Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-27
THE HOUSE.

In his prayer this morning Chaplain Bagby
referred feelingly to the illness Of Mr. VIII
son, chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee. who Is reported In a critical condi-
| ton in Mexico. I'VE bring to Thee, Our
Father, in our morning petitions the affiic-
ton Of our brother; this servant, who, WORN
| out by the unceasing labors Of the session. is
| seeking health In distant place. Oh. God.
II 1t be Thy will. restore him speedily to his
| accustomed vigor and bring him again to
| the halls OF legislation. that we may have
the benefit Of his counsels and the Joy of
his presence"
| Mr.. Fences Apology.
Immediately after the reading Of the Jour
nal. Mr.. Pence of Colorado rose to & rer-
sonal explanation. When the House ad-
Journed last night. said he, 1t had refused
on motion to permit him to proceed With an
explanation he was making When he
arose this morning he was amazed to find
IN newspaper an erroneous statement of
his remarks, which he understood had been
| sent out to a number Of papers by the
| United Press news agency.
He sent to the clerks desk and had read
this statement, which made him say that
| he charged Mr.. Hainer with being fuller Of
| beer than Of comprehension Of ideas" What
| he had said was fuller Of beard than of
ideas" He had Immediately written a let
| ter of apology (printed elsewhere), which he
| sent to the clerks desk and had read. Act
| Ing under the advice Of friends, whom he
| knew TO be wise and experienced in such
matters. he said he thought he owed a more
| explicit apology to the gentleman from Ne
| braska. What he had said was said In the
| heat Of debate following a direct charge
that he had said he desired to see this bill
| defeated.
| II should also say" he continued. that in
| other utterances 1 believe l have gone be-
yond the language that should be used in a
| legislative body. For such of them as might
1 G frrrn hn
| mentary l cheerfully and gladly apologize
| and now ask unanimous consent that the
| colloQuy between Mr.. Hainer and myself
last night be stricken from the permanent
| Record" There was no objection and II
| was so ordered.
| Mr.. Cooper Has Something to Sny,
| This was not to be the end however Be
| fore Mr.. Pence had resumed his seat. Mr.
| Cooper Qnd) rose to a question Of privilege
| to call Mr.. Pence to account for The reflec-
tons cast upon him yesterday. Mr. Cooper
| read the words to which he took exception
| to the effect that he (Coopec), Mr. Bynum
! and Mr.. Oates had last summer, when the
| silver repeal bill was up, ''obeyed the COM
mands and demands of the executive and
traded and snapped openly before the eyes
| of the world
| Mr.. Pence Talks Back,
| He asked Mr. Pence to explain what he
| meant, and the Colorado Representative
| again jumped into the arena.
! He said, even in the closing hours of the
| last Congress. when Henry Willard as the
| represen tative of the incoming udministra-
ton. was here trying 20 secure the repeal
| of the Sherman law Mr. Cooper had voted
for free silver. Yet last fall. acting under
a democratic administration, he had chang
| ed his entire course. That justified what he
| had said. Although he spoke for repeal
| he concluded, he now seeks to his
| silver record by supporting this bill in the
| face Of the coming elections.
Mr.. CoOper's Reply.
| Mr.. Cooper said in reply that what MI
| Pence had said OF his silver record prior to
! this Congress was true. But in the inidss
of the panic last spring he lad corle to the
| conclusion that free coinage Tor the United
| States would bring untold disaster. He
! made no his min. TO that before he came to
| Washington to attend the extra session and
! was SO quoted Taken in connection with
| the Other remarks OF Pence mis- reflection
| could only mean that his position had been
shifted at the dictation OF the White House
| While honor Mr. Cleveland" said he, ''as
/ | do few men, l desire to say that ! never
| had any conversation with Mr. Clevela1 I'd
on the subject of tne sherman law until
/ after the bill WAS repealed. Ny conclusions
/ were arrived at entirely independent OF
| others. and I consider the reflections Of the
| gentleman from Colorado wholly unkinJ
/ unjust and untrue. 1t Is my duty 10 say
| that | have known MIN long ana well since
| boyhood. We we're born in tire same county
! Our widowed mothers now live in the sa me
! town.
Direct Charge.
! Il should differ fr.n him ca any subject.
under any circums tance5, with the greatest
/ degree OF reluctance" said Mir. Cooper in
concluding, dScarding the rapier and tax
! ing UP the bludScon. Put l sincerely be-
/ lieve that the sentlc:Ian'S utterances and
I conduct on this hoCr are prompted by an
! interest which has overW almed him ana
/ that II he would stop and think where
| he has placed himself and where ne il
going he would speedily retrace his steps
| He is interested largely in silver mines
| he has stocks in silver mines, and IL he
| WI read the statutes Of Congress an1
! tae Avs of his country he will learn that
| he has right to vote upon this ques-
! ti.i., mich less to speak upon it. He he's
! 4 direct personal pecuniary interest ia the
result of this legislation ana ii ne would
| esty, of common dccency that ought to
/ commend itself to a man having a financial
| interest in the result of pending legislation
| he would hesitate before he attacked the
motives Of other gentlemen. honorable
| II en-. who are serving their country, as
! they believe. instead OF their own per-
/ sonal private gain.
| Mr. Cummings jumped to his feet and
| brought down a laugh by shouting: IF It
/ is in order / suggest that this is an oppor-
tune time for some one to apologize for his
remarks with reference to the New York
| democracy"
| The Wrecked Kearsarge.
| Mr.. Geissenhainer N.J) then asked unani-