The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-11
THE SENATE AGHAST.
Blackburn Makes IA FrightfuI Mistake
A Slight UnpIeasantnes,

WASHINGTON CITY, March l1-There
was large crowd of PEOPLE in the galleries
when the senate met Wednesday. They had
come early in order to secure seats. and wait
to hear Pugh's reply to Edmunds speech OF
Tuesday
During the morning hour Senator Black
burn made lttlo mistake, which for u few
seconds, seemed to take the presiding Off
GERS breath away, and transfixed Harris
with horror Blackburn rose and de!iber-
ately reported fayorably the nomination
which | now send to the desk "
What is that; IA nomination." said
Harris
Sherman, after a momentary hesitation,
said it would be withheld Blackburn
begged pardon, and the transaction of
routine business went on.
Logan's resolution of Tuesday, to refer 70
the committee on rules for Investigation the
letter OF Capt Eads, in which he denies
having lobby on the floor of the senate,
cama no Logan was absent and Plumb
wanted the matter to go over, but Riddle
berger opposed this He said he was sub
stantially charged with downright false
hood in The RECORD Wednesday morning
and wanted to explain how this crept into
The Record
When Logan came into the senate a
rather acrimonious debate took place be
tween him and Biddleberger The latter
said Logan had got the Eads letter into The
Record 10y making it part Of his remarks,
and input to Logan the motive OF do
Ing 50 for the purpose of striking him
lRiddleberger. This Logan discaimed, say
ing he had presented Capt EadS letter lust
Us he would that of any reputable citizen,
and with no purpose of rejecting on
Riddleberger. RiddIeberger discaimed on
his part any personal attack on Eads,
but sail he was lighting Eads' ship railway
scheme. Eads might or might not know that
his scheme was represented by lobby on
the floor of the senate, and proceeded to
make u bitter personal attack on TIE person
to whom he referred, but did not name,
Cockrel spoke in defense of Eads and
referred to him as distinguished
Gissourian, when Riddleberger retorted
shat probably the worst that ,oud be said
of Esds was that he was Mssouran Rid
dleberger said he would not appear before
any committee or this subject, but would
say what he had to say in open senate.
He added ~I.et the representative of Eads
who presented the latter to the care Of him"
Eadsl
Logan said he had dealt kindly with Rid
dlsberger, but when the latter called him
the repre- 'entative Of Eads, or OF anybody
else, h. stated what was absolutely untrue
Sen alton
Riddleberger dis laimel anything more
thau Co say that Logan presented the lettr
Logan repeated that il he was called tn
representative If anybody except the people,
1t was not true.
Several times Riddleberger appealed to
Gen. Logan to be heard, and there was no
little confusion and excitement In the SEN
alto.
Finally, as no agreement of reference
could he reached, the resolution went over,
and Pugh took the floor to oppose the judic-
larry committee resolutions censuring the at
torney general
Pugh said he had expressed his views
fully upon the subject of this debate in re-
port made fro m the judiciary committee by
the minority, and the main object he had in
now addressing the senate in reply to the
senator from Vermont, was to prevent, if it
was in his power to do so, which no admit
ted was n difficult undertalSing-to prevent
that senator from changing the character
Of the question between the senate and the
president. The real character of that con-
troversy conld not be misunderstood or
misrepresented, it had arisen
from facts apparent upon The
Record and reported by the majority of
the judiciary committee. When the
senator from Vermont was at the wheel he
Stsered by his own chart; he never ran on