The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-03-25
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
FORTY-sEVENTH CONGRESS.
EXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.

! Davis, Illinois, said: On a recent
occasion l stated the reasons that
determined my vote on the organi-
cation of the Senate, not expecting
to satisfy close politicians, accus-
toned TO party disciplineS, and
unable TO appreciate free thought
and action. Fair criticism is always
entitled to respect. and the public
man who shrinks from this does not
deserve forbearance. An attempt
has been made to have it appear
that the legislature which elected
me to the Senate contained a
republican majority and that
the state of Illinois in popu-
lation was also largely republican.
Both of these assumptions are I'M
founded. The legislature at that
time stood as follows: Republican,
Senate 81, House 70; democrats
Senate %, House 81; independents
Senate 5, House 6. 1t is thus seen
that the republicans and democrats
were almost equally divided, and
that few independents turned the
scale. For president, Hayes re-
lceived 279,232, Tilden 258,60l, and
Cooper 1926 votes. Hayes clear
majority was 1893, in a poll of over
/ half a million. These figures
proved how closely balanced the
two parties were in 1867. More
that 80 per cent. Of the votes volun-
tarily cast for me, as senator, were
from democrats, without pledges,
conditions or correspondence of any
kind whatever. They knew my pO-
litical antecedentS, and they also
knew that neither the honor which
was freely conferred upon me,
nor any other distinction that
could be offered, would alter
any conviction | had formed or di-
vert me from the course of duty as
it appeared to my best judgment
Having accepted this generous trust
under these circumstances, good
faith required me to sustain our or
ganiZation of the Senate as it had
existed in the last Congress. No
principle was involved, but merely
control of the committees and of
officers. L have voted steadily
against change, and Ishall continue
in that way until the end is reached,
being answeTable only to my con-
science and to my constituents for
this act. What my friend, the dis
tinguished senator from New York,
properly calls constitutional ma
iOrity was disclosed when the
Nice-PreSident, not member of
this body, gave the casting vote
for the committees. However fleet
ipor o1. fractional fbof mo ioritxy NOV
be, we are commanded to accept it,
and obey it. the majority that
choose the officers of the Senate.
One naturally goes with the other,
to perfect the organization. This
conclusion will neither be delayed
nor INSTRUCTED by any vote of mine,
and it cannot be reached too soon
for the public interests. 1 do not
regret at all that the new admins
tratiOn which has to confront the
country with its policy should have
control of both branches of Con-
gress. The responsibility of the
measures to be proposed cannot be
avoided. With the power to initiate
all legislation the majority is
not large enough to indulge in
a rash experiment, and the minority
is sufficiently strong to check any
tendency to excess between these
two elements. The great voice of
Independent opinion can always be
heard with effect, and the country
has every prospect of peace and
prosI Gritty.
Dawes refusing to let the reSolu-
ton go over, democrats filibustered, |
occasionally INVITING republicans
with taking into the party fold the |
democratic brigadierS.
Garland opposed change, as in
Justice to employees.
Cameron said republicans would |
sit the question out.
Blown said democrats would stay |
till December.
Brown said the recent action of |
the republican party and the sena-
tor from Virginia had shown that
the period had been reached when |
no more would be said about cOnfed- |
crate brigadieTS; that the period had |
been reached that was spoken of by |
a very old book when it said THE |
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with
the kid, and the calf. and the young
lion and the failing together, and
little child shall lead them That
period has been reached when the
lion of the debt paying republicans
and the lamb of readjustment and
partial reputation had lain down
in loving embrace together in green
pastures of luXuriant richness. He
would not say child. or little gen
eral, should lead them; but that gal
liant confederate general would lead
them. (Laughter) He hoped the
day had come when the bloody
chasm had been bridged and when
that old bloody shirt Of which
so much had been heard, would be
folded up and buried beyond the
hope of resurrection. Hoar said he
the declaration of the gem
tleman from Georgia, that it was his
purpose to occupy the time of the
Senate from now until the first of
December in preventing an express
sion of the will of the constitutional ]
of this body in regard to
the election of its officers, as contain
ing the very essence of revolution
md treason to the institutions of /
this country.
Brown was sorry he would have
% prove the senator a traitor. Does ]
.he senator deny that he sat here I
md refused to vote in the Forty
'iXth Congress? {
HOar-I do. t
Brown-You deny that you sat in !
our seat, just before the ternina-
ion of the Forty-Sixth Congress.
nd refused to vote?
Hoar-On the occasion to which
he senator refers, I refused to vote
nee or twice, and then proceeded to
o so.
Brown-That. 1 suppose, we ought I
, term petty treason, because the L
enatOr only did it once or twice:
ut his party did it good many s
mes. II
Beck said he had found among o
ne caucus candidates the name of =
harrison Riddleberger for sergeant L
t-arms, and he had heard it was v
nat some man of that name (of u
)urse-ironically-it could not be d
MS mani had introduced in the Vir- L
mia legislature what was generally "
'nsidered repudiating bill, from u
lie infection of which the people
nd only been saved by the veto of
democratic crOvar,onr III Do.lN