Mr.Bruce, like very many other friends and admirers of the Senator, simply refused to follow him in open rebellion against his own party.

I am satisfied, however, that Mr.Bruce's race identity did not influence the action of Senator Alcorn in the slightest degree.

As further evidence of that fact, his position and action in the Pinchback case may be mentioned.

He spoke and voted for the admission of Mr.Pinchback to a seat in the Senate when such a staunch Republican as Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, opposed and voted against admission.

In spite of Senator Alcorn's political defeat and humiliation in his own State, he remained true and loyal to the National Republican party to the end of his Senatorial term, which terminated with the beginning of the Hayes Administration.