Show IS MET abit brought into play AY in disca discussing cs the vote plan JUMPED ON BY THE BE republicans he H tells tell why he ha voted toted for greeley anti nl N not ot for fo grant and bin il e coin in tor for senator of jaich catl logan washington april 13 debate occupying most of the day took place in ill the senate upon mr kalmers palmers Pal mers for the selection election fi of united states FM acors by the people before it was referred to the committee on elect elections ionI mr chandler took the lead in opposition to the plan contending that it must inevitably bo be followed py by another amendment to elect the president anti and vice president by the people and that it would ant all elections under the control of a federal election law personalities brought into the discussion and the political antecedents of tho the illinois senator were freely debated in a give giro and take style a mr palmer said as far as the senator from new Hampe hampshire hire had arraigned him tor for an all attack on general Log anthe ten ken ator from new hampshire had been the first and only person to mention general login logan at all what he had bad characterized as aa a trick had been so regarded and laughed at in illinois Dlin oia and it was an open question even now who was entitled to the credit of it ile he only meni it as aa an illustration of the methodi of electing senators by the beg any imputation upon the memory of his distinguished predecessor tor j remained only in the mind of the gen aleman from new hampshire discuss giuy in liia his own personal per bonal career mr palmer said general logan was never an antislavery sl avera democrat he mr palmer was ile he inherited it after the war bg ba was elected governor of illinois upon the basis of standing b by the public faith and paying the de debt 1 ut incurred by the war in gold in 1 afi j i 9 after the republican publican Ke party had all the of 0 tie the old whig V big party he aban S dond don d it in when tho the pirty party was organized it was not a pros tariff party the ea ca came into it afterwards he voted tor for greeley lor for the ridiculous reason as it t now seems seema to him that protection prot be to the congressional disi ts mr roar hoar on the ground that greeley was not a projectionists protectionists dai sZ laughter mr palmer no I 1 did not I 1 voted for him because he was an honest diwi mr hoar may 1 I ask what quality I 1 horace I 1 0 r a c a G greeley r e ci e possessed os s e ss ed w which h i c b vvan v aa n not 0 t 1 possessed oe seq se q st i 1 b by y yup ulysses ly ss e s S G grant ra i it mr air palmer replied that general grant had surrounded himself with a class of dishonest men who were bisor gan izing affairs mr hoar asked whether mr greely had bad not also around him a class of miri enla who had been engaged in dis organizing affairs mr P palmer a am 0 oh h I 1 expect he be had bad but iam I 1 am amrai ra p r yera yer clearing I 1 a n n g i my idy own record mr cullom remarked that the republican party was as much a part party y oi at uro lection when mr palmer was u republican as it was now and ha be dai the ole political of lis lia and himself i f mr palmer almer P thanked mr cullom for his cheerful testimony that lie he mr palmer was an original republican the senator had bad the best means of knowing in because ho he himself was not these these reminiscences reminded mr hawley of a story of jack logan L choso whoso gallantry al lantry he could have wished mr ramer palmer had bad more strongly eulois d general glogau being once with one of his early democratic Democrat io utterances and asked to explain it did so by saying because I 1 was then as big a fool as you are now mr hawley sit suggested that the reminiscences were 1 C interest as far as aa they had goun but were not important he the sen ate proceed to bills on tile the calendar mr dawes darts before the subject wa wm drop dropped ed 1 said eaid there was one point upon V which he 0 would like information what was the matter a 0 lincoln that he could not be elected senator when trumbull nasr was nr mr palmer I 1 cau can tell you he was not a democrat mr dawes 01 I 1 bad a faint recollection that there was some senator who could not vote for him mr palmer I 1 was tras the tha man sir air i could not and would not and ditl did not laughter the resolution relating to ta the election of senators by tho the people was referred to the he I 1 committee olun littee on privileges bull and elections and the senate took up the bills on oil tile calendar at the senate adjourned jour ned |