The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-08
NATIONAL NOTES.
Lively TINES IN THE sENATE YES
TERDAY.
The House Feels for Ireland, but Can't
Reach Her-AIsO for Ihe Trans.
VRal RepublIe-COnklingH Has
= BpAt with Thurman
aud BuIler.
BENATE.

WASHINGTON, February 7.-0n motor
OF Mr.. Morgan, Hamlln and Thurman
were appointed tellers for the eleCtora
count meeting,
The morning hour having expired, OF
motion Of Mr.. Teller, the subject Of the
alleged census frauds in South Caroline
were taken up, and the letter Of the Sec
retary OF the Interior, in response TO the
Senate resolution for information on the
subject, was read,
BUTLER PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO NY LORD
ROSCOE,
Mr., Butler verified the report, and be.
lieved it should put to shame the bsselesH
calumnies Of the stump orators and party
organs in the late campaign, He replied
to the language contained in speech by
Mr.. Conkling during the campaign, and
spoke OF its charges and insinuations as
being as malignant in their purpose
against the South as the heart that In.
spired the uLteranCe and asserted them,
although the evidence OF the correctness
OF the census figures was conclusive and
overwhelming. The author OF the charges
has not had the honesty to make amends
for his lishonorabls perversiou Of facts.
Mr.. Conkling replied to Mr.. Butler that
he inferred the latter had designed his re-.
marks as an assault upon him for some
thing he had said in speech last Septem.
Der. He thought Mr.. Butler had taken q
long time 10 reply. As for the vaporiugs
OIL the Senator, they bad mo concern for
him.
Mr., Butler-The staggering insolence
OF the Senator from New York has no
concern for me.
Mr.. Conkling-The Senator Ia person
with whom | do not choose to handy
epithets here or elsewhere, least Of all
here.
The subject then dropped.
Mr.. Harris, OF Tennessee, at the sugges.
ton OF the Committee on the District of
Columbia, asked unanimous consent for a
special session tomorrow evening, to have
read the District code bill.
Mr.. Conkling suggested that, as but few
Senators would attend to hear the District
bill read, there would not be much differ.
enCe between reading thunder such,crCum.
stances and dispensing with the reading
altogether.
Mr.. Ingalls,, favoring the evening sos.
siOn as the best means OF facilitating &C.
tlon on the matter, remarked that In addi.
tion 10 the matter oil taxation the ques.
tions OF
COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND LIQUOR Ill.
CENsRs
were to be passed upon. In answer to
Mr.. Conkling he desired to know whether
that Senator did not think that when the
question about stopping grog In the Dis.
triCt Of Columbia came up there would be
full attendance on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Conkling made some humorous re.
marks on the point that Mr.. Thurman
had found a party question In q bill relat.
ing 10 the District which was supposed to
be go agreeable to theDemoCratiC stomach,
and was thought 10 furnish 80 much In.
spiration for one Of two great organiza.
tions in this country.
Mr.. Thurman replied that when the bill
came up he would call the yeas and nays
on the license question, that II might be
seen whether the Republicans could keep
their promises on which they had secured
the votes of the temperance people from
year TO year. He wanted 10 see whether
the members oil temperance organizations
In the Senate would vote for prehibitory
or local option laws, he for one would
vote square for liquor license, for he had
seen the effect Of not granting licenses
The constitution OF Ohio in 1851 pro.
hibited licenses, and theiconsequence was
there had been at least two drinking
places In the State for one existing when
the prohibition was made. He believed
wherever the prohibitory policy was
adopted its effect upon the public morals
and public health would be injurious.
Aside from the question OF spirits there
was one Of compulsory education, which
would violate the right OF the conscience
OF father and compel him to send his
children TO school other than the one he
had selected, which was one on which he
and other Senators would have something
10 say.
Mr.. Harris finding that ali unanimous
consent could not be obtained offered a
resolution for night session tomorrow.
The expiration Of the morning hour ended
the subject.