The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-28

mcasureloss Je,ch. prolonged Wv the droning
voice Of the Clerk ns 10 wadcd along from pnge
To- page ut the ini 'rminnhlc record of IN" last
elotion in south Carolina All edge and point
TO tho nights prO'cedings wore gone. Mr..
Oglcsbv. nja f,lt flushed with visible signs "
The source Of his wit. rose from pngc to pagc
weary and s,.oy'd to tlgt last point whore in.
corruption is luk and makes a LAUGH, riuplod
in into m"rrcnl cyeIy tine tho Rroad Ihonicr
dign.n,d. gddii his share Of tho, bpfrooncry.
II twas hard to lol X with patience nj the last strug
gle, OF a ercot party in an historic. chainl,er
sinking to this stale pitch. Mr.. Wndleighs
nad manncr iny,,el ,ni.rruriion md interrnp,iops
ing Senntc. Mr. Cameron Of Wisconsin. n tall
man. 9crd in speecll. hni, s9mething TO say by
ed him. Page nitcr pagc Of rcputcd evidence
were read. charging Butler with crlmcs ns
y Ihons arn ar 3 c5sd S i WSS End Say ar""n G S
Interruptions OF hentcd men that the COMMITTEES.
and Cameron US chairman. was put on its de-
Noycmbcr with closed doors There was no
dodging this point, Mr.. Ransom held Cameron
dent likeness to n cross-examinution, when
Ransom. leaning forward his hand to his ear.
said; did not hear the, witness" These
closed doors this faint touch of unfair accusa-
ti9In. undid all the hours OF drcary reading.
The slow delay was To. go on without A. care
spoke with good manner and bad cause: i
was harder fight than the afternoons atiack
on on man Shsrgcd Win 6argaining the seat seat he
standing among the empty desks on the Repub-
lican side Of the empty chamber Mr.. Honr
Ransom to his feet. Dark haired. dark skinned.
tushed to darker color by excitcment his
voice husky with passion. he shouted his ans
wer with a vchcmcnco that woke the sleepy
chamber II was necessary that some things
should be said BY the majority, become "a a
said them. Ransom answered the old ans.
wer, and there was certain unusual thru
ties ne the nSa early 4ss Of GA"ass s
opening years. as he reminded the senate that
& was kseping knocking at it, doors ,he kins- linz
Ter. His nephew. the younger Butlor. sat be;
hind. by II chance Patterson at his side aud
Butler, close at hand as he was. should vsiby
prompt the man making his gallant defence
and Gordon. he sent sentences Of suggestion
and there was something in these messages
coming from the man freshly. attacked that
pasidisssd New Ensi"nfsr @ who % sat at tScnty tS fy
feet on. He raised his voice until the sleopers
on the iSnnnfes r9used and men In tho
u the shadow Of the coak-room doors.
Still he spoke; his face growing darker. his
voice huskier. his gesture more wildly violent.
and through his vchcmencc there came 1T.
representation in the Senate should be so de-
mnnded. His voice had thickened 10 n hoarse
whisper IA be dropped TO his seat fanting.
fushcl and dizzy. On the instant ltoar l., gan
10 speak. but opposite to him there was Il stir a
call for water. The hasty gathering. Of u liite
group OF frightened men ant out Of IL Ransom
was led limp. stumbling. feeling his way with
uncertain - ~, his shoulders dropped. his
arms swinging. his face purple. his eyes star.
ing all the glory and the strenith gon. out "
the strong speaker. Very tendcrly his old corps
commander. Gordon, carried him g. the cloak
room. and the Senats's casy lounging room the
rest Of the night was the sick room of a man
sick nigh unto death. three doctors and u
dozen friends bending and working over an un.
l. n
Hour stopped An answer was no longer
possible The Seuate lap-ed 10 wearin"-s The
tl"rk read monptun uSly from page 10 page.
Wudleigh stumbled along through his clumsy
sentences and cunscr Jokes. 1.-THE low table
Conkling had snt unno,iccd. turning the thick
volumes Of evidence around which the debate
had gathered, The senator from New York is
never out of his seat by day. never long out of
It 10y night; He was not long ~ this low table.
sitting with back bent 70 The sleepy STIR Of tho
pages h." Ind turned the thread OF great
speech. With some deliberntiOn he straight
ened himself. turned and walked to his seat.
sat there IL" only man in all the chamber who
stu Kept the air and the dignity Of the Senate.
IT was lops ras h,Ia Tns benches zen asoys wsro
Below the room was strewn with sleeping men
Around the door - one cloak room was the un-
er men lounscd. easy. unhutiuned. smoking.
Tho pages. tired pnst boys endurance. were
them. his logs dangling. was doubled over the
arm of chair at Conklins's side asleep Utter
drenrinr-S cam" over the senate. tlrn Wern
tired past remark Old men showed their yenrs.
Thurman's head droppai on his hrensi. Ed
munds stretched himself ~ ease. IN" senate
hegHn tO take the air 81 a Gisorderly bedroom.
The faces around gathered the st lont that
comee 81 long watching. The air WIS foul
and drow7y The even light above shone clear
aud uudimm"d. Conkling rps,. There
was no stir. Men were past Interest he Lad
neither tho aid nor the eNcitement Of n great
audience and OF listening men. The chamber
slept. He continued out Of this hasty turn
Ing of leaf and volume at midnight lac Moyr ut 2
his d"t argument. All this afternoon Cpnkiin..
has been turning the sheet. on which he wgs
correcting mis speech IN me dark and early
morning. He would have hctior served his rep
u,aton II be- had lrt tho hot sentences stand ~
lie spDk" them. Men who heard them " n carry
them US they heard them. not as the Heco,dg yer
them tomoTro~. As he went on the senate WOKE.
Mon crowded closer to him. In a sense few men
have eyer chance or power to achieve. hc had
created his uu.lianre. Tho Senate listened. A
space around him cleared hs he moved back
shaping ne Plea i"r inquiry into ths great
mass of evid n'1 from which he had so hastily
gathered ami he closed. ~ 10 WIS ilU,ng that the
last speech ul tho new Repuhn au minority
should clos :. IN this gilat cnSe with n single
long sounding soni"h'". putting tho blood ~
all the Perry and Buffers of American history
At nausht by side OF IN sob"r story Of " poor
man wrongrd. Three o'clock applause is %. the
rarrst. Cunklin, had Il the Moor over
Debate WIS ended. Past one dilatory motion
and another. through the drear,csi talk. the
roll calls robbed the votes OF latter on ANA Con
over and DAVIS Of all interest Lqto this after
noon. when the long DELAYED vote had scored
Democratic success on the journal Of the son
ate. there followed Il brief. shnrp passage oyer
the doubtful progress Of technical business II
ended in "a Republican success. The struggle
Keogg's case over Buffers 1t Is now secured.
II can be reversed by the order Of u majority.
DEALINGS IN TIiNOFORTES.