Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-18

10 ehtrap the department.
Mr.. Edmunds insisted that the Senator
from kentucky was out OF order, and
asked the Chair to decide the question.
The Chair was of the opinion that the
senator from Kentucky could see the
distinction and would, no doubt, observe
the rules of order.
Mr.. Beck SAID he would do so. He
would not speak of anything that oc-
Cured in executive session. but his state
ment as to what the record and public
press would show-that the Senator from
vermont did not see fit to act on the NOM
ination.
Mr.. Edmunds again insisted that the
Senator was out OF order and asked the
Chair to enforce rules.
The Chair stated that the Senator from
kentucky had an undoubted right to re-
fer to public facts, but
MIR. BECK HITS HARD.
Mr.. Beck (interposing) remarked that
he had, and that tomorrow he would
prove the public facts by the press of the
country, and also prove by the records Of
the House of Representatives, which were
public, that Mr.. Duskin was an utterly
unfit man to hold the place from which he
was removed; among other reasons, be-
cause of his connection with Strobach, the
Marshal, and that the Senator from Ver-
mont himself knew the facts, and Mr..
Beck thought he could produce records
from the Attorney Generals ofice-Re-
publican Attorney General Brewster
verifying the fact stated by him Mr..
Beck).
TO SHOW HIM UP.
He hoped, also, in executive session to
get vote OF the Senate to compel the
Senator from Vermont to produce the evil
dence which he had before his own COM
mittee to snow Mr.. Duskin's unfitness.
He hoped to prove that this effort to make
an issue in regard to Mr.. Duskin was be-
cause the Senator from Vermont believed
Mr.. Duskin case so bad that the Demo-
cratic administration would be glad to
prove how bad he was. and then the Sen
ator would claim it as precedent in good
cases. Sand hope to PROVE" continued
MIR. Beck, ''that the move now made with
such a flourish Of trumpets-I will not
say what l expect to prove, for l could
not do it, perhaps, in Parliamentary Ian
guage."
POSING AS AN ANGEL.
Mr.. Edmunds said he would nave to
leave entirely in silence what the Senator
from Kentucky had stated in regard to
affairs in executive session. 81 feel
bound in honor" be said, "Dot to make
any allusion to any such subjects. Ideas
OF Senatorial honor, under the rules Of the
Senator from Kentucky and my own, are
entirely different. Perhaps mine are
wrong, perhaps his are right. Every
Senator is sworn to faithful performance
of his duty as Senator, according to
the regulations of the Senate that
are made under the constitution. III the
Senator from Kentucky thinks it is hon.
orable to garble and misstate the exist
ence of circumstances in closed doors, of
course / have no criticism to make upon
his sense Of what Is honorable and right.
l cannot make any reference to what has
taken place under any circumstances,
when under the rules Of the Senate and
my oath the doors are closed. Therefore,
1 can make no reply to what the Senator
from Kentucky has said on the subject to
which he has alluded as in executive ses-
sion."
THE REPORTS ON FILE.
Mr.. Edmunds then proceeded to say
that if there were reports on file in the
Attorney Generals Office affecting Mr..
Duskin's character these were just what
the Senate wanted. The Senator from
Kentucky had enjoyed, it appeared, an
advantage over the Senate as body
Mr.. Beck said he had not seen any pa
per in the Attorney Generals office relat-
ing to Mr.. Duskin, nor had he ever asked
to see one, nor had he ever spoken to the
President in regard to Mr.. Duskin. ''And
as to my honor and my OATH, continued
Mr.. Beck, 81 hope 1t is assaored as that
of the Senator from Vermont.
STANDING ON HIS RECORD.
eff if was not at least as good as his l
would not have so much regard for my
self as L have now. l propose to stand
upon my integrity as man and aSenator,
and l say that forty parson power would
not do justice to much Of the hypOcritical
that is now presented to the Senate in
pretenses of a desire to establish public
Justice. Mr.. Duskin was known to be an
unfit man for the place he occupied, and
nobody knew it better than the Senator
from Vermont, and he had selected this
particular case because he believed
that the executive officers, knowing that
Mr.. Duskin was unit, would show
unfitness, and that would give the
Senator from Vermont an excuse in other
cases to seek to make trouble by asking
for what he and the country know the
Senate mad no right to demand from the
executive in order to bring scandals be-
fore the country.
FORCING THE FIGHT.
'The Senator from Vermont spoke Of
his honor and oath and integrity, and
compared them with mine. j am willing
to stand by the comparison. Thank God,
whatever / say / say boldly and openly.
| will move now in order 10 see whether
/ am telling what is true or not--and il
cannot move It now, will do
80 at the first opportunity--that all pro-
ceedings in March 1881, October 1891, and
December 1881, and all papers filed with
the Judiciary Committee and all proceed
ings had before that committee In the case
OF the nomination Of Mr.. Duskin shall be
made public so that the country can judge
whether what say is true or not. If l
have falsiied anything / will take It
back, and II have not want a chance
10 prove IL, since comparisons are made
between the oath and honor Of the Sena-
tor from Vermont and myself make
that motion now, and will let IL lie over
until tomorrow morning, or l will do it
in the first executive session, If II Is not
In order to do 1t now"
DECLARED NOT IN ORDER.
The Chair thought the motion was not
in order now but the Senator could ask
unanimous consent.
Mr. Beck accordingly asked unanimous
consent.
Mr.. Edmunds said II was not in order
in open session..
The Chair was Of the opinion that If II
would not lead TO discussion II was in
order.
Mr.. Beck inquired where Mr.. Ed
munds had got the Thurman matter the
other day.
Mr.. Edmunds replied from the commit
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