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

"
,euts for the use OF the Oonie1er. t, vat
rams at heir spru,l reunion 10 Mobile,
Ale. next April, Senator II yturo. OF
Idsbo, 10 the Sep,t' ye'trdsy made the
.barpest CONNER upon the is u g OF t ie
evil var that has been heard 10 Congress
20 esT.
II ioveighed sgainst men In "rebeP
anilorms being p rmitIed TO occupy gov =
erume, prope t. or le "rebeP' Hlg be-
ing allowed to fl ist above 1t, Finally, De
drifled int, the qlett on OF bonoring
men by placing their 't,tu's In the coz
gressionsl hall of fame aud by unuistss-
snls infsrence condemned the action OF
Virqiois iu Dding The sistu, OF Ger.
r. Z. LIE Washington
II nppssled to the people Of Virinis
aod he S utl 10 ks the ttitus back
Gn seudirg os 6gu es for the Dlt
ooal ball cf fame weuld advise you"
he said, "D I, overlook yOu' NJ Mlshalls,
,our earl, L es. your Mouroes and your
Henrys. Don't violit3 seut mel
which you know to exist apd which
exis today as did in the sil rs.
"Tske 1t away apd worship t, ifyCu
plesss," be tanUdered, "tut do not ia
lrude it upon the people @ho do not
want il.
Democratic senators moved uneasily
about the f)cr, conversiog with esce
other, or Sat, iIowDiDg and augered,
Ii. eniog to the speech which continued
for nesrly 40 hour Finally, when
Sc iator hey bGro had cOnc.u led, Senator
B .ukhta said:
81 an ure the SEN TOR from Idaho
eals NUN TER, and | ask for vote "
"By roll CALI" sh Il t3d dozen or re
,euators, and hsuds Weot up in seCo I'D
= that r,q1ut from every part of the
s naie CHI mber When the vttl was
I'd on tl- teu;-'osniDg meslu'e all OF
le demorr t aid all OF the republicans,
&c D Mr. II yburn, vat d for It. His
egative ts was uttered in loud and
dt6nsut t)ne.
The q, u nern seui lrs held hurried
con,utau0n while the Idaho senator
8as proceeding, and decided to make 90
,eply. Accordingly, when Mr.. Heyt u n
ad couc led they coutented themselves
sith allowing The qu I on to 90 to o
Vpte after the lscoDIc remark by Mr..
B nkhead.
NJ. Heylu'n received only one inter
ruptiou. | came from Ssnstor JEFF
Davis, Of Arkansas, who, even vithou
waiting the permission of the Iiaho
senator. abrup ly iuterposed the ques-
tioD: "Were you 10 the wsI?"
"Obp responded Mr. II 'pburr,
"ihst is the stock gu sion Of t1e chesp
reporter"
S3naior Hsylu'D sat silent snd grim
shile the vote was being taken and
seemed slmo stupded By the unsnimity
silh which bis appeal for reOpeDiog OF
be iHu.s Of another generation were
urned down by his collestu3s in tle
Senate. II found among the republi.
csus voting for the resolution aud regis
ering themselves In rebuk9 10 his &C..
iOn-fcr the v t, smounted TO little
lees than re, uIe-men who ilu lot on
he Union side rs we'll as veterans OF the
OoDfedeTscy serving in the Senate. The
occasion will uld ub less become his
,Oric, registering ss It did the practically
u Unanimous decision of the SENT, tha,
ns time hsd long since passed when the
l-su of the past, when each side fougl t
for the righl as they saw the right,
should be revived Tor sectional purposes
10 the Sspat3 OF the Unied States.
The speech which Senator Hepburn
delivered had been anticipated Tor some
time. The FIRE, intimaiion o. his oppo-
si,ion 10 the reCeLt on OF the Lee st, tn I,
came when he sta ed on the q hjor of the
senate, 10 connection with bis opposl-
ion the ciOsiog of the custom house
at Newport News, W., Oh General Lees
u tlday anniversary, that The right OF
Virginia to send the s,slu3 OF General
LIE 10 the Gao t)l would be challenged
II declared tlen thai this action raised
~ iuevltsbls issue.
Prominent republicans were aware Of
be fact thai Mr. Hey burn was anxious
q unhufden his sel men's UPON the
senate, aud they did sill they could to
restrain him.