Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-14

shire. That is what I intended TO mega
tive. The Senator from New Hampshire
seemed to be going on the assumption that
the other side was charged with having
bought a vote from the Senator from NiI-
ginia, and he seemed to be implying that We
had intended to buy it and could not do so.
l denied addressing himself directly to Ma
hone) that we did buy Your vote. 1 denied
that we wanted to buy your vote. We
would not have given you fig for your vote
That is what I intended to do. did not
charge that ths Senator had sold his vote.
do not say now that the Senator has sold his
vote. would not charge, unless l knew it
to be fact. that any Senator had sold his
vote. If the Senator wants me to go further
and say what l believe, that is a different |
question; and [ wish to say to the Senator
now, that if he proposes to call to account
everybody in this country who has a belief
on that subject, he has heavy task on his
hands. l will make no charge against any
Senator but let not any Senator invite my
opinion or compel my opinion by seeking to
make that a charge which is not one because
he may get that opinion, and get it very
fully.
Mahone-I have nothing to do with the |
Senator's opinion. I have risen to ask the |
Senator from Georgia plain, direct ques-
ton. He says will have everybody TO call |
to account. That is not the question. The |
Senator from Georgia has used language
which has been read. He knows whether he |
intended to convey an impression that sold |
my vote, or that my vote had been bought
He knows that, and 1 respectfully ask
whether he so intended that?
Hill mot rising)-I answered you fully. 1t
will be in the Record.
Mahone-As the Senator fails here to
answer directly direct question, will give
him problem to solve. He shall have
conundrum. say to him if he did not mean
to imply that my vote had been or could be
bought, he states or undertakes to convey
that which is foul, untrue, false, and that no
man less than coward would make it. The
reporter gives the sentence as delivered.
Now, l say to him, he can solve in his own
mind whether he so intended or not lad
dressing himself directly to Hill in men,
acing tone J." You can solve that, sir, if you
choose. That is all that have to say to you
now," resuming his seat.
Hill rose to reply, but Malone, continuing
his remarks, said: You can solve that
| question for yourself, whether you intended
to convey that meaning or not" A good
deal of applause in the galleries, which the
presiding officer (kellogg) endeavored to re-
press, and most of which, according to Pen.
dleton, came from the front seat of the
private gallery of Senator's
| Hill (studiously emphasizing every pointed
expression MIR. President, have too much
respect for the Senate, too much respect for
myself, too much respect for the people, to
handy epithets with the Senator from Vir
| ginia, or any other Senator here. have never
sought to receive or give, or resent an insult
in this chamber. would not insult Sem
ator in this chamber. The Senator cannot
insult me. He is powerless to insult anybody.
THE two last sentences were uttered with de-
| liberateness and point.
| Cameron of Pennsylvania lin nervous.
excited manner) What do you mean by that
! Hill am not dealing with the Senator
! from Pennsylvania now. The Senator MA
hone) asked me question. | answered his
question. 1 answered it explicitly That
answer is on the record. 1t will remain
there. 1t was a truthful answer. / answered
T a. l. r "a Al. -.
used words. Any Senator can read those
words. If the Senator (Mahone) thinks he
emphasizing the pronoun) can suppress
gentleman in discussion in this Senate by as.
Stunning to play the bully, he has made mis-
| take.
| This ended the discussion for the day,
which was followed with interest by large
audience in the galleries.
A motion made by Farley to go into execu-
tive session was lost-20 to 90
Adjourned.
REVIEW OF To-DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, April l3th.-The current of
leisurely debate in the Senate, which for
several days recently has been running so
low in point of interest as to indicate near
approach to stagnation, took sudden turn
this afternoon into veritable whirlpool of
heated discussion, with the effect of stirring
up party feeling and reviving personal ami
mostly to an extent which once more
makes it impossible to forecast the
duration of the present contest, but
which will manifestly tend only to increase
its stubbornness. The charges and counter
charges freely made by both sides eliminated,
as might be expected, In another exciting
outbreak of personal denunciation between
Malone aud Hill of Georgia, which is fully
described above. The prevalent opinion is
that in this encounter the little Virginian
gained decided advantage, but it is also re.
marked on every hand that scenes of this
character are becoming altogether too COM
mon in the United States Senate, and that it
strongly behooves both parties to put an end
to them by some emphatic assertion of that
body's traditional dignity and sense of de-
corum.