The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-25
FRoM WAsHINGTON.
wAsH1NoroN, April q, 1sf
M'DoUGALn AND OTHER wHIsKEz

would instantly expel M'Dougall of
California. His conduct on Monday was
Infamous. With ladies in the gallery,
he used the foulest language, and it
seemed for a time as if the presiding
officer never would have the sense and
| courage to arrest him in his drunken
speech. His smallest ofense was cal
| ling his colleague u liar. What IS the
reason the Senate has not the moral
! courage to eXpel this drunken ruthan
| Come and stay here month and you
| will know why. You Will see that
| while M'Dougall and Salisbury are the
| only two Senators who appear in the
Senate in state OF intoxicatton, there
are others who drink SO hard that they
will NOT vote to expel these offenders.
Guilty ofthe same vice hard drinklng,)
they cannot deal harsbly with their
| friends who have less self-control than
themselves. This is generous, though
it is not good morality. Possibly a cop
perhead can afford to be drunken de-
| bauchee, but no republican can. "A
man who believes in founding party
on moral and religious principles cuts
a sorry figure when he swills whlskey
or is notorfously licentious. The COM
mon people, if they find out the facts,
are apt to set him down as n hypocrlte
who supports "the principles" for the
sake OF office. This is not always SO,
Tor human nature, as John Neal once
said, sis a sad dog" but 1t IS hard 10
convince a community of sober people
that q man who gets drunk, or violates
the seventh commandment, has really
any deep convictions respecting 1njus-
tice or oppression. Yet L have heard
such men appeal to God in their speech
es like one of the old prophets. They
will do wellto profit by the hints give
them and forsnke their evil courses.
Just look at the following, which cut
| from the Globe of Tuesday.
Mr.. McDougall-Mr. President,
haye right to call the Senator to order
and to pronounce that falsehood. L
have that right
The President-The Senator will state
his point of order, but he must state it
in parliamentary Language; otherwise
the chair cannot entertain any motion
from the Senator. Does he make
point of order on what the Senator MIR.
Conness) says2 Ifso, he will state his
point of order.
Mr.. NIcDougall-Iw will state the point
| of order, then. A man who makes an
insulting remark on the floor of the
Senate, fit is a false remark, may be
corrected by the statement of the term
i''falsehood," which is parliamentary, 1t
is SO in Great Britain and so in the
United States. L desire to pronounce
that II falsehood, and am within the
rule as it is laid down.
The President-The Senator from
California (Mr. Conness) will proceed.
Mr., Conness-Mr. President, hope
1 shall be protected from these Interrupt
tions in what shall have to say in fu-
ture. H -.g
deavor to enforce the rules of the body.
Mr.. Conness-I ask the indulgence OF
the reporter, else the remarks that L
have made and what L wish TO make
will necessarily lack coherency. L was
saying, sir, that the assault both in
time and in character made by the Sen
ator would not have been made on this
occasion were he not in the condition
which has led to so much disgrace to
our state, and has so often led to public
shame in this august body.
Mr.. McDougall-Again-
The President-The Senator must OBJ
serve order.
ator to order, and again say
Mr.. Conness-I hope the chair will
keep order.
The President-The Senator's under
taking to pronounce what his colleague
states to be untrue is not II point of or
der; and the Senator must not inter
rupt. He will have his opportunity to
reply if any misstatement is made.
Mr.. McDougall-Will the President
allow me to state what think to be the
true rule?
The President-If the Senator makes
point of order, the chair will enter
tain the point of order. The Senator
from California on the left of the chair
(Ir. Conness) has the floor and must
not be interrupted unless he is called to
order. a.s5 a-. L,.ls
Mr.. McDougall-The point of order
will stale. 1t is not
Mr., Sumner-I rise to a question of
order. Isubmit that the Senator must
not be allowed to proceed. He must
make his point of order and then take
his seat.
Mr.. McDougall-1 have the floor,
having risen TO state a point of order.
Not having stated the point of order,
still have the floor.
And cDougall, though drunk, fairly
bullied the chair out of its senses and
carried his point. VIII it be believed
thnt after this the Senator proceeded to
tell vile story, full of the most shock
ing oaths and filth, and nobody stopped
him? Such was the fact, and the
whole Senate was disgraced by it and
will be till it does something about it.
But, as said when i began, It lacks
the moral courage to do It. A resolu-
ton to expel McDougan would not OBJ
a two-thiTds majority, fear, for the rea-
son that-well, had better not state the
reason, but McDougall is not the only
man in the Senate who is fond of whis-
key. Senator Wilson's resolution in
reference to the sale of intoxicating
liquors in the capitol is all very well as
far as il goes, but 1t viii not correct the
vice of drunkenness in the Senate. The
honorable Senators who are SO fond of
whfskey will get IL somewhere. One
would suppose that they would be will
ling not to drink it while the Senate is
in session. II they must have It, let
but a drunkard's appetite knows no
bonds.
THE REcoNsTRUCT1oN COMMITTEE.
Publishes Alex. Stephens opinions
just at the right time. Alex. made n
plausible statement ofthe feeling of the
Southern people. They are sick of re-
bellion aud want to get back into Con-
gress. No doubt of it. But, asks Mr..
Boutwell,, "What about the right of Sc
cession? PSI ttOh as-to that, !" replies the
illustrious Georgian, "we stick to that
yet. We don't desire to exercise the
right, but five should, the right existsl"
The Massachusetts lawyer presses him
still further and he admits that he
any law till the rebels are let in, and
indeed, has very poor opinion ofthe
value of the Constitutional amendment.
Here is groundwork forvolumes in the
future, If the South and the copperheads
North should ever gain the control of
the Government. But the best way
is never TO let them get that control.
TIE recent foot hurdle race between
undergraduates of Oxford of 200 yards,
(more thnS a ninth of a mile nvar