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from Massachusetts,, he would never nave wal
ed for this action on the part OF the SENATE oU'
would have Withdrawn himself from the COM
mittee. l.,
Mr.. Logan did no: believe the change ha1
been made merely because the time hsd Sii ~
for reforming the committees. There sn0uiu y
a good reason for any change, and the ressoh
given in the present instance, he though'' "N9
not sufficient Mr.. Sumner he'd not been ue'e-
lict in ability, politicsl principle, or eheis
What was the reason Was il because ne lAi'e1
to answer a private question, or dechned
tend dinner party, Must the chslr1nAnsnip
Of committee be chsnged every time me enAIi
man haupenp TO be personally distastetul TO the
President or member Of his cabinet 4hls
was not in accordance with the idea Of indspend-
epce Of the legislative branch Of the government
Henry Clsy was chairman Of the committee on
foreign relations when Jackson Ito whom be dld
no. speak wat president and Mr.. Sumner, g.
chairman Of the committee on foreign relations,
wher Andrew johnson wss president, made
speech in favor OF rs,ifying the tTezty for the
purchase Of Alaska, which secured the sppro-
priation Mr.. Logan also said that when zen
sherman entered the city with his magnificent
cohorts. he refused to recognize Secretary stan
ton. with whom be was not on pleasant terms,
vet Gen. Sherman was not deposed, but was at-
;erwari promoted The speech Of the senator
from Massachusetts, on tie Alabama claims,
from which the sea! Of secrecy was removed, was
accented by the whole country as the text upon
which those claims were to he settled, and now,
when the high commission is here, we were TO
back down from our position, and say 10 those
gentlemen, " We have dep0sei this gentleman
from the heal of the committee on foreign IT,
lations' He (Logan) would ask, if there was
nothing in this, why was not the chairman OF
some other committee changed Why vas IT
that only one Chairman, thar Of the committee
on foreign relations, vas changed
Mr. Upton said he had taken dowa in yesier
days proceedings in the republican caucus the
words which fell from the lips Of the senator
FROM Wisconsin Mr. Howe) as to the reason for
this change. The words were, " that the ma
iority Of the Senate were in favor Of the snnexs-
ton OF Saato Domingo. and majority Of the
committee on foreign r1luions were opposed to
it, and that Was the resson for making the
change
Mr.. Sherman (Rcr., Ohio inter. up.el Mr.
Upton, and asked if he did not feel some COM
FUNCTIONS Of conscience IN diyulging the secrets
Of a party caucus.
Mr.. Upton said BE might nave experienced
some such feeling, hal he not seen the whole
proceedings of the caucus IN the morning re~s-
papers.
Mr. Howe (Rsp, Wis., then repeated what
he did say in the caucus. Il was substantially
that there was one parliamentary reason why,
in his judgment, the right TO alter the committee
on foreign relations should be exercised, and
that was that he understood majority Of the
Senate to be in favor Of the annexation Of Ssnto
Domingo. and a msjority Of the committee to he
opposed to it. 1t vas IN accordance with par
.se.. 9 errH
in accordance with the sentiment Of the body
But this was not in itself the reason for remoy-
ing the head Of the committee, because the ad-
verse majority might very well be corrected by
removing any other member Of the committee
and if that hsd been the only difficulty with
the committee on foreign relations it would he
waived hereafter As it had been heretofore.
Alr Upton did not see that there was any
material difference in this statement from what
he had said lie did not acknowledge that a
majority Of the Senate was in favor OF Slut0
Domingo annexation. The vote stool - 20 IS,
as stated in the newspapers, ard this be knew
To be true laughter
Mr. Elmuuds rose 90 question 70: order, that
although i; might be lawful fer the senator to
betray private confidence, IL vas clearly out
Of order for him 10 diyul-e the proceedings q
the executive session.
The chair (Nlr. Pomeroy) said the Senator vas
certainly out Of order in stating the proceedings
Of the executive session.
Mr. Upton taeu sail. 60 be 10 parliamentary
license, he would say tast the Senator from Ne
bratka (mesning him,eiD had seen 40 reason 90
question the correctness Of this statement IN
the newspapers. lie c0ucluled his remarks
with the assertion that De protested sgAius,
this movement in behalf Of his constituents
washed his hands Ct the whole transaction.
Nj Trumaull said that sixteen years sgo he
came into the Senate. which wls a perpetual
body. and its officers seldom changed NOT
more than three or four different clerks had
sat at that desk since the first meeting Of the
Senate In All the time he had been here until
now the chairman Of committee hsd never
been changed by his political friends, except at
his own request This was the first time il bal
been done. Il was removal, aud nothing else
could be made Of II. Has il cone % this, that
the composition Of the committees u this body
are 10 he Determined by IeTsousl relations Of
the Senator eth sny one under heaven lie
[Tumbull hal iilegcJ With the Senator from
Massachusetts az tm,s. ana, he vas sorry TO
say. sometimes bitterly but be hal AMI always
would insist uI1a justice being done lie
1Trumbunl stood by the Senst0r when he was
struck down by the advocates Of slavery, sud
he stood By him to-day when the bl1a came
from those who have been put into power IS
much through the irstrumeutAlity Of the Senator
from Massachusetts, as any other man living.
lApplsuse in the galleries
The question thea being on the adoption %. the
resolution. Dir. Bayari ,De.l., Deli novel an
amendment tina, the tile q the committee on
foreign relations be changed 30 d" the commit
d