The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-20
TlRIFF FIGHT IN THE HOUSE.
u,Y or FICIrEMBNT AND hMUsE-
Uryr EOR THE GALLERIES.

waited novn-Ue dsrsou OF lows
,..,,d. the IIou,s that Ho Fought In
w.r .pd that some OF the Advocates
.,s1.ria Reform, " Dids't-Brynn OF Me-
..,r. In nm Exciting Coiioauy with
-, BouteIie and Others-Chsnp Ciark
v,.,oari speak. Up foe Free Trade.
w,,urxerox. Jan. 19.-There was a larger
", a, members present when the House
,his morning than for some time past
n,,u,l crowd was In the gallery. Ati1:lO
nv uous. went into Committee OF the Whole
u.a.lder the Wilson bill. with Mr.. Richard
p',IN.m. Tenn in the chair. An agreement
W than entered into whereby three hours.
..datsly after the House goes into Com
~. n, the Whole ne1t Monday. will be
-. "a debate on the sugar schedule. and the
w. wIn then be taken on any amendments
-SI,h may be offered.
NJ p.laell Rep. Pa then took up the line
=, attack against Mr.. johnson Dem. . On
s.,,b he was engaged when the House took a
-. Yesterday evening. He asserted that
~ Jo,nson had mised tho committee into
-. beliei that hewas manufacturer OF steel
-. in general. whereas he was manufac-
90, Of a particular style and monopolist in
Az, ,lass, Mr.. Dalzell summarized his charges
..,in.t Mr.. johnson as being: First that he
- mlsstated the facts before the committee;
lad that he was anxious to have steel rails
=, =, the free list while no was still protected
:, iO2 United States patents; third. that
!. ,orced his employees into receiving
a., wages in one-third cash and two
,hirds scrip: fourth. that he had made
.,t,msnt on the floor Of the House in
,.s,rd to the redemption OF those
,.rtlaestes which was untrue. and. nth. that
\. priystely altered the stenoRrapher's notes
,,d inserted in the, Record a statement he did
at make on the floor which was true. and
ANIMATED q statement he did make on the
toor which was untrue. Mr.. Dalsell asserted
th,t the scrip was hawked about the streets of
JAMESTOWN. and that 1t was bought up by a
,latlye OF Mr.. Johnson at q discount. The
.,,ement OF Mr.. johnson that he paid better
wages than the other mills. Mr.. Dalzell char
,stsrized as untrue. He had direct evidence
rom person who was In position to know
that the wages paid at the Johnson mill
vsre no higher than at the other mills.
nc asserted that Mr.. johnson was in sym patty
With English manufacturers; that he had at
nj, mill an English engine. made in Manches-
lar and imported from there together with the
yorkmen to run 1t. and the presiding spirit Of
tho mill was an Enelishman named Moxam.
who had never been naturalized and who
openly announced his intention Of returning
TO England to live. He read an extract from a
Pittsburgh paper purporting to DO an inter-
view with Mr.. Moxam in which he was made
to say that he favored the passage Of the Will
son bill. even though it did not 60 far enough.
80 It seems" said Mr.. Dalzell that while
the gentleman tMr. Johnson is unwilling to
IT, h. Lata ~ IL 70 hold
IN he has no objection to voting money out OF
he pockets OF bis employees" Republican
laughter and applause.l
Mr. Johnson had made charges against
trusts said Mr. Dalzell. which he would like to
reply 10 at some length. He was unable to do
% at this time. but he knew there was trust
composed OF English and Belgian manufac-
turers. formed for the purpose Of Selling the
American market. Mr.. Dalzell then comm emit
ID upon Mr.. Johnson's antsgonism to steel
nall trusts. and to Mr.. Carnegie in partic-
,lar. and said that the platform of the free
Traders was anything to abuse Carne-
rs" Republican laughter The gentle;
hurled abuse at the robber tarons and
], Mr.. Carnegie, but Mr.. Dalzell thought
aat MT ca1nsGis and Mr. Joh1son were S SeEg
lobber barons. and both had got rich in the
ams way: but there the esemblance ceased.
LAuRnterI Inc pnlhntnrOplc TOUDet DdTOu
cts OF his stockholdersatooka advantage OF the
reors OF winter to drive a dicker with his EN-:
d cash and two-thirds In scrip lRepublican
laughter and applause and that while johns;
Town had scarcely recovered from the awful
aAmity which had recently oyertaken her.
Republican applause
TOM JoHSsoS's REPLY TO DALZELI-
Mr. Johnson disclaimed an y intention OF pos
Ing As AphilanthToPist. but he had urged that
ssas. .a ,S should os placed on me Tree list
steel rails. democratic applause He had no.
gned the champion OF the steel rail trusts Mr..
nsnt putting rails on the free list so that he
night be prepared to speak against It. and he
lNt Dalzelll had come here armed withpins to
heavier cannon to bear to make any impress
son on him. democratic applause and laugh
! =. He deprecated the fact that personal
hs would answer them briefly.
!, In reply to the charge that he was monopo-
i:t NJ Johnson lagGhinely pleaded guilty.
manufacture OF class OF steel rails which
would not be affected by putting steel rails on
his patents, Mr. Johnson said that all the
PATENTS he held were not on the manufacture
q steel rails. but many OF them were on ma
On steel rail manufacture. but the remaining
seventy or eighty were "bluns"-pstents
Issued 70 sustain other patents. He acknowl-
a
business by means Of his patents. but the
eeprts had not sustained them.
a ua me subject OF scrip. MIR. Johnson said
NAT u was question OF closing the mills
L,ogether or paying partly in scrip. and he
:, nose me latter. In his opinion II was better
Sd 90 that than TO close the mill as was done at
IspaLrgW Point and as was advocated by the
sSsel hal Trust. IL would DO time enough to
wmplaln OF that issue OF scrip when his COM
ssnJ ialed % redeem II. In regard 10 his
GstAu9n OF the Record. he explained that
~ ue subject was being discussed before.
ss nad replied 10 Mr.. Dalzell's questions with
~ NJ oelhg prepared. and when he had gone
H inNsAhd look ed up the matter no found that
A. az setlp had been redeemed that day instead
49,, = week ago. as he had stated under a mis-
ehsnSlon, and thaC II was not redeemed
hs,a smmail premium, as he supposed. but at
Ia n. IL had then made the change required
,. aL Dslzell-You changed the Record in that
Hon. INllhout asking the consent OF the
say now that YOU did il clAndestinely.
DAM hns0n replied that he had told him Mr..
In Isnoi MS Intention TO correct the Record |
bsyiessIto MI. DAlZell's statement that his
iDittst AS an Lnglishman Mr. johnson adj
Of tIsitc And added Although not citizen
town nli'ed States at the time OF the Johns
moTnins, shen the people came out the next !
J. NoTsssnd Witnessed the ruin. II was Arthur !
who ~ whom they made dictator, and
lATplsvs 'le living and buried the dead" |
la an 80, lie explained the fact OF his hay- |
stlss ~ ~ fhl!atelphia and other American |
Whsn h. ,ne tUy lie was building his mill and !
how 1pi, Eaht"d fo build IL at once and asked !
told III ~ an engine could be built, he was /
sbtstaSSt u Sou d take eight months. He then |
Who 49,. ~ contract with an English firm.