The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-28
FIGHTING FOR THE SENATE.
4 IOyG IND PERSfS TFvT STRUGGLE
ron pOLITTtfL STrREMfCY.

A JONG IND rIRNfSfFNT STRTGGLE
ron pOLITItiL SIPREMfCY.
r,. democrats Undoing tho Work ofn Repub-
ucan Committee ransom Carried Painting
from the Chamber amer an E,c'ted Pas
..so with IIonr-t 'cnkIinr's Great speech
WAsufSGroN. Nov. 27.-At 3 o'clock this
,hernoon. nitnr continuous session Of twenty
sf, hours. the Senate. by 30 to 81. votod to dis
charge the Committee OF Privileges and Elec-
t,ons from further consideration Of the cnsc OF
NJ c. Butlor. The Demo ratio majority. sue
ccssful for the first time in ovcrruling the work
nj A Republican committee. numbered three
Senators voting for the occason-Pauerson. n
carpct-bag Senator under Indictment; Conovcr.
scarpoi-bag Senator not under Indictment and
Davis the solitary independent OF the Senate.
Tho votes of these three Senators will be
needed tomorrow to prevent the case OF
Kellogg preceding the case OF Butler
All three of the new additions to the
Democratic side must vote not only that Butler
must have his seat, but that he shall have II in
the time and in the order which the Democratic
majority wills. To force this vote and make
this declaration necessary, the Republican Sem
ators stretched yesterdays Legislative day
through the night and to the middle OF this
afternoon. No other pertinent reason now np-
pears for the long struggle in which majority
OF two was certain. soon or late to work It's
will 1t held its will through twelve hours
stripped Of incident. When Senator Conkling
closed his speech this morning. the real strug-
gle over. The Republican minority had
made its last assertion OF principle. and the
hours that followed dribbled away in reading
aud useless talk.
Al the beginning Of the long session yes
tcrlay. the seats OF Senators filled moro
slowly than the galleries. Edmunds and
in tbatr
places. Butler. with his clean. clear. mer-
ce-> profile took Hills til ho entered. and
then rctrcated to the shadowy edge OF n cloak
room. Patterson. on entering. stopped to speak
10 Don Cameron. and had some difficulty in
finding tho young Senator's hand. Patterson
hal right 10 II. He had fingered the fathers
money, and helped to buy his scat Don need
not have been squeamish. The exposed Penn
sylyania politician went on TO his seat stood
unnoticed and irrcsolute for an instant. nodded
at point-blank range to Howe. was cut
dead for his pains. and then dropped
back into the cushioned seat behind him-ths
bill for it Is Just coming due-as man drops
hit ia the face. Ten feet of Conkling was TAX
Ing his seat. Ten minutes later he spoke in q
measured ana impressive way about an unim-
portant matter. and this was his only speech
during the day. Nearly every lead ng man in
the House was pres, MT. and in addition the
delegate from Doadwood. the embryo Territory.
and there were besides Bancroft and the others
one always sees at such u time in Washington.
The Senate stllled as II opened Vacant chairs
dotted tho circle. their absont occupants all
paired but it was u singular fatality that sent
one Senator away 10y sisters death "a suiciicl
and kept another Burnside here from the death
bed Of q brother in indianapolis. There was a
little fater of routine at the start. and people
bent forward as n short. thick set man. black
moustached and a little awkward in his ways
sent committee report to the desk. 1t
admitted Kellogg. Merrimon did the same with
arrport Tor SpDliord. More routine Fdmunds
sent doubled sheet to the desk. II is only
request for n list Of criminals and their trials
Carolina but a Democratic Senator o6jccts and
political reasons. And Edmunds. with n depr..
catory sweep OF flat and extended hands.
