The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-01

TO the conridsrafioa OF exscutIve tusi-
MSS Rtjreses. - to Is.
Ms. MerrlmsB, OF North CIoiina,
said he did nor rise II enter Gpon a
DISCUSSION VI South CaTo,iaa sdsir- ~
they appeared TO him, ~ Tuem'<r Of
the comuistes of the -eBA;e, which
visited inst state about = year sgo. A. 4
same future time, when the senate
should BE- in eetter bunor. he would 1
give bis views For the present lie !
would merely siew how entire false I
were the statements As 20 ti.s intlm-
idaticn ia South Carolina. lie argued /.
that the republicans had been In the !
majority Ia that state, that they could I
do as they pleased, and did do so. The !
whole population in South Carolina
entitled TO vote was Isl, Ss3; aud the
whole number OF votes east in ls75 wss
1888 How WIS 1t that persons We're
i1timidated when nearly the whole
vote OF the state was polled. Mr..
Moses. the republican candidate for
governor In 1875, received many more
votes than any candidate before had
ever received. he then referred to
the HsmbErg rios, and sail tine evil
dence before the COMMITTEES showed
that the trouble wss the consequence
of "a long continued series of outrsse-
In Hamburg on the part OF the negroes
who lived there. He defended the
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belDg concerned In that riot, and said
Mr.. Butler happened 10 be there,
aud no doubt sympathized with
the white people. bat TO hold him nc
countsble for outrsges or murders
committed there was against ali de-
eeDcy. The evidence showed that
when mer were shut down like Wild
beasts. st Hamburg, Mr. Butler had
left the place.
Mr. MeTrlmUn quoted at length
from the testimony 20 show that vio-
lenee did not exist in South Carolina
de 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 il was the
common expression that all Tie ne
groes in South Carolina voted with the
republicans, which was erroneous, thou
sands having voted for Sir. Hampton.
MIR. Merrimon then argued that there
| was a conspiracy in South Carolina 10
prostitute the army of the United
States To carry the election for the
republican party and Mr.. CoIbin was
CONCERNED ia that conspiracy.
Mr.. Cameron, OF Wisconsin, said the
senator from North Carolina tMr.
| Merrimon) was fortunate enough 10
get clever senator 10 pair with him
| last night, and DO the senator looks
as fresh rs ever. The clever senator
! who paired with him stayed ia the
senate all night, but did not vote.
! therefore he (Cameronl did not pro
pose 10 go into an argument noS, -
the senator tMr.- Merrimoul physical
| ly had the advantage of him. He
then referred 10 the testimony, and
charged there had been intimidation
and violence in South Carolina against
the eolored people during the cam
! paign Of 1876. He spoke nj some
length of the rife ciubs orEsDizeri Ia
the state for the purpose OF Iutimida
tion.
| The pending question being upon
the amendment submitted last night
by Dir. Mitchell, providing that
the resolution be made tae special OF.
der of l2:S0 p IN. 10 day, he said ttie
time mentioned in that amendment
having passed, he would modify the
same so as 10 make the resolution the
special order OF "Wednesday, the 2sIh,
at 1890 p. m. Rejected y To %.
The question then recUrEed on the
resolution of Senator Thurman, which
reads:
Resolped, That the committee on
! privileges and elections b.. discharged
from the consideration of the creden.
tials OF Mr. Butler.
II was agreed 10 yeas %: nays, q.
Messrs. Armstrong, Grover, Davis
| (Iliinoisl, Eaton, Ransom, Barnum,
johnson and Mzxey, who would have
voted ia the affirmative, were paired
with Plumb. Blaine, ChristiaHcy, Ssr-
gent, Hanlin, Ingalls,, Wyndom and
Ferry, who would have voted in the
negative.
immediately upon the announce
ment OF the vote, Mr. Edmunds DO
jected to the present consideration OF
the credentials, and under the rules
! they were laid over.
Mr. Thurmnn-I move the senate
do now adjourn.
Mr.. Eimuuds moved that the senste
adjourn until to morrow. He enqnired
Of the vice president II Il should
now adjourn. ii being three O'clock
Tuesday, but the legislative day OF
Monday, the senate having been in
coriiunous session, il would be to
meet Tomorrow, wednesday. a
The vice-president replied it would
be 10 meet tomorrow, Wednesday, a.
IL O'Clock.
Mr.. Thurman-" Then ! move that
that the senate adjourn until 800
O'Clock to day. The vote was firs;
trken on Mr.. Edmund's nation To
adjourn, and rejected, yeas 20, nays 2s.
Mr. Thurman renewed his motion
that the senate adjourn till $3.50 o'clock
to-day. After brief discussion upon
points Of order, the vice-president de-
cided, that under rule fifty, tie matter
from which the committee ON privl-
ieges and elections had just been die
charged, must lay over enc Legislative
day, which would carry it over until
Tomorrow.
Mr. Thurman-Does the chair rule
that IL the senate adjourns now 10
meet at another hour to-day, il does
not begin the legislative day OF Tues
day.
The vice-president replied that he
did so rule.
Several senators on the. democratic
side said to Mr.. Thurman Take an
apPeeI.n
| The vice president then said toe mo-
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