The herald., 1898-09-27

~ - esA outlTo u1iStdho uIu Il6 has ice.
absolutely misinformed. never applied
such an epithet to an opponent or to any.
body else. did heretofore as 1 have done
tonight state the situation; nothing more
Somebody may have drawn IN imprope,
deduction from what I said, but I certainly
did not make the statement attributed to
me. (Applause.) I did not may any such
statement nor use any such epithet applied
to him. In explanation Of his statement al
Pomona on Saturday evening last, my dis.
tinguished opponent Ia reported as having
said:
The reporter introducing It says:
"Mr. Gage then took up Mr.. Maguire's
congressional record. In a former nd
dress. Mr.. Gage had said that Mr.. Ma
guire, as member of congress. might
have prevented the consideration or
passage of the provision which gave the
Central Pacific a year to decide wheth-
or II would pay its indebtedness to the
government in ten years by means of
refundipg bonds. Mr.. Mcguire denied
It Friday night, saying II he had OBJ
5ected his objection would have tied up
the deficiency appropriation bill, car
rying with It money for the army and
navy BILL"
Now, somebody Is mistaken about that
I never had an idea that an objection from
me would have tied up that bill for ten min
utes. It would not That may be mis-
take Of tho reporter; probably It is.
But Mr.. Gage had more than mere as-
sertion last night. He read from the
Congressional Record to show that the
provision with reference to Pacific
roads was merely an amendment, that
Mr.. Mcguire or any other member
might have objected to 1t and the ef-
feet would have been to knock out the
amendment but nothing more. TIE
amendment had been proposed by Mr..
Barham Of California and the Congress
sional Record has the following:
1.-THE Speaker pro tem.-The clerk
will read the amendment.
1.-THE clerk reads as follows: Insert in
line 1s, page "a, after the word settle
ment' the following: Provided futher,
that unless the settlement herein au-
thorized be perfected within one year
after the passage OF this act, the presi-
dent of the United States shall at once
proceed to foreclose all liens now held
by the United States against said rail-
road company and to collect the in
debtedness herein sought to be settled;
and nothing in this act contained shall
be held to waive or release any right,
lien. or cause Of action already held
by the United States
''Mr. Cannon-Now. Mr.. Speaker, in
my Judgment that amendment enlarges
the senate provision instead of limit
ing 1t, but the gentleman from Califor-
nia thinks It would be valuable
amendment. We cannot vote upon 1t
at this stage unless there Is consent.
Now, have no objection, II such Is
the unanimous wish of the house, to
modify my motion and move that the
house recede from its disagreement to
the senate amendment and concur with
the amendment which has just been
read.
{ "Mr. Barham-I hope the house will
do that.
1.-THE Speaker pro tem.-The gentle
man from Illinois (Mr Cannon) asks
unanimous consent to withdraw his
motion to recede and concur and make
the motion to concur with the amends
ment which has just been read from
the clerks desk"
'Is there objection?
'"There was no objection"
(Mr. Gage, proceeding): "Mr. Ma
euire was present as shown by the
vote, and he did not object, and yet he
Is now trying to make capital by saying
that he was opposed to this proposition
to-xive the Central Pacific another year
in which to accept the terms of the
government He could have stopped
1t then by simply objecting and
It would have affected nothing
but this amendment"
The Facts in the Case
Confusion worse confounded. Is L pos.
s.ble that the Republican candidate fol
governor Of California thinks that that
is the funding bill? Uaughter) The fund
ing bill to which Mr.. Barham offered tht
amendment and which was incorporated
by the senate in the general deficiency bill
authorized the commission to offer set
Element to the company but did not limit
the time during which negotiations for that
purpose should proceed. They might pro-
ceed for years. Mr.. Barham offered ar
ame ndment limiting the time of negotia'
tlon to one year, making the bill SO much
better. Instead Of leaving that question
at large and making futur< legislation nec-
essary, Mr.. Barham's amendment pro.
posed to limit the time to one year.
II that had been beaten and the bill had
been passed. Huntington would never have
paid another dollar to the government
and he probably never would have permit.
ted another act to go through congress
restoring the act Of foreclosure. Why, Of
course, that amendment was consented to-.
It made the bill decidedly better; 1t linn
tied the right Of the railroad company
and Of the commission to one year, instead
Of leaving it at large. But that was not the
funding bill, and the defeat of that amend
ment would have left the funding bill in a
vastly worse position for the people than II
Is now. (Applause.)
Direct Legislation
Another attack made by General Barnes
upon our platforms-upon the Democratic
Popul!st and Silver Republican platforms
IS that they provide for direct legislation.
He says that direct legislation is unwise,
dangerous to capital, dan
gerous to property. I answered him that
It is not !nexpedient or dangerous, unless
public sovereignty itself Is dangerous. ZAP
plause.) 1t is merely the commission to the
people of authority to check vicious legis-
latIon; merely commission Of the power
to the people to 0verturn corrupt legisla-
Ton or legislation manifestly contrary TO
the public interests by faithless public