Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-14
THE SENATE.
Report Of Proceedings Of tho Sen
ate in Extraordinary Session.

uQ10lSn0u DuS1u0SS, Ue1lSo bdO iSoO
luton for the election of officers OF
the Senate.
Mr.. Beck said that yesterday some
difference of opinion had existed as
to the position of the Senator from
Illinois (Mr. Davis. The Senator
from Louisiana (Mr. Kellogg) had
written statement from that gen.
tleman showing that he was paired
on motions to go into executive ses-
sion, on which questions, if present,
he would vote yea. He was also
paired on the main resolution, On
which, if present, he would vote
nay.
Mr.. Dawes-Was it that to which
the Senator salluded yesterda
when he said that the wind hal
shifted?
Mr.. Beck-No; the wind has been
blowing steadily against Massachu-
setts for the past few days.
MIR. Pendleton then took the floor.
The course which the Republicans
had followed, without precedent
in all history, in insisting that the
business of the Senate and of the
country should be delayed and post,
poned until the Senate should be .;
organized and reorganized, had be -
defended on various grounds by
its various apologists on this floor.
The Senator from Massachusetts
| (Mr. Hoar) had charged the action of
the Democrats with being revolu
tionary, but had subsequently, wren
pressed by the Senator from Georgia
! (Mr. Brown retracted that charge.
Mr. Hoar said that be had no
made that charge, but tue action OF
the Democratic side warranted him
now in imputing it, and he did 50
now impute it.
Mr.. Pendleton replied that the
gentleman now made the charge with>
out any qualification, and he would
leaveit to the gentleman from Georgia
(Mr. Brown to again make him
retract it. His colleague (Mr. Sher~
man) had stated that the struggle
now going on here was a struggle
for political power in Virginia-thG
it involved the destruction Of t ,
Democratic party in that State o.
the installation of the Republican
party there. The instrument to be
used to bring about this result was
giving to Riddleger brigade of en-
ployes of this Senate, paid at public
expense, to perambulate that State
and to watch and win local elections
This was the struggle to which the
Democratic Senators were invited
The gage of the battle had been
thrown down, and he ventured, il
the presence of his Democratic
brethren, to take it up. The Demo
Gratis would invite the Republican
side ever and continually to 60 into
the discharge of the public business
and they would submit to it's guidance
in the transaction of that business
They would industriously and faith
fully consider the nominations, arC
when the public business was all di.,
charged they would unite in ad-
iourning the Senate, but they woul
not promote the decoration of thG
altar (pOlnting to the clerks desk)
consecrated to the discharge of the
4 great public duties, dedicated to the
service of all parties but for tn,
, partisan use Of none, and permit i
to be made the instrument of politi
g cal warfare and the spoils of petl
partisan triumphs.
! At the conclusion of Mr.. Pendle
tons rema-k ks, Mr.. Dawes took tn
floor, and in the course OF his re
marks, charged that the committee
. for the arrangement of the Senat
= caucus, appointed by the Democrat
. caucus, approached Mr.. Malone
= or that some of them did, in som
: way, offer to Mr.. Malone to give. o
. any man whom he would name
the sergeant-at-ams, if he (Mahone
- would vote with the Democrats.
q MIR. Pendleton demanded that Nj
Dawes should name the Democrat
, Senator who had been guilty of an
:, thing of the kind
. Mr.. Harris said that he was
- member of the Democratic caucu
committee and demanded that MI
= Dawes should name the Senate
= or Senators on that committe
who had in any manner approache
Mr. Malone.
=, Mr.. Harris begged the Democrat
= not to deal in innuendos. but t
=, name the Senator declaring that ur
q less he did so, he (Mr. Harris) woul
!; not believe q word of it.
When Mr.. Dawes again took th
floor there was q general call fror
the Democratic side to "name tn
man, name the man." Mr.. Dave
n sad he had not charged any Senate
with anything of the kind. H
would say that leading Demo
n Gratis had before this Senat
l. met approached Mr.. Malone wit
IS the proposition to give him the ser
= geant-at-arms for his vote.
Mr.. Butler asked if the Senate
from Virginia listened to such prop
ositions.
l Mr.. Dawes interrupted Mr.. Butle
}, and said: "Will the Senator par
1 don me"
e Mr.. Dawes Gnterrupting)-"
= have not the power to pardon you. "