Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-01


but how would you make peace in those
states?
ABOUT ARKANSAS.
A. believe the present government of Ar
kansas TO be founded wholly on force and
fraud. IL there were no other evidence the
fact that the vote in October i'm favor of the
new constitution was 1893 500, while the en-
tire number of male polls in the state enum-
Grated In The same month was only 103, 900.
and The republicans sustaining from voting
at all on the constitutional question except i'm
Anew counties under the direction of the repub-
llcan state convention, because they deemed
me election an illegal one, and that three
weeks afterwards, in November. in the Con-
gre ssiOual election, where there was a very
severe and bitter contest, only 6lOO0 votes
were thrown, both parties voting their entire
strength, would be sufficient 10 convince me
of the fact, if there was no other evidence
The vote on the constitution was about one
in four of all the inhabIt"nts, black and
white. great and small. Even in the old
settled state of Massachusetts,, in the late
election, we threw scarcely one to eight
Nothing will give peace to that stst tie, or any
southern state, so long as IL is understood
that such violent and forceful overtum of
legal state government can be made with
out the interference of the general govern
ment, SO that see no hope OF peace there.
ABOUT MISSISSIPPI.
cannot conceive how there can be peace
in the state of Mississippi, when in a county
where there is very large republican ma
jority hundreds OF men and women are muir
dered simply because some of the citizens
believed that some OF the sureties on the
sheriff's bond were insufficient, although the
constituted authorities had decided them
sufficient. The result of the non-action of
Congress in the case of Arkansas, il seems TO
me, will be to encourage the minority i'm
each Of the southern states to hold unauthor-
lied constitutional conventions, Overturn
the constitution and the duly-elected state
government under IL, and set up new gov
ernment for themselves. That is exactly
what was done in Arkansas, and what will
be done in the other states as soon as the
white leaguers believe they can do it with
safety, without the interference OF the fed
eral government. There are regular steps of
graduation. In September the government OF
Louisiana is Overthrown by an armed and
organized mob, without the form of n new
election; in October the government of
Arkansas is overturned by n like mob
through the forms of an election: in Deem
Der an assault is made upon the duly consti-
tuted officers OF the state of Mississippi by a
like armed and organized mob; and in each
attempt hundreds are murdered and nobody
punished. And yOu ask me how there can
be peace in such state of things.
WHY THE REVENUE BILL WON'T BE DE-
FEATED.
q. Suppose the democrats and some repub-
icans. Joined, should defeat the revenue bill
in the Senate, as they threaten?
A. They won't do that. The revenue bill is
for the purpose Of making good the sinking
fund by taxation, and there are too many
banks and Others that hold bonds interested
in having the sinking fund kept up, in order
to keep up the bonds in Europe, to permit
any such action. The revenue bill win pass
The late chairman OF the national demo-
cratic committee was an agent of Roths-
child.
q. Still, the democrats in the Senate vote
sOlidly against il.
A. They have not voted yet. That is a DO
litical dodge to show that the democratic
party is not In favor OF taxation, and is
against the bondhOlder. IL is a sop thrown
out TO the House OF Representatives; but the
bill will pass for all that. II there is substan-
tial danger OF its being defeated, think the
democrats Will come to the rescue.
@. That bill was made the special order for
80 Saturday night. Mr.. Morrill, was its
champion, with Mr.. Sherman to oppose it.
There was.a bare quorum, there being forty
one members present; majority were defii-
ocrats, and Mr.. Morrill, refused 10 allow his
bill TO come up for action in such Senate.
II would certainly have been defeated then,
/ think.
A. do not like TO pass criticism upon the
action OF the Senate. 1t might seem to re-
meet upon individual members. Ihave only
been speaking Of party tactics. II, upon the
statement which you make. the democrats
were there in majority, and desired To defeat
the bill, as il was the special order for that
time, why did they not force the vote and
@. have nothing further To say on that
question. VIII they pass the telegraph
bill?
WHY THE TELEGRAPH BILL WONT PASS
IA
majority i'm the House in favor of il If could
get IL to vote. But as necessary as think
il, i certainly would not anita goniZe Ii to a
great national measure like the southern out
rage bill, and could not get the floor under
the rules OF the House, against all appropria-
ton or tax bill.
q. Then the public will he at the mercy OF
the Western Union telegraph monopoly for a
long time TO come?
A. By no means. There is one good thing
democratic moi
gotten their old opposition to monopoly, and
i should rely with great Onfidence on then
| destroying so Odious and intolerable mo-
nopoly as the telegraph, especially as they
have the thrice recorded official opinion of as
| old and tried democratic Postmaster general
| as Cave Johnson of Tennessee, that the gov
| eminent. in the interest of the people. ought
| 10 control the telegraph.
THE EXTRA SESSION PRO AND con.
q. The President, according TO report, has
stated that he will not, under any expected
| circumstances, call an extra session. Sup
| pose he should change his mind, would, IN
| your Judgment, the democrats benefit or in
| jure their party through their doings in AL
| extra session?
A. / have no evidence of any assertion on
| the part of the President in that direction
and should doubt very much whether he
| made any such declaration. But for my own
| part. as a republican,
l SHOULD MUCH DESIRE
| that democratic House should go into ses-
| sion on the 9Th of March, so that we might
have an immediate development of their
| policy; and / believe the shrewd and saga
ciouS leaders of the democratic party are
| much more opposed to an extra session than
| the President or any good republican posi-
| bly, can be. They threaten 10 investigate all
| that We have done. The sooner they do il the
! better. If we have done wrong, the country
| ought TO know it. IL all the charges made In
| the newspapers are simply false-and be-
| lleve they are-the country ought to know
| that; and If they would begin their investi-
| cations now, we should have time to answer
| any charges that investigations might de-
| velop before the next Presidential election.
2. Do you think they would try TO repeal
| the civil rights bill, the kuklux bill, and
| others OF that character?
A. OF course they could not repeal them
without the Senate, and / should be very
Glad to have them attempt to do IL, so far as
the House is concerned. Nothing would so
REVIVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
in the hearts of the people, and bring back to
our memories Ardersonyille, Fort Pillow
and the massacre AT New Orleans in 1866
WHAT GENERAL BUTLER THINKS ABOUT
THE REPEAL OF THE MoIETY LAW
z. am told, General, you still believe il
was mistake to repeal the moiety law.
A. so stated in the House the other ta "
4 am certain OF the fact; and am certain
that it will have TO be substantially restored
I u.