Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-03-15
THE SENATE.
Report Of Proceedings Of the Sem
ate in Extraordinary Session.

Mr.. Allison presented tne cTeueHtidl
of J W. McDill as Senator from
the State of Iowa, and Mr.. Sawyer
those of Angus Cameron as Senator
from the State Of Wisconsin. The
credentials having been read, the
gentlemen appeared and took the
oath of Office.
Mr. Pendleton called up the reso~
luton previously offered by him rel
| ative to the reorganization of the
Senate committees. 1t had been
stated, ne said, oa Frid y last, with
great show of confidence and with
very evident satisfaction, that when
the vacant chairs on the other
side of the chamber should
have been filed the Repub-
lican party would have a majority
in this hall, and there had bee" more
than an in imation that the Demo-
cratic party was proceeding IN un.
seemly haste to take advantage OF
the IL cidental and .emporary absence
of gentlemen on the other side
to seize the political powers and
place Of the organization of the
| Senate, to do that under these cir
Gums auces, which delay of
three or four days would
prevent their doing at all.
He did not know, and, therefore, he
did not contruvert the assertion,
but of a fact he did know, and,
therefore, repelled the lmputatlon.
Tue remark made by the distinguish
ed Senator from Illinois, Mr.. Davis,
Friday last, showed that it WAS
utterly imposs bic III the present
Condlt on Of The parties that he Re-
publican p rty should have mhj ri
ty of duy electe' members of the
Senate 1t showed, further, that 1t
would be III the power Of this party,
If it chose, to ent'r upon ways ut
absGentiOn from voting and Oboiruc-
ton, to which 1t had been invited by
the occurrence of the last few days.
He did not know whether or not the
effective working majority, under
the Con titutUn aud laws, would
be given to the other side Of the
chamber when vAca, cles We're filled.
He had no means Of knowing. He
did not know what Arrangement or
prefers or suggestions had been
made or accept q, but tue Omnipres~
ent and omnlsclent gentlemen of the
press had whispered it about the
the capitol and had put it into their
newspapers that there had been
marked or extraordinary visits to the
other end of the avenue, and they
had connected the name of a dis
tinguished Senator with the dispen-
sation Of Federal patronage in the
organization of the Senate. It had
been whispered that there had been
conferences in the capitol in which
champagne and satisfaction had been
equally presen and those too
had been connected with the state
ments as to the organization of the
Senate. He did not know what
proof there could be for those sug-
gestions, but ey had filled the air
for the last few days. The imputa-
tion which had been on the Demo-
cratic members of the Senate was
without foundation in fact.
A motion made by Mr. Allison that
the Senate go in executive session
was supported by the Republicans
and oppo ed by the Democrats.
q ute sensation was occasioned
by the fact that Mr.. Malone voted with
the Republicans. There was a slight
applause in the galleries, but it was
promptly checked.
The motion was rejected-yeas 35,
nays 81.
Mr. Conkling then took the floor
AMI maintained that the Republicans
were right i'll not consentlng to an
or anlzation a azainst a constitutional
ma jurlty of the Senate
The debate was here int rrupted
by Mr. Morgan, wlO offered resoIu-
tlons denOuuclng the assassination
of the Gar of Russia, a..d extending
to the government and of Russia
sincere coincidence. LAID On the
tab.e
Mr. Hill, of Georgia, then took t. e
fl por to clntlnue the debate He be-
Heved that when every seat should
be flied the Senate would be DemU-
or tic, dis it is now. Il he Was wrong
Ill at belief he had been deceived
Thirty eight members of this body
were sent rere as Democrats.
One member, Mr.. Da is,
of Illinois, was not sent
here as Democrat, but was sent
= by Democratic votes, and, in the
words of high and lofty patriotism,
and fidelity to trust, had, on Fridas
, announced that he should be true to
> the trust which sent him here. The
Senator from New York, Mr.. Conk-
! hng' has stated that the Republicans
VIII have a ma ipIlty. How has th s
oeen accomph he'd? BY whom has
. that wonderful coalition BEEN ac-
: complished, by which some odv.
send here as Den. .crat, has been
; "taken, and carried off" bv the Re-
pullc n party. Why is it we have
30 right 10 act on the assump-
ton that thirty-nine mem
, bers are still democrats.
He indicated the honor, integrity
J and fidelity to the State, people and
; principles of all the thirty-nin who