Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
FUN IN THE HOUSE.
Champ Clark on the Rampage Touching
Popular Rights.
NO PAY WITHOUT WORK.
stands--Revenue-Cutt and Rail-
wsy-Pooling Bills

WASHINGTON. December S--I.ess than
100 members were in their seats when
Speaker Crisp called the House to order
at noon to-day.
The bill reported last session by the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce TO provide retired list for
the revenue-cutter service and thereby
promote It's efficiency was taken up in
Committee OF the Whole.
Mr.. Mallory: Florida, advocated the
passage of the bill. stating that the
officers In the cutter service were APP
pointed by the President for life, and
when incapacitated by age or inhrmity
from dIscharging their duties, there was
no way under the present law OF pro-
yIding for them save by placing them on
waiting orders at three-quarters pay. At
present. thirty Of the 20 officers in the
the service were on waiting orders Such
n course prevented promotion Of the ac-
tive officers, who were sometimes COM
PEELED TO perform the duties OF officers OK
n higher rank without receiving commen-
surate pay therefor. Every consideration
that impeled the establishment or re-
tired list for the army or navy was an
argument in favor Of the passage OF this
bill.
srbe bill was further advocated by
Neesrs. English Democrat, New Jersey,
and Covert Democrat, New York, and
then Mr.. Clark Democrat, missouri, en-
tertained the House with one OF his
characteristic speeches in opposition.
Openly ayOwing his purpose TO taiK the
bill to death, If he could, he SAID tnat
the last half of the well-known quatTain:
Truth crushed to earth, will rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers;
But error wounded. writhes In PAIN
And dies amid her worshippers.'
was n lie and that the history Of the
bill demonstrated 1t.
II thought twice last summer" con-
tinucd Mr.. Clark. that ] had kliled H.
I reiolced In the thought that l had been
enabled to kill one steal in my one Sc
sion In Congress. and l did not believe
Il would be my last, and, to give you
pointer. do not think II will be the last
one vet. daughter and applause
81 would Ike to take the American
roople into my confidence. and TO state to
them honestly, periodically, as n man,
n representative and citizen, tnat
n more dangerous. n more Yenal,
n more vicious. more far-reach-
ing bill Of evil was never in
troduced in this House than this is.
am a Democrat. Cries OF Glad 70 hear
it," and Good" and great laughtero
IT am not the same sort Of Democrat as
the man who first uttered that declara-
ton. lie ought to amend his using OF
II. I am a Democrat now"
Mr.. Dalzeu Republican), Pennsylvania:
Are you sure?
DEMOCRACY NOT SPOILS.
Mr.. Clark: The gentleman who repre-
sents the Pittsburg district ought TO keep
pretty still. Democracy does not mean
the spells of office. Dersive laughter
from Repubncans) That sounds ridicu-
lous, / suppose. Uaughter)
Mr.. Cameron Republican,, Illinois: The
gentleman is humOrist as well as
Democrat.
Mr. Clark: II does not sound humorous,
either 1t means that the people Of this
country are going 10 rule this country.
Wepublican applause)
eyes. you clap. I understand exactly
what you are for. And you clapped for the
declaration Of the distinguished orator
from New York yesterday-the Republi-
cans did. not the Democrats-when he was
fighting for the principles OF the corpora
tons and monop1lies against the prn-
ciples OF the people" applause on the
Democratic side)
Deny H. I give you n fair chance 10
deny It. When Mr.. Bryan stood mp here
the most eloquent tribune that the people
have had IN this hall daughter on Re
publican side for the last thirty years"
Mr.. Boutelle Republican), Of Maine:
The last Of the tribunes.
Mr.. Clark: You keep your mouth shut
Oaughter)
when Mr.. Bryan, the most eloquent
tribune OF the people that ever stood in
this Congress, stood UP here and laid
down the principles of Democracy and
the principles Of the people, as against
the rule Of corporations, a railroad at
torney that was elected to Congress. that
has not even d seat on this floor, except
by courtesy, sat and smirked and grinned,
and pulled his spectacles off and put them
on, and rubbed his torso, and the cor
poration butterflies Of the coming Con
gross sat around him and grinned and
smirked In hope of favors yet to come,
il looked pretty hard from Democratic