Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28
Senator. Burnside Gives Senator ConkIing
the Lie. :.

Senator Burnside Gives Senator Conkling
the Lie.
There has been for some time bad blood
bstween the two Republican Senators from
New York and Rhode land-Conkling
and Gen. Burnside, so bad that at the be-
glning of the present session Burnside was
transferred from the Committee Of Com
merce because Conkling refused to serve
there with him. On the 22d inst, while
the Senate was in session the feud broke
out in way that could hardly be excelled
by the polarization manners Of Senators
who have not the advantage of coming
from either of those great States. The
telegraph accounts of the scene say:
Yesterday the nomination of a Mr..
Stratt0n for steamboat Inspector in one Of
the New York districts came up, when
Gen. Burnside objected to it's considera-
ton. Mr.. Conkling remarked that the
Senator from Rhode Island had already
objected several times to tie consideration
of MI otrattons Case, which Gen. Burn
side denied. MIR. ConKling then rose in
one Of his grandly cOnGemptuous moods.
He char cterized the conduct of Gen.
Burnside as officious, intermeddling, i'm
pertinent and lmpudent, and when GEL.
Burnside attempted to interrupt him re-
fued to yield, aud demanded OF the chair
that his right to the floor should be re-
spected. He said in the most whitening
style of sarcasm that Gen. Burnside, not
content with attending to the affairs Of
the great State which had sent him to the
Senate, Was constantly interfering with
matters which belonged to the State of
New York, and chat it was a pity the peo-
pie ef New York, in consideration OF his
transcendent ability, had not also reques-
TED him to act as Senator for that State.
He appealed to every Senator present to
say if Senator Burnside had not on at least
four previous occasions objected to the
consideration of the nomination. Mr..
Conkling continued in this strain fer some
time. but keeping within the proper par
lamentary limits at this Mr.. Spencer
jumped up and declared that Mr.. COnk-
ling WAS stating the truth. Mr.. Burnside
at length found it necessary to use very
decided language to protect himself, and
at last declared emphatically that Mr..
Conkling was lying. Senator Hoar, in the
chair, attempted to stop him, raped to Or
der, and directed him to sit down, but Mr..
Burnside, feeling himself insulted, took
OCCASION TO express Lne lerVenG WISH CnaG
he had the tongue of a Blaine IN order
that he might make fitting reply to the
Senator from New York. This allusion
to famous personal attack of Mr.. Blaine
ON Mr.. Conkling in the House In 1866 was a
keen thrust from Mr.. Burnside, who went
ON further to declare to the Senate that in
all his experience he had never known so
much duplicity and falsehood crowded in
to any case as had been injected into this
one by Mr.. Conkling. The latter was
taken considerably aback at last by the
vigor and courage of Mr.. Burnside's re-
turn strokes. After some time Of most
unseemly confusion Mr.. Burnside took his
hat and left the chamber. There is gen
eral evidence to the effect that General
Burnside bore himself with more forbear-
ance than could be expected, and only used
his strongest English when it became en-
tirely justifable TO employ it.