Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-03-25

casting voice for the committees.
However feeting Or fractional that
majority may be, we are commanded
to accept it and to obey it. The
majorlty that chose the committees
is fairly entitled to the choose the
officers of the Senate, the one natu.
rally goes with the other in ordc- to
perfect the organization. This con-
clusion will neither be delayed nor
obs ructed by any vote of mine,
and it cannot be reached too soon for
public in, crest. I do not regret
at all that the new Administration
which has TO confront the country
with it's policy, should have control of
bo b branches of Congress. The re-
sponsibility for measures to be pros
posed cannot be avoided with the
power to initiate all legislation. The
majority is not large enough to in~
dulge in rash experiments, and the
minority is sufficiently strong to
check any tendency to excess. Be
tween these two elements the great
voice of independent opinion can
always be heard with effect, and the
country has every prospect of peace
and prosperity"
Mr.. Dawes having refused to let
this resolution to go over for the
present, though requested to do SO
by Mr.. Pendleton, the Democrats
proceeded to offer dilatory motions,
and called the ayes and noes thereon,
now and then taking occasion to
twit the Republicans upon taking
into the party fold a Democratic
Confederate brigadier.
During the discussion Mr.. Brown,
of Georgia, argued that the two
parties in the country we're so evenly
divided that some of the Offices of
the government should be filled by
Democrats, and referred to the fact
that the Democratic Senate had two
years ago retained one half of the
officers then in Office @
He was here interrupted by Mr.
Logan, with the question as to what
his opinion had been upon the civil
service reform when he had been
Republican Governor of Georgia.
Mr. Brown replied that he had
never been a Republican governor,
though admitting that he had once
been Republican and retorted by
question as to why Mr.. Logan, since
he had once been a Democrat, did
not come back and act with the
Democratic party.
Several amusing passages occurred
be ween the two Senators, as to
their previous political records, after
which Mr.. Brown continued with his
speech, and referring to the action of
Mr. Malone in voting with the Re
publican party, he said that every
body knew that the air was full of
rumors of bargains and contracts
and all that. He did not know
whether they existed or not, but the
very fact that the Republicans were so
impatient to put in their officers, and
the other fact as to their connection
with the Senator who now controlled
the Senate, should cause the gentle
man to pause. The country would
ask why this haste was made. A
great many people thought that
there was an understanding between
the Republicans and the Senator
from Virginia, by which he was to
have the patronage of Virginia. He
did not know anything about that;
that it would appear better, under
the circumstances, if this matter be
postponed for the present. Con>
tinuing, he said that the recent ac-
tions of the Republican party and the
Senator from Virginia had shown
that the period had been reached
when no more would be said about
Confederate brigadiers. That the
period had been reached that was
spoken of by 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 had been reached
when the lion of tue debt-paying
Republican party and the lamb of
readjustment and partial repudia-
tion had laid down in a loving ems
brace together in green pastures of
luxurlant richness. He would not
say that little child or a little
general should lead them, but that a
gallant Confederate general would
lead them. Laughter. He hoped
that the day had come wh+n the
bloody chasm had been bridged, and
when that old bloody shirt of which
so much had been heard would be
foldrd up and buried beyond the
hope of resurrection.
Mr.. Johnson argued against the
right of the Vice-President to vote
upon the organization of the Senate.
Mr.. Farley asked leave to offer
resolution for the appointment OF a
committee of two Senators to wait
upon the President and inform him
that unless he might have some
further communication to make the
Senate was ready to adjourn without
day.
Mr.. Logan objected, and the resi-
olution Was not received.
a motion to 20 into executive
session was lost-yeas %, nays 2S.