The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-04-02
F0RTY-stxTH CONGRESS-.

'faE SENATE. = The Republican
Party, so long in dominant power,
now that they are in the minority,
die hard, and howl at their depart
ing power and the exclusive control
of all the Offices. The following in.
teresting and lively debate in the
Senate is to the point:
Mr.. Anthony said that nothing he
could do would prevent the folegone
conclusion of the minority to make q
sweeping change of officers, not be-
cause it was demanded by duty. but
because partisansilip demanded it. As
one who held III respect ii not rever-
encetlle presidents and nsages of the
Senate, no desiled to enter his protest
against the personal Inconvenience to
which hey would all be subject and
lie disturbance of the order Of the
bnSiiiess of the Senate which would
orCT by an abrupt change of officers.
lie mentioned the names OF several
% licps ri the Srhat" who had never
bta4 disturbed ia their official rela-
rts to that body.
ifamiin followed Anshnnr, saying
he II aied party spirit would not run
Tiv'' nv the Senate.
Walincerrrlied there was no inten-
tiou tn Interfere with the business or
break hown the life of tho Senate.-
The mai ,liiy nuly desired that the Of
tieestiirId 81 lnany Years by Repnbli.
cans s'lnuld he filed by gentlemen po-
II icai Y in accord with tue majority of
the senate. They had gentlemen
abun.iantiy qualified To fill them.
Clnkling uttered liisregrets at the fact
that officers of the Senate were to be
displaced. Mr. Bayard was impressed
with the speech of Senator Anthony, as
it Contained matters of historic inter
est. He regarded IA dangerous and
degrading the rewarding of partisans
with government places. It had en-
tered the civil service of the country
and unless it should be in IL great de-
gree modified it would increase to the
bestowal of Office should be in consid-
Grafton of the welfare of the country
dignity of the government aud purity
of our Institutions. The power of ap-
pOintment to offices i'm this body had
fallen to his party; he did not under
stand that it contemplated any such
slaughter of innocents as was contem-
plated by the opposite side. Observa-
ton had shown that instead of Fede-
raj offices having been bestowed for
the good of the country with capable
and honest incumbents, they had been
used for many years for the benefit of
a single party. Those here who now
complained never neglected to fill Off
Ces with their party friends.
The debate was further participated
in By Senators Beck, Blaine, Hill and
others, and at o late hour the Senate
proceeded to vote and elected the off,
GERS recently nominated by the Demo-
cratic caucus.
During the debate on the motion to
proceed to the election of officers a
discussion arose on Mr.. Gorham's 1.-THE
Secretary of the Senate) responsibility
for circular issued in May, 1873, by
the National Republican Executive
Committee, and signed by him az Sec
rotary of that committee. This circu
lar called for contributions towards
defraying party expenses in the then
approaching campaign; referred to the
fact that the Senate of 1879 would be
Democratic, and alleged that one of
the avowed purposes of the Democratic
party was the revolutionary expulsion
of the President from bis Office.
The debate was spirited and consid-
cradle feeling was shown on both sides.
Mr.. Eaton, of Connecticut, while
firmly believing that Mr.. Hayes was
not entitled to his seat, denounced the
imputation on the Democracy of reyo-
lutionary designs as utterly false.
Mr.. Blaine said the Potter Commit
tee was organized in the hope of find
ing some evidence on which to base q
proceeding to GUST the President, and
only because of its failure to find such
facts was the design abandoned.
Mr. Wallace pointed to the resolu-
ton adopted by the Democratic con-
vention in Pennsylvania, few days
after the issuance of the circular 10
question that any attack on the title
OF the President was unwise and i'm
polite, aud said that while some agi-
tation undoubtedly existed among the
Democrats at that time no authorized
utterances could be found to justify
Ing the imputation of revolutionary
designs. Mr.. VOORHEES, justified the
proposed change in officers on the
ground that the employees of the Sem
ate ought to be in sympathy with the
majority of the body who were res
poRsible to the country for the man