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stoned speech by Mr.. Turner. Of Georgia. who
said that, while he did not favor the bill. he
would vote for 1t, hrst because the Republicans
were opposed to IT, and. second because 1t con-
tained the income tax provisions against which
Bourke Cochran had inveighed SO bitterly. there
a loud shout-"a Macedonian cry" Mr..
Boutelle called it-for Speaker Crisp. who had
vacated the chair and taken place near Chair.
man Wilson. He was eager to speak, and, al.
most soon. he began 1t became apparent
that he had entered the to attempt to
punish Bourke Cochran.
The scene which followed the most dra.
matte and exciting OF the day. The Speaker
taunted Cochran with the fact that he had been
absent during the great struggle" with In
dulging in pyrotechncs without pr!ncipe,:' ana
exclaimed with great vehemence that the de-
serters from the cause are not the faithful con-
ferrees Of the House." and said a good deal more
to the effect. II the Speaker angry.
as his tones and manner indicated. Cochran was
furious, and his stentorian voice was heard above
the tumut demanding a hearing. while three
fourths Of his party associates were trying TO
howl him down Mr. Reed. who had four minutes
OF time at his disposal which the Democrats led
by Crisp, had refused to allow him to use yielded
one-half Of it to the Speaker and the other half
to Cockran-an exhibition Of chivalry by which
the Democrats completely taken aback ana
which the Republicans heartily applauded.
Mr. Cochran said that the Speakers attack
upon him was another exhibition OF that
Georgia chivalry" with which the House had un-
fortunately become too familiar and declared
that no ore knew better than the Speaker did
the imperative nature Of the cause OF the ao-
sence which had been thus publicly censured.
OF course everybody at once understood the
% ,ba ions
II not critical. condition Of health Of member
Of Mr. Cockrans family. The Speaker saw that
he had gone too far. but the best he could do
was to say that he had not intended to criticise
Mr.. Cochran as a Representative, but to say
that owing to his absence. he was necessarily
ignorant Of the details of the great struggle OF
the last few weeks This not at all the
impression conveyed by Mr. Crsp's angry
speech. and the explanation seemed to be lame
and inadequate.
A CUSHION STUFFED WITH WIND.
The great feat Of enrolling the Democratic ma
torlty on the parchment Of 'perfidy and dis.
honor" having been successfully performed there
remained nothing more t. do than to prepare
cushion. amply stuffed with wind, for the false
prophet and pantata Of the Democratic party 10
fall upon. The manufacture OF that cushion TOOK
up nearly FIVE hours. In other words. the Demo-
cratic majority Of the House buried us ostricn
brains for that time, TO pass the bills pacing
coal iron ore, barbed wire and sugar on the free
list II did so with a gusto speaking volumes for
Its digestion and whole Libraries for its concert
Amid the mephitic stenches OF stale TOBACCO
vitiated oxygen and breaths laden with en-
thusiasm' furnished by the restaurant below,
the discussion over propositions involving the
ruin Of the country's principal. industries degen-
Grated into examinations ana recrminatons. into
charges Of bad faith, into indictments for per.
hdy and desertion-in fact. into everything that
the decalogue includes or could suggest
Springer, rendered more conscious Of his own I'M
portance and agility than ever. by the presence
Of crowded galleries. INDUCED in an array OF
platitudes and commonplaoes more gntterins
than he could have believed hlmseli capaole
Of Cooper, OF Indiana, tried very hard indeed 70
persuade the House to take him seriously. and
would have succeeded but for the unfeeling re-
marks OF BOutee.
Wilson with a hectic flush manting his cheeks
the result, perhaps, Of diet OF crow-and eyes
sparkling with the embers OF disappointment.
but resOlute, becomes A last ditcher, began a
long harangue toward 10 O'Clock. 10 which no
one listened. and which seemed TO have been cut
off and swallowed up by the gaVel OF the speaker
like the unsatisfactory margin OF an unfortunate
specuator in Sugar stock IN the hands OF an uh-
feeling broker
The most pit!abe spectacle OF the evening. how
ever, was the frantic appeal OF the LOUISIANA
members for fair play. They were listened 70
in sulen silence by their party colleagues They
scraped the sky and groveIled in the dust by
turns they entreated they caJoed. they threat.
ened; they were everything except resigned II
was all in vain. They listened with an easy as
sumption Of surprise 10 the tale or their own
dup!icity as unfolded by their Democratic COLI
leagues They were told If they did not know
already. that they had. in the Republican party.
the best and most unselfish guardians OF tneir
States prosperity But realizing all this, as they
must have they preferred, to-day, TO play the
role OF the shameless beggar who curses the hand
that once befriended him. and worsh.ps the neeI
thar smtes him They died the victims OF theif
own folly. their greed and their selfish preJudices.
A miserable dozen votes was the answer given
to their frantic appeals Tor 1oun'y ior .ns
vear-a bounty which they had done everything
TO make impossible.
By 1890 the last OF the "popgun bills had been
disposed of-a dress parade. sham. a snares
deceiving no one benefiting neither those en-
gagged in the performance Of the farce nor in-
turing the Snate against whom II Is PIi'
na,iIy directed Designed solely 10 fiatter the
colossal egotism OF President Cleveland, 10 pro-
vide A cushion his fall or, TO use the
vulgarsn OF the street, ITO let him down easy -
!, la dtting close TO one Of the most extraor-
dinary chapters In the history OF Democratic
politics.