Show LATEST TELEGRAMS I FORTYSEVENTH CONGRESS EXTIlV SESSION SENATE Washington GThe VicfrPresi dent presented unfinished business election of Senate officers McPherson held the chair should call for the presentation of petitions and memorials but the chair said this was an executive session and there was no morning hour Perry sustained this view McPnerson ottered as his right the Boynton petition and if his request re-quest was received without objection objec-tion he would moved to refer it to the committee of foreign affairs The Senate 31 to 30 refused to go into executive session Bayard believed the democrats were justified in their attude of the past ten days by law and reason Bayard said there had been times when lie thought it his duty to interpose every possible barrier to action in orJer that the question of the welfare of the country m ght stand over for the sober second thought Bayaids further points were that there was no precedent for the election elec-tion and that the action of the democrats two yeaas ago in no respect re-spect presented a parallel case The Chinese treaty was before the Senate Sen-ate and it ought to be considered but what were a million of people that lined the Pacific Coast com pared with the matter or whether the present secretary of the Senate should give place instantly to another an-other man That was but one feature fea-ture The United States Supreme Court stood today enfeebled in numbers until the Senate should displace four officials and put four others in their places The United States circuit and district courts were waiting unable to proceed with public business until the Senate should displace four officials Postmasters Post-masters were waiting confirmation collectors of customs and especially the collector for the great port of I New York the next office to the secretary of the treasurywere waiting wait-ing action on nominations He criticized the prominence on the committees given to Mahone by the republicans though he had voted for Hancock a deduction would and must be formed He would prevent the consummation of the reward to Kiddleberger and Mahone as a duty to political morality he denounced as dangerous the attempt at centralization cen-tralization the announced purpose of Senate republicans to disorganize Virginia democrats and control the election it was usurpation invasion revolutionary unlawful corrup tion The republican party dropped its repudiation of balance by choosing Kiddleberger it was a dangerous crop to sow it was by credit the poor mans capital that he could outlive poverty Virginia was poor and needed credit worse than ever before Leave her to her sense of selfrespect and manhood that was her caseibefore the country coun-try Sherman agreed with Bayard i that majority must rule it was treason and reVOlUtion when the dictates of minority went hRvnnri reasonable delay Under the rules of the senate government might be as absolutely destroyed as confederate confede-rate success would have destroyed it Reason and judgment must construe con-strue the rules The doctrine of the right of majority to rule must prevail pre-vail Minorities had certain ri lita to interpose dilatory motions in order to delay and worry the will of the majority but whenever they passed those rights they entered upon dangerous grounds What weighty reasons had the senator sena-tor from Delaware given to justify tho action which he himself denounced as dangerous and revolutionary revolu-tionary No it was because the Senate desired to change some officers offi-cers Another reason assigned had been because Mahone had been a democrat and had voted with the republicans re-publicans That would not bo sufficient suffi-cient Senator Mahone had come here with a platform which if the young men of the south rallied around would insure a peaceful and prosperous country He mentioned and eulogized some of the conspicuous conspicu-ous cases independence politics He would discuss the debt question I of Virginia when he became better acquainted with the facts He understood un-derstood Porters census tables show ten of the southern states have repudiated re-pudiated readjusted and scaled down their debts to the amount of 8130000000 He justified the repudiation repu-diation portion of republicans and said the democrats stood on a weak basis Republicans would protect and shield Mahono with a strong arm if the democrats attacked him l they attacked republicans Democrats Dem-ocrats would be governed by similar simi-lar motives He denied that there had been any bargain promise or I corrupt motive Motives for entering enter-ing into the movement are as patent as day as light as the sun and can be proclaimed from every housetop I and every stump We give our hand to the senator from I 11UUU t U CUC OCildtwt XXUlil Virginia because we believe we will thus advance ad-vance public interests and breakdown break-down the bitter spirit in the south which has prevailed since the war I we believe while extending our I held and aid to those men in expressing ex-pressing their opinion even if we do not agree with that opinion and while aiding them in defending themselves against ostracism ol a great and powerful sectional party we are doing good to our country and we propose to carryout carry-out that policy In carrying out i we do more good to the south than to ourselves Reverting to the question ques-tion of the Virginia state debt he said His own advice to the people of that and the state of West Virginia Vir-ginia would be to pay the whole of it between them Congress had been in the fault in not providing when it severed West Virginia from Virginia Vir-ginia what share of the state debt should he assumed and paid by West Virginia He had perhaps himself voted for the measure dividing the state of Virginia without thinking of that point but he had always regretted re-gretted that it had not been provided pro-vided for Democrats in West Virginia Vir-ginia had repudiated their part Davis denied this and laid the blame on republicans Sherman said all repudiation movements came from the democratic demo-cratic side two democrats tried to get the state debt of Ohio S oOOO ouo repudiated Democrats published pub-lished a measure two years ago Bayard bravely resisting to pay the national debt with additional legal tender issues Democrats could not with good grace cry out against Riddlebergers repudiation lie laid down the rule every party going out of power should yield gracefully to tho inevitable he appealed to democrats to let business proceed They might denounce republicans but they would take care of that but majority could not without endangering the government surrender sur-render to the dictation of the minority Hoar declared no democratic de-mocratic senator would refuse alliance with any southern member because of the opinion attributed to Riddleberger and Mahone BayardThe senator wants an answer an-swer and I will try to give it to him I do not care whether democrat demo-crat or republican advocates the side of repudiation and repudiation is made the issue I would never support sup-port him HoarIf repudiation is made the issue I but suppose it is not the issue BayardBut repudiation by the action of the senators party is made the issue Hoar I deny it BayardAnd I affirm it HoarThe difference between the senator and me is when assassination assassi-nation and fraud are the issue he will ally himself with repudia tionists who stand for all these things and 1 ally myself with a repu diationist who joins with me to put them down Bayard Tho senator forgets in the heat of debate to give due respect res-pect to the motive of his opponent HoarI do not attribute motives I deal with facts B tyard Why does the senator stand before the country and ally me in any way with dishonest and unfair political methods Why should be dc it HoarBecause whenever the party that performs these things and the south is in distress the senator brings the weight of his own honorable and fair personal character to its rescue Bayard do not think it worth my while to deny that and I hare lived too long it it is necessary for me to deny it Themethods spoken of by the senator have found in me as resisting an opponent and foe as I am capable of being HoarThe senator thinks so but I think he is alone in thinking so I have never heard from a southern Union man black or white I have never heard from a northern freeman free-man of any color the senator from Delaware reckoned among saints of the church Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee which is hypocrisy After a few brief remarks by Vance the Senate adjourned |