New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-16
A WARM DAY IN THE SENATE.
THE "UNREpENTANT REBEL" TO THE FORE
A PRoMIsCUOUs DEBATE ON THE FISHERIES
WITH NO MENTION OF THE TEXT
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A PRoMrsCuoUs DEBATE ON THE FISHERIES
T. WITH NO MENTION or THE TEXT
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WASHINGTON. Auc. 15-The Fisheries debate in B
the Senate to-day covered a WIDE range oil SUD-
iects including personal explanations discussion
of questions Of loyalty dissertation ny var, DECK
on Tho tariff Nj Vests views on the Chinese
question and General Harrisons record III Congress
on LEGISLATION affecting Chinese immigration. The
tTisbe1ies were touched upon only by Mr. Morgan,
who finished his speech begun yesterday, after
,-o1din- rcpcatedly 10 the temptation TO add
sentence after sentence, without succeeding IN
uresenting a single new argument IN behaH OF
Mr. Bavard's extraordinary bargain" lie ana
srcceod however in rousing Mr. Teller and other
Ronpblicans TO resenting the impudcnt claims to
LOYALTY and patriotism which the Rebel brigadlerS
have had on their lips ever since the debate De-
gan and which they have flung with an amazing
efTrontery at Republicans whenever they tnousnO
a good opportunity presented itself Mr. Morgan
sterted in with an attack upon Yankees, into
whose breasts he remarked, the Almighty had I'M
rlanted a prejudice against the Southern people
They the Yankeesl had not gone among uhe
Southern pooUle and hence the latter had oeeh
.nared that friction and pickering which the
Yankees carried everywhere, Mr.. Morgan SAID
Nr Havlcy protested against sneers at 'he
Yankees. saying he knew Of ConnecucuU i"nNe'9
who had gone 70 Alabama and invested nuH'y
in iron works there, that they were 'n0 O''' %
nobemen, etc. .o,.,o,s
Mr. Morgan retorted that there were eNceP'ion'
:. IN IL He knew the men Mr.. Hawley re-
<orroa 70 that they were good Democrats ana
dor,,cd norrov-minded and grasplng aNarice
Just he did. .ouo Dor,ocrats
saving that these men were regular Contributors
70 the Republican campaign fund'
Mr. Moran said he knew the men wei anu
rne,v their politics. and added that he re'urneu
sheer for snccr; that whenever lne In'Ai." u
,ro.tv were introduced the Republicans began u
- Toh.ls shareholders and Southerners
~ himself been denounced as heDel VIM
- forfoits1 his lie etc lie denied IT, Inc
,-o,erD,,ont had JEFF Davis and did not dare TO
bring blm 10 trial ,A. NJ
This extraordinary declaration brought Mt
Teller 10 his feet, and in scathlhg language e w
nouncod NJ Mor-an'S threat. lie sho"eu no"
only by the exercise Of unparalleled lhasn"niii,1'S
on the part of the Northern people the le"ueiS
- .ba I,ohe1lion were saved from the fate OF
the halter lie did not mlnce words, puv SpoA0
in Main. unmistallabie language. Mr. Morgan
o,identlv did not care to reply, nor TO vauht
.,-,bor his LOYALTY 10 the Government at Uhe
evnnnso Of Republicaus, for he presently retired
obosbed iu+o the cloak-room and left the held
TO Mr.. Teller. ,oa -,
Mr. George took up the cudgels dropped by
Mr. MORGAN. ard in his most offensive nahner
beran 20 demonstrate how the Federal Govern
men, could not, would not have dared. IN l"c''
try Jefferson Davis for treason lie endco W
clorifcation Of himself and the part ne i had
talzen i'm the Rebellion. Apologies ne ma
rone 70 make nor sorrow to express a htotv ~
rant cyhibition of the unrepentant KeOe4 n ~
- beo0 witnessed on the floor OF the CHiueu
IL S.roto Even his colleag cues felt embar,
rsSscd in public. though they probably reloced
secretly AZ Nh Georges enronlery ~ h;1dtoT
Mr. Teller once more TO give ths hepe prIs. .aaSs
= dres.irr down. but he did 1t win nealneSs
end dispatch. After he had spoken, there was MOI
much left Of Mr.. George. ~, :; srrrort
inc Nr Teller in his defence Of President Ar.nur
5sn57-iristratjon. winch NJ Morgan had assaileG
with statements for the making OF Whch ne H"o
not the slightest shadow OF fouhdatlQh. .,o.4
Nr Platt came to the defence OF CChhccticu'
and exposed in few words o ig me nroceed
i,gS of the Hartford Convention a. an example Vi
ssS,Iaro disIoy-,1fv This convention has been
r,"Iicd like a sweet moIscl under the tongue OF
nnnocro+ic orators in this debate until IT'S very
mention has become almost nauSeauhg. w;
Patt showed the difference IN results ProuuuTIu
bJ- the convention which met at Hartloru ne"i' y
seventy years ago ana other c0hETSn...4I's % 49,
SIMILAR character which met IN the Soulh AZ a u,
outbreak OF the w"r IN the one .aS rl.v sI,f
tba+ a man iciUatcd IN tie convention wa SUI
Tcier+ ~ con~icn him 10 political obLVloh; i'll In'
other il has been, and still J., cousidercu DIS ''
surest s1opping-stOEc 10 pOHlcaI prefer nleie a.
+bc nrescnce IN the SENATE ClaMpef OF 20 ma
e o. participants in the Rebellion amply dem
Affer this episode there followed speech oy
Mr. vest which was almost entirely d &c 90 sbo u
the Chinese question and to an at1nRbt TO 1U
t far, m - regard to it. That it deypeTat
move to furnish thc Democratic Nat2nat, nom !,
,nit+ce with some literature for distribution II
" co,,tn,- carlrtirn was too evident TO escape
ttenon the shee N5 Vest s5d la S fSapG
y d - ,,ro,cd equal 10 Mr.. Vests trick Boil
succeeded in involving the Little Missogr, ei
ant in an endless network OF cGnia ast fo ~
600 b- sitting down though lac had come mt
the FRAY prepared with lot Of figures st ;ltd L,
and other araphernaha Of debate cohPiiou ~
some Jealous but indiscreet Democrat -. :;
Between heats Mr. Beck managed to meet III
views on the tariff, which almost eVeT T io No
acquainted with and which no one VINO Is 10 20
cares "a hear II proved the chief incentive 10
q PROMPT Adjournment, which followed indeed
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