The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-11
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
senate-The Radical Party's Lon
gevity.
Correspondence of the CONFECTIONERY
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 3.

geVity.
Correspondence of the CONFECTIONERY
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 3.
ers here and inscriptions. What fine
points they make and how sharp are
they in practice. A couple of weeks
ago the Georgia bill was hurried through
the House, and was to be passed by the
Senate at once, that the vote of Georgia
for the Fifteenth amendment would be
valid, and SO it might be proclaimed as
o part of the Constitution. The con-
servatives had beaten Ben Butler in
the House on the Bingham amend.
ment. This displaced Bullock and his
corrupt crew, whose retention in power
was necessary to cover up their
rascality, as we'll as to do hereafter the
dirty work which the Radical leaders
will require them to do. Butler was in
the interest of Bullock, and he went to
work to undo what the House had done.
But the Judiciary committee of the
Senate stood in his way. The bill was
referred to that committee, who report
ed it back and in favor of the Bingham
amendment. The debate progressed so
far that noses could be counted, and
Butler discovered that he was outvoted
in the Senate. Instead of allowing the
measure to go to vote, it was suggest
ed by the crafty Butler that one of their
friends should move to take up the res
olution on the admission of General
Ames as Senator from Mississippi. Here
was delay and time to manipulate
doubtful Senators and others things.
fA h. IL, Dill 1T
through Buffers influence, and
his admission was another vote.
This, too, was the reason
the report of the Judiciary COM
mittee against Ames' admission was
voted down. His vote was needed to
beat the Bingham amendment. The
Texas Senators were also admitted in
the meanwhile because their votes are
expected to be cast on that side. Of
this, however, there are doubts. 1t was
urged by several Radical Senators not
in the secret that the adoption of the
report of the Judiciary committee
would keep Ames from his seat only q !
few days, for the Mississippi Legisla
ture would promptly re-elect him. Bat
there was q purpose to accomplish, and
his vote was absolutely necessary. That
purpose was to hand over Georgia into
the clutches of the carpet Dagger Bull
lock. And this is why the Georgia bill
was postponed and the Judiciary COM
mittee of the Senate slaughtered in the
house of its friends. And isn't it sharp
practicei
THE PROBABLE RESULT.
The Radicals in that committee arc
the ablest in the Senate. / refer more
especially to Trunbull, Conkling and
Edmunds. They are lawyers, and feel
that they presented report about
which there could not honestly be two
opinions. They recognize the fact that
they have been overslaughed, beaten
down, for temporary party advantage,
against law, decency and proprlety.
They feel the discourtesy, which has
no precedent In the annals of the Sem
ate, and 1T wounds them sorely. IL IL
estimated that these gentlemen will
decline hereafter to serve on that com
mittee. understand, however, that
they are pressed to remain by a large
number of Conservatives, both Repu6-
licans and Democrats, who apprehend
trouble if their places are filed by mem.
bers Of the intense Radical school.
1--WE DON'T WANT LAW"
said prominent Radical to Conserva-
tive, who remarked on the Ames case,
"The committee have the law, but
Ames' friends have the power" "What
in the hill do we want with law p
continued the representative of 'pro-
gress and moral ideas" 1--WE want the
votes we want the measures to perpet.
uste our political power DIN the
law; d-n the Judiciary committee. 1t
is old fogy, and ought to be abolished"
Now, this mans wicked words express
correctly the wicked purposes of his
wicked party. 1t is party of great
at enpth.