Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-15
TUuRSDAY........JULY Is, 1886.
H,ed,eberper on Edmunds.


Riedleberger on Edmunds.
There has been good deal of talk
,bou, the speech which Mr.. RIDDLE
nyRoER made in the Senate, on Sstur-
d.y last, on the subject of the contirma-
t;op Of the nomination Of Mr.. GooDE
70 be Solicitor General Of the United
States. The speech, as it appears in
the Congressional Record, is rather too
dark and mysterious in its references
to be appreciated by the general reader
but We have no doubt that it cre-
.ted an immense sensation in
the Senate. A witty Englishman once
said that the Lord only knew what
would happen If members name
were called out in Parliament. The
senators have made the United States
Senate a body Of like traditions-a
body filed with the idea Of its own
importance, and fully persuaded that
the eyes Of all the world watch its
proceedipgs-a body that has become
. close corporation--a body that will
not allow a person to be appointed q
postmaster who has ever spoken disre-
spectfully Of any one OF the High
Mightinesses who compose it.
In such body Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER
is Of course regarded as Pariah. lie
has more than once-nsy, he has FIRE.
ouently-caused it to DO understood
that be has no respect for the traditions
of the Senate. Nevertheless, even he
is oyerawed by the divinity that doth
hedge the Senate, and discovers names
to the world, not by calling them out
boldly, but by taking lesson from the
circumlocution Office. Let us do him
the justice, however, to say that there
was no nistaking the senators, nor the
acts, to which he referred in his rambling
remarks of Saturday last. AS to the
charge which had been made in secret
session by Mr.. EDMUNDs against Mr..
GooDE, Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER said:
Allegations have been made, seem
ingly sustained by the words of sena.
tor, which / challenge and say are not
true. l mean by that that a senator
from Vermont or a senator from any
where else who might by possibility
assert that he had letters incalpstiDS
Joe Brown or John Smith or anybody
else " it'll the aicker and the sale Of offices
uttered that which is unbecoming a
man and is not true. say that, sir,
for the man himself, and need not say
1t for myself"
Mr.. RInDLEHERGER also made the
following cutting remark:
"He Mr.. Goodel was forbidden to
come upon this floor, but the Bell Tele-
phone Company was here"
OF course in the persons Of senator's
retained as its counsel.
Here is another hit at EDMUNDs:
~ cay again that there were words
uttered here yesterday that no man
would have uttered outside Of an ex-
ecuiiye session of the Senate Of the
United States. | mean to impersO-
nate nobody; but, sir, II you will
assume for a moment that my name
is John Smith, and that | was
beeotten and bailded out Of the small
est material in The United States, or
even in this world, l should not yo.
have been capable, in my judgment, of
asserting before the Senate that had q
letter which declared that certain man
bad dickered and traded and We. be
unwilling to produce the letter"
In the following remarks, Mr.. RID
DLEBERGER seems to refer amongst
others to General MALONE:
~ will take it for granted that John
Smith is before this body for confirms
ton, and that | am to determine on
testimony taken by q committee ~he-
ther be is fit and qualified for the office.
will assume that he comes here and
answers negatively what is Affirmative
iy charged against him. will assume
for the purposes Of what want to
state here that there comes from Mas
sachusstts . senator by the name Of
Brown. viii assume for the pur-
nj II a. B..
that there 10 senator coming
srsn Virginia by the name o
Smith, and then will assert tina
neither Of them, Brown nor Smith
would have dared to say in the ops
sessions Of the Senate about somebod
else that which was said in executi,
session yesterday. They would not ha,
dared 10 face tho doctor from Southland
y tor--snd il tina. Is Objectionable | wi
name him as from Northampton, in o
der TO preserve executive secrets. The
would not have dared TO bring I'M
the Senate such q statement as wa
msde here. ssk pardon; witt
: draw that statement, because l a.
afraid | am getting little over th
lire. They would not have dare
to say in open session Of this bod
What ! know has been stated in the 81
cTet and executive sessions. They neve
dared TO state even in executive sessio
that Q certain man was not qualified 70
the Office; that be had not the chsrsc
ter tha. qualified him for the associa
tons Of the Office, and / could see il
that their character, but Bell telephone
stock Was disporting itself around thi
Capitol and trying to make 1t appear
that mar"
Here hs was called to order.
Never more be officer Of mine, y
General MALONE has no doubt said IA
NJ. RIDpLEBERaER before now, either
b words or BY acts.
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II 10 said that tho Grand Master Of
nasons b Virginia will be requested TO
isy The eorpsr.stons Of the LEE monu-
matt. The stone Il 10 be laid during