The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13
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to delye like ghoul into the past in order
to disgrace his wife and family"
He referred to Mr.. Mcguire in very
harsh terms. Mr.. Johnson told how,
when nominated for a seat in the Sacra-
mento Assembly he had told the conven-
ton that he had been Indicted and had
paid every cent he owed and wanted no
man to say afterwards that he would not
have voted for him had he known that.
He had been triumphantly elected, had
been elected to the State Assembly and
Senate, had been nominated for Congress
in 1894 and to those constituents the
same story of the charges against him
were told, but was given the nomination
unanimously and triumphantly elected
Il tell this" he said, ito show that
am not ashamed of my life, that | have
not concealed this blot upon it; can every
man in this House and this country say
as much. In Sacramento | have built up
name and a fame any man might be
proud Of
He had been most viciously attacked by
editorials and caricatures daily by "this
person called Hearst"
He said copies of the paper had been
sent to his wife while she lay ON 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 set them. He said: rs
it wonderful that | struck back when
the opportunity came. Is there any man
who would do less except the gentleman
from California, Jas. G. MaguireT He
knew that he would be attacked but did
not expect to be IN such an infamous.
under-handed. cowardly manner. There
IaJ TIE
there were hired assassins in Italy and
paid spies in Russia. but any one of them
would have scorned to do what the gentle
man from California had done.
IF ever the gentleman from Wisconsin
COOPER or the gentleman from Califor-
MIA tMaguire)," he said, thinks | am
cowardly let either repeat to me outside
this chamber what he has said inside,
and his curiosity will be appeased."
Mr.. Mcguire replied TO Mr.. Johnson in
sarcastic vein He told how he had
attempted to secure time in which to re-
ply to Mr.. Johnson during the debate
and had been unable to do so, and how
he had printed his defense of a man un-
able to secure hearing for himself. He
sneered at Mr.. Johnson for whining be-
cause his attacks went home to him and
said he should have thought Of the grief
and anguish he was bringing to another
before he assailed Mr.. Hearst
Mr. Poole, of New York, who repre-
sents the Syracuse district. made a brief:
statement in vindication Of Mr.. Johnson.
His motion to expunge Mr.. Maguire's de:
marks from the record was adopted, after
Mr.. Mcmillan had Intellectually attempted
to delay action, but similar motion to
expunge Mr.. Johnson's remarks about
Mr.. Hearst, was defeated-S2 to 9f. This
incident oYershadowed interest in tie
House proceedings.
Just before adjournment. however,
| Speaker Reed announced the committee
appointments, made vacant by the death
Of ex-Speaker Crisp, which have caused
| much speculation. Mr.. Bailey, of Texas,
was appointed to the vacancy on the
Rules Committee, and Mr.. Boatner, of
Louisiana, to that on the Ways and
Means. Early in the day the Speaker sus-
tanned the point of order against the
motion 70 recommit the Pacifce funding
BILL