The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
Do1NGs IN CONGRESS.

In the Senate chamber at Washington on
Wednesday, March 80, Mr.. Kellogg found hand
some bouquet on his desk, while Mr. Hill was the
recipient of magnificent floral effect-a ship Of
state sailing upon of violets and roses, accom-.
panied by laudatorE letter from ladies of Alexan
dria, Va. resolution was passed to pay the ex
penses of the funeral of Matt H. Carpenter. A mo-
ton by Mr. Harris to ad1ourn to the first Monday Of
december was lost Hill and Dawes then opened
debate on political issues, during which Logan in
dlgnanty denied that he sympathIzed with the South
at the outbreak of secession. ..,@
The Senate was apparently no nearer the
election of its officers the last day of March th
It was at the beginning Of the fight. The proceed
tngs were similar to those of the day before The
principal speakers were Senators Cameron, Maxey,
Dawes, Jones, Kellogg, Jonas, and Beck. Jonas
provoked discussion of the Louisiana debt ques-
tion and the debate branched out into the features
of the election of 1878. There was nothing of a
sensational character in any of the speeches The
President nominated John B. stickney to be United
states Attorney for the Northern District of Florida
There was strong flavor of the sensational
in the s enate proceedings on Friday, April l. The
debate was made up of series of personal encount-
ers. Lamar, of Mississippi, for the first time in
many months, made speech. He was very
weak and spoke with evident effort, and at
the end of an hour was utterly exhausted
oar. of Massachusetts,, replied to him, and
George, the new Senator frcm Mississippi, spoke Of
politics in that State, and was answered by Dawes.
Hill of Georgia, Logan and Butler took part in he
dis. ion. An angry alteration between Voor-
hes of Indiana and Malone of Virginia capped the
climax, and brought the proceedings to close.
Voorhees, adopted the language of q quasi Re-
publican paper, and applied the epithet
" renegade Democrat /" to Malone, and accused him
of being party to disgraceful bargain. Malone
replied that no brave and honorable man would
make use of such language. Both spoke of settling
the difficulty thereafter, which led to runnors of
a coming duel. The President nominated John E.
Clements, of Louisiana, to be United States Consul
ct Guatemala G .~ SEQ
TIE usual kind of debate took place in the
Senate on Monday, the 4th inst Several Southern
Sen1tors, including JohEston of Virginia. defended
Their respective States. Finally on motion of Mr..
Dawes, the Senate adjourned. The Republican Sen
ators in resolved to persist in their efforts
elect Senate officers, and the members of the COM
mittee which is to escort the remains of Senator
Carpenter to Wisconsin were requested to arrange
for pairs. ~
The Senate passed one day more in talk, on
Tuesday, the 9Th, and adjourned without doing any
thing. Senator Mcpherson wanted to introduce a
petition in reference to Boyton, the Irish Land
Lacquer, and Mr.. Hoar objected. Mr. Mcpherson
then made speech in reference to the matter. 1t
was noticeable that both Bayard and Sher-
man took part in the davis debate. The
President nominated the following Postmas-
tiers: Thomas E. Sheppard, Mechanicsburg, Ohio;
Edwin S. Hubbard Redwood, Ohio NJ. E. Taggart,
Leetonia, Ohio; George o. Wood, Mitchell, Ind !;
Benjamin W. shotly, Decatur, Ind. Selden NJ
Bronson Menasha, Wis Henry Elmer Botsford
Ray
W. Holden Raleigh, N. c.; Thomas H. Prince, Gal
latin, Tenn. sts1