The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-09

HleIpI CnlS Dill SnOulQ De passed. he
declared with much feeling, that there
was not q member from California
except possibly Mr.. Bowers, who If
he would express his honest sentiments,
would not support this measure. He
said they were all afraid of a news
paper Of Sam Francisco. All this full
mination against the bill, he said, was
due to Adolph Sutro and William r.
Hearst
The mention Of these names semed to
arouse all the pent up ire in Mr.. John
sons nature and he proceeded to pour
out the walls Of his wrath upon them
Mr.. Johnson is always a vigorous talk
er, inclined to use strong dictiOn, but
the members who sat listening to him
were not prepared for the Philippe
which he launched.
He detailed Mr.. Hearst's connection
with the San Francisco Examiner and
how he had built up that paper, and
said that the people of California ad-
mired him. He said they were suspic-
ious at first and knew that Mr.. Hearst
was erratic in his conduct. He then
made insinuatiOns and allegations
against Mr. Hearst's personal habits,
but added that the people believed he
was honest. This was followed by
more sensational charges and vitupera-
tive language. And that is the man.
he added, that has created all this
furore in California He said that
Hearst had intimidated the people and
created terrorism among them with his
paper. The paper had maligned and
caricatured people in the --ouse, the
chairman of the committee Mr.. Bow
ers, and the hOnOred speaker. Il will
not speak for myself" he SAID, because
L can get reasonably even with this
man, before I get through with him.
He said that Mr.. Hearst had issued his
edict that amy man who dared favor
the funding BILL shall be driven from
public life and be ruined in private life,
and shall be disgraced before the peo-
pie and the gods.''
OMINOUS SILENCE.
When Mr.. Johnson concluded his
speech there was an ominous silence
on the floor. Mr.. Arnold, of Pennsyl-
vania, made a brief speech for the
measure, but the house was still buzz
ing with the sensation created by the
Californian senator. When Mr.. Arnold
finished, Mr.. Cooper (Rep., Wis.,, one
OF the strongest foes of the Pacific bill,
now. as in the past, took the floor.
About the first words that fell from
his lips intensified the situation.
In view of what has been said by
the gentleman from California" he
began, 'in view Of the exhibition which
we saw here-as 1 think, one of the
most disgraceful known in the annals
of the legislative history of the United
States-the attacking of man absent
from this place, in a manner known
only to towards, blackening his name,
running tiff it were in the power Of
the gentleman from California to ruin
anybody who has ever had any reputa-
tion at ALTO the best of his ability, I
feel 1t proper for me to say at least a
few Words
Mr. Cooper then paid a high tribute
to Mr.. Hearst and the hard work he
has done to build up his papers, and
declared that he did not think anything
he had done entitled a member to at
tack him as the gentleman from Cali
torn1a had done. Mr.. Cooper turned to
Mr.. Johnson and continued
Let the CALLED jade vince. The gen
tleman was in "a Republican district
He boldly championed the funding bill
and he is buried under a majority of
5000. The gentleman from New York,
whom he so UNANIMOUSLY and Wilfully
maligned, is not responsible for his de-
feat. 1t is the knowledge that the peo-
pie of the state of California have that
the power of the Southern Pacific rail-
road company-which the gentleman
from California preSumeS to be champ
ioning here on the floor, in the face Of
people-has been used to their detri-
ment. They know of the manner in
which that corporation has for years
past treated the people Of that state
lie people Oh CaIl1Ornla nave been
treated more shamefully by this corpo-
ration than any commonwealth in the
history Of the United States has been
treated by any other corporation, eth
er railroad or otherwise They have
destroyed or crippled enterprise they
have destroyed the business of individ-
uals; they have dictated to the mer-
chants how they should conduct their
business; imposed hardships upon
farmers, business men, merchants, dry
goods men, 1umbermen; merchants in
every class of business have been made
to feel their heavy hand.
The Republican party repudiated the
funding bill. Why? Because they did
not want to aid the tyranny of the
Southern Pacific over the taxpayers of
California" Mr.. Cooper then calmed
down and proceeded with his argu-
ment. Throughout his reply to Mr.
Johnson, the latter sat quietly in his
seat at the rear of the hall. He made
no response.
The sensational incident growing out
Of Mr.. Johnson's attack almist drowned
interest in the debate. Mr.. Arnold
Rep., Pa~) followed in favor Of the
BILL and Messrs. Parker Rep. N. j.,
Bell Pop., COLI and Shafroth Rep.,
COLI against it. Mr.. Hepburn (Rep.,
Iowa) supported the measure in an ex-
tended argument as the only solution
of the problem at this juncture.
AT o'clock, at the conclusion Of Mr..
Hepburn's remarks, the house took
recess until o'clock. The evening ses-
sion was devoted to private pension