The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06

This exhibit made several Of tho Senators
made to lose as the author 81 ofiy bnS s E IN 0pS rs
Congress only seven Of which became laws
and Two OF those were bills granting pensions.
Mr. CAN had great difficulty IN securing the
printing Of his manuscript. as the printing
clerk took upon himself tho responsibility Of
saying that no had no authority for inserting
IN the Hc.1H such mas o. stun that had
never seem ne light Tn.n the floor OF the Sen.
10 the printing clerk that official promptly re-
ported the character Of II to Nico- resident
Morton. who called consultation of several
Senators. all OF whom agreed tia. i was unit
for ublcatlon, and the Florida Senator was
Informally notified tina, there would o trouble
4 he printed It.: He did not acceit the advice.
however. and Mr.. InGRIIs's resolution for an in
veStigaton was tho result.
A., In SUPPORT Of his Er3r05lt!9n 10 examine into
somewhat vigorous attack upon his colleague:
Tho senator from florida has mot on,y in my ,LdS,
kenato but lie HAS ',cuUeratsN fas,Hed Ia" record oI
place In tic y" @ % tie TS dsy Of J"i" OF he t9a
Ceedngs Of the ID. the senator from da Hp-
Pears from The pint before NE concluded lis obseFVR
Record the statements aad lho extracts which w,l be
iGF witch hsT. care sPsnaS to
In the publication that appears llls morning Juno ~
Che day Of Jane The Re H "rl Las tais
TO these remarks"
=. Senator Butler suggested that the words
"falsihed tho record were pnrarliamentary.
ingalls,. who substituted tho words. "changed
the record" Then followed n discussion upon
the propriety OF print ne In the Re"Ord matter
which had never been delivere !. and incl
dentally the working record of the Senators
was discus -od. senator ingalls, claiming that
Benaor Ca Is tabulntion was erroneous The
resolution went "yer" Tor urtner considera-
tion. Senator German said during tho dis
cusROn:
The Senator from Kansas knows as we'll
RS | do tho inct that speeches appear in tie
lOngreSSinndi IeC"ri which are never de-
liycrch. That il not true Of this body, but
there IL an immense mass % matter Wlich ia
incornoraied In tho speeches OF nearly every
Senator who makes ono that we do not want
70 weary tho senate with. and wo ask to have
:, II is u we'll known fact that very large nor
tion Of the Kr"Ud l. occupied by speeches
which, in The words of senator German. arc
never Delivered" This Is peculiarly truo OF tho
House ol REPRESENTATIVES, 4 member o. Con
Rress Ii elected who nevrrhas made and never
can mAkcH speech III iho sense that that orn-
torlcAl cloli is genoIaY understood. hut hs
son, and then asks icavo :" to print" and 10
ctrculaics among his constituents thousands
OF copies, which are supuCS ed to tOnNi nce the
lonr people OF his distrc that their Immediate
lem esenthtiyo IL u turcn In Washington.
Senator CNll = talle shows that during tho
Fiftieth Congress lie introduced in the Senate
eghty-eight bills, of when only six became
curing tho ras- ago oven Of lint small number
1t WAS rocentlI stated on tho ''OJr of tho sem
ate thnt u very larg" number of standing COM
mittoes of that bOiy nOyor had a bill referred
10 them. That this f. SO IL beyond question. for
there are over twenty regular commitses Of
thai body which never meet rom the begin
ming OF u Congress 10 Its close.