The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-20
XLIId CONGRESS-.SECOND SESSION
SENATE.

accompanied ny tHG teSllllOuy ny ttc Dlll
to extend the operation of the law of May,
1871 to authorize the suspension of hdbeds cor
puS act until the end of the next session of Con-
gress.
The report also recommends the passage of
general but not universal amnesty bill
Mr.. Blair presented the minority report.
Mr.. Scott read two extracts from the minori-
ty report, which he said did injustice to the ma
jority. The first, he understood to contain the
assertion that the minority would not have had
any report had they had an opportunity to see
the report which the majority were going to
make; and the second plainly asserts that the
minority had not been allowed to see the ma
jority report, and were therefore, compelled to
go into more detailed discussion of the testi-
mony than wonld otherwise have been neces-
sary. The first implied assertion was refuted
by the fact that early in December last the mi
nority asked for q clerk to aid in the pre-
pairing the report and as to the second
he thought no one would deny that the commit
tee had come together last week to examine the
majority report, that it was then agreed to have
it printed privately for the use of the commit
tee and that it was so printed.
Mr.. Blair said that the minority did not mean
to imply that if they had been allowed to see
the majority report they would not have made
minority report. Mr.. Bayard said it was true
the majority report was put into the hands of the
committee Thursday last, but it is so extensive
a document it was utterly impossible to have
read it and the accompanying testimony. Be-
prepared before and was at that time in the
press. Both reports were ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Morrill, of Vt, from the Committee on
Public Buildings, reported without amendment
lie buildings at Albany, Hartford and Indian
apolis and for the purchase of a site for public
buildings at Cincinnati.
Mr.. Anthony from the Committee on Naval
Affairs reported without amendment the bill
introduced by Mr.. Morrill, of Me-, for the relief
Of no nf the I1pitpd StataS Kpr-
sarge.
Mr.. Scott from the Joint Select Committee
on alleged outrages in the Southern States,
reported a bill continui ng in force provisions
of the 4th section of the enforcement act of
April 20, 1871, till and of the next regular sess
ion of Congress.
Bills introduced and misunderstanding the
Postmaster General to provide Immediately, by
contract or otherwise, for the transportation OF
the California mails around the blockaded por-
ton of the Pacific railroad; for the protection
of the seal fisheries of Alaska; relative to the
entrance and clearance of ferry boats and bond
ed cars passing from one State to another
through foreign contiguous territory; to charter
the Puget Sound, Leavenworth and Norfolk
trans-continental air line railroad and telegraph
Company
MR. SUMMERS PHANTOM.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
resolution of inquiring as to the alleged sales
of arms to French agents.
Mr.. Conkling spoke of the waste of time in
political debate, of which he charged Mr.. Sum-
ner whom he accused of slandering his govern
ment and country and placing them in a false
position before the nations
The statement in Mr.. Summers preamble
that the report of the Secretary of the Treasury
for 1870 and 1871 acknowledged the receipts of
only IS, 2S6, 900 from the sales ordinance stores
was falre, as the Senator might have easily as
certained by inquiry. An Associated Press des-
patch has been cited as authority for contra
dieting the report of the Secretary of War on
the subject The dispatch did not contradict
the report at all 1t did not state that sales
were not included in the Secretary's subsequent
report, but merely states that bids were opened
The Senator from Missouri (Schurz) had al
lrded to military ring, which exerts far
reaching corrupt and dangerous influence upon
the administration. The people regard that
talk as part of the slang and scandal that de-
files and brutalizes our politics, but the impress
sion that does prevail is that a Senatorial ring
or cabal Goes exist whose business is to furnish
ammunition, not to the French but to the DEM
ocratc party, and that men flying the Repub-
lican flag were trying to strand the Republican
ship. 1t is believed that the business of this
cabal is to malign the President of the United
States-to disparage and to belittle him-to as
sail his administration, and to watch for oppor-
tunites or in the language of the good book,
''to lie in wait privily" for an opportunity to
place him in an injurious and unjust position.
1t is believed the business of this cabal is to as
sail and to disparage the majority in this body
and in Congress-, and to injure those charged
with the admin stration of public affairs. 1t
is believed this cabal adds to and inspires that
snow storm of libels and Misrepresentation
which travel on wires from the capital, and are
published in countless newspapers. 1t is be-
lieved that persons connected with the cabal
are int1icting wounds upon the Republican par
ty which no Democrat has power to inf1ict, this
impression wakes apace. It it strong, very
stong, just now in the State of New Hamp-
shire. There is reason for it in Nnw Hamp-
shire. An election depends there, and the pol
iticians tell us that whether the administration
shall stand or fall is of no Importance, as it
shall cast light or shadow upon the coming
Presidential nomination or election. In the
midst of this canvass in New Hampshire, the
speeches of this Senatorial cabel commands
their attention, which could not be gained by
all the utterances of all the Democratic sages
from Jefferson to my honorable friend from
Missouri. Even the Brodhead letter is not so
great a favorite now as another document
which hold in my hand. 1t is a pamphlet of
'Plain language Of Independent Republican
Senators ,-thieving and proiigacy exposed"
1t contains the speeches of a number of Sena-
tors, First of all is that of the the honorable
Senator from Missouri, (Schurz.l This pam
phlet bears this imprimatur, Published by
the National Democratic Resident Committee,
Washington, d. c." These speeches appear
without note or comment.
There is no gliding fine gold here; no paint
ing the lily. Laughter.) Those who sent
them thought if they let them be as the maker
made them they could not be beaten. l am
told 100000 copies of this pamphlet will be
sent into New Hampshire free through the
mails, franked by Democratic members of the
House. Such proceedings as this and that
which now occupies the attention of the Senate
will not tend to dispel the belief that there does
not exist such Senatorial cabal. The pro-
ceedings before us means an ugly look. 1t is
not exactly giving information to the enemy,
but there is sort of a resemblance between
the two things which lead a great many people
into error. But am able to assure the Sena-
tor that the people Of no portion OF the country
are being misled by these proceedings
In the State of New York many elections
have been heldin the last fortnight The spring
elections are progressing, and not only do the
Republicans held their own, but the elections
suit in unexpected and unexampled gains. In
Buffalo, a Democratic city, where there is a
large representation of Germans the result is
the same. The Germans cannot be misled or
hoodwinked by any man whoever he may be-
They had too much to do with preserving this
nationality when it rocked in the throes of an
earthquake not to know who they were that as
sailed and who protected it,
/ Mr.. Conkling then discussed the sales of arms
in question, taking substantially the same
ground as Messrs. Harlan and Wilson, The
sales We're made in the usual manner and were
only in fact a continuation of the sales that
have been going on since 1865. No sales We're
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