Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-26
NATIONS CAPITAL.
The Controversy Between Sen.
atOrS Call and Chandler.
The United States Viii Send Ds'sgitss to
The nadlid international Conference.
Favorable Reports oTdsssd on French
6pohation Claims and RsfundinS d.
rect Tax.

to authorize the parchsse of gold and silvel
bullion and issue treasury notes in payment
therefor, reported from the committee, vai
placed on the calendar.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Chandler censuring Call for interpolAfina
in the official report Of the proceedings oi
the Senate a paragraph that had not been
spoken and that vas supplementary and
personally offensive. was taken up.
| Sherman moved irs reference 10 the CON-
mittee on privileges ahd election.
Call stated, as 4 matter Of personal priv
| iiege, that the Washington Post contained
an article this morning with headlines
Calls Bitter Remarks. He Slipped .
Paragraph into Congressional Record"
That, Cali said. was . falsehood. Aud
conveyed false impression. He had slip
ped into the congressional record. nothing
cot in substance, uttered on the door Of the
Senate. That paragraph, with the except
ion of few words. was literally uttered on
the door. He gave notice to the Senator
from New Hampshire Who had arrsgned
him, by resolution, that ne (CalD would
arraign him (Chandler) before the Senate.
and demanded an investigation by the COM
nittee for making an untrue accusation.
The remarks of the Senator proved he
knew that the accusation was not true.
He (CslD would convict the Senator on
evidence Of his own that would convict him
before jury Of respectable New Hamp-
shire republicans). He did hear and knew
ne (Call) had uttered on the floor Of the
Senate, substantially the whole Of the
charge contained in the paragraph, aud
with very few exceptions) every word
IL H..
Senator that he (Cal) would not submit
,amely to the imputation put upon him. He
would not ask censure by the Senate of the
Senator from New Hampshire, but would
leave him to the just judgement of public
opinion throughout the country, for having
heard his (Caiis) remarks aud had neither
the courage nor manhood to resent the ~
Sherman declared that the rules OF the
Senate had just been violated by the Sena-
tor from Florida in 40 gross manner ~
he had ever witnessed. He had not chosen
| to inrerrup, the Senator, but the record
would show what he bad said, and he
| hoped that the committee would examine
it When the Senate of the United States
| came TO such q condition that charge Of
cowardice could be applied to q senator,
and Senator could be charged with stating
| thing falsely. it seemed to him that the
Senate was receding from the dignity
which had distinguished it from the fouu-
lation of the government He hoped that
| the Senator from Florida would read over
| he report of what he had said. and not
have it published in the record. the Ian
1uage of whichip any general assembly in
the world would be regarded as disort erly
and improper.
Senator Call Apologies
Call-If have violsted any rule Of the
Senate by any observations made today. or
formerly, / Withdraw them and apologize
to the Senate.
Chandler-"If,"
Call did not understand that / vas vi
plating any rule. If am not at liberty,
ahen resolution rehecting on me is Of
tered here, to state hat it is not true and
can prove it not true, and the Senator,
when he made the charge, knew was not
true, then do not understand the rules of
he Senate. But it, in the judgment Of
tny Senator, it is improper to use that Ian
suage, Withdraw it and apologize for it.
Chsndler-I will rot reply to the gentle
man from Florida in unpariiamenrary Ian
suage. | have stated in the resolution now
before the Senate, which | am willing to
ave referred to the committee on privileges
and elections, what the Senator'S con-
1uct has been. have reci,ed the words
ne used and the alteration he made in the
Jffieial report. The facts are stated in the
preamble aud the facts are true. The
complaint | made was that the Senator
1sd inserted in his remarks words he had
not uttered. I did not complain in the rec
,lution of the language he did not utter as
being unpsrliame When that Quss-
ton goes to the committee with the resolu
tioD, hope the committee will take occA-
.ion to inform the Senator and the country
whether the language used by the Senator
sas parliamentary aud what language NAV
ne used BY Senators in relation to each
lther 10 attack or defense.
Hawley-I suppose the matter should 60
promptly to the committee on privilege aud
-lsctons, as it is hardly proper to continue
the discussion of it. But remarks made a
few minutes ago BY the Senator from Flor
ida. tempt me to say that however much he
may reproach the Senator from New Hsmp-
shire for not having responded to his bitter
and personal onslaught. with most Of the
Senators on this side would have protested
in language as indignant as il directed
against them, against that gross violation Of
the parliamentary law, which he says he
committed the other lay, and which say
he did not. Shermsns motion TO refer the
resolution to the committee on privileges
and elections was agreed to- 1t was or
Tered that the proceedings of the day 10
question not to be stereotyped until farther
orders,