Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-27
18th COngress---SecOnd Session.
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SENATE.-After some routine business the
chair laid before the Senate Mr. Bayard's
resolution expressing the horror and detest-
alton of the Senate at the recent attempt to
destroy the houses of Parliament and other
buildings in London. Mr.. Bayard in moving
it's adoption said he was better satisfied to
ask it to-day because this body had now the
opportunity to affirm deliberately what nat
urally and instinctively prompted expression
the instant the information was received of
the uncivilized, cruel and barbarous
attempt to destroy in another country
human life and with it buildings dedi-
Gated to a government of laws, in the vain
hope possibly to gain relief from suffering by
this overthrowing law itself in its very cita-
del. 1t seemed to him eminently proper that
the lawmaking body of the American people
should express its antagonism to a proceed
ing which by destroying law must necessari-
ly destroy all the liberty which could only
exist under law To give expression to the
meaning of this body he asked for the yeas
and nays on the passage of this resolution
Mr.. Riddleberger said he could receive
with profound sorrow news of the kind re-
ferred to, but was not prepared to say he
received it with Indignation The reason
given by Mr.. Bayard, that because forsooth
this was building where laws are enacted
that guarantee liberty to the subjects of
Great Britain, not sufficient to induce
him (Rddleberger) to vote for this resolution
While the United States was preparing to
experiment as to methods of blowing Ships
out of the water by dynamite, it did not be-
come them to say that people
who had not the right to issue
proclamation of war should not use the
same instrument. If we were placed
in country where we could not exercise the
God-given right of owning land even though
earned by the sweat of our brows, what
would we do! He did not justify the meth
DDS used, but he was not willing to express
any sympathy of fellowship with a nation
which gave none of her sons the right to ex-
ercise that liberty which we saw on this side
of the Atlantic. When an English judge,
sitting on the bench with Irishman on
trial for his life, could say to the jury ''These
are the facts" and that elected no expression
on the part of the United States, he asked
to be excused from expressing any sym
pathy in matter of this kind There
was absolute war between Ireland and Eng
land far as Irishmen without government |
could make it. In other matters senators
were SO entirely neutral that some of them |
held that we could not even dig ditch with |
out asking leave of England He moved to |
refer the resolution to the Committee on
Foreign Relations for more accurate in |
formation. The motion was defeated by |
vote of So to 3 (Riddleberger and Van |
Wyck)
The original resolution was then amend |
ID by adding to it condemnation of the i'm |
oerilling of the lives of innocent and un- |
persons.
Mr.. Riddleberger moved to postpone con-
,ideration of the resolution until Wednesday 1
4fter the morning hour
Mr.. Hoar, noting remark attributed to
he British minister in Washington that /
America was in some way implicated in these
wrongs, said that America could not under
axe to repress free speech OF even vapor, and
f they could this would only increase the
LANCER.
Mr.. Gibson denounced the perpetrators of
hese outrages assassins. They were not |
oldiers; they were not brave men, they wers |
lot Irishmen, for Irishmen were brave
Mr.. Ingalls, would vote for the resolution of |
he Senator from Delaware not as an admis- |
ion that America was in any way implicit
d, but because these crimes were crimes |
gainst humanity.
Mr.. Riddleberger recalled the incidents of |
ohm Browns rising at Harper's Ferry. The
institution at that time sanctioned slavery, |
ct the public sentiment of majority of this
ountry said men ought to be free and justi-
ed the means to that end. Not single reason
ad yet been advanced why the resolution |
hould be adopted by the United States
enate.
Mr.. Hawley said the American people had
vice experienced the crime of the assassina-
ion of its chief ruler and from every nation
agan and civilized, came solemn and indig- |
o-day were far worse; far meaner; far viler !
hey had not even the logic of assassination |
nd he would decline to discuss in connec-
ion with them any questions which imagina- |
ion could call up.
The roll was then called and Mr. Riddle |
erger's motion to postpone was voted down, |
Ii. Riddleherger alone voting in its favor.
The resolution of Mr.. Bayard was then
dopted by vote of So to l. Every Sen
tor in the chamber voted.
At 2:15 the Senate went into executive ses-
ion on the Nicaragua treaty. The Senate
emained in executive session over two hours
iscussing the treaty. The chief speakers |
nd Bayard. Messrs. Miller and Edmunds
avored the treaty. Mr.. Sherman opposed it. |
fr. Bayard took ground with Mr.. Sherman
i opposition to the treaty and urged that |
he incoming administration ought not to be
Embarrassed by any precipitate action of this
uestion involving as it did the delicate |
uestien of whether OF not the treaty was in |
of the Clayton and Bulwer
realty. The doors were then opened to adj |
lit of eulogies on the late Representative
duncan of Pennsylvania, at the close of | {
7hich the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-As soon as the House convened |
o-day Mr.. Stockslager, of Indiana, offered a
esolution directing the Committee on Pub |
&c Buildings and Grounds to inquire into |
he origin of this mornings fire at the Capt.
Of and report what legislation is necessary
0 give greater security to the records and
Their property of the government. 1t was
adopted.
Resolutions by Mr.. Findlay of Maryland,
skiing the Secretary of State if any Ameri-
ans were known to be concerned in dyna-
aite explosions and by Mr.. Hewitt, of New
York, to the same effect, but applying to all
oreign countries, were referred to the Com
nittee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr.. Dorsheimer, of New York, introduced
he Edmunds bill.
Mr.. White, of Kentucky moved to abolish
he office of commissioner of internal revenue
nd all internal revenue taxes and G. D:
Wise, of Virginia. asked for information as
o the orders under which the Tallapoosa was
ailing when she sank; referred.
A bill appropriating $4,000, one-half to be