Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-05

We give below the account OF the
exciting debate, that occurred in the
United States Senate, on April lst,
between the patriotic and chivalrcus
Democratic Senator from Indiana,
Mr.. Voorhees, on the one side, and
the Virginia turn-coat, Malone, on
tho other.
The words with which the tall
sycamore of the Wabash, stung the
renegade into rage, will find an
echo in the breast Of every man who
despises duplicity and admires 10y
atty and a strict adherence to those
recognized practices. which guide
honorable men in every country.
Mr.. Voorhees, then took the floor
and sent to the clerks desk and had
read an extract from the Evening
Telegraph, a Philadelphia Republi-
can paper, which alluded to Malone
as renegade Democrat, and charg-
ing that his acting with the Republic
cans was in consequence of a dis
graceful bargain.
MIR. Hoar objected to it's being read,
and Mr.. Voorhees, stated that ne
would indorse it and make it his
speech.
| Mr.. Hoar then raised a point Of or
der against the reading of the article
which was overruled by the president
pro TEN (Mr. Ingalls,. subsequently
MIR. Voorhees,, at Mr.. Hoar's private
suggestion, discIaimed any indorse-
ment of any expressions in the article
which might be construed i'll the way
of making personal quarrel with
either of the gentlemen alluded TO in
it (Mahone and the vice president).
! At this point of the proceedings,
when the discussion had lost all its
life and fire, when the audience in
the galleries had become less numer-
ons, when all were looking forward
to an immediate adjournment, the
most exciting scene of the day took
place. Mr.. Malone, of Virginia, ris-
ing Unexpectedly, said | rise to as
certain whether | correctly under
stood the senator from Illinois (mean-
ing Indiana and Voorhees, rs saying
that the article which he had read
from the Philadelphia papers was his
speech. In that article | am referred
to as a renegade Democrat, further on
as a repudiationist, and further on as
having entered into a bargain with
the Republican senators in regard to
the organization OF the Senate. If |
have recited correctly what is stated
in the article, ask the senator wheth-
er this is his speech (applause), and !
, pause for reply.
, Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, who had
in the meantime moved to the Re
: publican side of the chamber and ia.
ken chair at a very short distance
from Mahone, replied. In a courte'
GUS but resolute tone, he said: | SEN
to the clerks desk an article from {
. leading Republican newspaper, edi-
ted by allies of the senator from Viz
GINA. Soon afterwards the senator
from Massachusetts (Hoar) came t
me, in those kindly relations which
We have ever borne to each other, ant
. asked me to soften that article by
9 dlsclaiming it as my speech. | di'
; so in response to that suggestion. |
!, the senator from Virginia expect
e anything further than that from m
q he is mistaken. He is entirely mis-
J. taken he will have to deal with til
l. Republican editor of that paper, an
is when he settles with him, ifhe ha
to any thing further to settle with MT
a he will find me here, and will nc
re only find me here, but find me willin
of to respond. do not mean that
any offensive sense, whatever, b,
~, in a sense of absolute justice. If IL
- senator from Virginia so early in tn
d. contest as now, is complaining Of Il
x terms in which his Republican ALI
a. and Republican newspapers speak
- him, and is complaints 6 of the Den
y ocratic senators who simply ask tn
t0 the terms of which he is spoken of
Of his Republican friends may be know
he has a more difficult road to trav
than he has conceived of. He ne
not think for one moment that he c
H. coerce or dictate the course OF debs
of on this floor. made Il large conct
me sion. | did it from my heart, a
her with no possible disrespect to
senator from Virginia-not the slig
on est. | did it because / thought
'ew right, when the distinguished a
our cultured senator from Massachuse
,re called attention to it; but if the 81
:, stor from Virginia thinks he
'AN stretch by one hairs breadth sol
thing between the gentleman Fl
1qes Massachusetts, and myself and coe