The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-27


from Montana described a mugvvurnp
here last August in poetic language.
Let me tell ia plain language what st
IS 1T Is a cross between a Democratic
cuckoo and Republican cuckoo.
Laughter and applause If there
were no cucz0os of one kind
or another then there would be no
nugwumps- What does III mean,
Mr. Chairman, that here on last FRI
day when we came within two votes
of a quorum and there were nine Re-
publicans who voted, 1Ir. Reed and
the General Tom Thumb of the De-
mocracy (Ar Tracey. the Tom Of one
side and the Tom Of the other. scared
away seven Of these nine Republicans
So that upon the next ballot if all who
had voted should stay there would
stin not be a quorum.
@Mr. Chairman, in the minute now
remaining to me I want to reiterate
what I said the first time T appeared
upon the floor last August-that the
time is rapidly approaching from day
to day when the south and West must
unite aPd act oge1her-must be found
before and after November repre-
scented by the same men" Mr. Patter-
son replied sharply TO Mr. Fences
structures on him
Fithian on FiIibustering-
Representative Fithian. Democrat.
OF Illinois created much nerriment by
reading from the speech of Represent
alive Patterson in New York city last
Saturday. MIR. Eithian said the meet
ing was one of gold bugs" and
the chairman was a gold bug. In
New Or<, Mr. Patterson said South
ern men in congress were welded to
old financial ideas and were following
old fOgV traditions AIr Eithian said
if forced to the point of making a
choice between New York gold bugs
and POpulists the people of the South
n no IL re 81 llrf o.
ing the latter. New York leadership
in congress a It present consisted in fli-
clustering lit consisted in turning the
house into beer garden. Laugh
ter -tA bear garden. 4 mean, added
Nlr. Fithian-
Mr.. Fithian continued. There are
three kinds Of Democrats in this
house-the real Democrats, the cuckoo
Democrats and Tom Reed Democrats. p
He said the roll Of the house disclosed
the names of the Tom Reed Demo
Gratis who for the last two weeks had
blocked legislation. as between Colo
RADIO P0pulists and Tom Reed Demo-
era Us he said he would join the former
Gas to the cuckoo Democrats, p said
he.5''they are that class of vacil-
latlng, lodging, uncertain, nOw-you-
see and nOw-you-don't fellows
who make speeches for silver to send
to their constituents and then sit
silent during vote on silvers the men
who dodge roll calls
Mr. Fithian added that the men
who were blocking the seigniorage
bill were known to he the close
friends of the administration They
We're known as the men who had the
ear of Grover Cleveland If a few Of
these men could block the seigniorage
BILL Mr. tlthlan warned thems the
great majority of Democrats could,
with equal pr0priety. stay here until
next summer and block the passage
Of appropriation bills
DIr- BLAND Makes an appeal
Mr. Bland then made a vigorous APP
peal to the Democrats opposing his
bin to cease 1lbustering- He an-
nOunced that this morning he
would move to close the debate, and
every day thereafter until the bill
was brought to a vote a Democratic
caucus had decreed it should be kept
before the house until voted up or
down and it would be. The flibuster-
ers must take the responsibility for
such delay as it caused
s'I desire To say. interjected MN.
Picker. Republican. of South Dakota.
rising t0 his feet that Mr. Pence told
me he-wanted to put the Democratic
party in a hole and that he did not I'M
tend to vote on a certain roll call but
he came Sinking in. He told me he
did not want the bill to pass. This
statement caused something Of sem
sation. MIR Pence and Mr.. Ellis, Re
publican. of Oregon rose at the same
..Ana also desire to bear witness.
said Mr. Ellis. that Mr. Pence told
me the same thing"
Fl want to say said MIR. Pence
slowly and deliberately. -.that Mr..
Picker states that which is absolutely
not true. and that Mr. Ellis of Oregon,
/ mention names ia order that there
may be no mistake that Mr. Ellis.