The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-15
THE NEWS.
The Remains of Senator Carpenter Laid
to Rest in Forest Home
Cemetery.
The Situation in the Senate.-The Dead
lock Still Continues.
Congressional.

lock Still Continues.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-SENATE-
The senate, on motion of senator Burn
side, adopted resolution requiring the
president to communicate with the SEN
ate any information in the possession of
the government touching upon the al
legged arrest and imprisonment Of MI
chael Boynton, who claims to be citi-
zen of the United States, by the govern
ment of Great Britain.
The vice president laid before the SEN
ate as unfinished business the resolution
for the election of senate officers, and
the usual motion to go into executive
session was withdrawn at the request of
Senator Dawes.
Senator Beck then took the floor, stat
ing that he would not detain the senate
long, as he had originally expected, but
would confine his remarks 10 the sub
ject directly under consideration THE
Republicans had said,' he continued,
''the senate should not go into executive
session, because they had held caucus
and determined to turn out the officers
now holding places, and install others,
and the Democrats were guilty of treas
son and revolution unless they acqui-
esced in everything"
The Democrats had replied: "You
have an organized senate; you have
power over all committees; we have sur
rendered everything that tends to the
convenience and comfort of senators,
but when you present to US a list of
names for offices, and among them that
of man from Virginia. who was the
head and front of the Reputation of that
state, we do not propose 10 go any fur
Their; ne was not going to say the Repub-
licans were doing this because of cor
rupt bargain, because he did not intend
TO make the senate chamber beer gar
den, but the country at large had a
strong suspicion that the alliance was q
foul one; the leading Republicans of the
state had charged it in terms so offensive
that when a senator (Voorhees) had
had an extract from Republican paper
read, the danger of personal responsible
ity had been threatened. He referred
to facts which tended to show that
there had been bargain, emphasizing
the fact that Malone had been placed
on committees which would give him
the greatest influence with the people
of Virginia. While he avoided express
sing an opinion here, when the Virginia
election came on, as the sena
tor from Massachusetts (Dawes)
was going to keep the senate in session
until December, he wanted to invite that
senator to pair with him and go there in
September and October. He Beck
would tell the people what he could not
seriously do here, what he thought was
the meaning, the purpose and intent of
all this action. Cavilers might as well
spend their time canvassing in Virginia
as Quarreling in this chamber" Wheth.
or the action of the Democrats was revo-
lutionary or not, depended on this fact
If they believed the Republicans had en-
tered into a corrupt bargain and were
seeking to carry it out, ought the Dem.
ocrats not TO resist the contamination
of that bargain by every means in their
power? Could anything be more dan.
gerous than Legislation organized by
corruption? We're the Democrats right
in assuming that the bargain was cor
rupt one? If so, they could go before any
community in America and say they had
prevented a contamination of the bar
gain, and the answer would be, thou
good and faithful servants. If they
had not done right they would be held
responsible; they would take that risk
on faith, and face the result with Re
publicans in Virginia or elsewhere. He
proceeded to argue there could be nc
constitutional majority where there was
no constitutional quorum, and called at
tention to the fact that if the democrat:
should go home, there would be but
thirty eight republicans left, less than q
quorum, so the democrats were relied
upen to help them consummate the bar
gain. The democrats did not intend tC
do so, and to allow the honor and com
monwealth of Virginia to pass into the
hands of the worst element of Virgins
society. The men OF Virginia who were
resisting the readjusterS were the mer
who had been standing up for a fret
vote, fair count and an honest payment
of the debt. The pretext that the repub
licans were picking out body of men tC
give free vote and a fair count, was 6
pretense that the country would never
accept. It was anything to beat the
democracy, without regard to where aid
came from. He had few days ago re
fused to pair his colleague with Senator
Malone. He would not pair his colleague
with the democrats. Let the senator
from Virginia avow himself q republi
can lei him tell the readjusters he has
abandoned them-then the democrats
would talk about pairing with him. He
(Mahone) would not pair with the dem
ocrats until he avowed he was q repub
lican.
Senator Beck proceeded to quote and
comment upon extracts from Senator
Sherman's speech; especially those por-
tions which he stated scolded the Demo
Gratis. He hoped that scoldlng had been
intended in a Pickwickian sense. He
remembered how the same gentlemen
had scolded the present vice president,
and had subsequently gone down on his
knees and begged his pardon.
Senator Pugh then took the floor,
stating that his objection TO the present
resolution was because of his belief that
it had Its origin in coalition of ques-
tionable origin. If the Democratic SEN
ators were to submit to the adoption of
the resolution, in the face of the an
nouncement that the patronage of the
senate was TO be used to dissolve the SOL
i'd south, they would dishoner them
selves and forfeit the respect and conf
dence of their constituents. This at
tempt to destroy the solid south would
only crystalize its solidity by purglng
it of traitors to the race and party and
make it eager to Illustrate such plan
and disappOint such excavations. The
solid south could never be disintegrated
by any movement or policy founded on
distrust of the whites, and intended to
make the negro the dominant race in
LudI SCClIOu.
Saunders briefly argued in support of
the doctrine that the majority should
have the right to elect officers of the SEN
ate, and pointed out the dangers which
might attend contrary to the doctrine
that the majority should bow to the will
of the minority. For years and years the
Republican party had been engaged in
the work of reconstructing the political
situation in the southern states, and he,
for one, was ready to stretch forth the
right hand of fellowship to any man,
who, like the senator from Virginia MA
hone), would stand up in the south for a
free ballot and an honest count.
Senator Pendleton moved to go into
executive session. Lost; yeas 20, nays 20.
Several roll calls followed.
Senator Pendleton then took the floor,
but, stating he would prefer to proceed
with his SDeech tO-mOrrOW the senate