Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-04-23
xlyiI CONGRESS- EXTRA SESSION.
WASHINGTON, april %.
SEnArE.

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The Vice President laid resolution for
election Of officers in the Senate. The usu-
al mofion for executive session was made by
Mr.. Harris and lost, yeas Il, nays %.
Mr.. Morrill, then took the floor in the
denial Of what he termed the baseless charge
Of corrupt bargain which was so fippantly
made. and which implied that the republican
senators were parties to that bargain. He
would be sorry to know any democratic SEN
ators should have such poor opinion of
him that denial should be needed. So far
a. the vote from the Senator from Virginia
(Mahone) was concerned, he (Morrill) had
understood in advance that it would be cast
with the republicans without any conditions
whatever.
He referred to what he called the combined
attack ofthe democratic senators upon siE-
gle senator. who had recently taken his Sc at
in this chamber, declaring that it was not
chivalrous on the party of thirty-seven hon.
orable senators to strike altogether at one
fellow senator. Senators were not to be
bulldozed.
No one senator had a right to call another to
account for the course that he might choose
to take here on any question. We have in
stances of statesmen having changed their
political convictions, and asserted the charges
made against the senator from Virginia, BY
to strike, were as unfoanded and calumnious
IS those made against Henry Clay.
Mr.. Beck-rhe doctrine of anti-bull-doz
ing But it ill becomes republicans to
charge democratic senators with treason be-
cause they cast their votes for what they
thought the good of the country.
Nessrs. Sherman and Beck engaged in a
discussion regarding the justice of engaging
in delatory proceedings to prevent business
Mr.. Sherman inquired whether it was in
the power of fifteen senatots to prevent the
passage of any bill.
Mr.. Beck replied that it was The DEM
ocrats have avOwed, for good or bad reasons,
that they intended to prevent a disorganiza.
ton Of the Senate at this time If they
were wrong they were responsible for
that wrong.
In the discussion MIR. Sherman said he
should vote for Riddleberger because he be-
lieved him an honorable man. The DEM
ocrats in this controversy had taken the
wrong issue. He did not desire to 90 into
collateral matters but he would, at some flu
ture time, possibly sumbit the statement as
to the debts of several States.
After the disclaimer by Mr.. Burnside of
any intention, in his speech of Wednesday,
to reflect upon any senator, Mr.. Jones took
the floor and contradicted the recent state
ments of Charles Heath.
The "Heath statement" furnished brief
discussion betwee Messrs Dawes and Jones,
in which Mr.. Dawes said he would transfer
the controversy with Mr.. Jones to Heath, first
however, commenting upon the assertion Of
Judge Bridger that he had rot got yet enough
testimony to indict Heath, but would have
soon. He thanked God, he Dawes did not
live where he could be tried by such man.
Mr.. Brown said a few days ago he had
stated that many republican papers had as.
serted there was corrupt bargain between
the republicans and Mr.. Malone, The state
ment had been contradicted by the senator
from Rhode Island Burnside He now de-
sired to have read from the clerks desk, va
riOus articles from republican papers. If he
made any mistake as to the politics of the
papers, he trusted the senators from the re-
spective States would correct him. He
would first read an article from the Boston
Herald
MIR. Burnside-That is not a republican
paper.
Mr.. Brown appealed to Mr. Hoar for in
formation.
Mr.. Hoar said--"The idea of eking out de-
bate by bringing in newspaper articles re-
hecting on fellow senator so repugnant to
his sense Of decency that it would not aid in
Mr.. Brown-I did not ask the senator 8
opinion on that question.
Mr.. Brown then had read extracts from the
Boston Herald, Hartford Courant. Philadel-
phia American. Denver Tribune. Portland
Orogonian, Philadelphia Evening Telegraph,
San Francisco Arsonaut, Pittsburg Despatch
Sacramento Record-U nion, in some of which
the deadlock was attributed to ''disgraceful
bargain"
Mr.. Miller denied that the San Francisco
nd hn Sac ~
could properly be described as republican
papers, and said they were "indepe ndent'
journals, but Mr.. Farley contended that the
latter is a republican journal.
Mr.. Cameron (of Penn. denied the repub-
licansm of the PittsbIrg Despatch, asserting
that the paper never supported anything, a
good republican or democrat, while Mr..
Mitchell stated that the Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph might be republican but had
strsng Democratic tendencies.
Mr.. Burnside read an extract from the
Louisville Courier-Journal, to the effect
that the country did not sympathze with the
democratic senators in this contest
Mr.. Hawley read an extract from speech
made in the Chicago convention in 1868, BY
MIR. Brown of Georgia, in which he had said
If you will give us Georgia repu blicans)
the fruits of the victory we have lately won,
we will carry Georgia for General Grant,"
his comment upon it being the condition
in the precedent bargain then after few
remarks from Mr.. Brown saying that negotia-
tions between senators was a different mat
ter from the speaker in the convention, saw
ing g you must give us certain patronage or
we cannot proceed"
The Senate then in order to be present at
tbs unveiling of the Farragut statue Monday,
adjourned until Tuesday.