The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-01
THE FARCE CLOSES.
Edmunds sasialHOd In His Conspiracy to
Retain the Public 0flOos
For the ho'des Of Republican Inoumb-
en's'-"On With Their Heads"
ID Now the Democratic
slogan.

WASHINGTON. D. @. March g7.-The
senate remained In continuous session
until III o'clock last night. The Pope
has Issued his bull against the comet.
Crowded galleries greeted Ingalls,, the
hansas senator, as he opened the pro.
ceedlfgs, lie was much applauded for
Ms sarcastic illustrations Of how the
English language can be made express
I've. II was ThetOrlcally brilliant, but
he never cOndescended 10 discuss The
resOl lutlons. He rOamed over extensive
Vocabularie' In describing and sneerlng
at the mugwnmp.
His description of this nondescrIpt
was the finest gem In his speech. He
Iheh read from newspaper articles the
scnTrlll0ul charges made against
numerous Democratic nominees, and
graphically referred TO jail br0s, thieves,
etc.
Harrison followed, but the galleries
quickly thlnned. He sang the wounded
soldier song and pathetlcally wep. over
the dismissal OF fourth class pOatmaa.
ter, q soldiers widow, but II developed
she was bitterly partisan In a news
paper owned by her. Harrison alluded
W tle C0nr0y case at Indianapolis
Whlcll gave voorhees, chance to report
lhat COnroy had remained In flee but a
Few hours after knowledge OF his
record, hut that no would show MANY
hepupl can rascals who remained many
years, Edmnnd' at the close of the
debate was humlliatlng 10 thoss who
have reYered him as 30 eminent that
great corporations
OWN HIS MIND AND SOUL.
II ontranked IN mere PARTISAN bitter.
ness, entirely avoiding the legal dlscaa.
sion, even the scurrllity OF Ingalls, aud
Tue harmless peltlness OF the grandson
OF hI. grandfather from Indiana. A sam.
pie OF E1munda' speech ls his alluslOn
70 the Democratic penitentlary conYlcta
ana tue smaller section OF the party
not In the penitentlary." His assertion
hat IN three years he would, as no did
IN 1859, again favor suspending the ten-
ure OF Ctllce act for u year fairly marks
the utter llchsplttle prOstratlon OF the
Senator In his effort TO gain back party
recognition. Van Wyck's speech was
FITTING CLOSE TO THE FARCE.
He showed the Inconsistency Of secret
executive sessions, cOndemnIng Cleye.
land for keeping papers private. II was
witty effort on a point of order. Hls
attempt to have open sessions was ruled
out. The vote on the lrst two OF tho
Edmunda resolutions was strictly a party
one The last one, which again started
The debate. was carried by but one vote,
80 TO 20 Mitchell Of Oregon, Van Wyck
ana Riddleberger voting no. Thus eds
the three weeks folly, an Ineffective
illumination against the president, day
OF regular Republican high pressure
stump ,peeches, the cementlng OF party
against party, aud now "Oif with their
heads" 10 the Democratic slogan here.
II has been nothing but q conspiracy 10
hold the llllces.
HARLAN SEATED.
COLUMBUS, O., March 27-In the House
yesterday u resolution was offered 10
nnseat A. P. Bntter1eld, as all the other
Democrats from Hamilton county had
been unseated before. The resolution
was adopted and the members OF tho
House OF Representatives will now haye