New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-01
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VOTE OF II IN FAVOR OF u-PASSIONATE
SPEECHES.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-Thc flibusters in the
Senate showed themselves to-day for the first time.
During tho long struggle in the House the Demo-
cratic Senators have done nothing openly that had
the appearance OF being designed TO defeat the
summation of the count. Many Of them have been
in constant consultation with the disorgan-
izcrs in the other wing, and in the habit
Of gong over every day to encourage them to fur
Their resistance but they did not think it necessary
to take any steps in their body that would serve
TO identify them with the Others in the eyes of the
public. To-day they seemed to think that the time
had come TO give their friends in the House some
open encouragement.
When the Senate returned from the Joint COnven-
ton and the objections to the decision Of the
Tribunal in the South Carolina case had been read,
Mr.. BOgy offered resolution that IT was competent
to have read in tho hearing of the Senate the evil
dehce rejected by the Commission. This was the
parallel motion TO the new flibustering scheme III
the House, and its import was perfectly understood
OH all sides Senator Bayard on his feet at once
with protest. He did not object on The ground
that the resolution was intended solely to delay the
count but ngeniOusly cut the argument of Mr. Bogy
out from under him by saying that the testimony
referred to was already before the Senate, as it had
been taken by committees of the two houses and was
therefore a matter which every Senator had taken
cognizance of. Mr.. Bogy insisted that he wanted it
officially before the Senate. President Ferry ruled
the resolution TO be out Of order, because nothing
was in order except to vote for against the ndlng
of the Commission. In this decision he was sns-
tanned by Mr.. Bayard and afterward by the Senate
by a vote of 43 to IL.
Mr.. Bogy made another effort and moved that the
testimony be read On this the Yeas were q and
the Nays 81 The affirmative vote was lllibuster-
ing vote pure and simple and its strength surprised
everybody who has followed the course of the de-
bates since the count began. 1t showed that there is
in proportion to the strength of the Democrats III
the two houses larger number of men in the Senate
who would defeat the completion of the count II
they could than there is in the House of Representa-
tiyes. The Senators who went upon the record in
favor of reading 700 pages of printed testimony,
aud of Thus eyhausting the time remaining before
the 1th of March, were Messrs. Bailey, Bogy, Bar
num. Cooper Davis, Dennis, Eaton, G0ldthwaite.
Hereford Johnston Jones, Kelly, McCreery, Maxey,
Merrimop. Norwood Randolph, salisbury. Wallace,
WHITE, and Withers.
The two hours debate which ensued was unusu-
ally animated TIE Democrats fell into more
bitter and violent tone than on former occasions,
and some of the Republicans retortcd with good
deal of vehcmence. MeSsrs. Eaton, Merrymon Slc'
Crccry. and Salisbury denounced the Commission
upsparingly and peppered their talk literally with
the stock Democratic phrases about fraud. On the
Republican side Gen. Logan was the most pointed
in his retorts about the Oregon swinde and about
the general course of the party its candidate and
IFS leaders since the election Messrs Morton, Chris
fancy. Patterson. and Wadleigh also made notice
able speeches The vote on sustaining the decision
of the Tribunal was of course strict party vote,
After il was taken the Senators made themselves as
comfortable as they could to pass the tedious hours
until the expedients of the fbuSters in the House
should be exhausted