The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-21

gain his vote to make propositions to
him.
Mr.. Hosr commented triumphsntly on
what he called Hills revelation" show
ing that the Dsmo rats had been willing
to recognise, associate with, and give po
sitions on committees to the Senator
from Virginia (Mahone) as Q regular
National Democrat.
Mr.. Hill replied with q quotation fre-
uuently, used by Hoar, "beware Of the
leayen of the PnariVees which is hypoc-
ricy," and he denied he had referred to
Malone as q regular National Democrat.
The pyint in the discussion was when,
how and why, the Senator from Virginia
became Republican. That Senator sat
with the Republicans, and acted with the
Republicans in slandering his own peo
pie. But he (Mahone) had not announ-
ced he was Repub iCan. Why did he
not do 80 and save the gentleman from
Massachusetts Hoar his long winded
speeches. Why did not the Senator rise
in his place and say he was Republic
an? Ole word of his would be worth
ten thousand such speeches as those of
the S nator from Massachusetts, The
Senator from Virginia was certainly not
Republican last November when he
voted for Hancock or when he wrote
that letter in which he Characteriz I'd
the party as the gfip-sack party. Nobody
denied the gentleman's right to change
his opinions, but had he changed his
opinions2 Did he entertain now on
great national political questions, opin.
ions different from those he entertained
in 1877 and 1902 If 80, let him say 80.
Mr. Malone rose to reply. He called
the Senate to witness he had not in this
discussion transgressed the bounds of
propriety, but that he had been Courte-
GUS and respectful. He had not intro
duCed the question of the State debt Of
Virginia. 1t was his colleague John
ston1 who had done so,, That Senator
had characterized a portion Of his own
people as Repudiationists and another
class as Debtpayers, while the record Of
the Virginia Legislature and of his col,
league attested to the fact, that there was
no such party in Virginia as the Debt
paying party in his colleagues interpre
tation Of words He had not impugned
and would not impugn the motives ofthe
people of any State who had dealt with
| their State debt. That was a matter
which concerned themselves He denied
any Senator on either side of the cham.
ber had ever approached him improperly
as to the organization Of the Senate. He
did not presume any honorable man
would expect him to violate the amnities
Of life and state what had taken place
between himself and the Senator on the
subject of organization. 1t was true he
had been asked by the DemoCraic Sens
tors as to what his action would be in
regard to the organization, but whether
those Senators who came to him from
either side came as representatives of a
caucus he had never thought of inquiry.
His response to both had been alike in
effect. He had no wish to prefer, but he
intended on all occasions to vote as he
pleased. Applause in the galleries.
He had come here with obligations to
neither party, and in the discharge of his
duty he would follow his own judgment
as to how he voted. His action was MT
to be controlled by caucus. He repell.
ed the suggestion he could be bought by
any person with a plan or scheme or
combination to reach ends in the Senate
chamber that were not legitimate. He
was the custodian of his own Democracy
Taudible comments on the Democratic
side on the use of the word Democracy. !
He did not chose to debate that question.
L. was not debatable The whole ques.
ton was one between himself and those
who sent him to the Senate. He could
not become partisan of either party
What debt did he owe either? He GER
tainly owed nothing to the National De-
mocracy as represented by Barnum and
his committee. He now came to the
question of priv ege, on which he had
intended to seek the floor to-day. He
had not been in the Senate Chamber
last Thursday when the discussion took
place between Senators Rollins and Hill
and he had only noticed it in the Rec
ord last Monday. He had an extract
from the discus ion read at the clerks
desk at the point where, in response to
the the suggestion by Rollins that Dem.
ocrats have been seeking to make an ar.
rangment to secure Mahone's vote.
Mr.. Hill replied: "But we would not
haV b 1ught it."
Now, Mr.. President" continued Mr..
Malone, waving his arms to give greater
force to what he was saying, "that Ian.
guage admits of more than one interpre.
tstion, and I come to ask the Senator
from Georgia, as his language in one as.
pect implies that my vote heen or could
be bought, whether he intended to con-
vey any such idea ?"
Mr.. Hill In his seat Go on and l
will answer.
Mr. Mahone-I am rrady for you to
answer now.
Mr.. Hill prefer to wait till you get
through. ...
Mr.. Malone with emphasis I have
nothing more to say but to ask that sim.
pie question.
Mr.. Hill taking the floor in his own
right Now shall make to that Sena.
tor the answer which feel be, or any
other Senator ought to make me under
like circumstances, and tell exactly the
truth. inferred from the remark made
by the Senator from New Hampshire
[Rolinsl he was charging we had ought
to make an arrangement THAT was his
language by which we could control the
vote of the Senator from Virginia to get
the organization Of the Senate, and in re-
Spouse to that l said, 1--WE would not
have bought it." meant simply to neg,
stive what understood to be the charge
Of the Senator from New Hampshire.
That is what l intended to negative. The
Senator from New Hampshire seemed to
be going on the assumption that the 9th.
sr side was charged with having bought
the vote Of the Senator from Virginia,
and he seemed to be implying we had
wanted to buy it and could not do it. l |
denied addressing himself di. ectly to
Malone we did buy your vote; de.
MED we would have bought your vote.
We would not have given you fig for