Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-12
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPH NEWS
a,-ocaaaiugs Of the Senate To-day.


Proceedings of the Senate To-day.
WASHINGTON D. O.. April l2.-On motion
OF Mr.. Vance resolution was adopted calling
oa lha Secretary eff tho Navy for information IS
| to Wnst alterations have been nlsda 10 tao rel
a'i7e rank Of the graduates ct the NaVa! Aoad.
omv Is originally este ylished.
| : o. motion OF Mr. Burnside, resolution Was
| adopted rtqaestitg the President to communal
cato 10 tho Senate any information 10 the pos
session Ct the government touching tho alleged
arcs. eod Imprisonment Of Michael Boytou,
| who claiuS to be ci,iz,u Of the Ulited States,
by the Government OF Great Britain
The Vic, Prasd3nt laid before tho Seasto the
unfinished business-tho resolution for the cleo
ton of Senate officers aaa The usual motion to
go into executive session was withdraw Of The
request of Mr. Dawes. who stated that it had
not baen expected. Note-The motion WAS
Withdrawn because if persisted 10 it would have
rec: ssitG:ca call Of the Senate, th2re bling OF
The tho 90 quorum present.
Mr.. Beck then took the q DOR. s!a!og that he
would not detain tho Senate SO long as he had
originally intended. but would conino bis re-
marks to the sutjsc. directly uader coDsidera
tor. The republicans had sail, he continued,
that tho Senate should not 20 into executive
session, because they had held q olucus and had
determined to turn Gu. tho officers COW hodirg
plsc,n. ana i1siall others, and that the demo
crsis were guilty oftreIson aud revolution upless
they acquiescod IN everything. The democrats
had replied: You have on orgauiz,a Senate !;
ycu have p0Wer over all tho committees; We
have ssr:abdered everything that tenis TO tho
cJnveui,uc, aud Comfort OF Senators, but when
you present 10 Us list Of names for Offices aud
sp01g them that CT a man from Virginia, who
10 troI r. A.
State, ~l d. Eot propose TO 20 aEy further.
lis Sas TO- g9iag to say tho republicans were
doing this bec,use of corrupt bsrgaio, because
DO did 90. in;cnd 10 make the Soul.c Chamber
j beer garden, tut tbs country at large had
atrons suspicious that tho aiatco vas foul
ouc. The leading republican press oil the couo.
Try had CHARGED it 10 terms SO offensive that
Th:u Senator lNlr. Voorhees, had So extract!
from republican paper read danger Of person.
, oil responsibility had been threateued lie re.
lerrcd to iEe facts which toIded to Snow that
th3Tc had been Bargain, emplas Z!ag tho lie t
hat Dir. Malone had been pllaad CO the c)m-
nitcts Wlch would give him The greatest in
flu rca with the people OF Virgioia. WhiIo he
avoided CXpreSslcg al 0Di5on htro Wheu th9
Virginia election came on-as tic Senator from
Massachusetts. Mr.. Dawes. Vas going TO keep
r the Senate uotil Dcoamber-ho would Invite
that Senator TO tsir with him aad 20 ,hero 10
: September and October, ani bo-tlr. Beck
would tell the people what he could not daco.
rouaIy do here; what ho thought Wss the m oan
ing, the purpose and the ineres: Of oil this co
ton. Tho Senator'S might as we'll spend their
i timo c.nsas,ing 10 Virginia as qlar-
reug in this chamber. Whslher The
, ac::;oa OF the democrats was revolutionary
or net depended o. this fic!. It they believed
that tho republicans had entered into q corrupt
bargaia. aod ware set kiog to carry it out, ought
/. the democrats 10. to resist the consu alton
a CT thai bargain ~ every means 10 their power
Could anything be II pro dangerous than legis!a.
] zion orgauiz!d By corruption? Were tho
8 democrats right in assuming that tho bargain
was corrpp: ooe? Ii 50 they could 70 boioro
. any community 10 AmercI and say that tteg
, had rraveaIed tho consunmstion of thGt
! bIrgain ard the answer would be well )uc,
9 thou good and faithful! servant" Ii they had
ros done .ight thty would no held responsible.
Thy you'd take that r,sk on tho lao!s and
you'd dis,u15 them with the republicans any
z ThcIo 10 Vi!elo!a or elsewhere He proceeded
to argue that there cou'd be no constitutional
t msiofi,y where thoro was 20 constitutional Quo
q rum, and called ATTENTION to tho fact that ii the
G democrats should 20 homo there would be bu!
D thirty eight republicans lett-Iess than qlo
2 run. 80 that the democrats were relied upon
to help them cotslmma!e tho bargain The
0 democrats did not intend to do so aud tn tlIoW
;, tho homer Of the Old Comuotw alth CT Virgin
9 10 10 pass into too hands Of the vo:s. element:
Of Wig MIA society. The ncu OF ViFgoil who
b waro ;esistirg the rladiusters were The
, men who had bson s:audirg up for
FREQ vote. fair c,uat AMI an honest
/ payment of tho debt, The pretexs tha! thu
y republicans w;ro picking out a body o.
3 men to give a iree vote and fair cunt Was 6
pretanso that the coun!ry would never accept
|, 1t Has Anything to beat the domeo:so7" with
. out regard to 9here the aid came from, III
had few days since relu ed to pair his colleague
with Senator Malone. he would not pair hi.
:, colleague with democrat. Let the Senator
u from VirgiriI evow himself republican: LEI
Q him tell the readjusters that he has abandoned
them, then the democrats would talk about pair
d ing with him. He (Mr. Mshone) would net se
pGr with democrat until he avowed that hs
| was republican. He INT. Beck) proceeded t.
= quota and comment upon extracts from Mr.
Sha'man's speech especially those portions
= which he stated scolded the democrats. II,
hoped that that scolding had bsen intende:
in PickWckisn sense. He rcnem bered how
. thu same gentleman hsd once scolded III, pres
y fnt Vics- President and had subsequently gone
= down on his knees and begged pardon,
s The Yorktown Centennial.