Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-08
RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY. MARCH 5, 1866.
saw England in the United states
senate.


amending the Constitution il regard to
the apportionment Of Representatives. in
CONGRESS was under discussion MIR.
Bpckalew, Democratic Senator from
Pennsylvania, took occasion to make au
elaborate complaint of the influence of
New England in the Senate. lie felt
rrieved not only that each OF the New
England states should have two Sen
stors, but also that so many important
chairmsuships Of Senate committees
were given to this section OF the Union,
This complaint was replied to briefly
BUT effectively by Senators Anthony,
Pessenden and Wilson. A brief allu-
sion was made to this debate, at the
time, in our telegraphic dispatches, but
we think our readers will be interested
in the full report which we are now able
to give from the Congressional Globe,
OF the remarks of the New England
Senators in reply TO this renewal Of an
old copperhead attack. Some inlorma-
ton was given which seems to have en-
Gght.osd the Pennsylvania Senator in
..arsrd to hoth the grounds of hi, COM
plant.
SENATOR An'nony No'''
wish TO make a single remark upon
one point Of the speech to which we
have Just listened If I had the PIE
aumptiOn TO reply to such q speech. |
Ceftalnly shou'u hoJ attempt u az TINS
hOur' IaJ"ayS IIs'th "Ilh PAIN 20 any
-ematA9 OF secuohaI character or ca'cu-
.ated TO array the pteaumed interests 0.
one section of the country against those
Of another aud the more so when they
appear in speech which cvinCes such
careful study and 80 much ability as
That to which we have just listened.
But the single point to which ! wish to
cal the attention OF the Senate is the ref
creuCe which the Senator from Pennsyl-
Yania has made to the organization OF the
committees of this body. Those re
marks we have almost every year and
always in the newspapers, after the an
nOuucement of their organization. Pro-
motion upon the committees in this
/. hodv is very much as it is in the army
and navy. Whether that be a good rule
or not. do not pretend to say but the
rule is and the practice Of the Senate
=. that whenever a Senator enters this
6ooy NC is assigned to some committee,
and no other Senator of the same party,
as GENERAL rule "a ASSIGNED over his
head uoon that committee. but every
Other Senator or the same marty comes
In after him and whenever through anv
avacancjes in the places above him, he is
The senior Senator of the dominant party
upon that committee he is made chair
imam Of il. 1t is according to that rule
that the chSirmen of all the committees
#baye with yerv few exceptions been ap-
#pointed When I first entered this body
New ENGLAND had not single chairman
ahip
Mr. Buckalew THE senator will per
init me to interrupt h,m. In former
times | understand it was complained
that the South monopolized these posi-
lions. The only thing that is now 10 be
tcomplained of is that the East has in
herted her position.
u MIR. Anthony.-The South mOnopo-
yized the committees by precisely the
same rnle that the Senator complains Of
now. When | entered this body, l say,
there was not a single chairman from
New England, There was not one from
New York. although New York was then
represented with very great ability, as
she is now. The present Secretary Of
State was then Senator upon this floor
from the State Of New York. lie was
nOt made chairman of any committee,
shut both he and the present Chief JUS
tiCe Of the Supreme Court, representing
the great state of Ohio in this body,
were excluded from all committees on
the ground that they did not belong to
"healthy" organizations, That was the
rule that prevailed when the friends Of
Senators from Pennsylvania were in
power And how was the State OF Penn
9ylvania treated then ? The same
banner Of the Patent Office was borne
aloft then Inv the nrpdpcassor Of the
Senator who hears i now The same
chairmanehin v-oe oseinned tn the State
oF panrayIydnio thnn Rat ia assigned to
il now rbn Sfato of Illinois had ne
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