The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-21
Opening OLD Arguments
Southern Democrat Objects to Mr..
HOar'S Remarks on Webster.
GIFTS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE
Statues of General Stark and Daniel Web
stcr Are Received with Appropriate
Ceremonies by Congress-IIouse
Talks on Currency.
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
Washington, Dec. 20.--The senate de-
voted the entire time of It's sitting to-
day to the addresses in connection with
the acceptance and placing in the stat
uary hall of the capitol, of the marble
statues of General John Stark and
Daniel Webster, presented by the state
of New Hampshire. There were four
speeches made in eulogy of Stark, and
ten in eulogy of Webster.
The one that attracted most attention
was that of Senator Hoar (Rep., Mass)
in relation to Mr.. Webster. whose
speeches, he said, were the literature
of American nationality. They were
to the American what the Psalms of
David were to the Hebrew, what the
songs of Burns were to the Scotch
man. Up to the seventh of March,
1850, when he made his speech in the
senate in support of the fugitive slave
law, he was the oracle of New England.
But on that day he put himself in oppo-
stion to the conscience of the north.
The voice of law, as he interpreted 1t,
and the voice of God, speaking to the
individual soul, then for the first time
in the nations history seemed to be In
conflict. Nothing, said Mr.. Hoar, could
have resisted the dominion Of Daniel
Webster over New England until he
provoked an encounter with the mex
orable conscience of the Puritan. Mr.
Hoar's concluding sentence was warm
ly applauded 1t was: He is the one
foremost figure in our history between
the day when Washington died and the
day when Lincoln took the oath OF
office"
Mr.. Morgan Dem, Ala.) followed Mr.
Hoar and took an opposite view of Mr.
Webster's defence of the fugitive slave
law, regarding it as the most conspicu
Gus evidence of his moral courage
obeying the constitution of the United
States rather than the clamor and SEN
timent of New England.
Ceremonies in the House.
Pursuant TO an order adopted las
week the hoase turned aside today from
its consideration of matters relating t
the statues Of General John Stark, tn,
hero of Bennington, and of Daniel Web
ster, the famous lawyer, orator anC
stateman. Speeches were made b!
Representatives Baker and Blair, o
New Hampshire; Powers and Grant. o
Vermont. Everett and Morse, of Massa
chusetts, and Curtis, of New York. Th
ceremonies closed with the adoption o
resolutions of thanks of congress 70
the gifts.
Before these exercises the house spen
three hours in further discussion o
the Carlisle currency and banking bill
a speech for it being made by Nj
Sperry Oem., Comm and against it b.
Mr.. Brosius (Rep., Pa, members of tn
committee on banking and currency.
Mr.. Brosius, in speaking in opposition
to the bill, said the discussion had de
veloped the remarkable fact tha
friends of the pending measure, Will
advocating its passage and declarin
thmselves to be in favor of it, wer
2 yet opposed to every single line Of II
This condition he said invited som
reflections arising from matters outsid
Of the merits of the bill itself
An urgent deficiency bill was passe
appropriating "$SO0,0O to carry on tn
work of closing up the eleventh censu
and 100000 to pay fees of Jurors an
witnesses in United States court"
The senate bill granting a pension G
500 month to the widow of Genera
Nathaniel p. Banks was unanimousl
agreed to on motion by Mr.. Sickle
Dem, N. V