National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-06-21

Mr. President, differing as I do with the Sem
ator from Delaware In almost everything he
has said, differ especially with his unwilling
ness to have the Record of to-day's proceedings
go out in unusual numbers. | would be glad
to have II go TO every household in all this
land aud want now to put into 1t state
ment which | would gladly have 20 with IL.
Night before last, at the conclusion of the
so-called judicial bill, more than the ordinary
hour Of adjournment of the Senate having been
reached, the Scuator from Virginia Mr. Writ
ERs) rose and moved TO take up the so.caled
army appropriation bill. lnquiring his puI-
pose, we found IT was that yesterday morning
II might be unfinished business. No Senator
on this side objected, all promoted his purpose !;
and yesterday morning ut the conclusion of the
morning hour the army bill was the unfinished
business. The Senator from Virginia then 10.
quested that the reading of the bill be waived,
that no preliminary reading take place, but
that II be read by paragraphs aud the amend
monts as reached considered. No Senator on
this side objected. Then the Senator proposed
that he and his committee should have pre-.
cedence in considering their amendments and
all of them. No Senator on this side objected /;
but during the whole day it was the right of
the Senator from Wisconsin Mr.. CARPENTERl
and of every ether Senator TO debate the army
bill, and yet the committee had the right of
way, and every Senator belonging 10 the mi.
nority promoted and facilitated expedition
with the bill.
When the clock indicated one quarter of five
the amendments of the committee were con.
cluded. indicated that / had some amend.
ments which wished to offer to the bin IN.
other Senator ON this side indicated at least
one; aud we signilied wish briefly to assign
some reasons of objection to the measure us it
is. That having been done, a motion was
made to adjourn at quarter before five, aud
1t WIS promptly voted down, the Senator from
Virginia, who had tho bill in charge, heading
the hunt on that occasion and voting down the
motion to adjourn. A member of the Com.
mittce on Appropriations, Democratic mem.
Der of this body, one of the Senators from Ken
lucky tMr. BECK), thereupou took the floor,
and proceeded in n general political speech to
recite and read that in Kentucky, fostering
with disloyalty, aud martial law there pro-
claimed, most wholcsomoy in my opinion
troops were present near the polls, aud on one
occasion, Of which lie read, an officer rose and
said that disloyal men must cease to vote at
that poll, and thereupon, in the language of
the document nearly all the voters left. | was
not surprised Mt that, although was somewhat
surprised that the Senator should bring for
ward for political purposes n statement con-
tanning such confession. However, the SEN
ator from Kentucky continued for some
twenty minutes, and then he yielded TO u mo-
body on this side ohjccting, and tho adjourn.
ment being carried by the votes of Democratic
Senators.
Thus on this day at the end of the morning
hour, the Democratic Senator from Kentucky,
who had occupied twenty minutes in political
speech yesterday, was entitled to the floor.
Then the Democratic Senator from Mississippi
(Mr LAMAR made TO the Senate and made to
me an appeal which, for one, | regret that
did not refuse have been annoyed since this
monstrous and offensive proceeding which we
have resisted, that did not refuse an appeal
which l was weak enough to listen to. He
appealed to us to give way to allow him to pro.
ceed with his bill about levecs upon the Mis-.
sippi. rose and said that if time were to be
subtracted from the beginning of the day, rs
we wished to debate the army bill, i should re-
pose on the courtesy of Democratic Senators for
the expectation and in the belief that no fnal
vote would be pressed to-day. Looking to that
side received n nod, not from one, not from
two, not from three. but from five Democratic
Senators. Thcrcupon the Senator from Vir.
ginia Mr.. WIrHERs) cautioned me not to rely
upon his courtesy, and | promptly informed
him that his courtesy was not the reliance
upon which l rested and the Senator from
Virginia no doubt had technically and individ-
ually the right TO do what has followed.
When little more than thirty minutes after
the morning hour had been consumed by the
bill about the levees of the Mississippi, the
Chair announced that the unfinished business
was TO be taken up and that the Senator from
Kentucky was entitled TO the floor. There.
upon the Senator from Kentucky proceeded to
devour one hour and forty minutes of the SEN
ato's time i'll Democratic political speech,
which he said was designed for tho hustings
in his State but which he would rcgulc the
Senate by delivering. That over, a Senator
on this side, the Senator from Maine (Mr.
BLAINE), as l am told by an assocate-I did
not observe the clock--Occupied exactly TWEEN.
ty-two minutes, at the end of which time the
ornate and eloquent Senator from Indiana Mr.
VooRHEEs) proceeded with very brilliant
speech for something over two hours and sal
down at ten minutes after six o'clock, the
entire day save twenty-five minutes having
been consumed by those two Democrats it
speeches delivered, one by Democratic Nom
Der of the Committee on Appropriations from
which the bill came, and tho other by tho
Democratic Senator from Indiana.
Meanwhile the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr
CARPENTER) wished TO address the Senate
may remind the Senate how little time that
Senator has consumed during this extra session
may remind the Senate that that Senator ha'
found himself suffering from ill-heath, and
| may remind the Senate that it was we'll known
before he sought the floor that he wished tC
speak, not at undue length, upon the army bill
went to the Senator from Arkansas who now
hears me, who then sat in the chair Mr.. GAR
LAND and | said to him "if the Senator from
Indiana is to occupy all day even TO the houl
OF adjournment or afterward l take it fol
granted no vote will be pressed to-day" If
do not quote that Senator correctly hone ht
will set me right lie said II suppose not
wish myself to make brief speech upon thi.
bill, and If fneed be | will go down myself ant
see to 1t; do not think there will be any sucl
disposition"
spoke to three other Senator's two of whom
are within the sound of my voice on the Dem
ocratic side, and from each of them received
assurance that there would be no question
about an adjournment, the day having beer
occupied by these two Democratic speeches.
so informed the Senator from Wisconsin, who
had borrowed the seat of his friend from Hi
nois MR. DAVIS on which his books aud papers
were, ana carried them away and dismissed
his preparation, and assumed as he had right
to do that after n day of fasting and more than
an hour after the customary hour of adjourn
ment When the Democrats had swallowed TIE
whole day, he should not be subjected TO pro
cceding so insulting as to say TO him that hC
must 90 on and deliver his argument then OF
ho should not deliver ii at all.
The Senator from Wisconsin had the floor
yielded to the Senator from Maine TO read
something from Il book, and resuming ii al
his request made motion TO adjourn pre-.
facing IL with II statement that we had had
no opportunity to debate this bill whatever
and that therefore / assumed that there
would be no objection. The Senator from
Virginia rose with such a disclaimer as he
had right to make in order that lie might