The herald., 1897-01-29

after a pause. 'I know the gentleman
| from Ohio had contracted habit ..
| speaking here at least once a day. anu
| 1 felt that he could speak for him, II nee
| essary." (Renewed laughter)
| In conclusion Mr. Dearmond AGAIN
| commended to the prayerful consicera-
| ton of the Republicans this curiosity
| of modern political life,'' whose peculi-
| arity was that he talked when he was
not writing and wrote when he was nos
talking. and did both when he was not
| thinking.
Full many a whim of purest ray serene,
| The dark unfathomed dreams of Morton
bear. -
Full many wheel is formed to whirr un-
seen
And waste its feetness meath j. Ster-
lings hair.
Great laughter and applause)
Mr.. Grosvenor got the floor during the
debate on the agricultural bill, ana
under the latitude allowed, proceeded 10
interest the members with a reply 10
some remarks of Governor Altgelds AT
dinner given in the latter's honor last
week. The loyalty, honor and integrity
of the state of Ohio, he said, demanded
reply. AS to much of what Altgeld had
said on that occasion, Mr.. Grosvenor
remarked, his answer would be silence,
but he could, not pass over single para
graph. That paragraph Mr.. Grosvenor
had read at the clerks desk. 1t called
attention in partial substentiation OF the
sweeping assertion that Bryan had been
defrauded of his election, to the fact that
in Ohio last fall there were cast 100000
more votes than in 1892. This. Altgei1
said. Indicated an increase of population
OF 1000, 900 whereas, he charged, the
increase had not been more than two
thirds of it. From this he concluded
nna II. fra, Low,
II do not wonder" said Grosvenor,
"that gentleman who led victorious
majority in the city of Chicago very re-
Gently and then was absolutely over
whemed in almost all the counties and
voting precincts of Illinois, should Sc
lect his own state as an illustration of
the quality of unfairness which had
been the index of this election"
Ex-Governor Altgeld is the last per-
son. in my Judgment, who ought to drag
from the rapidly closing waves of OBJ
livion the history and detail of the re-
cent election. Whatever happened in
Ohio was due to a large number of fac
tors, no one of which was more powerful
and potent to the victory of the Repub-
lican party in that state than was the
existence of a leader in the Democratic
party of Governor Altgeld in Illinois.
When all else during the campaign failed
to arouse an outburst Of tremendous
enthusiasm it always followed the dec
laration that one of the things we We're
aiming at was to purge the fair record
of Illinois of the name in office of Alt
geld. He it was who in the Chicago con-
vention demanded as was published and
declared everywhere. the introduction
of those planks of the platform that
arrayed hundreds of thousands of Dem
ocrats, Independent of the question of
tariff and of the currency, against the
Democratic party. Why, is it not very
strange. Mr.. Chairman, that that gentle
man should feel some degree of respon
sibilty for the result and some degree
of soreness as he looks back over the
miserable record in politics which he
himself has made?"
Continuing, Mr. Grosvenor said there
had not been dishonest election in
Ohio for years and he gave the credit
OF this to the joint efforts of the leading
men of both political parties
Mr.. Bromwell of Ohio, Republican.
followed in further substantiation of Mr..
Grosvenor's statements. These two
speeches drew a brief but somewhat sar-
castle response from Mr. Dearmond
A number of amendments to the Indian
appropria ton bill We're made before it
was passed.
The item to remove all restrictions ex-
isting against the leasing, sale or con-
veyarce of the allotted lands of the
Puyallup reservation in Pierce county,
Washington. was ruled out.
At 5:15 pm. the house adjourned