The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-21


Mr.. Howe desired M. Dayard to UNDER 5
stand that he would go as far rs he Bay o
ard in investigating any branch Of the a
public service, and vote for the most radi- |
cal sweeping and searching investigation c
ne knows how to contrive. {
Mr.. Bavard accepted Mr.. Howe pledge, !
and would offer as n substitute Mr.. Trum-
otlr. proposition, believing that although
Mir. Conkling voted against it before, he
would support 1t now.
Mr.. Conklng said--I voted against en-
bodying Mr.. Trumbull's proposition on
the rules OF the senate, but am ready to
vote for the most sweeping investigation.
The country should understand there was
no monopoly of public virtue by the gem
tleman on the other side, and Mr. Bayar1
knew him Conkling) we'll enough to know
he earnestly desired to discover and pun
| sh frauds.
Mr.. Bayard was still under the impress
| sion that there was an inconsistency be-
tween the position of Mr.. Conkling on
| Thursday and to-day. The senator had |
undoubtedly voted against Trumbulls |
proposition.
Mr.. Conkling.--If we add it now as an
instruction to the committee, won't it be
just as we'll?
Mr.. Bayard.-Will the senator vote for
it2
MIR. Conkling.-Wby, said in the very
DEBATE we are speaking of, that would
vote for il.
Mr.. Bayard. "Yes, but the senator voted
against it. (Laughter.) 1t was a singular
thing that notwithstanding the earnest
protestations of desire for reforms, every
man who attempted to initiate any reform,
or even to point out abuses IN tho admin
| istration, had been attacked, and if posi-
bic, crushed. David a. Wells genuine
and valuable reformer, had been treated
that way and there was n very manifest
disposition on the part of the administra.
tion champions TO treat later reformers
in the same way. Another singular fact
was that whenever any one on the other
side of the house asked for an nves iga-
ton of fraud or corruption, he was at once
accused of aiming at the president. Why
should the friends of the administration
identify their chief with its abuses New
erthcless the country would insist on an
Investigations the country would
like to know whether il was
true, as stated by the New-York Tribune,
that the Executive power has ever cast its
shadow into this chamber and attempted to
influence the action of senators, either by
the dulcet tone Of promises of reward or
, by the threatening tone of vengeance to be
taken upon those who had tie misfortune
/ to be offenders. All these were fit subjects
= of investigation.
The Investigation, TO effect anything.
must be made by men who were willing to
investigate. 1t was not question of char
acter, but of opinion. The senator from
Indiana (Morton), for instance, would be
unit to be member ofthis committee, be-
cause he had declared the other day that
ours was the best civil service in the
world
Mr.. Morton reiterated his belief that
our civil service is better than that of any
, European country more free from abuse
4 ! equal in integrity and more efficient than
: any other. He did not think our civil SER
vice perfect, but he did think it grossly un
. Just to denounce it rs the worst in the
r world, when it was in fact the best.
Mr.. Conkling said he thought il but
=, right that the desire of the democrats to
. have an additional member on the COM
: mittee should be gratiiied, and he would
7 vote for giving them one, and select him
!. themselves. He had understood the scna.
h tor from Delaware to ask him for nforma.
q ton in regard to certain transactions con.
: nected with the recent state convention in
a New-York.
;. Mr.. Bayard said his inquiry, SO far as h,
"A had made one, was to the senior senate,
=. from New-York.
\ ator.
l. Mr. Bayard. meant the other SEM
Il tor. ! have been so accustomed to asso
n ciate the idea of youth and beauty with
a the senator who has Just spoken that il
: never occurred to me that he was the sen
n Tor senator. Laughter
10 Fenton. lqutc agree with my col
league, that it is better not to bring tbi.
n matter on to the floor of the senate. Bat
1, if it should seem proper at any time,
: shall ATTEMPT to show, and | think | car
10 make such II case MS will satisfy amos
ia every senator present, that the inquiry o
d the senator from Delaware was justified
!. by the facts Of the case.
a Mr.. Frelinghuysen argued tnat the com
a. mittee, as proposed, was in accordanc,
r with the requirements of parliumentar,
10 law. He believed that Mr.. Trumbull'
o proposition was contrary to the constitu
m ton.
Mr.. Sumner said the senator from Con
m nccticut buckingham, before taking III
n, place of chairman, soothed his parliament
~ AIRY conscience by ascertainine that In
h, senator from Illinois (TrumbulD. woul,
n not accept the place; but his conscience,
Id did not require him to ascertain whethe
20 Schurz, or Patterson, or any other senator
70 who had been pressing this inquiry woul,
j. take the place.
Mr.. Patterson protested that he woul,
not have accepted the craftsmanship of thu
IN committee as he had had enough of tina
rs kind of work. He was perfectly satisfied
with the organization Of the committee
Is and he was confident that if they had sui
j. tcient powers giventhem they could not
being honest men, come to any differen
r conclusion from that arrived at by the oil,
as committee on retrenchment. There wa
ne no doubt of the existence of these abuses
but they were the result, not of this O
ne that administration, but of the war and i,
IN attendant circumstances, and they woul,
n have invaribly appeared under any admin
n istration.
n Mr.. Scott moved to add Mr.. Casserl
:; (dcmocrat) to the committee. Carried.
~ Mr.. Logan said it was almost impossible
to at an Independent part in the senate
m Now these three or four men, perhaps five
i; who undertake to manage the party, call
er caucus on any man who Is dispose
n to be independent, and threaten to rea
him out. For one he would act up to h
On convictions, and run the risk of heing rea