Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-09

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| tie article contained persoa atty, and
tshat that personality " desired to
withdraw. 4 4
Mr.. Voorhees, indignantly And
then the senator from Virginia rises
here to require me to make q conccs-
| sion, beyond that.
Mr.. Hoar lin q conciliatory tone) =
l do not think that tho gentleman
from Virginia heard the statement
which the gentleman from Indiana
made.
| Mr.. Malone, declining to take adA
vantage Of Mr.. Hoar's suggestion,
said:
Mr.. President, thisis o very simple
question. 1 stated q case to this
Senate, and stated it | think clearly.
stated thatthe senator from Illinois
(meaning lndiana) had read to this
house an article from a newspaper in
which different references to myseli
were made, the senator having stated
that it was q part of his speech. Now
what have arisen for, notwithstand-
ing what the senator has said to my
friend from Massachusetts,, is To ask
the senator from Indiana whether
or not these personal references to
myself Were Of his own accord; and
that speaking imperatively) is the
question that ! ask the Senate now.
The senator has said that he did not
want to be dictated to, and that In
the course of this debate the privi-
lege will be exercised Of having news
paper artacles read at the desk.
make no objection to that; none
whatever, and it is not of that that
| complain; but when the senator
says that the article is his speech he
stands in the attitude of the man who
wrote it. The senator takes the
liberty of refeJang me to the news
paper man for settlement. shall
select my own course in this matter.
Mr.. Voorhees, (de6antly) select me
whenever you please.
Mr.. Malone (resolutely)-I select
you now.
Mr.. Voorhe es (contcmptuousiy)--
Well, select me now.
Mr.. Malone (persistingin his point
! have called upon you in this house
| to say whether or not
! Before he had time to finish the
sentence, Mr.. Voorhees, anticipating
it, and throwing off the restraint
which he had observed up to this
point, said passionately Then I in
dorsc every single word which was
said in that article.
| Mr.. Malone breaking ip)--Then
say that the references which you
make to me are such as no honorable
or brave man would make. and | de-
nounce you as such here. The re-
porter gives the sentence as it was
uttered.
Mr.. Voorhees, That is a bare cues
ton OF here and hereafter.
Mr. Malone The hereafter will come
as soon as you want it to.
Mr.. Voorhees, Il will know exactly
how to meet it. | indorse every
word said in the article. | indorse
the term renegade Democrat" l
indorse everything else in it that
may be construed to reflect upon the
course of the senator from Virginia,
and without his taking time to put
words Oh me he eau seek his redress.
There is no use in making any mis-
take about the matter at all. / heard
the senator from Virginia stand here
and shout out, "That thing had to
stop" Suppose it don't9 Suppose it
don'te | know it won't with me by
your dictation. This is cheap; very
cheap (alluding to Mr.. Mahone's ex-
pression).
MIR. Mahone-lt is very cheap. Mr..
President, to deal i'll such bravado as
the gentleman from Illinois (meaning
Indiana) does.
Mr.. Voorhees,, who was walking
over to his own chair when Mr.. Ma
homes last remark was made, turned
round and said: The gentleman al
ludes to me as the senator from Hi
nois. | suppose he will make no
exception, therefore, if | allude to
him as the senator from Vermont.
Malone Continuing and complet-
ing his sentence) but when the gen
gentleman says he indorses the senti..
ment of that newspaper article, | un-
dertake to characterize it are such
that no brave or honorable man
would make in this chamber. Now
let him take that with him and wear
it.
Some Democratic senators here
suggested to Mr.. Voorhees, to say no
more, but not needing the advice he
retOrted in q somewhat oracular
manner: "Thc question about taking
and wearinga thing depends a good
deal upon ''here and hereafter"