Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-25
EORTN-SlXTH CONGRESS.
Extra SESSION.
The Senate.
LETTER CARRIERS.

Extra Session.
The Senate.
LETTER CARRIERS.
WASHINGTON. March 24.-The Vice President
laid before the Senate communication from
the postmaster general asking additional ap-
preparations for the pay of letter carriers, also
from the secretary of the interior, enclosing a
request from the commissioner of education,
asking an appropriation of 1875, GAO for the paw
ment of clerks. The communications were re.
ferred.
RAILROAD ACCOUNTS.
Senator Beck introduced bill providing for
the settle nent of accounts with certain railroad
companies.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
BY Senator Harris, to prevent the introduc.
ton and spread of infectious diseases into the
United States. He subsequently reported a
bill on the subject, which was placed on the
calendar.
PAY OF SUPERVISORS.
On motion of Senator Mcdonald, a resolution
was passed requiring the secretary Of the
treasury to furnish the Senate the amounts of
money drawn and paid supervisors Of election,
general and special, in 1876 and 1873, as COM
pensation in excess Of fees, as allowed by law
Tor the circuit court commissioner and State,
and the amount expended in New York, Phila-
delphIa and Cincinnati, for the years aforesaid.
THE QUESTION OF OFFICERS.
Senator Wallace offered u resolution that the
Senate now proceed to the election of secretary
of the Senate chief clerk, executive clerk and
sergeant-at arms. A lengthy political discus
sion ensued, participated in by Senators An
thony Hamlip, Wallace, Conkling Bayad,
Beck, Voorhees,, Blaine and Eaton. Du ring
the course Of the debate Senator Beck read q
circular issued daring the campaign of 1878,
aRd signed Sidney A. Austin, by order of the
c9mmittee, SEQ. q, G9rham, secretary, The
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this tifdhlHr might NJ fm whit 10 Was W6fth.
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never is8hed II trtitlhr. bht tho gentleman rum
Connecticut Sehat6r Eatoh. tad said ttat our
ham stated In Gntfnth in tho Gircdlar wien he
said it wns tho design bf the Democratic party
to remove the PrtHidenh Now, the STRUGGLE in
both branches Of tho last Congress- which Gull
minated In the Potter committee, WIS evidence
Of II sentiment in the Democratic purity which
justified tho assertion made in the circular.
The Potter committee WIS organized for the
purpose Of obtaining, it possible, evidence on
which to base proceedings to remove tho Prcsi.
dent.
Senator Wallace--Do not tho Senator know
thnt in week from the issuance Of that circu-
lar the Democratic convention Of Pennsylvania
declared that it was unwise and imp0litic to
make m attack upon tho title of the Presi-
dent?
Senator Blaine-Why did they make that re.
solve If there was not some danger in the mir?
Senator Wallace-Because that assertion was
false.
Senator Baine-1hat document had never
sen the light then. 1t did not come out until
some sneaking federal offceholders betrayed
the secrets of his party and is probably now
waiting III the corridors for reward. The
Senator cannot base his action in Pennsylvania
on that. He went up to Harrisburg to IN Ike it
certain that no such rash step should be taken
by the Democratic party.
Senator Wallace said he would concede that
there was some such agitation then, but it was
also true that the assertion of the circular was
and unsustained by any word set of men
worthy to represent the Democratic party.
Senator Blaine thought there was All immense
exhibition here OF virtue after the fact. If
anything was in the air at the time of the ap-
pontment Of the Potter committee, it was the
conviction that it was organized to fish for tes
timony on which to proceed against the title
of the President.
Senator Kernan-My recollection is that con-
temporaneously with the Organi' alton of that
committee the House passed a resolution that
there no intent to question the title of the
President.
Senator Blaine-Some weeks after there came
up from the country a cry of indignant pro-
test. After the business communities every
where dscountenanced such action, the House,
on motion of Republican,, did adopt snch a
resolution.
Senator Eaton reiterated his assertion that
the charge contained in the circular was base
less.
senator DialnG SAID Un6ro were SGll1 eCQOluS
in his oars the words of the Senator from Con-
necticut. Eaton, himself denouncing the title
of the President to his office.
Senator EatOn-I say so now.
Senator Blaine-Then is not the Senator de-
nouncing the Republican party, that is answer
able for the situation?
Mr.. Eaton-I do but great many of the
Republicans feel as I do about it. The best Of
them agree with me that the man in the White
House has no legal title to his place as Presi-
dent of the United States.
Senator Baine-l will answer the question
with my view Of the case, It is that the Pres
ident Of the United States holds the office to
which he was elected by as fair and honest a
vote as George Washington did, but that it
took a singular departure from the constitu-
tional modes to make that vote good, and that
he vas not only entitled to the votes of three
Southern States which he got but to three
mvre Southern States of which he was deprived
by buldozing Democrats (Applause.)
The Chair-The sergeant-at-arms will see
that the doorkeepers take into custody any
persons in the galleries violating the rules.
Senator Eaton said he could make no argu
ment upon the belief of his friend from Maine
Blaine His own belief was that 800, 900 ma
iority of the people were defrauded out of th
result of an honest election for President. Tn
gentleman states that the Potter committee
was organized to hunt for evidence of tina
fraud. Dare he say that if such evidence wa
found Hayes ought not To be removed?
Senator Blaine-The Senator while ago al
legged that the President held his seat by fraud