Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-18
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
SIEssRs. BROWN AND INGALLS,
CONTINUE THEIR TILT.


to-day, after the reading of the journal,
Mr.. Brown rose to a question of privilege.
He had the Clerk read the remarks of MIR.
ingalls,, made yesterday, relating to Mr..
Browns revision of his (BrowE's) re-
marks made in the debate of Friday last.
When the Clerk had concluded read: :ng Mr..
Brown said that he had not replied to Mr.
ingalls, remarks yesterday because he did not
wish to speak under the irritation which Mr..
Ingalls, remarks were calculated and intended
to provoke. in what he had TO say he would
keep within the decorum Of the Senate, and
| had reduced his remarks to writing. He
called the attention of the Senate to the in
Senator from Kansas Ungalls) towards a
member OF the Senate who could not repel
such insults without violating rules which ali
| Senators were in honor bound to obey. Mr.
Brown did not wish to glaze over this matter.
The charge OF the Senator from Kansas was
that Of falsiiying the records and committing
a forgery upon the records of the Senate.
| This language was deliberately planned in
suit, a1d uttered not only in violation of the
rules of the Senate, but in defiance of the
authority OF the presiding officer.
The Chair remarked that if the Senator was
employing this language TO the Senator from
Kansas he (Brown) was doing the thing that
ne was charging against that Senator. In ac-
cuSlng brother Senator of deliber-
ately planning an insult, the Chair said that
the Senator from Georgia was out of order.
MT. Brown-Theu, sir, that remark is
Withdrawn under the ruling of the Chair.
The remarks Of the Senator from Kansas
Mr.. Brown said, were not made hastily, but
after two days had elapsed and after ample
and as Mr. Brown silpDOsed a SATISFACTORY
disclaimer from himself had been made of afI
offensive imputation. Mr.. Brown then re-
ferred to the unbrOken custom of revision ac-
corded to senators.
MR.. BROWNS VOICE WEAK.
No matter how accurate a reporter may be
he could not hear all the Senators with equal
dIstinctness. Some Senators did not speak as
distinctly as others. He (Mr. Brown was
told that his voice was sometimes inaudible In
portions Of the chamber, owing to his weak
lungs. He had revised his remarks in order
tn have them conform to what he did say ac-
cOrdlng to his best recollection. Had the
Senator from Kansas however, called his (AIr
Br0Wn'sl attention to the words complained of,
as was usual in such cases, he would have
voluntarily and publicly Invested the lam
guage OF every trace of even seeming unkind-
ness or depreciation. Notwithstanding even
the assurances given in the Senate by Mr..
Brown, the Senator from Kansas had persist
ed in his purpose Of insulting the Senator.
The Chair thought this observation out of
order.
Mr.. Brown had supposed that he was with
in the line Of Parliamentary prOpriety, but
Withdrew the remark. He submitted to the
Senate whether it would permit such an out
Tageous and inexcusabe breach of its privi-
leges to go unnoticed.
NOT A COWARD.
For himself he trusted that it was not i'm
proper to say that daring his somewhat event
full life, in many conflicts that he had with
brave men, where there was real danger, an
1nsinuatlOn OF want OF courage had never been
made against him; therefore the alIusiOn of
the Senator from Kansas about Parthan ar
rows from the safe ambush of the printing
house did not apply to him (Mr. Brown.
That Senator seemed to think that he (Mr.
Brown inserted something in his speech that
he was afraid to utter in his presence. He
ventured to say that there was moth
ing in the person, character or antecedents
Of the Senator from Kansas to make him an
object of apprehension or to excite the fears
OF any man. There was no place so safe as
this chamber for man of discreet courage
to bluster and parade his vituDerative rheto-
ric. 70 other Senator would have used such
language as the senator from Kansas had
used under the protection of the Senate, and
he (Mr, Ingalls, would not use it except un-
der the protection of the Senator
INGALLS, GETS IN A WORD.
Mr. ingalls, said that if the Senator from
Georgia would allow the remarks made this
morning to stand as they had been delivered.
remarks were to be amended by interpretations
and observations net dei4gcsed until after
they had been sent to the printing house, he
MIR. Ingals) preferred to wait before can
vassing the vote till all the returns were
in.
The Senator from Georgia. Mr.. Ingalls, said
was mightier with the pen than with either
the tongue or sword. That Senator shed ink
like water. He was very courageous with the
pen. Mr.. ingalls, would not be diverted
from the question at issue by per-
sonal tinge which the Senator from
Georgia had seen fit to give
to his observations this morning. That ques-
tion was whether the records of the Senate
had been falsifed by Interpolation of matter
personal in its character, susceptible only of
an offensive Interpretation, after the record
had been made up by the reporter. The
record of the Senate debates was intended to
be verbatim report of what was said and
done day by day IN the Senate.
