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A. WAR OF WORDS,
SENATORS HILL AND MAX IN on'N
SENATOR CHANDLER.

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The Debate Was Brought on by a Motion
of Cbandler's to Declare Martins Seat
Vacant as the Kansas Legislature Was
Illegal.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-When the
night session opened at S p. IN. last
night there were not many Senators
present, but the galleries were crowded
with spectators. The reading of the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill was continued, and III
Is minutes the bill was completed, so
far as committee amendments were
concerned. At $40 p. m: Mr.. Chan,
der interrupted the consideration OF
the legislative bill and called up the
resolution heretofore offered by him,
declaring that there was no lawful
election of the Legislature of Kansas
of United States Senator when SEN
ator Martin was declared to be elected.
He began by stating that if the seats
of Senator Martin of Kansas, and Sem
ator Roach of North Dakota, were to
be vacated, the Legislature of those
two States, now in session, would elect
Republicans, and the Democrats in the
Senate, even if they retained the votes
of Senators Kyle of South Dakota, and
Allen of. Nebraska, Populists, would
lose control of the Senate and their
would be majority of 3 against them.
1t had been always his judgment
that those two seats should be vacated
and his resolution would certainly be
adopted if the Senate would properly
act upon indisputable facts. There had
been only three Democrats, he said,
in the Kansas Legislature, but the Re
publican and Populist had been hood
winked into electing Mr.. Martin, who
as soon as he came to Washington
made the closest connection with the
Democratic leaders.
After his admission to the Senate he
had renounced all pretensions of Pop
ulist affiliations and had possessed
himself of all the National patronage
given to Kansas and had become one
of the most uncompromising and re
lentless Democrats in the Senate.
From Kansas, Mr.. Chandler passed
to North Dakota, claiming that Mr..
Roach had been elected by interfer-
ence and manipulation of the basest
sort.
Chandler charged Mr.. German with
having thwarted investigation into
Mr.. Reaches case and read volumi-
nous extracts from the Congressional
Record to prove it. And now," he
said in his bitterest tones, 'the cashier
of the Citizens National Bank of
Washington represents the State of
North Dakota in the appropriate garb
of Democratic Senator"
When Mr.. Chandler took his seat,
Mr.. Hill rose and said, in serious
tones: II will now speak on the ap-
preparation BILL" Uaughter.) And he
proceeded to make a scorching attack
upon Chandler, whom he accused of
having taken advantage of the cour-
teous privilege afforded to him to as
sail one of his brother Senators. Hill
did not believe that the Senator had
helped an honest cause by the specta-
Gle he had made of himself. But"
said Mr.. Hill, with great earnestness
and passion, Il could forgive him
what he said about the Senator from
New York (Mr. Murphy and for
what he said about the Senator from
Kansas Mr. MARTINI. but I cannot for
give him for the cruel, mean, con-
temptible, malicious attack which he
made on the Senator from North Da-
kota, (Mr. Roache) (Applause.) The
Senator said he had no pleasure in at
tacking Mr.. Roache, but I do not be-
lieve that single Senator who heard
him say that, believed a single word
of it. A hyena that was seeking to
tear woman limb from limb might
just as well turn round and say that it
took pleasure in the attack; and l
would believe the hyena just as quick
ly as I would believe the Senator from
New Hampshire. Gaughter.)
Have you forgotten what took
place in 1876? Have you forgotten
what party it was that cheated Samuel
J. Tilden out of the Presidency to
which he was elected by a popular ma
jority. Do you recollect the conduct
of our friend, Chandler, when he went
to Florida to steal that State from the
Democracy Some applause in the
gallery. He is the last tman in the world
to make charges against the Dem
ocratic party. | hate hypocrite be-
yond all other men. I do not like the
man who stands up and says L am
holier than thou The Senator from
New Hampshire need not deceive him
self. His party has not come here to
stay. The Democratic party is the
party Of the people, the party of the
Constitution, the party which believes
in equal rights and equal privileges, in
honest elections and in fair play. That
party, though now temporarily in the
minority, will certainly rise again,
and probably much quicker than the
Senator from New Hamshire imag-
ines" (Applause in the galleries.)
Mr.. Martin Oem.) of Kansas, rose
to reply to Mr.. Chandler, but was adj
vised by Mr.. Cockrell to pay no atten-
ton to Mr.. Chandler's paper pellets. "
He declined, however, to act on that
advice and proceeded to speak in the
bitterest tone and harshest words of
Mr.. Chandler. If the stories which he
had heard of that Senator were true
or half-true, instead of representing
the magnificent commonwealth of
New Hampshire in the Senate of the
United States, he should be in the
penitentiary."
Mr.. Martin also spoke of the politi-
cal contest in 1876 and of Mr.. Chand-
ler's connection with what he called
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