The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-07-01
THE SOUTH KEHTUCRTAa
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ano WAsHINGToN, ID, g., June 26, 10.
I'D. South Kenfackidns' 40 ,lcii
, llaSuch a scenega as oecurredain tho
Senate Oh the pccasioni of the night
session last WednesdaydTight has not
beenlwitnessed there since ante-bell-
UNI days, andmay never be witnessed
again. Senator Roscoe Cohkling ia
Chiefly responsible for the proceed
[ings ahd difficulties of That atfniglit, and
hforI The disgrace that attach thereto.
, llfe entered uponEth Ethelsession in vi
Ecions frame of mind, and for several
Llours, s,eoDducted 'h!nlsoif in the most
insolelIt, speering and dogged man
ner, The army bill was, about, to
come up, and the Democrats anxious
10 bring the session to on end as soon
as possible, desired 10, come 10 an
I agrccment as to When d vote would
be taken.n The Republicans were
mostly swillingdto come to such an
agreement, but permitted themselves
ior be led ibyiConkling, iwbo would
Eagree tolhothipg, except to ,flbuster
aud obstruct business;l He claimed
that the minority desired to debate
4 the bill, without Limitation. Tho
democrats eaid.. t'Iake as much
A fimc as you require for debate, but
'Efx d time -0ne, two, or'three days
henee-1 when we can VOTE" 'In the
|lIouse debate can Tbe limited by the
operation4of thsipreyious question;
but in the Senate ainniual agreement
lis 4 the, ,,only, way 40 avoid sitting it
out, All these propositions Copkling
lh,sultingly rejected dayoripg liis, re-
remarks with unstinted abuse or the
| Democrats III o general way. Scna-
| tor Davis, III his ainiable way, ex-
\ pressed a wish that tile Senator. nom
4 New York might be paoitied, but his
u attempt Ito effect an understanding
was so srieeringly f'eceiyedibyrCdnk-
4 ling that lie felt insulied and LETT tho
chambcr.-s-Sou ,far.-all OF Gonklins's
Il abusive talk had been SO general III
Its character that, though all we're III
\ diyhant, no Senator felt called upon
Il to make u personal matter,0 IL. Bur
N when lie finally accused SeualOr La
\ mar OF bad iaiill, IA. .wenth s;ep too
far, for. tho, eloquent Mississippian
d told him he uttered O falseh60d, and
i ile lrepclied IL with all the contempt
\ he iiiet tordits author. Lamar was
cool and deliberate o but ,his manner,
rs he turnesl-t0warsl Geakling, con-
veyed, the, inll meaning OF; his, words.
4 Alter .Conkling had replied, in his
bullying Inaniier, that II the Senator
meant to- saylhe lied, and 9if it'were
not in the Senate cbaiDbcrp lie should
call him o. blackguard, "a liar and u
coward, Lamar agisia. arose and said
q, have only 10 say 10 the Senator
from New York tiiat lie understood
me correctly 7 l. said precisely tho
word he understood me. . u y lang
uageowas Observation-Disclosures,
ahd+bcg pardon OF the Senate for it;
but my language WIS such as no good
man would descrvc,.. and no brave
, man would wear!" orfhis iswas ap-
pI,iudcd, and aslsamar's SAT down, the
presiding officer waiiedapparently for
/, Conkling 10 reply. but he was silent.
Ii there is any any, one one man whom this
extra session or say the last year OF
Congress. has shown TO the country
in his TRUE colors, tits Roscoe Conk-
ling,mAp utterly selfishniunsiates-
, nlanlike, politician, he, possesses none
of those redeeming personal qualities
Which ATTRACT men or win their res
pecl His mannoris aimporiosisI and,
at times, insulting oWhen his own
political fortunes sarel at stake, he Is
| ready for any combination OF, any
! bargain-to sell out his own party, If
need beAbut after 1t is all over, he
: remembers no obligatiShs and fecog-
4 nizes no honors due,t0 any except 10
, himself, Witness his course in the
Custom-h0use contest last year. Ho
fairly begged the Democrats 10 MD
him, but, alter tl.ey had done so and
lie SUPPOSED tbefight was all over, he
became more abusive and insolent
than !, ever. The result should have
taught him d lesson. for when he once
more needed their help, much as they
despised Hayes they respected them
selves to much to aid Conkling, and
lie was beaten. He ismow cavorting
and,l pawning dirt like q mad bull.
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