The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

wisuiss1os. D G., ArrlIs,iss

Waeuis1ros. D e., April ll, lssi.
The Senate has been hardly less
out If its usual condition during the
last few weeks than has lhe Missouri /
river. IL has been boislcrous and /
uumanaacable. 1t has ovcfGowed /
tho banks OF Sensiorial country /
preserved intact for almost a contu-
"a Ia The matter Of ice The river
evidently was ahead Of The Senate
More ice would have benefited lhe
Scnate When Senators use such
words IS coward. foul, c,c.-words
heard 10 hardly any deliberative body
in the world except the House ofl
Representative - We who have
watched the Senate Tor many years
know that n great crisis has been
reached Within a month ] have
heard these, or similar Worls, three
times from the lips Of a Senator
President Garfield has of late been
seriously advised TO cell an extra
session Of Congress, not that such q
cali would necessarily compel the
Senata 10 80 on with its proper busi-
ness Of confirming or rejecting
/ Presidential nominations, but be-
cause the example Of The House
bad as 10 has beeu-would improve
/ TIE manners Of the Senate. Remen.
bering how dignifed the Senate b 8
/ l#ays heretofore been, and how an
| dieuiaed The House, your readers
/ can understand something Of The
state the Senate has now reached.
The trouble in the Senate all
comes from Malone. lie is not
only the man who las uttered mos
Of the supplementary words. bat d,
has caused the ullcrance Of the re-
maindcr Thirty eight Democrat,
Senators believe that Malone ha.
sold himself for a price Ca the Re
, publican party They viii not rec
: ognize him as a Democrat, they re-
, use to pair with him as Republic
can, and 10 all the WAYS known /,
parliamentary law, they charge bin
G With his treason TO the party A
Ibis writing il seems impossible tia
Y the session should close before De
cember, when the constitutional reg
" uar session commences Their
u was q report last night. however
'i that the Republican Senator's woul
3 vote Tor a dsy's consideration ,
lhe business faf winch the Senat
wus called ,hc consideration {
% nominations ~hnt woul then lnsi
b ON returning TO the cleoton OF Ssr
n ate alH cfs The Dem 1otaia San
u tors viii consent, .or they have IL
sisted all through from the An
March that the senate proceed I
% that business at once II the K
+ publicans shsll vote to take a
y nominations, IS indicated abov
% they win substantially endorse Il
lr positions Democrats have held q
e, along.
u The benefit Of a short time bond
.g --one on which government reserve
% L6e f4ht OF carly redemption
shown in The very successful resu
'y OF Secretary WINDOWS late fnanei
Il operation. As is known, some tvs
D hundred millions OF SIX per cent
% become re lcem 1lle tbis sur
'e and tue Secretary gave tbs holders
D choice between surrpnle,ing the
S. for pas mout orhaylng chem relten,
p ed' at 3 per cent Tie oder ".
3 rot OF course accompanied bY an
I'd promise thal tbs bonds shonld IA
d for definite leng.h Of time, bat hl
\ nevertheless been accepted by neal
Is y all tue holders. That this otse
't wholly unauthorized by law, sh6u
De have received 80 general acceptance
J seems 90 show that a fully autho
~ ized bond az per cent, tor a del
% mite line, would have been success
~ full BENTON