The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY. MARCH rs.

:. CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, MARCH rs.
ts.;ghe senate was crowded to hoes tho reply Of
q senator Malone, Of Virginia, TO the attacks OF
/ ssyerd democratqke(etors. S Ehe, speech was
! Is mike 4Sdne lhtfered he3pre In, it's man
|; issf that it VI. fntng.0 .the listeners:
lsekea e. aaI g ss'w st hack shd ts ss
S ona Of the front 81 Ks and Tsad long argu-
mentative statement from printed alps: Onca
or twice only did he drop his text and inject q
little fiery impromptu inTective thai added
spice 10 the effort The apeech II the main
was : rehearsal Of ehe Virginia dsbt question
far: as details 80: He declared that he came to
the senate ~ representative: R the densnd
for free ballot, full vote and an honest count.
He put this in the strongest terms q which the
Edlglish language j. possible, and IN: 20 dong
disclosed the recent and the sole ground Tor
ed by Conklng, Dawes and other Repubhcans,
and willaat. other business. she senate ad-
TUESDAY, MARCH 90.
Immediately af the residing Of the journal the
resolution was' called up for tie election Of
0@Ss ade = Hs ns Sa MADE speech defending
South Caroiina' :sad waI, fo,toxsd by Jones Of
Louisiana and Kellogg, who aired for the hcn-
dredth .tini6 the woes Of sheapeican state.
senator Beck. Of Kentucky, made an attack on
Charles ": Johnson. Of Minnesota, the 1epuDh-
from the testimony taken before the Carlisle
conni5tee in taeipyastigationQ q the Doa4e;1y-
Washburn contest which showed that Mr.. John-
son had been very active in politics as the sec
cesary Of the state central committees, whieh vas
shout all that the Kentucky senator. eosld a.
lege. This brought Mr.. Mcmillan to bis feet,
who handled .the objections ;ra1heF roughly.
The senate I'D journed '<'''s 81
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 80.
Another day like tho several preceding
Motions for the election of officers, to go into
executive session, and speeches about Malone
is as yet, TO indication Of a compromise from
either side. The only incident Of the day to re-
iieTe tho noaotony Of the proceedings wazs
charge by Ben Hill Of Georgia, that
General Logan, at ,sthe beginning of the
sos qe sh a s IS Brow ssh
cred in intense anger, and he: strobe forward =
long step or two. and stood confronting the
Georgian to reply: In the meantime Hills
audacious assertion had prodpeeda tremendous
sensation in the galleries, and from al parts OF
the crowd came chorus Of hissea The uproar
snbs;ded in moment and there waaa breath
less silence, while every eye turned upon the
swasthy face Of Logan, to hear his ret0rt." He
deliberately, in the most emphasize tones, de-
clared such an insinuation to be glaring false
striking the desk heavy blow with bis c}inehed
fiat he looked defiance at the Georgian, and them
quietly turned his back upon him -
THURSDAY. MAaCaS1.
The resolution for the election Of officers Of
the senate was again before tho senate, and
speeches we're made On general politics by
| Senators Cameron, Pa. Nancy, Tex, Dawes,
Mr.. Dawes, who is conducting tho repubh
can side with great skill and caution, sent q
page around among the republican. senators,
with q LIST Of questions, to which affirmative or
negative ansWe1s, were requested These
questions were:
::F:rst-shau ne now begin 10 have. night
sessions and make it . matter of physical en-
durance?" There was an almost unanimous
negative gwen to the proposition, owing doubt
less to the fact that IN this the democrats woaM
have great advantage, as shey would be
obliged to keep but sixteen men In tho senate;
'<Sacond-Shall we 60 into executive session
each day at 4 80 o'clock and do some bust
ness?" There was email majority against this
plan:
this also the members were almost equally d.
vided, = small majority being in favor Of q
CAUCUS. = IT, 49,. T. r..
Various propositions for compromise are
suggested, but the prospect Of breaking tho
| deadlock seems az dim a. at the beginning.
i.
I The senate was the scens of several exciting
and interesting episodes Larsr Of MISSISSIPPI
I pi, made 3 formal speech. 40 spoke with
| great earnestness, in q high key, shaking HE
! head and swinging his arms violently. His
! speech vas listened to with great attention and
| much satisfaction by the democratic senators,
| and was the most cogent presentation Of
| the subject thus fer made from chat side.
| He IVES extremely bitter on tho disclosure oe
| the purpose of the Republicans to sustain Ma
hone in the coming fight The North would
! not endorse it The sentiment Of commercial
| and national honor was too strong in the North
! to approve it He was obliged 70 suspend his
remarks on account OF sudden illness
! Hoar replied, and at the first fire disclosed the
inconsistency in the speech of Lamar by re-
ference to tho repudiating record of Mississippi.
to Mr.. Lamar's ntimation that he hated the
South. The North desired 20 SEQ the South
! Free prosperous and happy, and to accomplish
this was willing to ehut up her factories, let the
grass grow in her streets and shut up the count
ing rooms Of her people. Show us the mea-
sure, and we will pay the taxes necessary to
sustain the South. Ills a.; -.
+ NOT Tbs SOUTH WE HATE.
It is hetyranny, assassination and that Bour-
bonis% 2 which has made no progress in twenty
years"
ments derogatoDy to Mississippi, denying charges
of bull doing, etc. Butler Of & O., denied tho
reports Of ravages in South Carolina and Louis
lana, and when Logan stated that Phil Sheridan
hsd reported list of 2, 900 names Of men who
had been murdered for their political opinions
! in Louisiana and Texas, Voorhees, declared that
there was no truth IN the Charge, to which
! Logan retorted that the dead bodies Of men in
the streets could not be denied. From this
| point the debate camepersonA and very point
cd. Logan and Butler had passage in which
each said he was not afraid Of tho bravado Of
the other u !-a:
| To cap the climax Voorhees, sent to the clerks
desk an article from the iPhiladelphia Evening
Telegram stating that it was the views Of Re-
! publican newspaper article, criticized the Re-
| publicans for attempting to change the Offices,
and denounced Malone as renegade Democrat