The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-12
PERSONALITIES IN DEBATE.
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Daniel Makes II Break. y
WASHINGTON, March 1l.-1n the Sen.
ate to-day the report Of the Committee
on Privileges recommending that the
Record be corrected 80 us to strike out
matter inserted by Mr.. Call, which he
did not utter about Mr.. Chandler, was
called up. Mr.. George opposed the re-
port. l,!s
Mr.. George went on to speak Of the
time when personalities in the Senate
led to personal conflicts, but said that
now there was no safer place in all Gods
creation for Il man who desired to insult
another with impunity than the Ameri.
can Senate. Everybody knew that.
And it was no evidence Of spirit, no evi-
dence OF courage for Senator 10 get up
and use insulting and abusive language
to another Senator. Nor was it an eyi.
dence OF a want OF spirit or OF want OF
courage that the Senator about whom
such insulting and personal language
was used did not call the other
Senator to personal account. The
dnello was clearly out OF tho question
now. Personal conflict on the street
was equally out Of the question. How,
then, had the Senator from New uamp.
shire been injured by the change Of
phrase? VAST because be ought to have
had the opportunity to answer back,
because he had not the fish woman's
opportunity TO blackguard back? That
was all, and that was the way the thing
stood. The adoption Of tho resolution
would bs an implied censure on as
amiable, US truthful, and as good man
lis ever sat in the American Senate.
MR.. HoAR's SHOT.
Mr.. Hoar said that it was not true in
hisjudgment that there was no difference
between the words uttered and the
words printed. There was most sub.
s'antial and important difference. He
would not follow the Senator from Mis-
souri, in tho jesting. joking, comic
almanac view OF the lamentable public
occurrence, which had given rise to this
proceeding. That Senator had said that
tho safest place on the face OF the earth
fora man to speak his honest mind in
regard to the conduct or character Of
another was the floor of the American
Senate. He (Mr. Hoar) hoped that that
would be always true. And, in order
to make it true and to keep it true, he
did not mean that the secresy Of any
mans chamber ut midnight should be a
safer place than the floor OF the Senate
from which to send out his poisoned
arrows. 3r
Mr.. Eustis said: II am asked to do
by vote what ! consider an egregious
wrong and error. There is not single
interlineation in what was inserted in
the Record, as compared with what was
publicly uttered on the floor. The Ian
guage is not the same, but the accusation
is the same, the idea is the satne; the
arraignment is the same. I confess that
the language inserted in the Record Is
probably little more tlowery than the
language uttered on the floor.
ANOTHER EPISODE. SN s
Mr.. Elmunds illustrated the question
byan allusion to tho election in Louisiana
OF the Legislature to which the Senate
WIS indebted for the pleasure Of Mr..
Eustis' presence. He (Mr. Edmunds)
might Say on the floor Of the Senate
that he believed that tho Senator misrep-
resented the State Of Louisiana, and that
il there had been IN honest count in
that State, the Senate should not have
had that pleasure. a.E. !.
Mr.. Eustis-But do you make that
statement? asa Z.
Mr.. Edmunds-I make 1t, because
it's SO. Tll.
MIR. Eustis-oh, not because it is
true. 7'35 z. 4 'stsi5 '55i III, d
Mr.. Elmunds-Also because 1t is
true, rs l believe. Ss5 its =; r
Mr.. Edmunds was continuing in his
argument when he was stopped by a
point Of order made by Mr. Daniel, who
asked that Mr.. Edmunds' words be
taken down. 4il az Il. y 'ijSi5
The presiding officer (Mr. lngalls)
asked MIR. Daniel to state the words to
which he took exception so that the
official reporter might know exactly the
sentence 10 bc written down. /.
MIR. Daniel said that he understood
the Senator from Vermont to impute
distinctly to the Senator from Louisiana
the defense Of murder, and it was to
that language that he took exception on
the ground that no Senator had a right
10 impute wrong to another.
Mr.. Edmunds lin low, tone to Mr..
Culloml--He is making strong point
On our side. t}t s2ta',,S 7. ~ rs
Mr.. Daniel Undressing Mr.. Edmunds)
i do not make it, sir, on your side
or on mine. 't'9 g, II l.5,''' IA "A
The Presiding Oficer-The Senator
from Virginia will address the Chair.
Mr.. Daniel-The Senator from Yer
mont did not address the Chair.
Mn. DANIEL GIVES IT VI. tt;&ii ts;&lSii
A sentence written out by the oflicia
reporter having been read by the clerk
MIR. Daniel said that those were not the
words he excepted to.
The presiding officer ,intimated to MIR
Edmunds that he had now an opportun
lty Of affirming or denying that the wordl
rs read were used by him.
Mr. Edmunds-I stand absolutely
mute. Z; Z; z g : 5ii2 II /;