Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-09
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WASHINGTON LETTER:
(From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON LETTER:
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. May 4, 1885,.
Senator ingalls, great speech in theSen
ate Tuesday, has, as q subject of CONVEX
sation, overshadowed everything else this
week. On the day it was delivered the
Senate end of the Capitol building was
literally packed with q mass, of people
anxious to hear what the Kansas Senator
had to say in reply to the personal attack
hees. Mr.. ingalls, began his remarks by
alluding to the manner in which he had
been willfully misrepresented by the Dem
ocratic press IN regard to his attacks on
Hancock and Mcclellan in his speech de-
livered some weeks ago. His allusion to
them was as politicians. not as soldiers;
they were allies after the war, of the
Democratic party, which he maintained
was the Southern Confederacy in contin
uance. He then took up the war record
of Senator Voorhees,, and showed up the
manner in which he had endeavOred to
hamper the government at every step; he
quoted from a speech delivered. by Mr..
Vorhees, in Indiana, Aug. 5, 1862. the
following language: ''Soldiers engaged
in this war should 60 to the nearest black
smiths shop and have iron collars made
and placed around their necks, and have
inscribed thereon in large letters: My
dog, A. Lincoln" He quoted numerous
other speeches with disloyal sentiments,
of which the following made during the
memorable presidential campaign of 1864
is specimen; "Gent.emen. it seems to
me that can hear the spirits of the hund-
reds of thousands of lives that have been
,,co1occ1xy 90 crif1oo0 in tl,ic uor r1ooAinr
against the reelection Of this man lin
coln.) It seems to me the very inanimate
objects, the dumb beasts. would cry out,
enough, he has had his day, Bloody,
CORY, reeking let him go out into his
hateful obscurity, there to stand the res
ldue of his days with the accusations of
the murdered dead jibbering around the
unhappy felon.'"
The Senator then paid his attention to
the methods of carrying elections in the
South. Mr.. Voorhees, rose to reply, trem
bling with anger He referred TO the
statements of Mr.. Ingalls, as slanderous
political lies, etc. Then followed one of
the most disgraceful scenes ever enacted
in the Senate chamber. Mr.. Ingalls, kept
his self control remarkably we'll. The
only time he gave way to his temper was
Just after an impassionate outburst from
Voorhees,, when the Kansas senator said
with flashing eyes: If this were police
court, that citizen there of Indiana, would
be arrested and put in dock for being
drunk and disorderly.', This seemed to
have a quieting effect on Mr.. Voorhees,,
and Mr.. Ingalls, continued his speech,
with frequent interruption and denials,
Finally, after question from Mr.. ingalls,:
Did not the soldiers of Indiana threaten
to hang the Senator after he made that
Lincoln speech?-Mr.V Vorhees exclaimed:
The Senator is great liar, when he in
Inmates such thing-a great liar and a
dirty dog. 1t never occurred in the world.
That is all the. answer have" Fortu-
nately for the dignity of the Senate the
controversy ended here. ~.r,
On Monday, Mr.. Cleveland nominated
Melville Weston Fuller, we'll known
lawyer of Chicago. for Chief Justice. The
appointment is considered . good one, it
having been recommended by both the
Illinois Senators. There IS no doubt
whatever of the prompt confirmation of
Mr.. Fuller. He was born in Augusta,
Me-, Feb. II, 1888; was educated at Bow
doin College, studied law, and began to
practice in his native city in 1856. He
was for time editor of Democratic pa
per in Augusta. Several years. prior to
LUC 4otC " o1 AV 4CuAONVu ~ SAANoSOp "ACAC
he has since resided. devoting his entire
attention to his law practice. This ap-
polntment has been better received by
Republicans than BY his own party.
The tariff debate is still dragging slow
ly along in the House. Only one Demo
crat-Mr. Foran-has so far spoken
against theMilIs tariff bill 1t is said that
the leaders of the Democrats in the House
have become convinced that it will be i'm.
possible to pass the bill in It's present
shape, and they propose holding canvas
next week, to decide what amendments
had best be adopted to help the bill.
Representative Burrows. of Michigan,
has introduced bill which provides q
pension for every soldier and sailor who
served 80 days OF more in the late war,
the rate of pension to be one cent pei
month for each day of actual service.
The Chinese treaty has been favorably
reported on by the Senate committee on
foreign affairs; the committee made two
minor amendments to the treaty. It will
probably be ratified in short time.
Mr.. Edmunds has introduced bill in
the Senate to increase the pensions o1
soldiers and sailors who contracted heart
disease in the service.