Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-19
xLvII CoNeREss EXTRA SESSION.
WASHINGTON, april IS.
SENATE.

" thS dAt-NAN
quoted by Malone from the international
Review. TO the effect that Tennessee rcpudi-
ated sII, 900, 90 OF her debt, and asserted
there was no truth in the statement. len
nessee had at no time repudiated single
penny of debt.
THE motion for an executive session by
Mr. Harris was lost; yeas 20. nays Il.
By unanimous consent, Mr.. Johnston per-
mitted the offer of resolution, which was
adopted, calling on the attorney general for
certain papers relating TO the report OF e. &
Lancaster special agent of the treasury,
touching the Western judicial district OF
Virginia. Some time was consumed IN the
rGIl calls on various diatory motions.
Mr.. Dawes said he was concious that pub
lie business was much obstructed by the ten
dency of the resolution which he had offered.
but attributed tina, obstruction to the minor
ity in the resolution using every motion
known to parliamentary law to defeat that
resolution. This was struggle whether the
majority of the Senate or the minority of the
Senate should control public business. He
did not care whether one officer or another
was in office, but he desired to have it settled
before the country, whether this was a gov
eminent of the majority or not. He wished
to make last appeal TO the Judgment and
patriotism of the other side, not TO overthrow
the fundamental principal of that govern
ment in fighting over matter OF no more
Importance than the selecting a couple OF
officers.
Mr.. Salisbury expressed regret that this
should be last appeal.
Mr.. Beck declared that in December next.
they would be ready to consider the pending
resolution. but in his judgment Riddleberger
would not then be made Sergeant at Arms.
The Virginia election would then be over,
| and if republican did not tender, somebody
else would tender for Sergeant at Arms some
one who was conservative republican, who
had fought through the war, in the federal
army, and then the republicans could choose
between the confederate repudiating Riddle
berger and that man who would be rendered
| to them, he thought, by the republican sena-
tor. 1t might as well be understood that in
| December next, the republicans would not
| put Riddleberger in any promise.
Mr.. Dawes-Does the senator mean to say
| he will not, in December, submit to the will
of the majority?
| Mr. Beck 81 do not said that would,
but would take such an issde in December,
that you will find it difficult to stand up to
your contract if you have one.
| Mr.. Dawes-Does the senator mean the
reason of this opposition from the southern
senator is that Riddicbcrger in not Union
soldier:
Mr. Beck-It grows out of this that you,
in the opinion of the country. will not say
anything to make you challenge me.
Mr.. Dawes (interrupting) What is the
senator fighting for: Is he fighting for De-
cember or in behalf of senators from the
Southern States. to get Union soldier in
stead of a rebel brigadier:
! Mr.. Beck-If the fact is true, that many
| L L. t1,at.
nation of this man is the carrying out of a
| foul bargain, that the people of the country
will stand by any party that seeks to prevent
contamination of it when December comes
and you still seek to carry out, what people
consider, IA foul bargain, that we have right
| to prevent man. against whom We have
said so much, and whose political career we
so much oppose. from being our sargeant-at
arms, to give the republican party a decent
man. a gentleman, "A soldier, and a wounded
soldier at that and to say 1--WE will vote tor
him if you will move up man obnoxious to
us who will make himself disagrceable
to us we know he will"
| Mr. Dawes-Dont yen think the best way
to determine the question is to submit it to
majority?
| MIR. Beehive will submit to a ma
jority as far as am concerned. whenever
1
the senator, if he has made bargain, has a
right to divert US from the legitimate business
of the Senate.
| Mr.. Dawes-Thc senator said: - If the
senator from Massachusetts, has made any
foul bargain, then and So" Does the
senator mean to say he has selected those
words with care, so that he could not be
called to account for them.
Mr.. Beck have said this. and repeat
it, that have never charged any bargain on
this floor or anybody, and do not propose
to do it. will express my opinions when
ever | am in caucus, and will take the re-
sponsibility there. But on the floor of the
Senate will not express opinions that will
give any senator right to make a personal
wrangle with me- If he goes out of this
chamber and ask my opinion will give it to
him. 1t he don't like it he can knock me
down. If he can he may take any satisfac-
faction he likes.
| Mr.. Dawes had supposed my relations
with the senator were such that he would not
come into the Senate and promising his
speech by saying he would be careful of his
words, or come here making charge
against me. l wish to call his attention to
it. I am not here to pick against or to per-
nit any senator, in any language he NAV
choose, to say that which goes to the con-
trary. With that Interpretation, and it only
makes the matter worse, in my opinion, for
the senator to get up and announce that he
has been careful to use words that while they
mean enc thing, they are not words for
which he can be called to account. l know
the senator knows better than to charge me
directly or indirectly, by inference or other
wise, with anything dishonorable in this
transaction. and if the senator says otherwise
he had better say it openly and candidly and
we will understand each other from this
date.
Mr.. Beck-I have endeavored to saw that
l have made no charge in public for l know
nothing about it when said. carefully, 81 ex-
cluded the possibility that anybody should
think desired to make any charge.
Mr.. Dawes-That is entire ly satisfactory
The debate was continued by Messrs
Brown of Georgia, Blair. Burnside and
Logan. No new features of interest occurred
Mr.. Hampton stated he had been informed
that while republican caucus had been in
session, Mr.. Malone had been in the COM
mittec room and that messages had passed
between them. He inquired whether or not
ths'was a fact.
! Messrs Logan and Dawes discaimed anv
knowledge of it.
Adjourned.
LABOR TROUBLES.