Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-13


MIA (Magure) to delve like a ghoul into the
past in order to disgrace his wife and fam
lily.
81 tell this" he said, ITO show that l
am not ashamed OF my life, that have not
concealed this blot upon 1t; can every man
in this house, and in this country, say as
much? In Sacramento | have built up
name and family any man might be proud
Of"
In 1896, Mr.. johnson continued. he had
been again nominated, and although the
bitterest fight ever known had been made
against him, he had carried every election
district in Sacramento. and had carried the
county by 1900. He had been most vicously
ttacked by editorials and caricatures by
this person called Hearst" The honored
speaker OF the house and Mr.. Boutelle had
been similarly attacked while visiting Cali
fornla last summer. but the attacks upon
them had but the drippings OF a brook be-
side Niagara as compared with those on
him.
REFERS TO HIS WIFE.
He said copies OF the paper had been sent
to his (Johnsons) wife, while she lay on a
bed OF sickness, in danger OF death, and the
caricatures and editorials had been put in
envelopes as correspondence, that she might
not fail to get them. He asked:
''Is it wonderful that | struck back when
the opportunity came? Is there any man
who would do less, except the gentleman
from California, James G. Maguire?"
did not expect 1t to be in such an infamous,
underhanded. cowardly manner. There was
race in Ireland called nformers, there were
hired assassins in Italy and paid spies in
Russia, but any one of them would have
scorned to do what the gentleman from
California had done.
Referring to his attack ON Mr. Hearst he
said Every charge | made is capable of
proof. | do not shelter myself behind my
constitutional privilege. Everything | say
as member of this congress am RESPONSE
BILE for as a citizen personally and fnan-
cially.' In a dramatic way Mr.. johnson
appealed to the chivalry of the members
from the SOUTH whether their constituents
would not tell them to repudiate such at
tacks on a brother member. Then in an
equally dramatic manner he turned to the
republican side and appealed to those from
the north. He appealed to tha patriarch of
the house, Mr.. Grow of Pennsylvania. to
know whether in all his experience he had
known man to be attacked in such an in
decent unjust, unmanly way.
Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin had attacked him
and accused him of being cowardly because
he had assailed man behind his back. Yet
Mr.. Hearst safely ensconced in New York,
sent orders to California, 3 500 miles away,
to have him Caricatured. IF the gentle
man from Wisconsin Cooper or the gentle
man from California (Maguire) think | am
a coward let them repeat to me outside this
curiosity will be appeased."
In conclusion, he said: "There Is
statute of limitation in every civilized nation
against crime. Is it right to go back thirty
four years and unlock the secret chambers
and bring out the skeletons OF my past and
shake them before people; to forever throw
at a man the folles and crimes of his youth
should there not be a statute Of Limitation
against this? oh, may the day come in
this nation when men will be judged solely
hy fbnip aptc In tl1n m ma nn
newspaper will delve into his past and bring
sorrow to his wife, his children and 10 the
gray hairs he has earned in building up a
good name"
MAGUIRE REPLIES.
There was a deep silence when Mr. Mcguire
rose to reply. He began: 81 never printed
anything. l never asked any man to print
anything. I never said anything anywhere
that ] am not willing to repeat before the
man himself. Last week one Of the most re-
markable, indecent malicious speeches
ever heard anywhere was delivered here
against man absent from this place, not
even able to lift up his voice to say nay in
this presence"
He related that he had prepared the addl-
tion to his speech which Mr.. Johnson OBJ
jected to. had endeavorot to get recognition
Friday and Saturday to deliver it. and ON
Monday had asked the speaker IL he could
not deliver it as a matter Of personal priyi-
lege, but had been refused. He had no
had been so uniustly attacked. The only
difference between the speech made on the
floor and the one in the Record was that the
latter was mild in comparison. In the part
OF the speech to which Mr.. johnson objected
no one could find anything unparliamentary
but the description fitted Mr.. johnson as the
man who had so cowaldly attacked the boy
hood of another.
He whines," Mr.. Mcguire continued sar-
castically "at this attack on himself. He
. ft,lr pp1Ns pf IIa f,IrI
of the grief and anguish until it strikes him
self Why did he not think of these things
when he made the attack on another who
was not present and who was not a member
of this body? The man who makes this
pleading weeping appeal to you here today
used this language with reference to Mr..
Hearst"
Mr.. Mcguire then read the charges made by
johnson against Mr.. Hearst. Those
charges" said Mr.. Mcguire empkatically,
when he concluded the reading. ARE false
and 1t ill-becomes the author of those
charges to whine because replied"
This was greeted with a scattering burst
of applause. Mr.. Mcguire went on to say
that "the gentleman from California need
not concern himself with my courage or
that of Mr.. Cooper"
With regard to the attack upon Mr.. Hearst |
he said that gentleman needed no defense in
California. but here where the assault was
made a part of the permanent record he
thought II only proper TO make reply. Mr.. |
Mcguire continuing, said some very compli- |
mentary things of MIR Hearst's newspaper in |
New York, characterizing it as the greatest |
newspaper on earth. This part of his speech |
evoked a chorus of groans from the house |
and amidst much laughter Mr. Mcguire |
concluded.
MOVES TO EXPUNGE. |
The house was stll buzzing with excite |
ment when Mr. Poole republican of New |
York the member from Syracuse, Mr.. John |
sons old home. moved to eXpunge Mr.. Ma |
guire's remarks from the Record. Mr.. Poole |
explained that he and Mr.. Johnson had been |
schoolmates fifty years ago He described |
Mr. johnson as a man of excellent family |
and a bright scholar as a boy, and he also |
alluded briefly to his trouble when he was |
indicted for forgery. But" said he I'VE |
knew he would redeem himself, and ne did" |
He concluded by Gaying he did not think the |
house could afford TO have Maguires remarks |
go into the permanent record
Mr. Perkins. republican of Iowa, chair
man Of the printing committee was forced |
into the action. He said II Mr. Johnson's |
were to be stricken out they should |
have been objected to at the time they were
spoken. He was not for delay He said Le
was IN favor of eXpunglng Mr.. Maguircs re-
marks from the Record
Mr.. Towne republican of Minnesota, made |
another effort to secure an amendment, so as
to strike out the speech of Mr., Johnson, as
well as that of Mr. Maguirp hut N WAC also