, 1879-06-22

Of CONFERENCE.-The, 1t does hapocn Sometime.
that panel is 1nuTcd 10 BE- sci a-ide, and ftst
the motion prevails. | thought from the a.
ator's way Of stating 1t that it was surt Of s.
order which had visited bis State with mors
Tlrnience.than had appeared in the co,nrnn,,
run OF fCom5nonwealths, and rather thing nv
from the emotion which the Senator eyfnea. ~ ~
his change OF color that be feels himself th..
Indiana Is not cnfitled to stlci an eucomi1n, ~
hare very truthlu1ly passed upon the Srass ~
m which l have the honor in part to Represent.
Ehe Senator las my sympathy fh that mpsr,s
will only say to him that 1t he will 11ofE to ~.
East und take up his resideocci In the State f,or
which come. be will be permitted to breatha
an atmosphere, not only judicial bur poI1tfcs1
which will strengthen him, and be will st,nS
redeemed, regeneratcd, and :disenthrallcdi
from ruuuYof tire vagariea which now 40 ra;,eh
impair bis usefulness, 50 Tar as bis politir,i
course is coucerned."
Mr. Mcdonald That would dcuend on .h.&
part OF the State ol New York lived in. "3a'
Mr.. Couhling-Therc is some force in that
II the Senator will consult me apart will a.
wise him what part OF that State to come to. al,
though all paris are SO desirable that the choes
is not as great as the Senator might supnose
But the debate would have been incompIets
without q forensic Irritation With Senator Fat,m
The Connecticut Senator on this occasion E,oe
the initiative BY pn interruption which s,nackcd
Of the soil: but shall not barbarously cut
DOWN 2uu EukLuE1lZE IAE IE4t OI LH{$ htmOnnnz
dispute, as the Record has it.
Mr.. Conkling-It has been said, believe Il
is principle IN hydraulics that the stream never
rises higher than the bead. h
Mr.. Eaton-~Unless you use machinery.
Mr.. Conkl!ng-AIE honorable friend from Con.
necttcut, with not only the wit but the mechsn.
ical continuance OF Yankee. suggests that what
/ say is true unless gou use some machinery,
and for that reason propose 10 turn attention
to the machinery proposed by the bill to hs
used,
Dir. Eaton-We propose to improve On that
machinery which you have been using.
Mr.. Co1kling-My honorable friend, iudpa
now, is an applicant for patent Tor M fmproye.
ment on somebody else's invention. TLaugnterl
Let Us look at this marhiuery little. In ths
first place, I inquire, as somebody has asked
already-the Senator from Massachusetts, hs~
lfcve-uh&t IS the object Of selecting man vita
is to be Of s'good standingh twice feoeateds
Possibly upon the principle, 1t occurs to me-
that two Alternatives make a negative, 1t NAV
have been thought that By repeating twice over
that he was to be OF good standng,-she houvt-
able Senator from Massachusetts makes sur-
gestion that, in the absence Of the Senator f,on
Connecticut, hardly feel 1t liberty TO repeat-
Mr.. Eaton--l am here.
Mr. Couklmg-Oh, the Senator IS here now.
The suggestion Is that this good standing II
repeated twice over IS intended to be equisa-
mark Xxx signifies, but suppose TINT the me-
chapical genius OF the State of Connecticut
would be able to inform me On that point.
MIR hcDonald-'* Double excellent" is tho
meaning On beer-barrel
Mr. Conkling-The' Senator from ludians
thinks this has something to 40 with beer-har.
rel. do not understand that leave it to the
Senator to see where that occurs, unless it re-
1ates to saving at the spigos to let it run out
atthe bung. Possibly that may be the rcsem-
blance the Senator finds.
Another amusing colloquy sprang uo toward
the end Of the debate, IS q Kind Of light and
pleasant dessert to very hearty meal, betweea
fresh and no less reuoubtable adversary than
the fiery Ben Hill, OF Georgia Mr. Conklng
had Quoted with SOME severity Mr. Hula r.
mark that nobody but Democrats run for of6ca
in Georgia, and Mr. Hill tried to qualify the
statement someWhaI, whereupon Alr. Conkling
said:
"Very well, 80 be it. There was 10 startling
announcement made By thessenator. We Ill
knew that nobody but Democrats ruu for Office
down there, and the only inaccurac} pf the Sen
ator's statement was that he omitted the latter
words. II he had only said nobody runs for
office in Georgia but Democrats it would haga
gone without saying. Those who are NOT DEM
office. ILauehtcr.I They are very likely torun
for their lives, or for some other strong induce
ment, but Office is not one OF the things for
which they are permitted to ruin. That un-
derstand with or without the testimony Of the
Senator from Georgia."
About this time Senators began to tire Of
writ and eloquence and began to make motions
looking to adjournment Mr.. Cameron, with
Senatorial dignity and eioQuence, exclaimed.
IS This Is Saturday, and let u5 ret OF sopn."
Mr.. Conkling Was grnc1ousiy disposed TO yield,
but took occasion to administer an awful reoaka
to a member who, in his anxiety to "ges OIL"
lifted the veil from before the holy OF holesv
the executive session.
Mr. Groome-1 simply wish to make q states
r1ept not in the way OF debate. If we 60 into
executive session am entitled to the floor:
Mr.. Conkllng-'rhc Senator has no right te
make that statement.
The Presiding Officer-The Senator from MARI
land cannot make such a statement as be has
lust made in open session in regard to exceutiEe
business.
Mr. Groome-l made It unwittingly, and pea
pardon. am new Senator. eau saw tnis.
that know the executive business for which =
session is asked cannot be transacted this aster<
noon.
The debate however, rsn along some tins
further, owing to the iucautious participation o.
Mr.. Voorhees, at late hour, He was immedt'
ately put into the witness-box, however, and
subjected to dose OF the catechism BY the New
York Senator, and, not proving very candid ID
his replies, MAS visited with this extingu1s6ms
witticism: ssHaying asked my question thEea
times, thank the honorable Senator from n
diana for the answer hc has not given me" No
debate could long continue after go crushing IN
observation, and / find that after 1angu'shtne
through another page or two OF the Record, II
came to the inevitable end. For even debates
in the Senate do end. d. L. H.