Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-14

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dicated or whether it be not, / car,
: not. tits not the dnty of a Senator
to inquire what the policy Of the ad
niinistration may be, but what i
ought to be, and hope republican
Senate will say that on this pOfht
there is no authority in this land large
tenough or adventurous enough L
compromise the honor of the nation.
al administration or the good name
of the great republican party tha,
called that Administration into exist.
ence. [Applause.]
SENATE.
| WASHINGTON, Mar. Z.
| Wallace moved that senator elect
Grover, be sworn and as the Vice.
President rose to administer the oath
Hamlin objected, saying senator
Mitchell, who he understood had the
sole papers bearing on the case was
absent.
Wallace said Grover was senator
elect and he hoped he would be
sworn.
| The oath was not administered.
The senate then resumed the con-
sidcration of Blaine's resolution to
swear in Kellogg and Bayard's sub
stitute to refer the matter to the elec-
tions committee.
Finally by vote of 35 to 80 Bav-
ards substitute was adopted and the
credentials were referred to the elcc-
tions committee.
Booth, Burnside, Christiancy. Copk-
ling, Davis, of Iii Jones, of Nevada.
and Morrill,, voted aye with the dem
ocrats.
The credentials of Corbin and Pat
terson, both claiming a scat from
South Carolina, were also submitted
to the elections committee.
Pending the discussion on Bayard's
motion to swear in Morgan, from
Ala, the Senate went into executive
session during which none of the
Cabinet nominations were confirmed
but all referred without discussion to
the appropriate committee.
Mr.. Bayard denied the assertion of
partisanship, which Blaine, however.
reafiirmed, and continued;
This was simply an invitation from
democratic to republican senator's to
abandon the ground on which the
people of the United States have ac-
cepted the election of Hayes and
Wheeler. Yesterday spoke of back
door whisperings and talk in the
corridors, and asked if any Sem
ator knew that there was any sort of
understanding. Iasked then and l ask
now If there is any gentleman on this
floor who stands voucher or sponsor
for that understanding. There has
been put in my hands at this moment
telegram which l am requested to
read, and think it may throw some
light on the subject. 1 profess to be
plain, blunt man. do not want any
hide and seek on this subject. want
positions to be. clearly taken and
frankly avowed. read the telegram,
not exactly as referring to the Louis
lana question, but kindred to it. Pos
sibly kindred dispatches are circulate
ing at this moment for the surrender
and abandonment Of that State. The
dispatch is as follows:
Columbia, S. c., March 6.-Hon. d.
Z. Cor6in:-I haye just had long in
terview with Haskell, who brings a
letter to me from Stanley Mathews
and Mr.. Evarts. The purpcrt of
Mathews letter is that 1 ought to
yield my right for the good Of the
country. This is embarrassing be-
yond endurance. If such action is de-
sired want to know it authoritatiyly.
l am not acting for myself and / can
not assume such responsibility
Please inquire and telegraph me to-
night. (Signed)
d. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
/ ask who has been doing the whis-
pering in the corridors and the an
swer comes from Columbia. Is there
any Senator on this floor who desires
to stand sponsor for that dispatch or
the policy that it covers? Is there
any Senator here who proposes to
abandon the remant Of the republic
an party between the Potomac and
the Rio Grande, and consent that it
shall go down for public good, as Mr..
Stanley Matthews puts it2 am not
ready for that. l do not propose Ell
ther at the beck of Mr.. Stanley Mat
thews or MI. Evarts to say that the
public good requires the remnant of
the brave men who have borne the
brunt Of battle in the Southern States
againt prosecutions unparalleled in
this country, shall retire for public
good. am here to battle with any
one in my humble way, who espouses
that policy. / lay that gauge down
to any Senator who stands sponsor to
the suggestions of Mr.. Stanley Mat
thews or Mr.. Evarts in this question,
nor am 1 to be dislodged from my
position by quotations from the late
President OF the United States, of
whom / would only speak in terms OF
personal respect; but the late Presi-
dent of the United States, like every
one of the rest of us, has right to
change his mind and alter his views
of public policy. He did not, in the
dispatch read by the Senator from
Delaware, maintain the same attitude
which he maintained in the dispatch
which l will now read.
Mr.. Blaine here read the Presidents
dispatch to Gen. Augur, January II,
in which he canyassed the situation
and drew the inference that Packard
must not be quietly displaced, he be-
anyhodv was rccoan;,od !. nns, au ~ =
PACKARD = '''''s ~
with reoard to Tho ramor,, of Ro,.
ard about ire bells ~ m;in;aht Maina
said: Bayard and / represent differ
ent schools in politics. We como
from different sections we have rep
resented different ideas before the
war, during the war, and since the
While / have the praa.ast rosnacl % and and
kindest regard for him narspnsIix ] ny I
do not nronnsa tn ,ana I IL s' aSu;oay sSy, -.
this question. i do not nronose a. a.
mvseIf as LONG as + nav 70 nopvsv optrvstaJ -"
with q scat on This t,nnr that M vo~ whoevar
else shall half or grow weak in main.
ta;nin1 q 90 lone T asT %a~a s.ronat,, M s
7 will stand for tho Southsrn "n;nn ~ ~
hoth colors and when ! caasn A - a. =.
that before any nresence NO North ~ w ~
south. in official bodies or hafnra
nnhiir assemblies NAV mn, .o +os,s..o
rlcoyc To the roof of nv mnutb uS s.sS
nv r;aht hana sonno. ~ ,.n";. o:.n anu ~