Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-08
HEPBURN REBUKED.


,eots for ths use Of the Don feder t, vat.
rms at heir arru,l reunion in Mobile,
Als., next April, Senator II 'yturn, Of
Idsbo, in the Sen,t, yet rday made tie
.harpast cummer upon The is u's OF 'e
n7il va, that has been heard 10 Congress
90 ,ea,F.
II inve,ghed against men in "rebeP
Ins.orms belpg rmised 10 occupy gov
erumc; prope u or re "rebei" Tag De.
iar sllo~ea t. "a, above it. Finally, be
trlfred int, the quest on OF bonorlng
eaeu by piscing their :t.tu's 10 tie cor-
yrsssionaI hall of fame aud by unulstas-
.,Ie Inference Condemned tie action OF
Vsru'uis IL naing the statue OF Ger.
+. Z. LIE t Washington
II npprsled TO the people Of Vir&inia
su1 he s uta 10 ks the .t.tu. back
$50 seuolrg as 6gu rs for the p't
ooal ball Ct fame | weuld advise you"
be said, Cd overlook you, N usha!ls,
YOU. earl, L es. your Mouroes and yonr
Hsnrys. Don't viol,t3 sent mel I
which you know to exist ard which
exis today as did in the six es.
"Take it away and worship t, ifytu
please" be thuud.red, "tut do not it,
trude it upon the people VITO do not
want il.
Democratic senators moved uneasily
s5,ut tbs h,ur, conversiog with esch
other, or sat, fro1uipg and apgered,
Ii, enipg to tue speech which conliDued
for acstly ao hour FINELY, when
Sc rator Gey burn had concu led, Senator
B Inshea said:
81 an IRE the ssnstor from Idaho
aals nu;a I" t.~r, and | ask for a vote
"By roll call" sh It tad dCzan or m re
,eustur., aod ,uds weut up in second
.'thst rqaut from every part of the
S maze chs mber When the vtt) Was
I'd on IT, ,er:-'oanipg nesIu'e all OF
,e democr t nd all of The republican,,
&C p Mr. II yburu, VT d for It. His
eYgtlve v - was uttered in loud and
ds6nsut toae.
The g, Il nerD sen, t >rs held Hurried
cortl'lanon while The Idaho senator
sas proceeding, and decided to make no
reply. Accordingly. when Mr.. Heyt III
,ad corc u led they coUtented themselves
esth sllowlog the QUIT on to go to
vi,e after the lscoulc remark by Mr..
B nkEsad
NJ. Heylu.u received only one inter
,u2tiop. I csme from S4nator JEFF
Davis, of Arkansas, who, even ~ithou
waiting The permission of The Iiaho
ssustnr, a5rup Iy iDterposed the luss-
ticD: "Were you in tie wat?"
"Oh' responded Mr. Fl 'pburr,
'that is the stock gu sion of t1e chesp
reporter"
Ssnalor Ii HayE Il . sat silent and grim
sh,le the vote was being taken and
seemed slmo' STUDDED By the uuaniuity
"ish which bis appeal for a reopsnipg OF
be isiu g of another generation we're
urned down by his collesl % in ,e
Senate. II. found among the repuoli
cans voting for the resolution aud regis.
eriug themselves in rebuks 10 his &C.
iOp-fcr the t, amounted 10 little
iteo iudu u &c. u AC-"Sb WIZ ~ ob
be Union side ss we'll ss veterans OF the
OcniedeEscy serving in the Senate. The
occasion will ulj ub less become his
'0r!c, registe ring ss II did the practically
Unanimous Il decision OF the SEM t, tha!
oe ti,ne had long since passed when the
s-su of the past, when esch side fought
for tle right as tley saw the right,
snouij BE- revived Tor sectional purposes
10 the SsCats OF the Uoited States.
The speech which Senator Hepburn
!e!ivered had been anticipated Tor some
time. The frs, iutima.ion o! bis oppo-
s,,ion 10 the receEt on OF the Lse st' til +,
came when he sta ed on the hJor OF the
Seua,e, 10 connection with his oppos-
ion t the c'osiog of tle custom house
at Newport News, Va, ou General Lees
t1Gay anniversary, that The right Of
Virginia to send tne s;slus OF General
LIE 10 the Gao toI would be challenged.
II declared I zen thai this acIion raised
az iuevltsblo Issue.
Prominent republicans were aware OF
the fact thai Mr. HeY hurn was anxious
. uuburden his set men's Il )on the
Senate, aud they did sll they could to
restraiu him.