Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-01-16

| In conclusion he said: There is a stat
ute of limitation in every civilized ma ,io
against crime. Is it right to so back {
years and unlock the secret chambers an
bring out skeletons of my past and shaix
them before the people; to forever .hroy
at a man the folles and crimes of h
youth? Should there not be a statute Q
limitation against this? Oh! may the da
come in this nation when men will b
judged solely by their acts in the present
and no man, no newspaper, will delve int
mis- past and bring sorrow to his wife hi
children and to the gray hairs he ha
earned in building up a good name
Maguire's Answer.
There was deep silence when Mr.. Ma
guire arose to reply He began:
Il never printed anything; I neve
asked any man to print anything; l neve
said anything anywhere that | am no
willing to repeat before any man myself
Last week one of the most remarkable
indecent, malicious speeches 1 ever heart
anywhere was made here against a MAJ
absent from this place, not even able K
lift up his voice to say nay in his pres
ence."
He related that he had prepared the ftd
dlton to his speech which Mr. johnson
had objected to; had tried to get recogni
tion on Friday and Saturday to deliver it
and on Monday had asked the speaker il
he could not deliver it as a matter of per
sonal privilege, but had been refused. He
had no other way to make a defnse Of the
man who had been so unjustly attacked
The only difference between the speech or
the floor and the one in the Record was
the latter was mild in comparison. In q
part of the speech to which Mr.. Johnson
objected none could find anything unpar-
liamentary. but the description fitted Mr.
Johnson as the man who had so coWar:lly
attacked the boyhood of another.
He whines,'' Mr.. Mcguire continued
sarcastically. .'at this attack on himself
He thinks only of himself. He does not
think of the grief and anguish until ii
strikes himself. Why did not he think Cf
these things when he made the attack on
another. who was not present and was
not a member of this body? The m;,n
who makes this pleading, weeping appeal
to you here uses this language with ref
erence to Mr.. Hearst
Mr. Mcguire then read the charges
made by Mr. Johnson against Mr.. Hearst.
These charges, said Mr.. Mcguire, en-
phatically, when he had concluded the
reading, "are false, and it ill becomes tho
author of these charges to whine be,
cause 1 reply"
Mr.. Mcguire, continuing, said some
complimentary things Of Mr.. Hearsts
newspaper in New York, characterizing it
as the greatest newspaper on earth.
This part Of his speech evoked chorus
Of groans from the house, and amid much
laughter Mr.. Mcguire concluded.
Record Remains Complete.
Mr. Poole Of New York, the member
from Syracuse, Mr.. Johnsons old home,
moved to expunge Mr.. Maguires remarks
from the record. Mr.. Poole alluded brief
ly to Mr.. Johnson's trouble when he was
indicted for forgery, but" said he, I'VE
knew he would redeem himself and he
did,
He concluded by saying he did not
think the house could afford to have Mr..
Maguire's speech go in the permanent
record.
Mr.. Perkins Of Iowa said if Mr.. John
sons remarks were to be stricken out,
they should have been objected to at the
time they were spoken.
Mr.. ToWne of Minnesota made an effort
to secure an amendment SO as to strike
out the speech Of Mr.. Johnson as well
as that of Mr.. Mcguire, but it was also
ruled out.
Thereupon Mr.. McMillin moved to refer
the whole matter to the committee on
rules.
The motion was defeated, 81 to 1913.
Mr.. Poole's motion was then agreed to
without division.
Mr.. Towne Immediately presented as a
privileged matter a motion to strike out
that portion of Mr.. Johnson's remarks
constituting the attack on Mr.. Hearst
The motion was defeated 81 to 81.
This closed the incident, and the house
proceeded with the call of committees.
resolution was passed to pay the
widow of the late Speaker Crisp S1HS, the
expenses Of his last illness and funeral.
The speaker announced the following
committee appointments: Agriculture,
Stokes democrat of South Carolina; post
offices and post roads, Crisp, democrat,
Georgia.; ways and means, Eoatner, dem
ocrat, Louisiana; rules, Biley, democrat,
Texas.