Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-14
I'd Mr.. Malone that information was

Alf. Hill enCefeQ Ills empnatlc deS
NAL of the charge made by Mr..
Dawes. He was one of the commits
tee appointed to propose an organi<
zation of the committees of the
body, and he stated emphatically
that that committee made no propo-
sition to the Senator from Virginia
as to what should be done for him,
Or as to how he should vote. ANY
statement, intimation, inuendo or
irsinuation to the contrary was
utterly false and untrue. The Sena-
tor from Virginia had been discussed
in the committee precisely as the
other new Democratic Senators had
been, and he would have thought it
an insult to that Senator to indicate
to him that it was necessary, in order
to gain his vote, to make propositions
to him.
Mr.. Malone denied that any Sena-
tor, on either side, had ever apo
preached him improperly as to the
organization of the Senate. He res
PEELED the suggestion that he could
be approached by any person with
plan or scheme or combination to
reach ends that were not legitimate.
He had an extract from the discus
sion in the Senate, last Thursday,
read at point wherein a response
suggestion by Mr. Rollins that the
Democrats had been seeking to make
an arrangement to secure Mr..
Mahones vote
Mr.. Hill replied: "But we would
not have bought it.
Now, Mr.. President, continued
Mr.. Malone, that language admits
of one or more interpretations, and
[ come to ask the Senator from
Georgia, as his language in one as
pect implies that my vote had been
or could be bought, whether he in
tended to convey any such idea.
Mr. Hill Gn his seaD-" Go on, and
[ will answer"
| Mr. Malone" I am ready 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 simple question.
Mr.. Hill-Now I shall make to
that Senator the answer which [ feel
he or any other Senator ought to
make to me under like circumstances
and tell exactly the truth. [ inferred
from remark made by the Senator
from Virginia that he was charging
that we had sought to make an ar
rangement (that was his language),
by which we would control the vote
OF the Senator from Virginia to get
i the organization Of tho Senate and
in response to that [ sad that we
would not have bought it. [ meant
simply to negative what [ under,
stood to be the charge of the Sem
ator from New Hampshire. That i:
what I intended to negative. The
, Sentative from New Hampshire
seemed to be going on the assump-
, ton that the other side was charged
with having bought the vote Of tht
Senator from Virginia, and he seemed
to be implying that we hac
wanted to buy it and could no
do it. [ denied addressing himsel
directly to Mr.. Mahone) that we die
buy your vote. [ denied that W.
wanted to buy your vote. [ denied
, that we would have bought YOU
, vote. We would not have given yol
, big for your vote. That is what
t intended to deny. [ did not charg,
) that the Senator had sold his vote
7 L do not say now that the Senate
has sold his vote. [ would no
= charge, unless [ knew it to be fact
3 that any Senator had sold his vote
= Ii the Senator wants me to go fur
. tber and to say what [ believe, tina
e Is a different question, and I wish t.
C say to the Senator now, that if h
proposes to call to account every
9 body in this country who has a belle
I on that subject, he ha
!, a heavy task on hi
} hands. [ will make no charg
against any Senator, but let not an
j. Senator invite my opinion or com
C pei my opinion by seeking to max
that charge which is not one. be
cause he may get that opinion, an
a get it very fully.
s Mr.. Mahone-I have nothing t
: do with the Senator's opinion. [ hav
+ risen toask the Senator from Georgi
e a plain, civil question. He says
l will have everybody to call to &C
count it is not the question. Th
s Senator from Georgia has use
0 the language which has been read
i He knows whether he intended t.
convey the impression that I sol
my vote, Or that my vote had bee
e bought. He knows that with ca
n phasis) and I respectfully as
2 whether he so intended, that is al
s Mr.. Hill answered you fully
r It will be in the Record.
3 Mr.. Mahone-As the Senator fail
: here to answer directly a direc
9 question I will give him probler
b to solve. He shall have conun
; drum. [ say to him, that if he di
mean to imply that my vote ha
r been or could be..bought he states 0
) undertakes to convey that which
foul, untruthful, false and that n
T man, less than q coward wOuld max