The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29
OUR PATRIOTS.
Their Senatorial time
employed to no
purpose.
The Contest still Goes on
with Little Result,
Malone answered and his
Pure Consideration
Ventilated.
Other Notes and Items Of News.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 2o.-Ssnatol
Johnston said he would not answer Ssna'
tor Mahone's speech until it should appeal
on record. ~s tr
Senator Hampton denied that South
Carolina had repudiated the state debt.
If there had been any reputation Fit was
by Senator Mahone's friends. the. .Repub.
licans, when they controlled the state,
The Democrats opposed the proposition &c
change the officers of the senate because
it would break old precedents. because
the senate was here for executive business
and chiefly because grave suspiciont
had taken hold Of the public mind
that there had been ta corrupt bargain
Malone denied that there had been any
bat pure consideration. he congratulated
en- his position before the county, by show
ing what consideration had moved him.
It was due to this body that the suspicion
should have proved groundlsss lf il was
SO let the republicans organize com
mittee to ascertain tho truth or
falsity of the rumor. that o vote
has sbeen controlled By promise of place
or patronage If the damning charge
were false. stamp ont the calumny forever
If true, the constitution gives ample
redress. He referred to similar charges
against Clay and Adams. which defeated
Adams for the presidency and blighted
Clay's political aspirations.
Clay had risked his life to vindicats his
honor and Randolph who brought the
charges had afteTward made the ameade
honorable in order that the senate might
be freed from suspicious. He didn't want
Dawes resolution acted on Immediately.
He referred to the magnsmenity of Dem
ocrats in allowing Kellogg 20 retain bis
seat. It now appeared Kellogg and
Malone were not only
LEADERS But MASTERS.
of the Republican party-had oasped
hands across the bloody chasm and were
ciamoring for the old flag and an appro~
priatiun, he sympathised with the good old
state of Virginia and could not doubt her
true voice would soon be heard unmistak-
able, declaring for the maintenance of
public. of the faith and political integrity
NO CHANGE
There is no change yet in the Senate
situation, but it is probable that some ar
raDRemeat will be made By tomorrow be-
fore the executive session.
A prominent Republican who saw the
president to day says that neither Robert
son nor Chandler viii be Withdrawn unless
they request it, themselves The Demo
cratic senator's have unanimously deter
mined to vote against Chandler.
as nominations are accommodating rapid
IL the men nominated by the President
are getting very nervous, and urging ex~
ecutive sessions. a close friend of Secre-
tary Blaine said this afternoon that the
nomination of Robertson will not be with
drawn under any circumstances. While
Conkling and Platt dislike the nomination.
the reports of their Wagiug war against the
administration are false
The opinion In high official circles is
that there will not be war inside OF the
Republican party.
Attorney General Macy sagh pronoun-
ces the report of his contemplated resigna-
tion as without foundation.
A strong pressure is being brought to
bear to induce the President TO Withdraw
the nomination of Chandler for solicitor
general, and If not withdrawn an attempt
will be made to reject him in the Senate.
ANOTHER REPORT.
WASHINGTON, March 2e.-Attorpey
General MacVeagh was ut his Office this
morning attending to business ms usual,
when the current report that he was
inclined to resign his Office was mentioned.
He said he did not anticipate leaving the
cabinet. He declined to talk when inter-
rogated as 60 the past differences of opin-
ion as to the wisdom of Chandler's appoint
ment and intimated that whatever objec-
tions he might have had to any of the
presidents appointments such objections
had not been sufficiently strong at any
time to warrant his retirement from the
department of justice.
EUROPEAN COMBINATION.
LONDON. March ga dispatch from
Berlin to the Times says: The letter sent
to Grown Princess Victoria, declaring the
Crown Prince Frederick William would be
murdered during the ceremonies at ST.
Petersburg, probably concerted in spirit
of levity, but pending the search for its
author, will doubtless form the subject of
comment in the Reichstag on Wednesday.
when memorial laws will be discussed.
Meanwhile it is perssstently stated that
Russia and Germany intend to bribg to the
notice OF the European powers the spread
OF revolutionary principles and proposing
some common means fer combating the
evil
THE DIFFERENCE.
WASHINGTON, March 90. - The differ
ence between the position of Readjusters
and Bourbons in Virginia. on the debt
question. is about as follows: The Me-
CuiiouRh or debt payers bill liked. with
the consent Of creditors, the debt at 30
million of dollars. made coupons receivable
Tor taxes and other dues TO the state. and
bonds non-tsxable. Il fixed the rate of
interest at an average of four per cent
The Riddleberger bill which the rssdjusters
stand by. fixed the debt at less than $780,
oO0,O00 dollars and made cupons not re-
celvsble for taxes and made Donds taxable
and the rate of interest. three per cent. 1t
was proposed to make this bill law with
cut the consent of the States creditors, on
the ground that it was Just to both the
creditors and the State. The resdlusiers
bill excludes from the State debt the ID,
terest accumulated during the war ana
reconstruction period. The McCuiiogn
bill includes this,