St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-07
senatorial IHSOIeHce.

Not because the impcrtincnce was
shown Senator Sumner, would we chroni-
Gle the following humiliating incident :;
bnt TO show the people of this country
how like foolish chidrca tull-nrown men
and honorable senators can act when they
oct Jealous of brother, or little piqucd.
We are ashamed that a Vermont scna-
tor should be guilty of such-to call 1t
mill-indccorum This unlricndlinesS
and impcrtincncc was particularly n4c-
cent during Senator Summers speech a
week AGO, and cannot he accounted Tor
only Oh the Ground that great ard grave
senators make their difference Of opinion
with Mr.. Sumner purely personal mat
fer. The scene Is thus described 10y
Mis-. NJ. c. Amc> in her correspondence
with the Eroot|yH I"io"
The silent insolcncc of Roscoe Conk-
ling | have never seen surpassed. Since
At''t i'NNN ilC llsi, II a. iOiiib w
show Mr.. Sumner every possible per-
Sonal discourtcsy, and ncglccis no oppor-
tunity to do so. Yesterday, sitting only
the third seat from where Mr.. Sumner
stood, wien not busy with the pretcnsc
of writing, though it was perfectly plain
to see that he was listening, lac was ell
Gagged in intense conversation with Mr..
Howe and llamlin, seated between him.
sell and Mr.. Summer. Three times the
senator from Massachusetts paused and
politely asked if he would be kind enough
to speak Il little lower. When his voice
was very much worn, for it has not re-
gained its ordinary strength, Senator Ed
munds stalkcd into the chamber, and,
proceeding to MIR. Conkling's seat began
to speak in Il tone loud enough to be
heard in the galleries. Senator Sumner
asked the senator from Vermont if he
would be kind enough TO speak lower.
''rm not speaking at ALL" snarled the
lord OF tcchncaiilies from over hi:
shoulder. Coniline that Instant answer
ing him, he went ON louder than before.
III the senator wishes the floor, | vii
Weld it," said Mr.. Sumner, drawing
back and standing in silence beneath The
eyes OF watching thousands. Nice-Prcsi
dent Coliax, who in parliamentary law
is never a partisan, handed the rules t.
the clerk to be read, and the clerk rca'
the rule iorbidding any senator from Tn
gazing in conversation during debate
Mr.. Colfax declaring that hereafter tn
rule should be enforced. Mr.. Sumner
in tone perfectly free from irritation
said that lie had been obliged to max
the request from the tceblcnc-S OF hi
voice, which had lost its early power
The confession Of cncroaching years, will
the expression OF his face, at once wear,
and sad, possessed all sympathy ut once
The senator from Vermont apologize
CURLY, and then sat down and laughed
rs if he had done funny thing. whll
Roscoe Conkling, rs he was forbidden t
talk aloud, began anew the farce OF in
tense application TO letter writing.
half dozen women were to act AS thcS
SchaioTS uld ycSitiiay, W. "'"i' -
that it came from the liitlencs' CT tn
womanly nature; if children were t
show such disposition, we would ca
it the worst type of naughtiness; but a
it was men, AMI strong men ut that, VIII
acted more ioolishly than either FOOLS
women or children could, It must hav
been the outcrorping of their pure 'cn-
scdness."