Fair play., 1881-04-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
MARCH eth. Senatorial deadlock con.

MARCH a5.-Ths Senatorial deadlock con-
tl!ncd- During some remarks on the Gr"s-
ton az issue, senator Johnston said: 1T was
great revolution whisn saw IL" Republican
party in caucus nominate. tor one O! tn. hi.g-
'et ri!4rS oi ttIt: >-ii;jt" H. in0crit ami Il re
pudittIun~t, = man who would re It petty
LAWYER but for his r"puIiI,ing opinions. He
.toEii>toiil wanted Z" 50 =. N.le'hcrtr senator
from olto Sherman Who had ~ lr,iiitatt N
the credit "i tie niied state would vote iGr
Eii!lcb'r2er." H." proceeded to gave 4, bri.f
record of the public ;tCr> %: N4huIl,. and i.iG-
diebcrs": To >!t".. the were Deu."cr:,r> and
rcpudlat1rs. and III reply To- a suggestion by
Dawes. that hi- 'Jnhn.inm'sg c,llc4.u.. Ma
hone, w;IS SEX and absent. SAID he y,:- viii
inl, {" POSTPONE hi SPEECH II Baxr- would
po-tpon" li- resolution. an AGREEMENT which
Dnw"- declined To- maxi. After a lengthy de-
bate, participated ia d.. >-uut'.-- Logan and
Dawes on the Republican side. and Beck
Harris and johnston on Che Democratic Il L"
hbecch-inihl;lS Vas abandoned and til" roll!
call followed on alternate mote unS iu:t,i,.
int" executive sion TAcS- motions were
all defeated, generally hy liz vote. bat It. y
o'cicck so many SENATORS ~rr" paired tn"
Senutc was .eft without Il quorum and the ru!,
was called. Nr. Eavard sug.cc- c-tcd that, ~ II
NOT desirable the struggle should .legrn-
crate int" one Of rhv steal endurance. 1t wa-
better to adjourn. NJ. Dawes a--cntct, and
the senate adjourned.
MARCH 2i:.-Th.r.. was no change in the
situation of affairs in the Senate, and after
II brief session adjournment was lad until
Monday.
MARCH oS.-Ihe announcement that Som
ator Mahone would sdir"~- the senate in vim
dic:ition a: his action ana IN explanation of
the principles oi Ia" Read! !I-t"r party ia IL
:siniit had the effect at drawIr." to tii, lrftpl
!, lr.. audience. Alt'.Trs r... that
he Ss0Uid b" compelled to interrupt tI!,- de-
liI"rationS oi the senate to reply to th- an
warranted assault that had been Ina,'. r,lrn
hi- character and n.";i.-s, senator Malone
entered upon a lon" an, exhaustive r,-l i,.ys
al tie financial and political history Of IT,
:imi: for the last decade. shown the
party, Witch j." denied being IN any
sense IA rartv faNc:lr@ repatriation. lie
referred t" hiI "o..e3=u" .J"i1''-tynl ~
who had been elected To- She Senate
b"cause he had no record, "who roIJE.
knows what b" il or Nl::t duty u" cam. here
to perform Senator Mah"ii" pro"ia med hi,
Allegiance to Ni',In:a, ini "a any party. H.:
wa, oprn-'.L hy nnugl.nni>im AMI Ea,iica'i>in
in Virginia. lie declared the ,ior~t. people
part q: ',)'?% great taIi,y and he mr-II,t to
stand by them until all Her rights were
.ur.d-nutil they are given Tn" sam" nptIpr-
tuiitv 30 progress aud p;;>h forward a. the
whites. ta.h"Un'- Dream II Il southern I'm
PIN. was 'II!"nCiici Ia H-uU'i, AMI the south
accc. Is the decision.
MARCH e9.-Sena;or Hampton occupied
the floor Of the >cnat" duri;g tie greater
part of the session. II" denied the statement
made Yesterday ny senator Mahpnc that III,
ID, III 1crHtic party had rcpu.il lated in South
Carolina. a->"rfiu" that il Tie IT. lad been ne
pud alton il had h-''n V h"n the -:utc wts uu-
der TIA" cOntIol ui the parry with whicl! the
gentleman was nov Il ling. The Democrats
opposed the proposed action on the ground
that IL would break thu established price,
dent AMI establish II bad one, becaust. the
Senate had lccn called Eer- for executive
business, ani above III hcCa':sP grave su~-
picions had taken h".d Of ;hc pi.bic mind
This action the res :ir of an unnatural CO.
alition aud corlur; bargain. Tn" Senator
from Virginia (Nnhnnc> disc.:iinis that Ire hal
been moved bV aisN impure consideration.
lie congratulated that c''tlcmpn. and world
say ia him III AL irankn.ss thai hc wuU.d
strengthen Ms position hc.t"rr the r'atry If
H.. would sE,.w ~ hat cons '!c!;I:iun hHd moved
linn. The sd>p.ci"n might lie gronHt.i"sS,
but il Was dUc 10 the reputation OF this body
that ii s'-t&;Ild iir % owed beyond all doubt o
be Gnfrur'ied. The senate hal recently
gnnized the committee AMI given it power
10 investigate questions OF much less in,-
pritau'c than this. Let the Republicans
clot.lc the committee with fail power Ia :i~-
certain the truth or fai-.ty Of the r'IIuors
which were spreading Enrh:lllcHged thro ..i3-
ont the country. Let il fini out wifr; ,rr
any vot" in this chamber had A'"n controlled
by II pToin's" "i place or patronage. II III.
d1nuin. charges were proved untrue. stamp
ol:t the ca!ulnny inronrc :ndi"icvrr. /; s,I!c,
the Constitution gave prompt and a,np,. i..-
dress. 1t w"uii not do {" i,t this foul SIS
piorn :, this l,:>r ;nuput afion. 40 To lie world
uncontra iictct:. Brief sprrchcsuf similar in,-
port wrrs. made by senators Er"wn ;,ni i:c,.k
several ,i;lntoIy motions were then made and
voted down. ana the senate adjourned.
MARCH :a-The deadlock in the Senate
continues unhroken. senator Harris sail in.
aS,uuch as il seemed evident that the R"pul.
licarS dia not intend 10 transact tie IhI>iir..ss
v Hirh the Senate has been called here &c
transact. he moved when III, Senate adjourned
To- day i: bc to meet the first Monday ia De
ceulbc: next. Rcrertcd-yeas. -. nays =
After some mist c.uneouS speech making
which included n spirited dohafn hc,,vt...n
NrS~rS. Hoar and iIill, and the rejection ri the
usual motion "a 80 into executive session. the
Senate adjourned.