New-York tribune., 1872-02-27
xIrIp CoNGREss-2D SESSION.
coNKIING's LAST MovE-NYFS SPEECH ON TN ~
WRENCH ARMS sCANJAL-PRoCEbpiN0' '-'
THE HOUSE.
lBl TELEGRAPH TO THE - .,
,,..,,,D,,ror Monday, Feb. 20, y

. y 'V ~ ~, ovoIs from office made, during the III
xrosent Administration, by the senators oiu g. II
Iu,nois Missouri and Nebraska, giving P"u - III
so,ce "a such appointments, the number OF cases III
a was taken in accordance with the recon-
.ends,io,s AMI whether any Senators nave sonoi'eu
,nons,nents or removals in any sense, other 'h"h "'
trays ittng papers stating the character anu qu"
taoos OF the applicants Of those VINO Nouono" w !
ase applicants &c. This resoluuUn " ,,n,.on
Ner, WIS directly aimed at MesSrS' Fen'O i
sr-,,n,nU schurz and Upton, ana was oheiou
I'D ,,ressed nv ConklinR at ume "neh 'n0 IL
saTstthree Senators named were absent io' 'p' 80
II had been adopted IL was INTRODUCED anu % |
-surn.1 ont that either Of the gentlemen nameu n"U
-, 80 recommendations than Senator ConkinH Il
hrpsclf he would have published 1t broadcast over .
eoultry using II every occasion as 'Ee p"s M
sns r nsoent attacks upon them, whenever tne s"
81 Civil Service Reform should come mp Deloo ~ -
sic The unfairuess OF picking out three oI u ,tn
seodent Republicans and comparing 'heH '' - noo II
u not % a single pro Administration senator, 10 "
npparent And injustice is stih inore e not to II
49, a., a. ren,embered that the investigation ""
san6 10 the record Of those Administration 0enaVo.s
- hovo been notOrously the most greedy II
-, marty spoils II would, Indeed, pe la0o
to print such report, and not have IL hcluuo '
~ spch men as Cameron, Morton, Chandler anu ~ o',
M the same class. Moreover, everybody KNOWS II 49,
t, that when the President has withdrawn MS suppo'
-. ory Senator and begun indiscrfminate sausnei
a, his friends in office hundreds of Postmastes
yReVeuue Assessors and Collectors Kou'e Asen's'
e.ates Attorneys and United States Marshals h"No ~
ha,te 70 transfer their allegiance from the man "'V
seonred them their places 10 him who can Keep ' =.
.eee Particularly is this the case iD NeW-1 OIk, "iei
r,any who were originally the friends OF oona.oi ,
sne as such received appointments nave oI 'no "o
x,r trained under Couklngs banner and done the dy
,1ok OF the Murphy faction At the request oi 0ea,o
o. ,er the Investigation called for by the resolution
vas extended 10 South Carolina. Then Messrs' lpVoh
,s Ferry protested against singing out hail uoHen
spators whose conduct was To be lhNeSusa''u' anu
Igap told the Senate that he had recommended gIe"
- ,oor,e fo, office and should continue TO do 50;
s0aee6 mat the number Of his recommendations was
xeIy much greater than the number OF appointments
made AZ his request Senator IrumDun' VINO Hau le
.umcd his seat during the debate foHowed cen
1osan in an excited speech ABOUT nNe minutes
.oa1 Referring TO the statement made by Mr.
