The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-04-23

stage of the proceedings, because he had
gone on and debated the bill. / said te
the Chair, II understand from my friend
who sits by my side, [Mr. Foster, j that the
Senator from New Hampshire has no right
70 object to the consideration Of this bill
after having gone on and debated H.
Thereupon the Chair decided, think the
same Presiding Officer who now occupies
the chair, that 1.-THE debate having proceed
must, If that point is raised, hold that the
right to object was waved by the protract-
ed debate which had taken place, and the
bill Is before the Senate AZ in Committee of
the Whole, and open to amendment"
/ To show that ] was correct in saying that
the Senator did not object until after he
had made his speech, will call the Sena-
stand, and his testimony may be taken for
whatever Senators may deem it TO be
worth:
"Mr. HALE. IN justice to myself, de-
sire to say single word.
when this bill was introduced, / OBJ
jected to it's consideration. The Senator
| from Iowa asked me 20 withdraw it,"
| Withdraw the objection after he had
made his speech. Neither the record nor
himself pre;en0s that he made any Objec-
ton at any former time.
II objected to its consideration. The
Senator from Iowa asked me to withdraw
| it to enable him to make an explanation,
which did, and then it was decided that il
was too late for me TO make the objection"
Too late after he had made his speech. /
| then said that nobody heard him object un-
til after he had made the speech. He does
not himself pretend that be did make the
objection until after he had made the
| DIT <3av IN L
me, the Senator comes in here and rises to
a personal explanation and garbles and
cuts in two one Of my sentences. That spe-
cimen of management, that conduct if done
by the pen, would be regarded as moral
forgery. Having been uttered here in the
Senate, it perhaps does not become me to
apply The epithet that think belongs 10 it.
4 Mr.. President, am done new, ! trust
forever, with the Senator from New Hamp-
shire. hope that shall never have Occa-
sion to notice him again; but 1t would be
well for that Senator to remember here
after that nOn-reSistance Is not one OF the
tenets Of my faith. will make another
pledge to the Senate that hereafter, with
the exception Of one amendment which
propose to offer to the naval appropriation
bill, will not annoy them with anything
connected with naval matters, but will con-
tent myself with recording my votes upon
subjects of that kind.
Mr.. HALE. have read somewhere, ]
do not know exactly where, that sports
men having colts in training for the race,
take them out and exercise them around
the course in the morning SO that they may
be fit for the mere arduous duties Of the
race when it comes on. The Senator from
Iowa seems to have subjected himself to
I such discipline as that in regard to me. He
hardly thinks he is TT go on with the du-
ties Of the day until he has bad q tilt at me.
/ will leave him all he makes by it. have
but very little to say in reply to this labor
ed effort. When the Senator's bill, which
. he lauds 50 much, comes up l shall endea-
vor to defend the report OF the committee
as well as may. No doubt the Senate and
, the country will exceedingly regret that
, the Senator is not to make any more
. speeches on these subjects. ! hope, how.
, ever. that the country will survive it, and
that the rebellion will be squelched not.
+ withstanding.
One word, sir, in regard to the personal
attack which he makes upon me with ref
erence to the report made the other day
in regard to which he intimAtes that h'
, has polled the committee. The bill wa!
: submitted to the Committee on Naval AT
fairs at q meeting when there was major
}ity present, though the Iowa Senator wa
I absent, and the committee came 10 unan
|, imOus conclusion and instructed me q
3 draw the report, and ] drew it in accor
dance with the unanimous vote Of the com
. mittee. am not aware that it is the prac
. l. tice when such q course as that is taken 10
the report always 10 he submitted to tn
committee after the committee hav
come to a conclusion and INSTRUCTED
g u member to draw a report. In that
!. however, ! may be mistaken; but ii
! this matter was a little more careful thai
that. notwithstanding the asseveratiOn .
!, the Senator from Iowa. I drew up abou
q half the report and read it to the commit
= tee. After it was all finished then sil @
!, mitted it to another member OF the com
!. mittee. who asked me if there was any
!. thing different from what was read Deior'
and / told him not, and he declined I
read it. .-o
n So much tor the manner in which th
l. committee have been treated by me. i Ia
e supposed that the Naval Committee,
L their rights were agrieved by any assumI
ltion Of the chairman, were competent
Is take care Of themselves. / have stated til
Of fact, the simple fact ; and the difficulty
le that report, and the only difficulty 10 ]
il that il is true every word Of it; and II
,e reason that the facts were presented to II
p Senate was simply this: after / came
IL this result desired to present to the Sci
T. ate brief argument against a course
le legislation which thought was improv
D. dent, irregular, and unwise, and upc
looking it over ! thought / could best I
a. it by simple narration Of the facts whit
N occurred in the Senate Chamber, and tn
OF is the reason why didit.
1o Now, sir, have found out one thing th
p morning which is some relieftO me, and
y ann glad to find it out; and that is the eau
ch Of ofiense which has prevented the countr
the Naval Committee, the Senate, the Co
in gress, and the cause Of the country fro
Of receiving the distinguished services Of 4
: Senator from Iowa upon the Naval Cor
DO mittee. It il that he did not have suffice
he influence upon the committee; that t
i'd chairman was overbearing, usurped I
m whole, and did everything his own wa
ut and Of course therefore the Senator frC
de Iowa did not have that consideration
lat which he was entitled. Notwithstandi
n the vituperation with which he has assall
ed me. Notwithstanding the covert attacks
le- no. hardly covert. the open attacks up