COMPETENCY OF THE sTENoGRAPHER.
To secure this result we pay large sum
annually to the most accomplished stem
ographer in this country. The Senator from
Georgia had said that in his opinion he had
used language which he had written into the
report. The reporter of the Senate said that
he had not. The remark so interpOated was
personal, derogatOry, disparaging, in viola
tion of the privileges of debate, a breach of
the courtesies of the Senate, and it was what
would not have been done in ordinary af-
fair of life between one gentleman and
another.
The Chair thought this remark out of order.
Mr.. Ingalls, then withdrew the remark and
said TO the Chair that it would not appear in
the Record. Mr.. ingalls, continued that the
value of the Record would be DESTROYED if
such interpretations were permitted. He in
qured how it would be il a Senator should
some day appear here to represent Alaska
ana ne (lnRallS) aiief q ucDabe with that Sem
atOr should write into the debate statements
to the effect that the Senator from Alaska was
u cunning and sanctimonious hypocrite who
was forever washing his hands with invisible
soap in imperceptlble water. and they were
not over clean, morally, after that perform
ance.
LITTLE SUPPOsING.
Suppose he were to characterize the Sena-
tor from Alaska after the debate had closed as
the ''Uriah Heep' Of the Senate; suppose he
70 hot ho aa eor,IC
American politics; that he was a sniveling
political Pecksnif who had been upon all sides
of every political question. who had belonged
to every political party in his lifetime, and be-
longed to none that he had not BETRAYED:
would that be within the privileges of the de-
bate or in accordance with the
proprleties of legislative proceeding? These
observations, Mr.. ingalls, said, he used
as illustrations. They had no personal appli-
cation. He only employed them to show
what serious consequences might follow this
liberty of amendment by the addition of often
sive remarks As to the imputations OF the
Senator from Georgia upon his (Ingalls) per-
sOnal courage and appearance, he begged to
say to the senator from Georgia that he
(Ingalls) here distinctly avowed all that he
had hitherto said in any sense that the Sena-
tor from Georgia saw fit to attribute to it.
and that he Qngalls) did not shield himself
behind the privileges of the Senate Chamber.
IN SILENT AsToNIsHNIENT.
The usual breathing pause following the
delivery OF this sentence was characterized
by a dead silence in the chamber and the
crowded galleries, when Ingalls, added 'sThIs
is all l desire to say, sir, in response to the
gentleman" a general buzz was heard
Mr.. Hampton said that in justice to both
Senators he ought to say that he (Hampton)
was sitting just by the Senator from Georgia
when he used one of the expressions referred
to, or words of their tenor and effect the
Senator from Kansas not being at that time in
his seat, but in the back aisle of the chamber
On motiOnof Mr. Sherman, Mr. Ingalls' mo-
a iOa of
laid on the table.
SHOWING OF THE BANKS.
Mr.. sherman, IN calling up Mr.. But
lers resolution OF inquiry into the con-
dition Of the. New York banks, made
verbal report from the committee on finance
After reviewing the circumstances attendant
upon the recent financial troubles in New
York city, Mr.. sherman remarked that ali
that had been done to prevent a panic had
been done by the banks themselves.
Mr.. Sherman submitted a statement show
ing the condition Of the associated banks Of
the city OF New York by weeks from NAV / to
June u. 1884, which would give the Senator
from South Carolina almost all the informa-
ton called for by his resolution. Itcontained
the statement OF eightv-three banks, showing
the amount OF bonds, the amount OF
hand, the amount Of deposjts
and of circulation as well as of reserves. The
general result to be gathered from the state
meRts, Mr.. sherman said, was that there was
a very greatly improved condition in the
banks of New York. Immediately after the
panic the reserves were very largely drawn
upon, the legal reserves being sometimes re-
duced 10 one-half the amount required. but
every bank had within thirty DAYS made its
reserve. The gold statements showed that
although the amount Of the clearing house
certificates was at one time S24,9OO,O00 it had
been reduced to $l2,6OO, ,0O0 now in ar
tual use. S6.300,000 Of them had been
Cancelled, but s6,o00,OO0 were now
held in hand, and they were diminishing at
the rate of 81 ,000,00 daily. Mr. Sherrna an felt
satisfied thar the normal condition Of affairs
will NerN shortly he resIlrnnd Ne -