, 1879-04-24
That Of the Former asstronetS
and Unanswerable
Argument.
Democratic Senators Determined
upon n Now Clerical 81
Deal. AL Around. :,
Wounded Union Soldiers to Mako
Way for Hungry Ex.con. .:
federates.
THE ARMY BILL.
uEHis0 00NoO wILL1AMs.
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anl notice WIS given tllat 1t Is the Drtuocrstc
pnrposc to s!t 1t out tomorrow. Mr.. Conkling
declared Ills intcntion to sprak, and 1t ts known
tliaf Senator Edsnunds also expects 10 speak.
Gen. Ccrro Gordo Willtn1ns, The new Ken.
t,tcky Senator who succeeds McCreesy, mals
Ills first srecc1! to-day, and 1t was the poorest
speech tnadc by my VI tho new Senators. A
curious circumstance was that lie had not spok,n
ton minutes brforo he Ind characterized In
rhetorical Kentucky waY Tic brasey
ot tho Foderal soidtcrs at Ccrfo
Gor1o and Chcpultlepec- It wu
at Ccrro Gortlo that Gc1. Williams was wounded
in the leg, ain, received the title which has since
nilcrcl to him. Gen. Williams said he wma
Union s,laa, mid lad always stood By the old
ia.; but when Ills section went Into the Rcbel,
llom .-
lie JOINED HIS yE101IAoRs
and fought under thu bonnie blue tiag. lie for-
rot 10 saY tint tho State ot Kentucky did not
suede. IIo took The radical Southern ground
that tic Representatives in Congress arc Stats
officers.
,Io,,cs, OF Florida, followed In legal ateu.
1nent addressed to thu constitutional feature d
the question.
Mr.. Dawes, referring to statements tt3atJoue.
had 1nntlG, said tint Dantel Webster, furty yeafs
ago, Ind ground to impalpablo powder lie DC.
trine Of Htnte rights, 'and since that time no
statesman bud undertaken to rcsurrect that loc.
trlnc.
Finally Blaine entcrpi tho list, nul denied lhs
statement Jones had male that Daniel Wtb
Bter hui been driven out Of power bF ME
Sumner. Mr.. 1}anc aail that Webster had H.
tired from political 1ifa In his full power; thss
he was mun.pcr Of Flllmore'a Cabinet, md
that he a,nl Sr. Sumner never camn into con.
tlict as rivals. alul Urged thu Florida acuaoE 10
study thp history Of his country more.
sAt the close Of the dehate tllcro was
4 VERY ANIMATED aCgNE,
which resulted In Goyernl lralnutc n5Fssges
between Bla!nc unI different Democratic sen'
niors. Mr.. Blaine had given notlce tlat he
would rc!ntsouuce hia amendment, auI read
cxtracts from testimony taken Ia South Caro-.
linn, showing great uutragcs upon tic neTroea
Slr. Butler attempted to Justify tho South,
claim.,, tint tho laws had been respected.
mud that tic pcrsuns ts!cu for tho olltTagcs had
1pen urquittcs!. Mr. Blaine, in gcry resoluto
ulti determined war, insisted that the fact Of
the ncqulttul proved nothing md that tic IT,
Infamous uutragcs still rpinatn uue1euseL
Speaking Of military tntcrfeneu at tic polls
Senator BluInu said the grosscst illustration WI
4ua DISPERSION Or Tis aAasLAS" If''1
hATuRE
in 1871 by Gen. ,McC1clan,-a fact which the
Democratic Benat0rs Ind remembered but to
fnrp,t g,notor R,rln,nh. NJ Navy ,Jrrsc7, IN.
icrposcd that Mcclellan l,asl been act!ns uW'ef
Instructions. Rlalnu challenged proof. Kan'
tlolph, In passion worthy OF hot-boodea
Ia knfI
th,, bo ,rnv,d ,1iu. -, nm !, ,re,,nu t,ts wUrL
sl!'e He "onlu aiu" hp o!'o tol"cs''o" "'s "s
l'Ialne retortcd th"t this was 'nsre eyaAou ss'u
,int HAT tllu record showul} thAt Mcclellan hta'
self ft,atsuattsl tho sck. Considerable disorder
1o,ta,.c,t' IND Mr Thuun,n. tl,u presiding
'n,''4. "'s .uai us',.s.a ~ on1er.
o'l4ccr, frequently callcd eenasoFs !" 'e
until Iinally Mr. Blaine said that tho oso'ues
was rs much duc to tic Interruptions By thu
f,hntr ss hv auv ntl,.r couac-
A. n,,:i1 * n,,,. !. ,nt ~ osc,nc ,or hs5Ina
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it, ',s.,'ast.a 1.i.,n. .a,. ,',., ~ ak for It,
'"'s "iseu'o!ou' n'"''a soo" "'H' W .'n, ~
aha satu .tslat teca11ett Liacolh snou1a NV ~
dragged lnto tho miro Of this dtscusse5'' ala
tia. il ls wero now allvo lo would bo most suF
pa .'s' -. ~ ',,s "A s'I..s ,J'',''.. T..., ss"'"
aols Ill blaes oi oh'oh Hehesa''
sEaAroA w!LI.iAMs' REMARKS.
IN ths Wtstsrn 4assoetufsd l're,s-
| WAsttlNuruw, d. c., April G,-lfle Senate
rc-un,cd confederation of ,hr Armv hll;
's,a'"su u'o" -. Wv .,1..,, '.'"'1 >, tts
atf. Ht!!lsfHf aa!d, pe1oro pEoeeeuiah santn. w
merits O. Inc nll. Nc Wisteu 70 say ~" sts viu
NY WoFns III us !r1cnas u the otnet nuf' ~ ram
hat 'cxpIesscd a!afm at the pre3e',ee o. ,Hste WS
iclcrnto Htlgalcrs upon tic i!oor Of tc seaass, i,
VNa nltstt ttllR from tlee speeeaeS ar !'t fnr tha
wus duiGt W to whut'itr or 3ot tl' " ~ Xxi
ulion ad been snrceas. ~ n!ia o's s@,e ra
lM aSllneraio opniot, anu t,'e:s ;.,,, 'at ths
la