The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-28
THE LIE PASSED
IN THE HOUSE.
EXCITING SCENES BETWEEN tai
BERT AND PICKLER.
The Gentleman from South Carolina
AngriIy Shakes His Fist at the
Gentleman from South Dakota,
and a sIugging Match Was Immi-
nent.

Washington, April 27.-Twenty-one
private pension bills passed tells the
story of the days work in the House.
Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, who has been
harrassing the Democratic side daily
for week to force action on these
pension bills, finally succeeded today
| through the aid of Mr.. Picker, of South
Dakota, who has been acting with him,
and the bills were passed.
The beneficiary of one of the bills, an
old lady of 90, totally blind, the widow
of a soldier of 1872, had died since her
bill was reported from last Friday
| nights session. When it was read and
| about to be put on its passage, Mr..
Taylor, of Indiana, interrupted by say
ing:
Never mind, Mr.. Speaker, that bill
can be laid aside; the old lady is dead"
The members, who had been chatting
| and laughing, stopped. There was a
moment of silence. The relief for which
the old lady had been striving so long
was at hand, but like many other con-
gressional claims, it came too late
| The clerk paused and then went on
reading the next bill.
The remainder of the day was de-
voted to pension bills.
night session was broken tonight, when
| the members were in a rancorous tenn
per, lies passed and two members were
called to order for using unparliament-
| airy language.
| Mr.: Talbert Oemocrat) of South
Carolina, who has been trying for sew
eral weeks to get into the Record a
series OF articles on the subject of pen
sions, repeated his attempt tonight.
| All his requests were refused
MI. Picker, of South Dakota. was
particularly determined in his oppo-
sltlon. Both gentlemen showed signs of
| temper.
That is the most slanderous attack
Mr.. Picker.
The gentleman is talking of some
thing he knows nothing about" shouted
The gentleman from South Caro-
INA, continued Mr.. Picker, lis only
trying to SANDER Union soldiers
deny 1t, said Mr.. Talbert, in loud
tones, shaking his fist 1.-THE gentleman
has uttered falsehood, pure and sim
| pie"
instantly a dozen members on the
hepupIcan side were on their feet. and
MT. Hepburn called Mr.. Talbert to or
aer ana demanded that his words be
taken down. They were read from the
cIerk $ desk and after some wrangIing
MI. Ialbert was given permission t0 e1r-
plain. He began his explanation Nv
st9tlng that he was sorry he was
oollged to say what he had. but If wa s
true. He would withdraw what he had
SAD, however, if Mr.. Picker Womb
withdraw his remarks.
Ihe tone of the South Carolinian's ex-
Piahdtlon dld not seem to suit Mr.
| Baker (Republican), of New. Hanonsbira
who declared that the explanatioSn was
tully as offensive as the original Ian
guage, and he again called Mr.. TaJbart
| to order. - I
AT this juncture, there was an effort
TO pour oil on the troubled waters and
on motion, Mr.. Talbert was allowed tn
proceed. He had no further explana-
tlon TO make, however, and took his
seat Wnen Mr.. Plckler arose and made
statement which again kindled the
names of partisanship. The paper which
printed these articles ne said. was con-
tlnuafly slandering and vilifying the
soldiers. 'ie
The gentleman from South Car
| ollna, he added. turning toward Mr..
| Ialoert, has slandered and viIifed
| tnenl every Friday night. That is his
OBJECT and hold it in utter contennt y
| Mr.. Livingston DemocraD. of Geor-
ga, jumped to his feet and in turn
called Mr.. Picker to order. After his
words had been read from the clerks
desk, Mr.. Martin, of Indiana, moved
that Mr. Picker be permitted to ex-
Il don't want to explain, shouted
Picker. Il stand by what 1 said, and
there is nothing to take back
AT this point, the counsel of cooler
heads prevailed, the excitement sub
| sided, and without further incident the
House proceeded and disposed of nine
pension bills, five of which were favor
ably acted upon
The point of no quorum was then
made, and after call of the House,
the House at 1880 adjourned.