The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-16
0ratory On Currency Bill Brought
to a Close.
WILL TAKE VOTE MONDAY
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS INTER
RUPTED BY A CLASH.
Two Kentucky Members Get Into a
Warm Dispute Over the Recent
Election, Which Assumed a Per-
sonal Aspect-Little Interest Is
Shown In the Debate.

day of the general debate on the
ceptional interest At the outset a
sharp personal colloquy occurred be-
tween Representatives Wheeler and
Berry of Kentucky, over the recent
Kentucky election and the charges
growing out of it. Considerable feel
ing was shown.
Later in the day, Mr.. Bailey of Tex
as, until recently the Democratic floor
leader. received close attention iE an
hours speech, vigorously presenting
the Democratic view and eulogizing the
time e-honored and undying Democratic
organization.
In marked contrast with Mr.. Baileys
utterances, Mr.. Scudder of New York
who followed him. announced as
Democrat he believed in the gold
standard and would vote for it. Mr.
Payne of New York and Mr.. Dalzefl
of Pennsylvania, also spoke during the
day. The debate under the five-min-
ute rule occurs tomorrow.
Mr.. Jones CVa-), opened the debate
in opposition to the bill. After Messrs.
Rhea (Ky), and Williams Qlls) had
spoken against the bill the serenity of
the debate was Unexpectedly interrupt
ed by rather sensational personal
clash between Mr.. Berry and Mr..
Wheeler, both Democrats of Kentucky.
Kentuckians Grow Warm.
Mr.. Wheeler secured recognition to
question statements made by Mr..
Berry yesterday as to corruption in the
recent Kentucky campaign.
Il regret the necessity of having to
IF nf I ant n
the floor of the house., said Mr.
Wheeler, but do not propose that
our people shall be maligned and SIAN
dered without a word of protest"
Mr.. Berry sat few seats ahead of
Mr.. Wheeler, and the latter addressed
himself personally to his colleague.
Mr.. Wheeler declared that Mr. Berry
represented neither Kentucky nor her
people, and that the people of his dis
trict would speedily rebuke him by
retiring him to private life. The cleo
tion of Taylor he asserted had been
bought and paid for with a railroad on
one side and the plain people on the
other. But despite this, he said. Cover
nor Goebel would yet be seated.
Yes, l use the word advisedly," pro-
eeeded Mr.. Wheeler, referring to his
characterization of Mr.. Goebel as gov
ernor. "for before the buds burst on
any tree in Kentucky he will be it's
chief executive and he will have routed
that ,nefarious gang who won their GER
tificate of election by corruption. fraud
and rascality."
Goebel Will Be Seated.
Mr.. Wheeler closed by declaring en-
phatically that Taylor had not been
elected, that he had secured by irregu-
lar methods a certificate of election,
but when the calcium light of the
courts was turned on this proceeding,
it would be William Goebel who would
be seated in the executive chair.
Colonel Berry was quickly on his feet
as Mr.. Wheeler closed and responded
savagely, personally. and with much
feeling. He said the speech just heard
was typical of the intolerance of that
Kentucky element which did not brook
any freedom of opinion. He did not
need the influence of the gentleman or
his hackers. Four times he has been
sent here, and he would return again.
Shaking his finger at Mr.. Wheeler, Mr.
Berry exclaimed:
You are cringing at the feet of Goe-
bel, and l tell you that your scalp is
taken now by Goebel."
When reference was made to the ir-
regularity of the Louisville convention
Mr.. Wheeler sought to interrupt, but
Mr.. Berry waved him off, declaring
that the gentleman had participated in
the disorder and had stood up and yell
ed down opposition with policemen
about him.
Mr. Wheeler interjected a fiat con-
tradiction of this, but not needing in
terruptions. Colonel Berry proceeded in
his fiery response. declaring that Mr..
Wheeler was as bad as Goebel him
self.
Talk of Thugs and Toughs.
Mr.. Wheeler gained a minute to re-
ply, defending the regularity of the
Louisville convention. and saying that
only few thugs and toughs were ex-
cluded.
The tension over the affair was re-
lieved at this point by a point of order
from Representative Cox (Tenn.).
What is the point of order?" asked
the chairman
Il object to having this Kentucky
side show thrust into a financial de-
bate" said Mr.. Cox gravely, to the edi-
fication of the Republican side.
This caused a laugh and the heat of
the exchange between the two Ken
tuckians was dispelled.
Mr.. Brossius (Pa-). spoke in favor of
the bill. He declared that no page in
American history would shine with
greater splendor through the centuries
than that which tells how this nation
preserved us QcHOI, maintained ltS
credit and Kept its money good.
Mr.. Williams (Miss.), arraigned the
Republican side for Inconsistency and
urged that it was possible by legisIa-
tive enactment to maintain ratio be-
tween the metals. 4
Mr.. Bailey Speaks.
Mr. Bailey (Tex.), received close at
tention from both sides when he spoke
He said a remarkable spectacle was
presented by the debate on this bill.
He recalled that when in the Fifty
fourth congress Mr. Towne asserted
that the Republican party had never
declared for a gold standard. the
congressional record showed that he
was interrupted by. many Republicans
with the exclamation:
And il never will"
Mr.. Bailey said the Republican side
was so busy studying the trend of
events that it had no time to study the
science of money. While the first Sec
ton of this bill purported to estab-
hsh the gold standard. the law of 1875
fixed the gold dollar as the unit of
value This bill was, therefore, simply
a re-enactment put forward to make
people believe something new and wise
was being done.
When Mr.. Bailey referred to the in
creased production of gold, Mr.. Dali
zell interrupted TO ask il in view of
this increased supply of gold. Mr. Bail