Merton in his last speech that he Irnmouil' mad
saAe 1Os recommendations to Office during the present
on he characterized as below the dignity
Senator TO 20 sneaking about the Departments, ana
,tine through the dusty files to find the record OF any
one Senator He desired the investigation TO oe EXTENDED
90 as 10 include inquiry as TO who maze UP the tap
Aed statement and whether 1t was prepared 10 promote
se public service, for personal mean ana conlempt
ale purposes He challenged the investigation, and IN
the words of Macbeth, cried out TO Senator'S Come on
and damned be he who first cries hold just as Morton
was in the midst Of reply, the morning hom expired
and the resolution went over:
Nye's speech failure, and FELL perfectly nat upon
Of the largest audiences gathered in the Senate
Everybody 20 the capitol to-day; citizens and
rangers crowded the marble stairways and jostled
against members Of the Cabinet and the Presidents
household the rush for good seats in the gallery, OF
40 the floor Of the Senate, which again
h shrown open to-day TO the ladies. OF those
&l who occupied among the Senators
W Secretaries Boutwell, Belknap, and Robson, the
distinguished members Of the Chicago iCommittee,
Attorney General HOar, Elihu Burrtt, Gen. Horace
Porter, and many others; while from the diplomatic
gallery Mrs Grant and few representatives Of the Dent
family looked down with smiles upon bufioon the
Rut Mr. Nye l,ef
forgetting that his speeches always come to naught If
speech had been prepared Tor the Nevada -t"" H
dehvered the OF great political disaster TO hs
marty II could have been more funereal 1t had
- iokes no witty passages not even comic quota
zion except a miserable parody on Longfellows
Excelsior" entitled Anything 10 beat Grant" which
he msaid al the he desired TO read IT, and which
he therefore 10 read at the end OF MS speech
,hopOb II could not have amentably out OF
paee When be closed Mr. Nye first paraded before the
semi-circe Of ladies, who sat or stood behind his
,est and received assurances Of their heartfelt sympa
1hy Then he walked straight TO The Globe reporter
urobaby for the purpose of suspcndng she publication
sf his epeech until he put in few Jokes here and
there thence he went 10 COnking taking MortOn's re-
rroof on the way, ana finally settled down with Gen
Porter.
Mr. Nye was followed by Senator Frclinghuysen who
mad prepared short eloquent speech the question
ore the Senate which had been lost sight Of for nearly
week on the General Order business III NewYorR, and
"a the political situation On the first and last topics
repealed many Of the assertions already made, and
ytyed come OF old arguments. The responsibility for
Nh, General business he attempted TO SHIFT from
Nas shoulders OF the President 10 those of the Col
a., r Of the Port but It will take stronger logic than
"a, ,eprove 70 satisfaction Of people that the
ssidnt and Secretary OF the Treasury could have
,.,or1pedbe abuse just wen year they
n~v ~ th,Ny had desired 10. Mr.. Frehnghuysen's de-
.e ~ the CHARACTER Of Gov. Buckingham praise
:, cer GRANT we're rhetOrcally hnethOuRh they would
ve been IN better when the accusations against
~t,s administration have disposed of, and Gov
ohao,s Committee has made It's report on the
g,.,oo house investigation. Senator Wright will make
ais promsed speec tomorrow and will he followed by,
B. uator schurz whose speech VIII of course be tie fsa
ture> Of the day. +
- ker gave the House shafp,rebuke III mornI +
Ano ~ 'sOrder that almost always characterized .
ing i o adinRs The effect of his short and punI .
H1o! 20 Nservable throughout the day, in muctl a
sei ,ta, ba, prevailed any previous MdndavI s
stor In the l. agment Of the morning hour theI y
oi w SIMMER civh Rights bill came up as unfn n
- ,s,ress hut no vOte%Yas reached Mr.. EIdridgeI
, ,be democrats in fibustering, until the houri q
,re1 The neyer.faiDg Amnesty question, insep1 {!
iSI,,a.,t of Mondays proceedings, came q
mp. AT tae oussoe,ivm .iv~-~-i - =
Imbers who had constituents they wished TO relieve OF
disabilities sent up theirlss Of names TO the CerksdesK
and thev We're all embodied in one BILL The lists came 3
40 thick and fast until the pile was so large that couu
With oncuty he kept upon the desk The farctcal char
scter Of the transaction was apparent 10 everybody
Rven the reading Of the names dispensed z
with. the Sneaker stating that it would take !
until o'clock to read them MI Maynard proo%-
bly, the most persistent opponent OF amnesty mi !
the House. insisted the reading, butceu lind bu
twelve men TO sustain him in bis deInandi