seems TO say; never fi.l to ap-
preeiGhte the mp,yes pty Of my friends ,rI On
clock hand turns through the morning hour, II
stands at l. Eimonds. who has been l"aning
back to his seat as Davis Of Illinois rises 10 an
smendmept Of unfinished business and makes
shall vote for the pending motion. l, II ali over
n ten minutes. but in 1t Davis has assured the
Democrats OF doubtful vote. and Eimunds. by
moving t. 90 INTO executive session. has out
promises Mcdonald an Investigation into tho
ar"s1lons 10 the Democratic sid" Of the cham
Dor. Under TINS threat OF "a coming danger. the
roll call begins on the motion Ia 20 into exccu-
tyr session. to-kercll, nervous man. has
bon playing with ten cent piece and drops II.
~ hear y plainly IN the gallery.
Tho roll runs through the Cs and Conover.
sitting good deal ont ~ sight and we'll down
in>n ehair too zig for him. meagwhilce, epls out
the |4 ysW Whclf rElers9n aonoe dSs 'a' tS,c tssmG
Inty vote. Is to 80 the, first Vice lresi-
aIenit vino ha- had !, to do .s;incen Calhoun.
s'ais ,hrl-iian y halan n''s on the edge 4 party
s,,nsi,icn. y u short speech Of some difficulty.
n MM'AhwAlIr lalt'rson is oyer n seat next
IhurmAu's taking counsel with the Demo-
eralg leader. T. : ~ NJ liIs close against III" old
nan graz hair. Btyard, walking through the
d'sks .t'is ami shakes hands eIus!ve!y with
Howe mniosH measured and highly Disagree
nni' -pr''h Hni, tuning tp Patterson, SAYS his
bit"r'.i anal most suggestive things over the
I4AS nrii''.Air Ptii r7on sitting stiil under IT,
on h, desk. u ,oumr OF tie Congr,ssion-
a. Eroof pnd 9 hle OF papers. His
wA"n b" -p'.k- ~ himself as u plain.
hon'-' ma'', ,''iu ~ laushs i Tie Joke IN
"il a. '"rtNrs. !! draws n faint movement
from tlmunas ny luoi ny ms spr-ch aud the
senator from vermont softly strokes on" hand
with thn otheru us Il lr were whiting II tool. as
LelS, lai-r- makes an rAplnnAtion-a little
II "t hul nor S"."iln. N thc gestures, ab-
s'utrb nothing In II my on" believes.
a'ross which he has dolhi,d u foldc sheet Il
toseal. ltis hard To- tell how he begins he Is
back 10 his seat He has been in CLOAK room On
ils Deno'ral' side. an lnodrnt on which
\
later. Patterson stnmbles into n contra
Hlion Of Edmunds. and is tripp"d by
th'' pol li~hed drOUter. and goes down with n
hll. was q very hard fall, SO bad that when
I muhd- politely repeated the fact that this
Senator al his elbow was under criminal ndict-
u"nt Patterson had nothing To- do bat nod
tl",7ant Assent To- the fact Eluunds went on.
snui hitrr passing the paper in his hand. pro
I,,,irl, III "a 'uumonplace way. 10 r,ni about
ssn'"fsoh nm when he was through.
anl a. resolution had gone 10 the
si"rk's desk asking for an investi CATION his
u lie
cia. thai It did not sem that things could be
T1.7e iGr Patterson, Patterson was equal 70
kiht, "a his frlentls had been before him. He
hal hal 9""n charged with bargaining the vote he
sAhl, lhdlrt'd Tor buying, and Fdmuuda had
believed.
nordO n inioruN'l tduIunls's dis 'lamer
HNh h"i coulter chart.e. l,Vcll.d at Ju ige
nunlhrry-, uiou Whose coming decision
LNuEs th" personal liberty Of Senator Patterson.
unTl.u l- always Vehement; he was violent,
ahI LlMund-, waiting til the last angry e. no
nls, over, slullnHly n'rlt'd the offer Of his
nrhrT inquiry AMI worried his resolution ac-
WFlinky So stggpstiun in his speech about