The Morning herald., 1875-12-17
WASHINGTON.
r.RTY-FOERTH CONGRESS
BAYARD AND MORTON.

Rattlinx Fire Betws en- Senators
navarro and MortOn-The Southern
c"estiOn under DiScuss1On-El"c.
ions in MtssssStppi-What Mr..
nnyard would do II his owm little
DejaWe"e was In the position of
mississippi.
WARRINGTON, D. G. Dec 16.-In the Sen
pe today the Southern Question, concern
inr | the elections in Mississippi and the in-
ra;tication in that State so much desired by
n, Morton, of Indiana, was continued.
Mr., Bayard said, "The presence that the
n,1sical changes. which he thinks SO re-
markah.e in the South, may take place in
nhpr parts Of the union"
Mr., Morton, "Perhaps there may be
a ,nee in the senator's own State"
NJ, Bayard "Well if there should be,
G. ID forbid that should come here and ask
FEDERAL interference, because my people
had changed their political views to my
Gsadvantage.
Applause in the galleries.
The chair said if these manifestations of
soolausc were repeated he would order the
galleries to be cleared.
NJ Thurman, of Ohio, criticized the
hnguage of the resolution pemisine, that
whereas it is alleged. "Alleged.' By
whom alleged3 By the President, No.
b. the Governor of Mississippi In any
oicial communica' ion2 No. By any petit
I'm to Congress or to either house! No.
Altered by whom thene BY papers ad-
dressed to and in the pockets of the Senator
from Indiana Here it is proposed TO send
rowing commissioner to inquire into The
lection in State or allegations made by
rgmeless persons. The new Senator will
n,t Some before this Senate as at present
instructed. When he does come here some
cf hose who are now members OF the Sen
s4p. will not then be here, and he would
Ike to know what right they had to pass
ua0n the election of a Senator who would
not he here when he presented himself.
|. is time enough to institute an investiga
ion, two years from now, when the Sena-
tor presents himself
Mr.. Morton, of Indiana, said in his opin-
ion the debate on the part of the Demo-
cratic Senator's, this morning, was extra
ordinary. It was entirely in conflict with
their position on the Louisiana case. They
had now taken back every point they had
claimed in the Louisiana matter. He argued
that the power to oder the investigation
was hound in several clauses of the Constl-
tnton His proposition was not revolution
ary as stated by Mr.. Bayard. It was to
Guard against revolution. 1t was to protect
majority of $4,000 from being overawed
and broken down SO that majority OF
5000 on the other side was attained. Yet,
if any effort is made to prevent this the
Senator says we are lighting the fires OF dis
cord. According to the Senator we ought
to let them alone and next year the same
thing will be done in South Carolina and in
louisiana. The Senator, Mr.. Bayard, says
he would not come here to make fuss II
the Republicans should carry Delaware. II
they carried IL by the same means as the
democrats carried Mississippi, we never
SHOULD hear the last of it, here or elsewhere:
Mr., Gordon, of Georgia, said he knew OF
the election in Mississippi from personal
knowledge as he was there. He was not
ahl2 to catch all that Mr.. Morton had said,
and he would, therefore, ask that the mat
ter 60 over until to morrow, so he could
read the Senator's speech in the record.
Pending the discussion, the Senate then
vent into Executive session and afterwards
adjourned.