the last thirty
years"-
"The last OF the tribunes," sarcas.
tically put in Mr.. Boutelle.
"You keep your mouth shut" shouted
Mr.. Clark, turning to Mr.. Boutelle.
"You have got more mouth and less
brains than any man that ever sat in
the American Congress. Laughter.
"When Mr.. Bryan. the most eloquent
tribune Of the people that ever stood in
this Congress-" continued Mr.. CLARK
"ssood up here and laid down tho prin-
ciples OF the Democracy and the prin.
ciples OF the people as against the rule
OF the corporations, a railroad attorney
that was elected to the next Congress,
John K. Cowen, OF Baltimore, that has
not even a seat on this floor except by
courtesy, sat and smirked and grinned
and pulled his spectacles of and put
them ON and rubbed his torso, and the
corporation butterflies Of the coming
Congress sat around him and grinned
and smirked in hope Of fayors yet to
come. These people can go; the hired
tools Of the corporations OF this house
can jeer, as far as ]. am concerned they
can 90 to the everlasting deuce.
Laughter.
"Now, Mr.. Chairman, coming down
to these baser principles, what have
these people done? | do not want any
man TO believe that am fighting this
bill because somewhere there is a led
eral soldier that will be kept of the
pension rolls. One of the bravest men
/ ever knew in my life, the bravest sort
of man, was the colonel OF q regiment,
nowan obscure man, who sits on the
other side OF the house. Laughter.
He-is man by the name OF silas
Adams, who commanded the First Ken
lucky cavalry. When the war ended
there was not enough OF Adams regi.
ment left to have the roll called on the
field Of battle. I say he is hero. II
any man oil that regiment wants q PEN
sion, will vote to pension him.
III any man that served in the feder-
al army faithfully, and got hurt, want
ed pension, would vote to give it to
him, although my heart was with Nor.
gan and that gang Of rough riders. II
one of Morgan's men should rise up out
of the ground and ask for pension, |
would vote to give it to him; not be-
cause he deserved 1t for not serving the
government, but because OF his spirit as
an American citizen. But when fell
low goes around, sails up and down the
coast, eats oysters and canvas. back
ducks [laughterl drinks wine and has
the entres to Washington society, what.
ever that may be- laughter.
At this point the hammer fell. Mr..
Clark did not get an opportunity to tell
whit should happen to such a man.
The remainder OF the day was consumed
in debate on the railroad pooling bill.
Those who participated in the debate
were Messrs. Geary Dem, CAL J, Dial.
zell rep, Pa,). Grow rep, Pa. and
Mahon (Rep.. Pa All Of them favored
the bill. Mr.. Blair rep, N. H. offered
an amendment to give Congress author
ity at any time to nullify pooling con-
tracts. Mr.. Patterson served notice
that he would demand the previous
question on tho bill next Tuesday at 3
O'clock, and at 4:4o p. m. the house ad-