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Show SB SATE. Washington, 15. Brownlow made a personal explanation in reply to Beck's statement in tho house, that be (Brown-low) (Brown-low) while governor of Tennesseo made the State a pandemonium, and that he and other reconstruction governors wcro hated and despised by tho people, and seemed to lind no refuge from prison except in tho senate. Brownlow began by saying that thuro was a lime when Beck would not have dared to put this insult upon him, lest he (Brownlow) should take Beck's overseer over-seer whip from his hand and lay it over his back. Ho also said that when Beck abandoned respectable business and became be-came a slave driver, ho sank belwW tho notice of all decont men. The vice-president said this language was improper under tho rule, (.handler (.hand-ler moved that Brownlow have ui.ani mous consent to proceed. Casseriy asked tho vice-president whether ho know of any precedent for tho utterance utter-ance of such language in tho somite. Tho vice-president said ho did recollect several instances when such language, had been uttered, but not of course in accordaueo with parliamentary law. Blair said Brownlow's language was appropriate to the moans by which he obtained his scat and hoped ho would be allowed to proceed. The clerk then road tho explanation. It reviewed Brownlow's career as governor gov-ernor of Tennesseo, and asserted that hia dealing with tho State treasury had been strictly honest. Colo submitted a resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the committeo commit-teo on education and labor to inquire into tho expediency of an amendment to the constitution, to provide some educational test in the exorcise uf the electoral franchise. Tlie senate then resumed tho consil-eration consil-eration of Sumner's resolution, and Harlan continued his explanation of tho sale of arms during the l-'raneo-Prussian wur, Harlan continued at some length his arguments against tho resolution, de-feuding de-feuding tho war department from the imputations conveyed in it. Frelinhuyson reviewed the preamble pream-ble and resolution and declared that some of the allegations were- plainly false. Schurz made a long speech in favor of the resolution, in which he said tho subject was forced on his attention a year ngo by Butter's resolutions, and remonstrances from German citizens who believed tho government was selling sel-ling arms to Franco and who urged him to attack tho government Ibr it. Schurz said th ere existed an impression impres-sion that there was a military ring somewhere, some-where, which exerted a damaging influence in-fluence on tho administration, and if tho investigation could show tho impression im-pression unfounded, or discover the guilty and bring them to punishment, it would ronder important service to tho American ueople. Tho fuiiato went lulu executive sosr sion and adjourned. IIOUS1C. ' Tho bill for the erection of govern mont buildings at Quiney, Ills,, caino up in the morning hour and on vote by yeas and nays passed. Tho houso resumed tho consideration of tho naval appropriation bill then. Maynard suggested to exempt from sale such historical vessels as the Cons til tit ion, Macedonian, Kcarsnijr and the yacnt America, which should bo maintained by government. A discussion dis-cussion ensued, in tho course of which Swaun slated that in case of war there wore not six vessels in tho navy that could bo relied on, and he felt convinced con-vinced tbero was, at tho present, imminent immi-nent danger of war. Hale's amendment was . finally adopted and Alaynard's resolution. |