The record-union., 1896-04-18

and other public works, and pay for
the same with an unlimited issue or
paper money That, Gear said, was
nothing short of confiscation. Gear
said Mr.. Weaver was citizen OF MS
(Gear's) own State, and he had heard
him make such declarations, and the
statement that the Senator from Iowa
now made was true. He would leave
the Senator from Nebraska to dispute
that matter and the Interpretation of
the Oceola platform with Mr.. Weaver
himself.
NO" said Allen. fercely and bitterly,
'I will not dispute with James r.
Weaver himself. J dispute with the
ber 1 am his equal here, and else
where, for that matter. He cannot
stand and utter falsehoods of that kind
against one of the greatest and most
illustrious citizens of the United States
because he happens to be a Populist,
and go unwhipped of the rebuke his
language justly and necessarily de-
serves
Instantly Hoar jumped to his feet,
called Allen to order and demanded thai
his words be taken down.
Faulkner moved that Allen be per-
n1itted to proceed in order, Whereupon
Hoar made the point of no quorum, and
the call of the Senate proceeded.
The words above quoted We're read
from the desk, and then upon a renewal
of Faulkners motion, Allen was permit
ted to proceed in order. He yielded to
Gear, who said he was willing to leave
his record and political conduct to the
people of Iowa, who best knew him.
He was sorry, however, that he had
been drawn into this alterca ton, for it
only verified the truth of an old adage
that you could not touch pitch without
being defiled.
Allen resumed his remarks at the
point where they had been interrupted,
first paying his respects to his amiable
and distinguished friend, the Senator
from Iowa, whom he loved with all the
love of son for his erring father, and
to his exceedingly amiable and con-
scentious friend from Massachusetts,
who kept kindly eye upon him so that
he should do no dangerous thing in the
Senate Chamber"
Continuing his argument, he contend
ed that Mr.. Weaver was not a confisca-
ZIONIST but man, than whom there
was no one in the country better equip
ped to discharge public duties; lawyer
of distinction in many courts. where
some of the men in the Senate who
sneered at him would not be permitted
to take a back seat. THE honorable
Senator from Iowa and my always
amiable friend from Massachusetts
never gave to this country the moral
force and intellectual power that has
been given it by James B. Weaver"
AS Allen was proceeding along these
lines, he was interrupted by laughter in
the chamber, and severely denounced
this conduct.
1--WE are not laughing at what the
Senator says replied Chandler, with
apparent sincerity. but with the way
in which he says it,
Allen yielded to Chandler on motion
to proceed to executive business, but
Hoar, as he did not expect to be present
when Hill concluded his speech, or when
a vote was taken on the resolution,
asked leave to make a few remarks on
it. He thought the resolution perfectly
proper, and supported it. 1t did not, as
he understood it, impute any wrong
doing on the part of any official of the
Government, and he was surprised to
find opposition to it. He would like to
know whether the Government lost ten
or more millions by selling an issue of
bonds to a syndicate, as had been al
legged, and why the money obtained by