The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21

| Senators of the lonely adage "People who
live in glass houses should not throw stones"
Mr.. Hampton asserted that numbers of the
colored people in South Carolina voted the
| Maine would go down to South Carolina at
the next election he promised him that he
| would be met on every stand on which he
would speak by a colored Democrat and if that
| colored Democrat did not give good reasons
for the faith that was in him he (Hampton)
would join the Republican party.
Mr.. Butler said that If he saw fit he would at
some future time reply at length to the allu-
sions made to fraud in South Carolina by the
Senator from Maine. The Senator had made
use of the old dodge of politicians and lawyers
of calling "stop thief in order to divert public
attention from the real issue. The real ques-
ton here was had there been disgraceful
bargain in this Senate by which the offices of
the Senate were to be turned over to those to
whom they do not belong.
Mr.. Burnside-Or whether majority shall
rule or not.
Mr.. Butler That has nothing to do with it.
Mr.. Burnside (excitedly)-l say that there
has been no bargain and any man who says
there has been says what is false.
MIR. Butler paused before making a reply
which pause was taken advantage Of by Mr..
Burnside to repeat that the statement that
there was bargain was false.
Mr.. Butler Quietly 1.-The Senator may
characterize it as false as much as he pleases
L say tIldI lUdSIQuCu DIS tll6 OcudUUE HAS seen nj
to say that the charge is false (after pause) 1
will not make it in this chamber.
Mr. Burnside-I say that any man who saws
that there is a bargain says what is false, and
now the Senator may say what he likes.
say that it is false, false FALSE emphasizing
each repetition of the word with a blow of his
clenched hand upon his desk) in every word
in letter and in spirit. daughter and ap-
plause.) have heard this thing long enough.
do not as an honorable man propose to sit
hara Is-%N
there is a corrupt bargain on this side of the
chamber say tells falsehood
Butler Calmly 1.-The Senator has right TO
say what he pleases, L am not to be betrayed in
to any excitement.
Burnside am not the least bit excited.
loud laughter in which Butler joins hearth.
~, and which was occasioned by the apparent
inconsistency between Burnside's manner and
his disclaimer of any excitement.) am Just
giving emphasis to what propose to say.
Butler GronicallyI say that the Senator is
Burnside am in perfect good humor and
perfectly calm Mr.. President. (Renewed
laughter.)
Butler-I congratulate the Senator on keep
ing cool l am delighted to see him so cool.
Burnsde-I do not mean to speak so loud as
the Senator, but l reiterate my statement
that any man who says there was a bargain on
this side of the chamber, says what is false.
Butler-AnOther case OF GOODNESS (alluding
to the emphasis which Burnside placed upon
the word "false.") I shall not be betrayed on
this floor into any language which is unparlia-
mentary, but want to say to the Senator and
all other Senators on that side when they
adopt the tactics he has adopted that if he
supposes by the use of such language as that
he can deter me from full, complete, un-
qualified discussion of public act he is mis-
taken.
After further discussion Mr.. Butler turned
his attention to Mr.. Frye's Speech in which he
said he had arraigned every senator from the
South. He denied the charges of reputation
that were made aginst the South, but inquired
whether admitting their truth that was any
excuse for the great Republican party throw
ing its powerful weight on the side of repudia-
ton in Virginia. He warned them that in
tampering with reputation in that state it was
dealing with dynamite. These tactics were
not going to dissolve the Solid South. Just
such speeches as that of the Senator from
Maine riveted the South more than ever and
drove the people of that section together The
South would not be dissolved by federal pat
rOnage, by abuse or Misrepresentation. 1t
would not be bullied into dissolution
Mr.. Frye disclaimed any intention of refer
ring to any Senator personally in his speech
During his sevice in the House his best friends
had been on the Democratic side and he
trusted that il he remained in the Senate for
few years he would count among his warm
personal friends the Senator from South Caro-
lima. Adjourned