The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-28


pied the chair during the temporary
absence OF the vloe.presldent.
He said he would call the atten'
ton Of the senate 10 the fact thai
the hour OF twelvs o'clock was th,
hour for the daily meeting OF the
senate and II had arrived and II
the Judgment OF chair legislation may
DO continued until an adjournment OF
the senate takes place, aud unless an
objection was made IL would be 30
considered.
No objection being made, Mr., Dor
sey, Of Arkansas, moved TO proceed
TO the consideration OF executive bust.
ness. Rejected, % to %,
Mr. Merriman, OF North Carolina,
said he did not rise to enter upon y
discussion OF South Carolina affairs an
they appeared TO him, rs "a member OF
the com aittee Of the senate, which
visited that state about u year ago. At
some future time, when the senate
should be In better humor, he would
give his views. For the present he
would merely show how entire false
were the statements as to the intim.
idation in South Carolina. He argued
that the republicans had been In the
majority in that state, that they could
do as they pleased, and did do 80. The
whole population In South Carolina
entitled to vote was S4,9i3; and the
whole number OF votes cast In 1876 wss
1888. How was ii that persons were
intimidated when nearly the whole
vote OF the state was polled. Mr.,
Moses, the republican candidate for
governor in 1876, received many more
votes than any candidate before had
ever received. He then referred to
the Hamburg riot, and said the evil
dence before the committee showed
that the trouble was the consequence
OF long continued series OF outraees
in Hamburg on the part OF the negroes
who lived there. He defended the
charges made against Mr.. Butler OF
being concerned In that riot, and said
Mr.. Butler happened TO be there,
and no doubt sympathized with
the white people, but TO hold him &C
countable for outrages or murders
committed there was against all de-
cency. The evidence showed that
when men were shot down like wild
beasts, at Hamburg, Mr.. Butler had
left the place.
Mr.. Merrimon quoted at length
from the testimony to show that vio-
lence did not exist in South Carolina.
He argued that the presence Of federal
troops In the state effected the vote OF
that state TO the extent Of at least ten
thousand votes. Again 1t was the
common expression that all tile ne.
groes in South Carolina voted withlthe
republicans, which was erroneous, thou
sands having voted for Mr.. Hampton.
Mr.. Merrimon then argued that there
was conspiracy In South Carolina to
prostitute the army of the United
States to carry the election for the
republican party and Mr.. Corbin was
concerned In that conspiracy.
Mr.. Cameron, of Wisconsin, said the
senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Merrimon) was fortunate enough to
get clever senator to pair with him
last night, and nov the senator looks
as fresh as ever. The clever senator
who paired with him stayed In the
senate all night, but did not vote,
therefore he (Cameron) did not pro-
pose to go into an argument now, AZ
the senator (Mr. Merrimon) physical.
ly had the advantage OF him. He
then referred TO the testimony, and
charged there had been intimidation
and violence IN South Carolina against
the colored people during the cam
paign OF 1876. He spoke at some
length of the rifle clubs organized In
the state for the purpose OF intimida-
ton.
The pending question being upon
the amendment submitted last night
by Mr.. Mitchell, providing that
the resolution be made the special or
der OF 1880 p III. today, he said the
time mentioned In that amendment
having passed, he would modify the
same so AS to make the resolution the
special order of Wednesday, the 2Sth,
at 1890 p. m. Rejected % to %.
The question then recurred on the
resolution Of Senator Thurman, which
reads:
Resolved, That the committee on
privileges aud elections be discharged
from the consideration Of the creden-
tials OF Mr.. Butler.
1t was agreed to yeas 20; nays, "a.
Messrs. Armstrong, Grover, Davis
(Illinois), Eaton, Ransom, Barnum,
Johnson and Maxey, who would have
voted 10 the affirmative, were paired
with Plumb, Blaine, Christiancy, Sar.
gent, Hamlis, ingalls,, Wyndom and
Ferry, who would have voted In the
negative.
Immediately upon the announce.
ment Of the vote, Mr.. Edmunds OBJ.
jected to the present consideration Of
the credentials, and under the rules
they were laid over.
Mr.. Thurman-I move the senate
do now adjourn.
Mr.. Edmunds moved that the senate