Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-03-18
GONE AT LAST!

SENATOR MALONE UPON TIE FLOOR OF
THE SENATE REPUDIATEs ANY ALE
GLANCE TO THE NATIONAL DEMoCRA-
CY. DECLARES IT HIS ENEMY AND
VOTES WITH THE REPUBLICANs-THE
SPEECHES.
Last Monday the affectation OF mystery
that Gen. Malone has surrounded his po-
lltical status with was suddenly dis
PEELED. Senator Hill built fire in front
of the Generals position so hot and sting
ing that it smoked him out. It occurred
in the attempt by the Democrats to Or
game the Senate. The following are the
two speeches of the occasion. Mr.. Hill of
Georgia said:
Mr.. President.-For the first time in the
history of the United States Senate the
regular, orderly, timely, proper organiza-
ton of the committees is resisted, resisted
by an entire party, resisted by a great
party. But one reason has been given or
animated. That reason, if understand
Senators correctly, is that by waiting a
few DAYS the Senate committees would be
organized in manner different from the
organization now; and therefore to get
what they claim to be their legitimate
party advantages in the organization OF
The Senate, gentlemen on the other side in
sist that the organization shall be post
poned.
Mr.. President, let us come to the point.
The Senator from New York has repeated
over and over again in language 500 plain
to be misunderstood, (he has not stated 1t
as his opinion; if [ understand his Ian
guage he has affirmed as fact), that with
in a few days the Republicans will control
a Constitutional majority of the Senate,
and that the Constitutional majority will
have it in its power to select the commit
tees. ~.
Let us come to the fact; it is great fact
I have believed that when every seat shall
be filled, the Senate will be Democratic,
precisely as it is now. 1t l am wrong in
that belief, have been deceived; if the
Senator from New York is correct in his
statement. have been deceived.
Mr.. Conkling-Suppose you wait and
see.
Mr.. HILL have list of the Senators
,,efore me. chosen by the Legislatures OF
tn several States to the Forty-seventh
"a, ,gress, except the few the Senator men
-tiont ID who have not yet arrived. assume
the what believe is true, that Senator yet
to arrive will be Republican; believe all
,the seafA now vacated will be filled by Re
publicaRs; but when full how will the Sen
ate stand3 That Is the question. L have
the list before me, ! state what every man
tguows. that the Senate when full consists
of seyenty-six members. ThirtY-eight
member of the body now sitting here were
elected to the body as Democrats. Let
that fact 90 to the country. Thirty.eight
members of the Senate now in the hearing
Of nv voice were sent here commissioned
to sit here as Democrats, They hold no
q Ysntn;ssion that was not given to them
az Democrats and by Democrats. That
t,hir .sy-ei ght amounts to precisely half the
the senate. One member OF the Senate,
the dissing ,nished Senator from Illinois,
fMr. Davis) was not sent here as Demo-
GRAFT. He waA sent here by Democratic
votes. and in " -ords of high and lofty ps-
triotism and fidelity to trust worthy OF the
very best days OF this Repnollc ne an
tn the trnst that sent him here and which
he agreed to fulfill.
This being true, challenge contradiction
to the statement make when say there
are thirty-nine members of the Senate now
sitting here commissioned by Democrats,
elected by Democratic votes. Thjrty-nine
two majority of this body when
full. Yet in the face of this high pres
erct,. in the face of the nation, the leading
Senator on the other side, the great Sena-
tor from the great State OF New York,
rises and repeats over and over again tnat
when the Senate shall be full it shall have
a constitutional majority Of Republicans
How has that been accomplished? That
lis the question. For what purpose has
that wonderful coalition been accomplish
ed by which somebody, sent here as a
Democrat, has been seized On-nO, will
not say seized; will initiate the words of
the distinguished Senator from New ork
Mtaktu and carried away to the Republic
'" Who R AID itY The Senator from New
York did not; I acquit him; know him
too we'll. WHO did it? Who has seized.
who has taken and carried away! how Is
at that we on this side nave no right 60 act
on the assumption that tnlrGy-elgnG meA-
hers who were sent to this body as Demo-
Gratis are not still Democraas2 Sir, Say
thew are. and I stand here to Sindicace the
honor. che integrity, the fideltAy to State,
to people and to principle of all che thirty
eight who were sent here as Democrats,
and deny that either has proven treach-
.erous to his constituents or has falslfied
the commission that lies upon your table.
The Senator from New York has done in
Justice to some: Democrats
Mr.. Conkling-Does the Senator make
it personal to himself?
Mr.. Hill-No sir, and the Senator knows
it; but have right to say, as I do say,
that assume that every man whom the
Legislatures of the States sent to ibis
body, worthy to hold seat in this body,
lis true to the mission and the trust with
which they eiothed him, and when the
Senator from New York intimates chat
somebody is false 4 say the Senator from
New York does injustice to that some
body.
able Senator to say that had implied or
and { think it is quite fair and Just, with
out being generous, that the Senator
should alio W me to interpose to say that my i
my statement, my implication,
my belief is that everybody is to be true,
and therefore somebody is to be true to |
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