, 1879-06-19

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Referring Incidentally to the course Of the Dem
ocrats OIL the approximation bills, ConklIng said
TINT tho time has come when the msjorlty dare
not adjutlrn anil Leave the Government to starye
md the army 10 languish. The Dev,l Is subtle,
but he woaves coarao web. The wob Ia their
io-called Army btlt, ConkIng said, is Tery
coarse II IL trick. tnEgtc, And bo then i'm
putcd bad faith to the Democrats.
Afr. Lamar, infcrring that tic imputat!on Of
bad faith waa lnado among others TO him, said,
II pronounce tt1e statement falschood, and
rcpel It With tho contempt feel for the author
Of IT,
Chamber, at,d had not heard The whole Of Id
mars remarks, but he returned
IN TINE 70 HEAR THE sEN1ENuH QUOTED.
Railing himself to Ills greatest hight,
With superb pridet contampt, aad acorn,
waving aside Al attempted Interruption
by Lamur, Mr.. Conkting said: NJ viii proceed
In mr. own time, aud for the lime do not [n-
tend to bold any communication with him
{Lannar). understood the Benator to SAY !u
plan: unparliamcutary language TINT u state
tncnt OF mine ia falsehood. II caught bis
words Alright Uhs not being the placo
TO measure with any man . capacity
to defy dtccpcy, to violate the rules Of tho Sen
ate. orto commont oil lhe impropr'etie' Of li'c3
haTe nothing to say. Bnt II tue SENATOR
tlcmember from Mississippi. intended 10 nputc
70 me ialsenood' nothnR except tne
Iact taat thf& 10 the oenate "ould prevent no
from oenounclng hin as
4 DLAcK0UAHD AND / COWARD.
Let me be nero explicit, Mr.. President. II the
member from ai!ssis'tpp'. except IN the presence
OF the senate, charged mo " 'mputattion
Or otherwise With 1alsehood would ue'
pouuce a1m ~ paekRuasu' 3 COW
ard, and liar, aM understanding
whst he said, nj l do' the rules mud pFoprlcties
Of the Senate are the only restraint upon me-"
Tile extraordinary character Of tue statements
startled the Senate There was hfeathless
silcoce in the chamber, when Lamar arose and
said: II have outy To sas that tue senator
from New York understood 1ne correctly. beE
pardon Of the Senate for the unparliamentarJ
language. It ~as very harah anu severe. II
vas sleh "a no good man would dcserfe, aud 10
brave man would wear"
The silence which followed was broken BY
from Vance, Of North Carolfna, who had seated
himself near LatnAr, md was noticed to make
suggestions to him. The excitement ovcrcame
the temporary preatdlng officer tCockrell, OF
Missousi} who seemed To try to rcgala hts
equan!mty by raps Of the gave'. This ended at
| o'clock T.. m. The Democratic Senators In
mcdfate!y commenced telegraphing to all their
pairod colleagues 10 return.
On the floor, Senators are talking Of nothing
else. Southern Senators unanimously sustain
Lamar, and hayo overwhelmed him With con.
gra.ulattone One senator, who il La.nar's
most Intimate friend, md who in tho event Of 4
challenge uxpccts to act rs biz second. says:
"I don't think toukI!ng will fight 1don't
regard him ~ II tnan Of courage.
Lamar will only be delighted ia
hare Conkling challenge him. or course ercr1'
thing rests with Conxlng, III ha fs the insuited
party. OF one thing you may ho assured. no
effort will be made 10 liz up the matter, aa wa
the case when Conkling had bis difficulty With
Gordon. There 10 no power on Garth that will
Induce Lamar 10 withdraw h!s Words"
Salisbury thinks 1t ia q very bad business but
that Conktiog Las been very aggressive towardi
the South. and that he was expecting some
thing OF the kind. Ben Hill declares that n
ncYcr saw or heard anythlng like It, and ht
does not sea how ConsllnR eau nvo1o tax1he
notice Of it. keroan. regrets tho oc
currence, but Is "a usual rettcent u
to his opinton. Gordon u probably
! THE wAnMEsr ADVOCATE or 1AMAh's COURSE,
au1 IL quite aemo1strat1ve Ia hls expression o
approval. Eaton, who II Conklin2's best friend
among the Democrats, SAYS that Conklln&
failed for unce to neaairc wall hi.
words, ala tn inputlng bad iatth to LausaE
lald hltnaelf opcu to Lamar's attack. Hs
regrets the occurrence, hut cannot forcte!l the
result. Vance. of North Carolina, who Is at
accomplished duelltst, states that he does not
know what course Coukllng. will pursue, but h