Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-04
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Certain Canadians Make a
Coarse Attempt to
Bribe Senators.
4 Partisan Debate Occupies Much Of the
Senator's Time.
The BloodthirstY Talk Of London Papers
Received with Equanimity.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.
Senate.

| In the Senate today long partisan debate
occurred on the question of the partisan ac-
| tlvity of the government employees. Plumb,
for the republicans, and Vest, for the demo-
| Gratis, were the principal debatees. The
former charged the democrats with pretend.
ing to holiness and still using the depart
| ments for political purposes.
Vest in reply claimed that the democrats
had retained in office Old moss grown radical
officials who had been assessed year after
year TO furnish campaign funds to the re-
publican party, and that if Cleveland were
defeated howl would go out from the
ihroats of these office holders such as had
never been heard except from the throats of
a great army in the hour of ultimate victory.
Hoar sent to the clerks desk and had
read letter received by him from Charles
Arkin of Quebec, suggesting that if certain
hay claims held by the Canadians against
the government of the United States were
allowed and paid at this time the republican
party could be assured of support from Can
ada, the claimants being willing to make
good allowance.
Hoar remarked that such letters, he had
no doubt. were occasionally received by SEN
ators from men as ignorant as they are base,
but the man who had written this letter had
DeSh lOI tut SdndlldH
and was a man of considerable intelligence
and good address. 1t seemed, therefore,
that the communication should be put on
the files of the Senate SO that when the
claims it referred to were presented they
might be attended with the history of this
attempt of corruption. 1t was so ordered,
after the remark by Riddleberger, alluding
to the articles in the English papers as to
Canada having the British iron-clads behind
her, that we have men behind our guns and
no slaves"
A number of bills were taken from the
calendar AMI passed. Among them was the
House bill establishing a light house at the
mouth of ptter Creek, Lake Champlain.
The ST ate then took up the bill for the
admission of Washington Territory as a
State, but it laid it aside to consider the
House bill for the absolue exclusion of
Chinese migration. After a long debate, in
which many Senators took part, the bill went
over until to morrow, and the Senate ad-
journed.
Mr. Scott of Pennsylvania, asked unani-
nous consent to introduce for present con-
sideration a bill supplementary to an act to
execute certain treaty stipulations relating to
tue ohihese treaty approved May b, 1857.
The bill WAS passed without division.
The speaker stated the regular order of
business to be. On motion of Townsend to
suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill
relative to the detail of army and navy off
GERS to some educational institution; on this
motion, no quorum voted. The call of the
House developed a quorum, which immedi-
ately disappeared when the vote was taken
again.
Forney of Alabama, interrupted the pro-
ceedings by calling up the conference report
on sundry civil appropriation bill, but the
House refused to consider it.
After an hour more spent in securing q
quorum Townshend's motion was agreed to
Is to l6.
The motion to suspend the rules and put
Oklahoma bill on its passage failed however
for lack or quorum and at 5 O'Clock the
house adjourned.