Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-14
oHlYIss UNDER TIE DEADLOCK.
Lively Debate In the Senate Yester.
day = Malone and Hill Bandy
PersOnalitles-Hot and Bpicy.

explained that when Malone
avowsd himself q Republican the Demo-
Gratis would be ready to pair with him,
and not until then.
Hill. OF Georgia. referred to remarks
by Dawes relative TO an attempt made
BY Democrats to capture Mshons's vote.
and entered an emphatic denial Of the
Malone rose to reply. and called the
to witness that he had not In this
trsnseresssd the bounds Of
that he had been courteous
and respectful. and q he was the custo-
dian Of his own Democracy (sudibls
on the Democratic side on the
use Of the word Democracy he did
not choose to debate that question. II
was not debstabls. This whole ques-
ton was one between himself and those
who sent him to the Senate. He could
not become Q partisan Of either party.
What debt did he owe sithsri BE Ger.
tainly owed nothing to the National
Democracy. represented BY Baruum and
his committee. He now came to q quss.
ton OF privilege on which he bad In.
tended TO seek the foor today. He had
not been In the Senate Chamber last
Thursday, when the discussion took
place between Senators Rollins and Hill.
and be had only noticed II In the Record.
He had an extract from the discussion
read at the Clerks desk, at the point
where, in response 10 Q suggestion that
the Democrats had been seeking TO make
arrangements to secure Mahone's vote.
aud Hill replied: "But We would not
have bought it'll "Now. Mr.. Presi-
dent" continued Malone, waving his
arms to give greater force to what he
was saying. ''that language admits OF
n or more Interpretations. and / come
to ask the Senator from Georgia. ~ bis
language in one aspect implies that my
vote had been, or could be, bought.
whether he intended to convey any such
idea 2" -.
Hill lin his ssat)-Go on, and I will
answer
Mahons- I am ready for you to an.
swer now.
HILL prefer to wait till you are
through.
Malone with emphasis) Il have
nothing q to say but to ask the Sim
pie question.
Hill (taking the floor 10 bis own
riRh,)-Now I shall make the Senator
an answer which I feel he. or any other
Senator, ought to mako me under like
circumstances, and tell exactly the truth.
I inferred from Q remark made by the
Senator from New Hampshire (Rollins)
that he was charging that be had sought
to make an arrangement Chat was his
lanRuaRe) by which w would control
the vote Of the Senator from Virginia to
get the organization Of the Senate, and
10 response to that I said We would not
have bought 1t. I meant simply to
negative what / understood to be the
charge Of the Senator from New Hamp-
shire. That il what I intended to mega.
tive. The Senator from New Hamp-
shire seemed to be going on the
assumption that the other side
was charged with having bought the
vote from the Senator from Virginia,
and he seemed to be implying that We
had wanted to buy II and could not do
II. I denied addressing himself directly
to Mahoue) that We did buy your vote.
I denied that we wanted 10 buy your
vote. l denied that We would have
bought your vote. We would not have
given you u fig for your vote. THAT Is
what l intended to say. ] did not charge
that the Senator had sold his vote. l
do not say now that the Senator has sold
his vote. would not charge. unless /
knew il to be O fact. that any Senator
had sold his vote. II the Senator wants
me to 90 further and say what I believe
that IL Q different question, and l wish
to say to the Senator now, II be pro.
poses 10 call to account everybody In
this country who has q belief on that
subject, he has O heavy task on his
hands. will make no charge against
any Senator, but let not any Senator In
yite my opinion, or compel my opinion.
by seeking to make that q charge which
10 not one. because he may get that
opinion. and get 1t very fully.
Mahope-I have nothing TO do with
the Senator's opinions. I have risen to
ask the Senator from Georgia Q plain.
direct question. He says I will have
everybody to call to account. That 10
not the question. The Senator from
Georgia has used the language which
has been read. He knows whether be
intended to convey an impression that /
sold my vote, or that my vote had been
bought. He knows that, aud ! respect.
fully ask whether he so intended that.
Hill mot risinR)-I answered you fully.
twill be in the Record.
Mahone-As the Senator falls here to
answer directly Q direct question. / will
give him . problem to solve. he shall
have q oonundrum. I say to him, II he
did not mean to imply that my vote had
been. or could DO. bought. he states or
undertakes to convey that which 10 foul.
untruthful. false and that no man less
than 0 coward would make II. (The re-
porter quotes the sentence a. deliversd.)
Now I say to him that he can solve. In
his own mind. whether hs 10 intended
or not. addressing himself directly to
Hill in o msnacing tone. You can solve
that. sir. II you choose! That Is all that
l have TO say to you now. lResuming
his seat.]
Hill rose to reply. but Malone, con-
tinuinR his remarks, said: You q solve
that question for yourself, whether you
intended to convey that meaning or not.
"A good deal OF %applausein the galleries.
which the presiding officer (Ksllogs)
endeavorsd to repress, and most OF
which, according to Psndleton, came
from the front seat Of the private gallery
OF Senatorial
Hill (studiously emphasizins every
pointed exprsssion)-Mr. PrssidsSt. I
have too much respect for the Senate;
too much respect for myself; too much
respect for the people. to handy cpl.
.hata With the Senator from Virginia, or