The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21
Another Lively Exchange
Words in the Senate.


| WASHINGTON, April 13-The Vice Presidel
laid before the Senate unfinished busines
being the resolution for the election of eff
GERS of the Senate.
Mr.. Beck said that yesterday some diffsl
ence Of opinion had existed as to the posiio
OF the Senator from Illinois MR. Davis.) TIL
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kellsgg) had
written statement from that gentleman shov
ing that he was paired on motions to 60 int
executive session, on which question. if pres
ent, he would vote yea" He was ais
paired on the main resolution, on which, i
present. he would vote "nsy."
Nr. Dawes-Was it that to which tbs sens
tor alluded yesterday when he said that til
| wind had shiftedi
Mr.. Beck-No. the wind has bs.n blowin
steadily against Aassach usetts for the pas
few days.
Mr.. p ndleton then took the floor. He sal,
the cOurse which the Repxbieans had fol
LEVIED, without precedent in all history, il
insisting that tho business of the Senate an,
Of the country shoIld be delayed and post
poned until the Senate should bs diso,gapiz
cd and reorganizsd tal been defended OF
various grounds by its various apslogists Q,
the tisor. The senator from Aassa chusetts
Mr.. Hoar) had charged the action of tn,
Democrats with being revolutionary, ,bst h at
subsequently, when pressed by the senator
from Georgia (Ar. Browp), retracted tina,
charge.
Mr.. Hosr said that he had not made thai
charge, but the action OF the Demo cratic side
warranted him now in imputiDg 1t, and he
did so now impute it.
Mr.. Pcndleton replied that ths gentleman
now made the charge without any qual;fica.
ton, and he wsuld leave it to the gentleman
frsm Georgia thr. Brown to again make hin,
retract it. His colleague (Ar. Enern an) had
stated that tho trouble now going on mere
was struggle for political powerin Virginia;
that it involved the destruction of the Dem.
ocratic perty in the State, and installation OF
the Republican party there. The instrument
to be used to bring about this result WAS Civ
en- to Riddlebaiger-a brigade of the en-
ploVes OF this Sesate, paid at the public ex-
pense, to perambulate that State and to
watch and win the local elections. This was
the struggle to which Democratic senator's
were invited. The gage of battle had been
thrown down. and he vcnt,ired, in the pres
ence of his Dem ocratic brethren. to take it
up. The Democrats would invite the Repub
lisan sids ever and continually to 60 into the
discharge of public business; they would
submit to its guidance in the transaction of
that business; they would ndustriously and
consider nominations, and when
the pablo business was all discharged thew
would unite on adjourning the Senate But
they would not permit the desecration of
that altar (pointing to the clerk dssk) con
secratea to the discharge of great pubic du-
to the service Of all parties.
but for the partisan use of none-and permit
IL to be made the instrun' ent Of political war
fare and the spoils of petty partisan. tri.
umphs.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. P ndleton's re-
marks, Mr.. Dswes took tho floor, and in the
course Of his remarks charged that the com
mittoe for the arrangement of the Senate
appointed by the Democratic
caucus, approached S.tator Aahsne, or that
seme of them did, in some way, Offer to Mr..
Aahene to give him, or any tran whom he
would name. the sergeant-at-alms if he Ma
hone) would vote with the Democrats.
Mr.. Pendleton demanded that Mr.. Dawes
should name the Democratic senator who
had been guilty of anything of tie kind
Mr.. Harris said he was u mem Der of the
Democratic caucus committee, and demanded
that Mr.. Dawes should name the senator or
senators en- that committee who had, in apy
manner, approached Mr.. Mohone. Mr.. Har-
ris begged Mr.. Dawes mot to deal in inuen
does. but to name the senator, declaring that
unless he did 80, he tMr. Hsrris)would net be-
lieye word OF III
When Mr.. Dawes again took the floor there
was a general cry from the Democratic sid.
to Name the man ~ name the man.i
Mr.. Dawes said he had not charged any
senator with any hing OF the kind; he would
say that leading Democrats had. before this
Sen ate met, approached Mr.. Malone with
to give him the sergeant att arms
for his vote.
Mr.. Butler asked il the senator from Vir-
ginia listened to suck propssitionsi-M
Dawes interruptingSMr. Butler said-will
the senator pardon met
Mr.. Dawes iinterraptingJ-I have not the
power to pardon you.
Mr. Butler-But you have the power and
aisposi ion to be very pert and aissourteous,
and will net % into that kind Of debate.
Mr.. feHdlsteH said that if Mr.. Dawes had
been informed that any prominent Democrat
ever approached Mr.. Malone, that infor ma
ton was entirely false.
Mr.. Hill entered his emphatic denial of the
charge made by Mr. Dawes He was one Of
the committee appointed to propose an or.
gan ization of committees of this body and he
sta ted emphatically that that committee
made no proposition to the senator from Vir
ginia as to what should be done for him, or
as to how he should vote. Any statement.
intimation, ,inuendo or insinuation to the con
trary was utterly false and untrue. The SEN
ator from Virginia had been discussed in
committee precisely as other new Democrat
lc senators had been, and he would have
thought it an insult to that senator to indi-
cate th at it was necessary in order to gaia
his vote to MAKE propositions to him.
Mr. Malone denied that any senator on
either side had ever approached hin inn
properly as to tho organization OF the Senats.
He repelled the suggestion that he could be
ap preached by any person with a plan, or
scheme, or combination that reack ends that
were not I legitimate. He had an extract
from the discus sien III the Senate last Thurs
da read at the clerks desk, at the point
W here, in respons sc 10 suggestion'by Mr..
Rollins that the Democrats had been seeking
to make an arrangement to secure Mahone's
vote, Mr.. Hill replies: But we would not
have bought it," Now, Mr.. President, con-
tinaed Mr.. Malone. that language admits Of
One or more interpretations, and COME to
all tba San nator frhrn Georpia-aa hia lam