Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-17
WILL THE SENATE
BE
SOME INSIDE HISTORY ON THE
STORIES REGARDING
SUCH A PLAN.
IF cox GOES so WILL BRIGHT.

Turning Down of the Secretary
and the Retention of the
Sergeant-at-Arms.
Phiia. Times.
Washington, Oct. 13.
eve are not expected to know
much" said an old employee of
the Senate this evening, land
we are not allowed TO talk at all,
but lift we're not dangerous to
talk, some of US could occasional~
ly give information which the
statesmen will not divuige. For
example, / note that you, in COM
mon with many others, have
been deceived by the utterances
of Senator Sherman aud Senator
Burrows about the reorganiza-
ton Of the Senate"
Are the Senators deceiving US
Intentionally?
ION the contrary. some Ct
them are deceiying themselves,
A little patronage judiciously
distributed is d catchy thing.
but wnen they tell you that Dick
Bright will be retained as Ser
geaut-at-Arms, OF the Senate,
while General Cox, the Secre-
tary, is to be removed they tell
you about ghost stories. Moth
ing of the kind will occur. It is
impossible. The Senate will be
entirely reorganized, or no
changes whatever will occur.
do you suppose for a mo-
ment that a caucus of Demo
cratic Senators will agree to re
move General Cox without
cause? He is a correct official.
There is no charge of ineficiency
against him. He associates only
with gentlemen, and does
not loaf around newspaper
Offices toadying to purchasable
scribolers and buying whiskey
for them. He is too high minded,
too manly for that. There is no
faint upon him. Therefore, why
should the Democratic caucus re
move him? When he was elected
to the position Of Secretary of
the Senate he was supported
principally by the Senators from
his own State, Senator Vance,
who has since died, and Senator
Ransom, who is now our Minister
to Mexico. Both Of the North
Carolina Senators are thus res
moved from participation in Sen
atorial affairs, but DIS long as Sen
ator Ransom lives he will be po-
tentlal to prevent the outrage
which it is contemplated shall be
perpetrated upon Gen. Cox.
"All of the Southern Senators
are friends Of Gen. Cox. When
the civil war was in progress
Gen. Cox went to the front, and
was a gallant Confederat soldier.
Do you suppose that the men
who fought together in those
days.will turn their backs upon a
comrade and smirch his reputa-
ton in his old age, and without
cause? It is SO uncomfortable
that l am amazed that anyone
should be deceived into believing
it. I have positive information
| fo tho oHnot +ho+ NH;nic+or Dow
som will be here to see to it that
his former colleagues defend
Gen. Cox in the caucus, as he
would do if he we're now a mems
Der of the Senate. Moreover, I
have positive information to
the effect that Senator Nor
gan, of Alabama; Senator Call,
of Florida; Senator Blackburn,
of Kentucky, and other South
ern Senators will stand up in the
Democratic caucus and declare
that they will not be bound ny a
caucus decision which would be
so dishonorable. Moreover, I
know that Senator Hill, of New
York will never consent to
smiich a Democrat like General
Cox. There is not power enough
in the patronage of the Office OF
the Sergeant alarms to induce
the Democratic caucus to do any
thing SO contemplate.
"Who is it that Senator Sher.
man wants retained in office
while Gen. Cox is removed? Il
is Richard J. Bright, the pres
ent Sergeant~at-Arms, who has
manifestly planned this deadly
assault upon Gen. Cox in order
to feather his own nest. Ano
do you know who this man is,
who plans his own retention in
Office at the expense of his col
league?He lived in Indiana during
the war; but he did not go to the
front with the boys in the Unior
armies, as General Cox went tc
the front with the Confederates,
ION the contrary he stayed a
home, denounced the war, de-
nounced Lincoln, denounced
lGrant, Sherman, Sheridan, ano
participated in declaring the
war for the Union is a failure,
when the boys in blue we're win
lining victories all the .wav from