The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1884-02-09
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,ur regular Correspondent.
q q, sH,seroN, . D. c., Feb. ., 1884.
4 branches Of congress held very
. !. .;ous Of the morning hour, when
.,soaacsment ,,o, was made Of the desth
ploossnatiye Mackey of South Caro-
Tbe Senate aud House immediate
b..nrued until Tuesday noon, and
us' - On each wing Of the Capitol
III ''isced at half mast. This unex-
snale to the days proceedings
y !, disappointed l several hundred per-
sbo had gathered in the Senate gal
a,y = ayoectipp to listen to frey debate
\ Mississippi and Virginia outrage
s,;ons offered by Senator Sherman.
sbloody shirt" orations being re-
4 for the following day. readjuster
me-, who was to make the principal
Il for the Republicans, retired to
ommittee room after adjournment,
ysmained there until the Senate
shsr was deserved by all except some
ayes who were cleaning up. He
III entered the hall and rehearsed bis
speech to an imaginary audience.
IloIeful, see-saw, sing-song declams-
non attracted policemen and others
INV in the building, who peeped into
ball to see what was the matter.
4 ! while the little Senator wss sud-
\ overcome with taintlng spell
| oyer,exertion. He was carried
/ to his committee room, and Iestora-
we're administered, but it was sev>
hours before he was able to 20 home.
1 Tuesday, the crowd which again
4 the Senate galleries experienced
Her Disappointment. The Democrats
Ipators having in the meantime ad-
a in caucus, a policy of silent scorn,
Led to answer Sherman and Malone,
|the debate was confined to the Re
|;can side of the chamber. During
brogress of the speeches it was evil
THAT number Of the Republican
|,ors we're ashamed Of the threads
| iwue. The Kansas Senators, In
and Plumb, read newspapers with
h oblivious to their surroundings.
L or four wrote letters, Senator Frye
ked cigar in the cloak room, Sena
logan first pared and polished his
Il nails carefully, and then assorted
|swspapers on his desk. Senator
lam looked as if he did not know
to do, and very few listened atten.
N. Mahone's audience was scarcely
II thau when he rehearsed his piece
. empty chamber. Mr. Sherman
Ibis speech from manuscript, keeping
Ives closely on the lines and enunci>
with his usual indistinctness. He
his charges on Radical newspaper
It's and Mahone's address to the
usler. party issued two months ago
|ss considerably chilled by his fall
B arouse interest, and pushed ahead
anxious to get to the last line.
b Mr Malone arose to read his essay
Derable ex,statesman remarked, "If
mia mus be slandered she could not
ore fortunate in the selfocondemning
arance OF her calumniator." Mas
s pages of false accusations whin-
intoned, fell fiat on his hearers, and
he sat down the eloquence of 81,
on the Democratic siue, was his
answer. The resolutions and pre-
6 were adopted by strict party
Of thirty three to twenty nine.
the House OF Representatives the
,toay of bill day was diversified by a
attack on newspaper correspondents
Mr. Keifer, who has lately complain
lat certain representatives of the
we're in league against him because
s refusal TO lobby scheme in the
they were interested. through the
congress. The bitterness of the
ught was directed against General
ton, of the Cincinnati Commercial
tie, who recently denied Mr. Keifer's
res OF corruption through news
article. The immediate proyoca-
If Mr. Keifer's spetch was the intro
on Of a resolution asking that n
Il committee be appointed to inyrs-
, the charge of attempted corruption
by Mr. Keifcr against H V Boynton,
o report the result Of its discoveries
; House. While Mr. Keifer was
ing General Boynton sat uneaslly
Q press gallery and heard himself
need IA a liar and slanderer.
'ak,ng u bill day reminds me that
ennelt, If North Carolina, offered a
) j e, ent the inter.marriage OF the
and negro races in the District Of
nbia, suggested probably by the
marriage of Frederick Douglass
'hitS woman of this city.
reported back a large
cr nf bills ON Wednesday, but the
il Of both Houses were cut short by
bseQuies of Mr. Mackev, held 10 the
! the House, which the Senate at
q in body.
the H0nse, the debate on the Fliz
Porter bill was resumed on. FRIDAY, /
pntinucd on Saturday.