The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-02
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
FORTY-sEvENrH CONGRESS.
EXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.

Washington, Ia motion was
made by Pendleton to go into exec
utive session-yeas %, nays 20.
Dawes moved to adjourn until
Monday, but the democrats OBJ
jected. Then followed long pO-
litical debate, which was partici-
pated in by Lamar, Hoar, Dawes,
George, Hale. Hill, Logan, Butler,
Call, MaXey and VOORHEES,.
Voorhees, then took the floor and
sent to the clerks desk and had
read an extract from the EUeIling
telegraph, a Philadelphia republic
can paper, which alluded to Malone
as a renegade democrat. and charg-
ing that his acting with the repub-
licans was in consequence OF a dis
graceful bargain.
Hoar objected to its being read,
and Voorhees, stated that he would
endorse it and make it his speech.
Hoar then raised point of order
against the reading of the article,
which was Overruled by the PrcSl-
dent pro tenn. Qngalls).
Subsequently VOORHEES,, at Hoar's
private suggestion, disclaimed any
endorsement of the expressions in
the article which might be mis-
construed in the way of making
personal quarrel with either of the
gentlemen alluded, Malone or the
Vice-preSident At this point Of
the proceedings, when the discus
sion had lost all its life and fire,
when the audience in the galleries
had become less numerous, and
when all were looking to an imme-
date adjournment, the most excl
ting scene of to-day took place.
Malone, rising Unexpectedly,
said: 1 Use to ascertain whether
[ correctly understand the SEN
atOr from Indiana, Voorhees,,
as saying that the article
which he had read from Phila-
delphia paper (the E0ening T'eLe-
graph was his speech. In that ar
ticle l ain referred to as a renegade
Democrat" further on as a "repu
diatiOnist," and further on as hav-
ing entered into bargain with the
republican senators in regard to the
organization of the Senate. If /
have recited correctly what is stated
in that article, l ask the senator
whether that is his speech? ZAP
plause) pause for reply.)
Voorhees,, who had in the mean
time moved to the republican side
Of the chamber and taken a chair at
a short distance from Malone, re-
piled, in a courteous but reSolute
tone: L sent to the clerks desk an
article from leading republican
newspaper, edited by the allies of
the senator from Virginia. Soon
afterwards the senator from Massa-
chusetts (Hoar) came to me in those
kindly relations which we have ever
borne to each other, and asked
me to soften that article
by disclaiming it as my speech.
did so. In response to
that suggestion, if the senator from
Virginia expects anything further
than that from me, he is mistaken,
he is entirely mistaken. He will
have to deal with the republican
editor of that paper and when he
settles with him, if he has anything
further to settle with me, he will
find me here, and will not only find
me here, but willing to respond. 1
do not mean in any offensive means,
but in a sense of absolute justice.
He intimated that Malone, in his
new alliance. would haYe a more
difficult road to travel than he had
conceived. He need not think for
moment that he can coerce or die
tate, the course of the debate on this
floor. 1 made a large concession, l
did it from my heart and with no
possible disrespect to the senator
from Virginia. not the slightest.