The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26
at is utterly impossible to discus

these questions in the light of
enlightened craftsmanship in the
few days left Of the remainder of this
session."
Wilson, Edmunds and many others
known to be friendly to the principle
of the Amendment, made similar
speeches. Hence when the vote was
taken it was lost by yeas % nays %.
Republican Senators voting in the
negative were Borcman, Corbett,
Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Gilbert,
Harlan, Howe, Howell, Norton,
Stewart, Upton, Warner, Williams
and Wilson.
1t will be seen from this record,
that several of tho most earnest Oh.
ponents OF the eapedieacy of the
amendment, withhold their votes
probably through fear Of the misrep-
resentation of demagogues at home;
but Harlan and Howell of Iowa, did
not dodge or "trim." The vote was
then taken on tho judiciary commit
tees amendment which was lost !;
yeas II nays 20. The question then
REQUIRED on the adoption of the
House bill, when Mr.. Sumner again
offered his amendment as an amend.
ment to the bill and it was carried ;
yeas "a nays %. Republican Sena-
tors voting in the negative were
Foreman, Corbett, Cragin, Drake,
Edmunds, Harlan, Howell, Nor
ton, Stewart, Upton, Warner,
Wiley, Williams, and Wilson. (See
Cong. Globe, End Session, 41st Con.
gress, Part. 6, pages 5123 and 5124.)
After protracted discussion, the Sen.
ate adjourned over from Saturday
until Monday. BY this time many
Republican Senators who had been
voting steadily with Mr.. Sumner
We're convinced of what the more
sagacious foresaw from the first, tina,
the bill could not pass at that session
with this amendment, when motion
to reconsider was carried yeas, ~
nays, IA. Republican Senators vot
ing to reconsider the vote by which
Summers amendment was adopted
were, Foreman, Chandler, Conkling
Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds
Hamlin, Harlin, Morton, Nye, Ram
sey. Scott, Stewart, Upton, Warner
Wiley, Williams and Wilson-19.-
1t being considered, the question
was pat on the adoption of the
amendment, when it was voted down
yeas, IA; nays, 30. Republican Sen
ators voting in the negative were
Boreman, Chandler, Conk!ing, Cor
bett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Gil
bert, Hamlin, Harlin, Morton, Nye
Osborn, Ramsey, Scott, Stewart
Thayer, Upton. Warner, Wiley
Williams and Wilson.-(22 Cong
Globe, as above, Page 5173, etc., The
bill was then passed, yeas, 80 1; nays
Is.
The bill then went to the House
with sundry Senate amendments, and
was passed without any attempt, by
any one Of the SIC members from
Iowa, or any one from any other
State, to incorporate Summers
amendment. (Globe, End Session,
4lst Congress, Part 6, Page SAL. }
At that stage of the bill. it would
have been in order for Mr.. Allison,
tho Oldest member from Iowa, with
q footing, Of eight years standing, on
the floor, to have moved ga concur
renee in the Senate amendments,
tolth an additional amendment"
Why did he not thus renew the
Sumner amendment VIII the Du-
buque Times, or some one else of Mr..
Allison's henchmon, answer? Will
the Register tell us why Mr.. Palmer,
his townsman, or some one of our
other members, did not immortalize
himself by springing into the breach.
No, they were all as dumb as oysters;
had not one word to say for the
principle sacrificed by the Senate !!
Why do we pay these six gentlemen
thirty thousand dollars (s3O,OOO) a
year? Is it to sit with their fingers
in their mouths and sec the vital
principles Of our party trampled
under foot! What use in paying
Mr.. Allison thirty or forty thousand
dollars for sitting eight years in the
House, wearing the seat of his
brooches well nigh thread-bare, if
with all these years OF experience he
could not cheep in an emergency of
such vast Importance? How is this
silence to be explained Is it be-
cause Mr.. Allison and his five asso.
ciates from Iowa are SO utterly worth.
less that no dependence can be placed
on them, that they all depend on Mr..
Harlan SO implicitly, that if he blum
ders, all is lost? Or did Mr.. Allison
know that TO insist on the Sumner
amendment would have been to lose
a bill OF transcendent Importance ?
In other words, that Messrs Harlan
and Howell with an overwhelming
majority of Republican Senators,
under the circumstances, did right.
II so, let him call off his defamers.
We can hardly expect the Du-
buque Times TO stop It's cry. 1t has
penchant for minorities. When all
ID l.