The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-12-20
IN CONGRESS-.

sugar and leaving all sugar dutiabl
at 40 per cent ad valorem was de
feated. This was known as the anti
sugar trust bill and was one of tn,
so called "pop gun" measures. TIL,
vote was as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn
Caffery, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, George
Gray, Harris, Hill, Hunton, Jarvis, Nc
Laurin, Mcpherson, Mills, Palmer, Pasco
Pugh, Vest, Villas, Voorhees, and Walsh
%.
Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Allen
Blanchard, Cullom, Dolph, Dubois, Gal
linger, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hig
gins, Hoar, Kyle, Lodge, Mcmillan, Man
derson, Martin, Mitchell OF Oregon, Nor
rill, Pefier, Perkins, Platt, Power, Quay
Roach and Teller-27.
Senator Vest then made an effor
to have considered his resolution L
amend the senate rules so as to limi
debate but his motion to take up th
resolution was beaten, "a to "a.
The house of representative,
debated the income tax vigorously
while considering the deficiency bill
Mr.. Cochran (dem. N. " secured
record making vote on the appro :
priation for the collection of the
income tax by moving to recommit
the bill, with instructions to strike il
out, but his motion was defeated by
120 majority, the vote standing 40 to
1859.
The Notifications bill, as passed,
carried s 1,S79,057, S., AIS, ,646 less
than the estimates, and the military
academy bill s457, 7,679, $127,37 less
than the estimates.
The pension bill, carries $141 1881 =
$40, $40, 200, 900 less than the appro
priation for the current fiscal year.
To kill the bill for the creation of
retired list of the revenue marine
service, Champ Clark, of Missouri,
spoke forty five minutes. Accord =
ing to the Globe Democrat it was the
third and best of his efforts to talk
legislation to death since this session
opened. Rather aptly the Pike
county orator took for his topic "The
Obscure Heroes of the Border.n He
drew about him the members from
both sides of the house and in his
own fnimitable way he reeled off
entertaining history that most people
have forgotten or never heard.
Among other things Mr.. Clark
said: -..... .-..,-...
jeered at me for the assertion, that ! was
Just about year too young to squeeze
into the war. They thought that was
funny. They do not know how a man
feels who was born and has lived all his
life in that thin border land, Kentucky,
West Virginia, Missouri, Kansas and
Tennessee. Mr.. Chairman, ii the history
OF those five states could be written, it
would discount all Sir Walter Scott's
novels. There my people and my wiie's
people lived and died. There my child
rem were born. There two OF them lie
buried. / love the people OF that border
land-the best, the noblest, the bravest
people under heaSen-and hate the men
,l,> . I i,pr t,,t tnI1
how a border man feels. He is not a
bully, he is not quarrelsome, but he
understands how to take his own part.
1t happened TO me, Mr.. Speaker, that
was born and reared in Kentucky, that
lived two years in West Virginia, and
most people in that state believe | was
born and raised there. l am much
obliged to them for the kind things they
have said about me. | lived eleven
weeks in Kansas and | have spent the
remainder OF my life in Missouri. When
the war began / was eleven years old.
was boy; wanted to go into the army
They laughed the other day when ] said
tried to get into both armies. That il
the truth. 1t is matter OF history, and
| am going to repeat it to-day. A boy Of
my tender years had no politics. l triec
to Join Frank Woliord's cavalry. They
would not have me. | tried to join Nor
gan's and they would not have me.
Obscure heroes! Mr.. Chairman, / wan
to say now in the face OF the American
people that ii the men who served on tn
federal side, who came from the borde
states during the war, had served on tn
confederate side, the result would hay
been different. Take the 1900 fedora
soldiers from Kentucky. Theodor
Roosevelt says they were the finest me-
in the army. l believe him on that pro
position, although l do not believe
word he says about civil service reform
(Laughter.) Take the gallant men fror
Maryland. Take the $1,000 from Eas
, Tennessee. Take the $1,000 that Missou
sent and put Frank Blair at the head {
them, and the southern confedercy woul
have achieved its independence. Thes
people saved the union. They coul
have established the confederacy. Thin
OF Frank Blair leading that host {
heroes in the rebel army! The charge c
the old guard at Waterloo; the charge {
the light brigade at Balaklava; til
charge OF Mad Charles at Pultowa, a
pale into utter insignificance compare
with what Blair could have done at tn
head OF those Marylanders, West Vii
ginians, Tennesseeans, Kentuckians an
3 Missourians. With them at his back
) could have marched to the frozen oceal
, And yet every time that man says
word about man being a union man {
a rebel In those border states some fello
here, who was safely housed during Il
8 war, gets up here and grins at him. a
tired OF it, and am going to vindica
= the border man to-day.
1t was very easy to be union man I
7 in the state of Maine; the truth is, it WI
! very unhealthy thing to be anythir
: else. 1t was very easy to be rebel dow