Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-27
S o ME LIVELY TALK
INDUCED in by Mr.. Pence in the House
Yesterday.
He Gets Decidedly Personal, fs Re.
piled to sharply and is Finally
Called to Order.

A sensational end marked the proceedings
In the House yesterday afternoon after The
Stars report closed. There was trouble i'm
the camp, and Mr.. Pence Of Colorado caused
IT, Mr.. Pence was making a speech on Sill
yer, but IL fairly bristled with personali-
ties. and ii fir ally got him into mischief.
AT the very outset he took a shy at the
venerable DIR. Everett Of Massachusetts nv
saying Il suppose If the gentleman were TO
be recognized as / am now, he would OF
course quote the old Third Reader speech
of Daniel Webster in the Hayne debate,
where he suggested, after such a period OF
confusion as we have had that the mariner
should consult his compass and the stars
ana take his bearings, so TO find out
where We were when the storm began"
A dignifed silence on the part of the per-
son referred to marked this little sally, and
then Mr.. Pence paid his respects TO Judge
Patterson Of Tennessee. After some sar-
castle references. he said Of Judge Patter-
son: And when. with mis- rising eloQuencs
and his heightening complexion, he stands
before his people to describe his silver lead
ership now, it will be a question of doubt
as to whether it is a torchlight procession,
prairie fire, or the removal OF the aurora
borealis to Tennessee"
Judge Patterson smiled indulgently Then
Mr.. Pence referred to Mr. Oates of Ala
bama, Mr.. Cooper OF Indiana, Mr.. Bynum
of Indiana, ''and all the line Of those who
followed the command and demand who
made swap and trade openly and frankly
before the eyes of the world in the vote
here last August. September, October and
November
General Attack.
Then he branched off into an attack upon
members generally who had deserted the
silver cause, he said, and accused the re-
publicans of being under the domination OF
Mr.. Reed. He called Mr. Tracey OF New
York 1.-THE Gen. Tom Thumb Of the democ-
racy." He had lots of fun with the boys
and sat down amid general laughter
After awhile, however Mr. Pickler OF
South Dakota secured the floor. Then IL
was that Mr.. Pence's trouble began. As
long as the discussion had been confined
70 the Representatives from the effete east
Mr. Pence had experienced good shedding;
he went over them rough shod. But with
Mr.. Pfckler il was another story. He 10
something OF a rough-and-ready fighter
himself and has a number of congressional
soalps at his belt which he has torn in
times past from the heads of members
who rashly invaded his wigwam. Mr. Pick
Ter only made one brief remark, but il was
was col cerned.
MIR. Pfckler's Allegations.
Mr.. Pickler said: THE gentleman from
Colorado. who this morning made that as
sertion, told me he wanted to put the demo-
! Gratis in a hole, and he was not going 70
vote en- a certain roll call; and then he
sneaked In and did vote the next time"
applause on the republican side) And
he told me further that he did not want this
bill to pass" Applause on the republican
side)
Mr. penca sac,rad raoog,y,so, - ,-o.,..
and at the same moment Mr.. Ellis of Ore
gon arose.
Wait till the gentleman from Oregon,
whose balmy countenance 1 see before me,
has made his statement" said Mr.. Pence.
Il will say that the gentleman also re-
marked to me that he enjoyed seeing them
in a hole just as much as / did" remarked
Mr.. Ellis.
Mr.. Pence.-"The gentleman from South
Dakota, North Dakota, wherever he
comes from-Mr. Pickler-states that which
is absolutely not true. The gentleman from
oregon, Mr.. Ellis-and l mention names so
that there may not be any misunderstand-
ing-whose windings in and out no man can
Keep track OF upon this matter, states that
which is absolutely untrue; and the size of
| these gentlemen makes no difference to
me whatever" Derisive cries)
There was a lull in the storm for awhile.
but after the House came out Of committee
of the whole IL broke loose again with re-
newed vigor. and Mr.. Pences troubles in
creased.
Called to Order.
He secured recognition TO make a per-
sonal explanation. and in the course of IL
stated that he did not think Mr.. Ellis had
taken any action or cast any vote on his
own hook since the beginning OF the ses-
sion last August" For this statement Mr..
Pence was called to order and made to
take his seat Upon motion, finally. he was
permitted TO explain. He had not gone far.
however. when he was again called TO or
der by Mr.. Hainer of Nebraska. He asked
to finish his statement, and I'm the course
of II said that Mr. Hainer Is fuller OF
beard than he is of ideas" Upon a rising
vote to whether Mr.. Pence should be
permitted to proceed after his explanation
the Speaker announced that ''the ayes are
80 and the nays are 90; SO that the gentle
man cannot proceed" At this juncturs
the House adjourned. and Mr. Pence's sd-
ventures for the day came to an end.