The record-union., 1896-06-15

ment could not be called up for con-
currence and could not be called up for
non-concurrence! that it either had to
go to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and
there sleep the sleep that knows no
waking, or else go to the Public Lands
Committee, where it had majority
CO friends
It went there under the rules of the
House, and the Chairman of the COM
n1ittee, Lacey of Iowa, is present and
knows that 1 speak in that regard the
exact fact-it went to that committee
and they reported it favorably, but,
owing to the rules, the Speaker was
obliged to hold that it was not a privi
legged matter and therefore we had no
right to bring it before the House. The
Speaker of this House knows that l
have bothered him in season and out
of season about this bill. / have been
to him at the Speakers desk; have
cen to him in his private room; / have
met him in the corridor and have asked
and begged and implored him to allow
the bill to come UP, but he could not
see his way to let it come up except in
the regular manner under the rules.
Senate the gentleman from Nebraska,
Mr.. KEN, had already engaged in that
warfare which has denominated him
the Assistant Speaker of this House
(aughter) and was making his objec-
tsn to the consideration of all bills by
unanimous consent. l knew no way to
silence Mr.. KEN except to kill him, but
l had not money enough to pay the
F,,n tbot JOh
would have been justified in doing so
under the circumstances. daughter) l
could not bring up the bill by unani-
NOUS consent and the lying author of
this article in this lying, blackmail
newspaper knew that as well as l do,
yet he attempts to say that have not
been in favor of the bill, when every
member of the Public Lands Commit
tee knows that / have made myself
perfect nuisance to that committee in
asking and urging them to take it up
and pass it through the House, and
am sure that all the members of that
committee would sign a letter to that
effect
But this slanderer, not content with
that, goes further and attempts to say
that l interfered with this bill before
tent with having attacked our honored
Speaker, whose life, whose record, and
whose character as a man and the
work he has done for the American Ma
slon are a sufficient answer to the SLAM
derous attack of this Matchmaking
newspaper-not content with attacking
him and myself, this slanderer goes on
to say in connection with a matter that
,O1o Of hn 1oc
Congress and in connection with anoth-
er member, what 1 am now about to
read:
/ Two years ago, when an effort was
being made by Caminetti and other
California Congressman to have Cali
fornia included in the Idaho Montana
Act, and when things reached pass
where unanimous consent was re-
Quired to get the matter up, Hepburn
of Iowa objected and objected again
He could not be argued caJoled' or
browbeaten out of his position. 1t was
deemed strange that man from Iowa
should be so set in his opposition to
measure which particularly concerned
California.
But who sat with Hepburn as his
guest? Who lunched and dined with
him? Who was his particular friend
at that critical juncture? Who?-GroVe
L. Johnson"
Now, at the last session of Congress,
when that bill came up, l was not
member. / did not know Mr.. Hepburn
of Iowa. / never lunched with him;
never rode with him; / never wined
him q am a teetotaler and could noD;
1 never dined with him; l was not his
guest he was not my guest. He never
objected to the consideration of the
bill, as / am informed. That is simply
a bald, naked lie, worthy of the man
who edits and publishes that paper, and
uttered with the intention of injuring
me, when / never laid a straw in his
way; and the only wicked thing 1 know
Of in my life that 1 could be called to
account for with reference to him was
that 1 was at one time his attorney and
saved him from damages in a court Of
justice. Uaughter)
So far as the bill ,of last session was
concerned, the whole trouble connected
with that bill was, as I am informed
by the gentleman from Montana (Mr
Hartman), the author of the bill, be-
cause my predecessor did not keep his
bargain with him in reference to the
bill. I was not a member. I influenced
nobody. l could not / did not know
anybody scarcely, much less Mr.. Hep
burn, whom 1 am now proud to claim
as my friend.
l beg pardon of the House for having
taken so much time upon this matter
| But the miners of my district are nu-
merous. ] may be charged with having
done this or that in my life; but no NOR
| tai man ever accused me of breaking
| my word to any human being living
or dead. l always keep my promises
whether made before or after election
! And in this matter I have been true to
| my promises, true to the interests Of
of the miners. And the liar who pub
| lished that article knew it when he
wrote it and published it. applause }
| Mr.. Maguire-I do not want to inter
fere with the gentleman's statement
| at all; but as he has mentioned Mr..
| Hearst by name and denounced him in
| very severe terms, / want to know
| whether he is not aware that Mr.
| Hearst is residing in New York. and
probably never knew anything about
this article?
| Mr.. Johnson of California-Mr. Speak
er, the rule Of law. as the gentleman
knows, is that if a man publishes a
newspaper. If he calls himself the editor
and publisher Of IL ba &c ,as,oor;hyo