The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-05-24

pe1ter made a speech in which the
dignity Of the Senate, the New. York
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blsd togeshsr adj desirsdEf6 get
M ssss Fhite nd R~ansdsff the
Tri5dns Correspondents, inzhis cltttca-
es and he would get all he wanted out
OF them. Mr.. Carpenter grew very
Asatm 6Ker theI sdiguhU 0f the Sem
ate" so that when he rose to speak,
and had buttoned his coat over his
portly stomach and had glared around
him almost ferociousty,I thought the
nexIepwohM bet q take soue. OPP
position Senator by the throat and
choke him. Senator Upton made a
speech in which be most numerically
ridieuled Senator, Carpenters remarks
on the dignity of The Senate, and gave
him a severe blast on the Ku-Klux.
bill, which he said he was not sensitive.
about not having voted for it and1nevi
er would vote for such . H1l: ' Mr..
Upton endorsed the action Of the cor
respondents intheJ warrnest manner,
and hit the Senate so hard as to cause
continued outbursts of laughter. Mr..
Fenton moved an, amendment, 'that
the answers of the correspondents to
the heterogeneous may be in Tri-
ting This gave Messrs Carpenter
and CpnkEng an Opportunity to throw
ont sneers and. remarks which were
intended to annoy Mr.. Fenten who is
the especial dislike of the4 Grantsbea-
giles III the Senate. "A remark Of the
rude. and, ungentlemanlY CopkHng
made1ltbe rotten-borough SenatoT,
from Nevada-Stewart-grin, until he
reminded me of an dpel;iwhiies GGdk-
ling seemed congulsea with laughter
at his own wit, none other saw the
point. This sort OF conduct is the
rule with the insufferable ass while
Senator Fenton' never c~ondescends to
notice his III bred displays. When
Timothy Howe, of Wisconsin, arose
and delivered himself much aften sthe
manner of Jack" Bunsby, one CORES
pondent asked another, "what In the
duse she getting at, what side is he
On pr the reply was,-t'I don't know'
but 1 think hei is against us" fsAggainst
u.s. means that the whole body OF
Washington, correspondents and repor:
tiers, feel that they are outraged in the
persons of the Tribune correspondents.
When Stewart, of Nevada, spoke Of
Senators betraying confidence, the
comments in The gallery we're, ooh, lie
nevet is leaky except when it. paysi'
he is a nice fraud to preach about hon.
or, &c. AS the voting. proceeded q
running comment was kept up on The
different Senators as~1heysvoted against
the correspondents, and instances of
their dirty tricks wyre cited to prove
that they were mere frauds. The re.
suit was, that the correspondents were
asked whether they would answer
proper inquiries put to them touch
ing the disclosure, directly or indirect
ly through any member of the Sen
ate, or any officer or employee there
of, of what purports to be a copy Of
the treaty of Washington, now pend
ing before the Senate in Executive
session." This was Mr.. Trumbulrs
amendment which was to prevent the
inquiry extending to Alaska or any
other portion of our country at the
caprice of the committee. 1t is nov
confined to the Senate and those con
nected in any way with it. The CORES
pondents asked, for time to prepare
their answer, when the chief inquisi
tor, Mr.. Carpenter, graciously accord
ed them until to-day at12M- to an
swer. This thing is a farce it ha'
not injured the New York Tribune
but on the contrary, has been tie lar
gest kind of advertisement fer it. 1
the Senate would only. respect-aitself
there would be no occasion to get ur
committees to punish newspaper mel
for publishing the truth, which the,
have not tbehonestyr or discretion IL
keep it to themselves, and tits no par
of a correspondent business to phy
informer, or detective.
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