Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-21
The Senate.

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| General Capital News.
| The Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-.-The Vice Presi
dent laid before the Senate the unfinished busi
ness, being resolution fer the election ol
Senate officers, and debate Immediately be-
gan, Senator's Dawes, Jones, Brown and Frye
participating.
| Senator Butler said Frye made use of the ole
dodge of politicians and lawyers of calling
"Stop thief" in order to divert public atten
| tion from the real issue. The real question
here was chad there been a disgraceful bar
Esain in this Senate by which the officers oi
the Senate were to be turned over to those to
whom they do not belong"
Senator Burnside-..Or whether the majority
shall rule or not.
Senator Butler-That has nothing to dc
with it.
Senator Burnside, excitedly-I say there has
been no bargain, and any man who says there
has been, says what is false.
Senator Butler paused before making reply,
which pause was taken advantage OF by
Burnside to repeat that the assertion that there
was bargain was false.
Senator Butler, 'auickly-The Senator may
characterize it as false as much as he pleases.
1 say, inasmuch as the Senator has seen fit to
say tho charge Is false, (after pallse,) | will
not make it in this Chamber.
Senator Burnside-I say any man who says
there is bargain says what IS false, and now
the Senator may say what he likes. l say it is
false, false, false, emphasizing each repetition
of the word with blow of the clenched hand
xoI 1aff nyNAa
daughter and applause.) have heard this
thing long enough. do not, as an honorable
man, propose to sit here and listen to it, and
any man who says there Is o corrupt bargain
on this side of the Chamber, say tells false
hood.
Ex-senator Butler, calmly-The Senator has a
right to say what he pleases. am not to be
betrayed into any excitement.
Senator Burnside-I am not the least bit ex.
cited cloud laughter, in which Butler Joined
heartily, and which was occasioned by Burn.
sides manner and disclaimer). I am just Civ.
ing emphasis to what propose to say
Senator Butler-I say the Senator is uncom.
monty equable.
Senator Burnside-I am in perfect good
humor and perfectly calm, Mr.. President. IRE
newed laughter).
Senator Butler-I congratulate the Senator
on keeping cool. am delighted to see him
80 cool. Iaughter).
Senator Burnside do not speak as loud as
the Senator, but reiterate my statement that
any man who says there was bargain on this
side of the chamber, says what is false.
Senator Butler-Another case of GOODNESS;
(alluding to the emphasis Burnside placed up
on the word false). want to say to the Senator
and all other Senator's on that side, when they
adopt the tactics he has adopted, If he sup
poses by the use of such language as that he
I-kz f,n NInfo a,Hd
qualified discussion of public act, the Sena-
tor is simply mistaken,
Senator Burnside do not think there is a
member on this floor who will say for mo-
ment desire TO deter any man from any
thing like free discussion. l mean to meet
this charge which has been so often made and
which has stirred me to the SOUL mean
merely to say any man that makes
that statement says what is
false. l do not want to check discussion,
but on a little suspicion which is floating
through the air, for Senator's to get up and
talk about corrupt bargain-(with an air of
disgust Burnside left the sentence incomplete).
Does he suppose any man on this side would
indulge in a corrupt bargain? If we would
not indulge in corrupt bargain, how can
there be bargain? 1 say this ought to stop. l
will not say that it must stop, because l can
not stop it; but say it ought to stop in all
Qecency, Ill all pIOpIlcly, Ill uOuCoIy3 LII dii
fair dealing-that this thing ought to stop.
If you can bring evidence of bargain,
bring it, and l will vote to expel any
member3who has been guilty of this thing. If
the Senator will bring in resolution raising a
committee to investigate it, and will put
every Senator on oath, will vote for the reso-
luton.
Senator Butler regretted that the gallant and
kind hearted Senator from Rhode Island had
IL s~l; yIay, fho
from Maine had been hurting anathemas
and charges. He (Butler) had made no
charge that there was a bargain, but if he did
not demonstrate it by irrefragable testimony
he would resign his scat in The Senate.
Senator Burnside-And if the Senator does
will give up my commission and acknowledge
you have majority.
Senator Butler then turned his attention to
Senator Frye's speech and said the solid South
would not be dissolved by federal patronage;
it would not be dissolved by abuse, vitupera-
tion or Misrepresentation; it would not be
bulled into dissolution. That was the way,
above all others, to bring people into solid
mass for self protection.
Senator Burnside rose to remind the Senator
no one was justified in saying there was cor
rupt bargain and to him the charge was very
aggravatlng. If it could be proved
it was disgracefull and no man man
WHO udu guilty. vi lLC llduu Ndo CutiIlCu
to seat on this floor. 1t was nothing to
smile at.
Senator Dawes, trusting Butler
would be ready tomorrow with his irrefrag-
ible testimony, moved an adjournment, but
withdrew the motion to admit the usual dis
cussion between Hoar and Brown to suffrage
in Massachusetts,. Renewing the motion,
he was about to refer in jocular manner to
Buffers testimony when Cameron, Penn,
whispered in his ear, and he refrained. Ad-
journed.
Ultra Bloody.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-Senator Frye's
speech to-day is what the Democrats call
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