The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-13
PATHOS And SATIRE
johnson Replies 10 Magure's Article
ia the Record.
EXCITEMENT IN THE HOUSE
The Skeleton Brought From the
Closet and showed Right
Back In Again by tho
Californian.

Washington. Jan. le-Immcdlatcly
after the reading of the journal the
speaker sustained a point Of order
against Powers motion of yesterday
To recommit the Pacific railroad fund
ing bill. After some unimportant bills
passed johnson of California rose To
question Of personal privilege and
brought up the question OF the re-
marks made by Mcguire and others
during the debate on the funding hill.
He began calmly to rcclte his grieV-
ances. but II was apparent he was
keyed up Ia a high tension. He had
seen NJ. he said, during the debate on
the funding bill, 10 point out some "un-
derlying facts" behind the opposition
TO the bill. But he said. ne had done
50 openly and boldly. lie had spoken
of what he knew and had been re-
sponsihle for what he said. He had
heard the attack Of Cooper Of Wash
ingtun, hut he said he had been unable
10 get the tloor To reply to H. To-day
he had noticed IN the Record per-
sonal attack on himself by the gentle
man from California tMagulrc) printed
under the privilege granted to mem
bers of extending their remarks. Yes
terday, he said, he had been informed
that lie was TO be personally assaulted
by Mcguire. not for what he had said
Of him (Magure). hut OF another. He
had waited all day IN anticipation Of
the attack, he had found this bitter
personal assault In the Record. He de-
sired now to say "A few words about
the matters touched upon in the print
Ell assault, because he wanted the
"autidote To GO with the poison" He
went ON In denounCe Maguires state
ment as wanton and malicious, disre-
gardful of the rights of members. He
referred tn the fact that st. Louis
correspondent had telephoned to his
paper that Mcguire was going to eN-
pose the skeletons In his closet" and
show that this was not "A sudden burst
OF wrath on the part of Mcguire. He
further said that he had received tclc-
grams saying that Hearst's paper In
San Francisco has already printed Ma
guire's remarks and the charges made.
1T is," johnson said. Just as well
for me 10 face this matter now as later
and meet the cowardly insinuations
made against me at the dictalion Of
William X. Hearst. II Is true that 30
years ago 7 was In trouble In New
York; that was indicted; that | went
to California to rear a new home and
live down the past: but II IL untrue
that went under an assumed name.
He went on to describe how he had
worked In Sacramento to make amends
for the past. His voice shook as he
Told how. by the blessing of God and
the help of u good wife. he had nj last
been ablc To pay back every dollar he
owed. The house greeted him with
hearty applause Continuing, he told
how. ever since lS11, he had returned
each year to Syracuse and had been
received there al the scene Of his
youthful indisCTetiou. He told Of the
honors he had been accorded In Call
furnia. where the story was known.
hut IL remained FOR the man from the
Fourth district of California tMa-
guire) to dclve. like a ghoul into the
past. in order to disgrace his wife ana
family. II tell this" he said, TO show
that 7 am not ashamed of my life. that
I have not concealed this blot upon II.
Can every man in this house and this
country say as much In Sacramento
| have built up name and family amy
man might be proud of.
In 1886. Mr.. Johnson continued, he
had been again nominated. and al
though the hitterest fight ever known
had been made against him, he had
carried every election district In sac
ramcnto and had carried the county
hy Loo lie had been most viciously
attacked by editorials and caricatures
hy this person called Hearst The
honored speaker OF the house and Bou-
telle had been similarly attacked while
visiting California last summer. hut
attacks upon them had been but the
drIpuings Of a brook beside Niagara as
compared with those ON him. He said
copies OF the paper had been sent to
hls tJohnson's) wife, while sh" lay on
a bed OF sickness In danger of death.
and the caricatures and editorials had
been put In envelopes as correspond
euce. that she might not fail to get
them. He asked. Els IL wonderful
that I struck back when opportunity
came? Is there any man who would
10 less. except the gentleman from
California named Mcguire" lie knew
that he would he attacked. but did not
expect il to he In such an Infamous.
underhand. cowardly manner. There
was race In Ireland called Inform
crs." There were hired assassins in
Italy and paid spies In Russia, but any
one uf them would have scurned Ia do
What the gentleman from California
had done.
Referring To his attack on Mr.
Hearst. he said: Every charge made
* capable of proof. ! de- not shelter
myself behind my constitutional priNi-
lege. Everything ! say as n member
of congress | am responsible for as "a
citizen personally and financially In
a dramatic manner Johnson appealed
to The chiyalry Of members from the
South whether their conscience would
not prompt them Ia repudiate such at
tacks upon brother member. Then,
in an equally dramatic manner, he
turned Ia the republican side aud ap-
pealed To those from the North. He
appea led 10 the patriarch uf the house.
MIR. Grow Of Pennsylvania. to know
whether. In all hIs experience. h. had
known man TO be- attacked IN such
an indecent. uumanly way MI Coop
er Of WISCONSIN had attas kod him and
accused him Of being cOwaTlly because
ne had assaulted "A man behind hls
back. Mr.. Hearst. safely ensconced IN
New York gent orders % California.
900 miles away. To have him carica-
tured and abused. II either the g"n-
tlaunn from Wisconsin Cooper or the
gentleman from California (Maguirel
think | am a coward. let them repeat
10 me outside ~ this chamber the
charges and their curiosity viii bee ap-
peased
In conclusion he said: There Is a
statute 81 limitation In every civilized
nation against crime. i ID right TO
90 back thirty-four years and unlock
lie secret chambers and skeletons ~
ry past and shake them before the