The daily gazette., 1881-04-06
Mr Bayard,s speech.

was in his power to show to an i'm
partial tribunal that the democrats
were justified in every way in stand
ing where they had stood. He
would not detain the Senate now
When he did speak he would not
speak 10 the prejudice Of either side
OF the chamber. He should try to
place this case as though he were
standing where the republicans now
stood. He would submit nothing
but reason; he would not seek to
raise passion, because this was
public business, and private amoi-
tion, personal enjoyment aud party
ought to tade away be-
fore the demands OF the American
people, that their representatives
should deal with public questions in
q spirit worthy of such questions.
SPEECH OF MR.. SHERMAN.
Mr.. Sherman, lrep.) of Ohio, sand
the American people would look
upon a contest which involved moth.
ing but few officers with good
deal of indifference. But back OF
this was principle which was rec
ognized in every deliberative body
in the world that was that the ma>
jority of any body must decide every
question that came before II. The
rights of the minority were not only
defined, but prescribed. Here ma
jority was in favor OF a change OF
officers. IL was shown by many
votes. And it was constitutional
majority; it was a majority OF sena
tors without respect to the vote OF
the Vice President. Did anybody
question the right of the majority to
elect ofiicersp
MIR. BAYARD IN REPLY.
Mr. BAYARD was glad that one voice
had been hard in reprobation OF the
custom Of preventing by silence the de
cision Of II easure which bad been pro
posed and deba ed, and which only re-
manned 10 be acted upon. But IL was q
question OF sound public DISCRETION
whether The interposition OF dilatory mo-
tlons Was or " as not within the spirit vi
the law. Who should judge Of thAlP To
what bar should that question be referr-
Ell. TheIs was touched the conscience Of
legislators. Ths Senator from Ohio was
ia error when lie stated there was q
numerical majority In opposition TO the
transact, on of the only business for which
the Senate bad been convened. The
vote Of the Senator from Illinois. (Mr.
Davis) had been steadily cast in favor OF
perferrlng the business for whieh the
senate had been called, TO that which
had been dictated by the acton of party
caucuses. He recalled TO the republican
side the fact that in last November thir-
ty-nine members OF this body had voted
for Hanct ck and English, and asserted
that in view OF that fact ii would be un-
IsL to the present ineumbents Of the
SeDate Offices, who had been expecting O
retsntson i'll place, to turn out without
warning. 1t would be unfafr 70 them u
put in their places, 20 reap tie harvest oi
q summer vacation, men who had mol
sown. He put 1t on the ground OF fair
dealing, OF common courtesy OF decent
behavior to those who had assisted In car.
rying on the pablo business. But there
was a higher principle than this involved
which he would speak about hereafter
This was an arrangement to control the
election in Virginia next fall by the
patronage of tho Senate.
Mr.. LOGAN, ,(Tep) Of H., disclined any
knowle ledge of such an arrangement bui
|. inquired why the election OF a Sergeant
al Arms, who lived in Virginia, shoulC
alarm the Senator about . change Vi
politics in that State.
MIR. Bayard replied that it was not the
amount OF goods which were stolen tha
siEnitied, but the fact that they wert
stolen. II was not the amount of the
offence: it was the offence. Ii, In The
providence of Almighty God, The Stat
| that bad been sauclifed by the names q
Washington and Jefferson and Madison
aud Monroe, had so lost its sOnscIenc'
az to be governed by handful OF petty
patronage, might God have mercy on III
people. lie did not for moment believe
| il, but that was not the question.
| Mr.. Sherman SAID that the method o
resorting to dIlatory motions 70 stop bus
| iness was as dangerous, DEMONSTRATIONS
and revolutionary as Withholding votes
Mi. Vance, (dem.) Of N. e. (interrupt
ing)-Is q motion TO 60 into executive
session revolutionary
Mr.. Sherman replied that in itself |
was All innocent motion, but when mad
to prevent the majority proceeding will
busip ess it WAS revolutionary. The Sell
ator from Delaware had spoken o
thirty-nine Senators having voted 70
| Hancock. That was no reason the,
should follow the democratic party il
| all its sins of omission and commission
The brave example set By the Senato
from Virginia (Ml. Mahone) would b
extolled as lad been extolled the deed
of the old horoes Of that great Conmo
wealth.
TO GET TEE voxH OF MAnoNEs.
| Mr.. Beck said that the Rspubhsa
had refused to 60 into executive sesslo
had refused to pay respect TO tbei
President-for what? In order to "a
the vote of Malone; In order that a
presedeuts should be overihrown and /
order that the Commonwealth OF WI
oiDia should be- turned over TO Riddle
berger, Aud We, he continued, ar
called reyoluti onists because we say 20
nbail NOT do that thing. And "
tell YOU now you shall vol do II, wheti
ar you have made q bargain or NO. To
NAV call US revoiutionists; you shall nj
overthrow all the traditions OF th
! country. You shall not carry out an
/ such arrangement az that wheth'
/; u,a,ls honestly or dishonesty. You ma
. do 30 In legislative session. but We WI
in every parliamentary way prevent Il
: country from having sueh legislAtiO
. imposed upon Virginia and suoh q co
I league 10 Malone sens to this Senate
: YOU desire shall bo brought here (allu'
a ing to RIddlebergor
Mr. Mcpherson said that for the la
J. ten wears he had bean earnestly co