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tween appointing a man on account of his 

 political status, or some other reason? 127; 

 the point of the present question, 127 ; sub- 

 ject postponed, 128. 



In the Senate, a resolution to appoint a 

 standing committee of investigation and re- 

 trenchment, 128; this committee should be 

 vested with the same powers as were con- 

 ferred on the joint select committee, 128; 

 motion made so to amend, 128; better be ap- 

 pointed as all committees are appointed, 128 ; 

 let this committee stand like all others, 128 ; 

 every one knows what retrenchment means, 

 128; why have a division here on this sub- 

 ject? 129; the committee, as first proposed, 

 will have cognizance of nothing but what shall 

 be referred to it specifically, 129 ; I want to 

 vest the power originally in the committee, so 

 they shall have it without their attention being 

 particularly called to a subject, 129; this is 

 merely a technical difference, 129 ; presidential 

 campaign opened in form, 130 ; attempt to 

 open the eyes of the people to the evil times, 

 130; this Administration will compare with 

 any previous one in integrity, 130 ; the objec- 

 tions to the amendment are surprising, 130 ; a 

 committee on retrenchment with such powers 

 was organized five years ago, 131 ; for years, 

 without a dissenting voice, the Senate has been 

 conferring such powers, 131 ; we are standing 

 at the threshold of a great moral revolution in 

 our political life, 131 ; such power has never 

 been committed to a standing committee of 

 this body as the amendment proposes, 132 ; 

 the drift of this debate is a reflection on the 

 Republican party, 132; my object is to un- 

 cover and denounce every abuse, 132 ; whence 

 this bugbear that is raised before our eyes? 

 133; a reflection on the Republican party! 

 how so? 133; amendment rejected, 133; reso- 

 lution adopted, 133. 



Amendment moved as an independent prop- 

 osition, 133 ; astonished at the position taken 

 by some members of this body, 133 ; the reso- 

 lution is in aid of purifying the public service, 

 134; I cannot permit those with whom I act 

 to be put in a false position, 134 ; no final ac- 

 tion taken on the resolution as an independent 

 proposition, 134. 



In the Senate, the committee on retrench- 

 ment proposed, 134; have any of these per- 

 sons urged this inquiry on the Senate? 134; 

 if not, can such a committee satisfy the coun- 



try ? 134 ; no Senator in this body opposed to 

 the most searching inquiry, 135 ; the Senator 

 is evading the question, 135 ; will this commit- 

 tee do their duty? 135; every one voted for 

 this measure, 135; rules of parliamentary 

 usage, 135; how do Senators vote on the sub- 

 ject of investigating these abuses? 136 ; where 

 are the Senators who were in favor of this 

 thorough investigation? 136; not one is on 

 the committee, 136; original amendment to 

 the resolution, 136; what foundation is there 

 for the assertion that no Senator who sustains 

 the inquiry is on the committee? 137; asser- 

 tions of fraud in the public service, 137; a 

 statement of facts, 137; who gave this a party 

 turn? 138; no more legitimate subject of in- 

 quiry can be made than the connection of the 

 patronage of the Government with the free- 

 dom of suffrage, 138; motion to amend the 

 amendment agreed to, 139; the amendment 

 agreed to, 139. 



In the Senate, a bill for the removal of legal 

 and political disabilities imposed by the four- 

 teenth amendment to the Constitution, 140; 

 features of the bill, 140; the interest of the 

 country demands its passage, 140; necessary 

 to extend relief much further than it would 

 have been justifiable a short time since, 1*40 ; 

 amendment offered, 140; wiser to end the 

 matter and pass the bill, 141 ; let us be just 

 before we are generous, 141 ; this is a great 

 peace-offering to the country, 141; amend- 

 ment offered relative to social equality, 141 ; 

 half the people of Georgia excluded from equal 

 rights, 142 ; colored persons prefer the separa- 

 tion from the whites, 142 ; . a vindication of in- 

 equality as a principle or a rule, 142 ; I intend 

 to see that, under the institutions of his coun- 

 try, the colored man is equal everywhere, 142 ; 

 in hotels and on railroads all are subject to the 

 regulations of the proprietors and companies, 

 143; I object to this great Government de- 

 scending to the business of regulating the hotels 

 and common taverns of the country, 143 ; the 

 amendment read, 143; the treatment which 

 this bill has received, 144; the time has come 

 when these disabilities ought to be removed, 

 144; the amendments hazard the bill, 144; a 

 majority can pass the amendment, but the bill 

 requires two-thirds, 145 ; why endanger it by 

 pressing the amendment? 145; we have in Mis- 

 sissippi just such a law as the colored people 

 are content with, 145 ; the individual disquali- 



