Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-30

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n the fact that The hour OF Il O'Clock,
which Waa the hour fur daily meeting
nf the Senate, had arrived, and
In ihe judgment OF the Chair legislation
continued until an ADJOURNMENT OF the
senate took place, anu unless objection
Was made Il would be 80 considered.
No objection being made, Dorsey, OF Ar
kansas, moved 10 proceed u the consider.
alton OF Executive business. Rejected
% 70 %.
Merrlmon, OF North Carolina, said he did
not Iise to enter upon q discussion OF
3onth Carolina affairs az they appeared to
him ~ q member Of the Committee Of the
Senate which visited the State a year ago.
AT some future time when the senate viii
be 10 q better humOr, be would rive his
We've; fr the present he would merely
show how entirely false were statements
aS to intimidation In South Carolina. ne
argued that the republicans had been 10
the majority in that state; they could do
AS they pleased, and did do a. they pleas.
ed. The whole population in south arc.
lima entitled 10 vote was iS4 40, and the
whole number Of votes cRst In 1873 VAS
1873 3sS How was It that persons were Ia.
undated when nearly the whole vote Of
the state wss poll, az Moses, the Repub.
lican candidate Tor Governor Ia Il ", 70.
ceiVed many more votes than any candI.
date before had ever received. He then
referred to tho Hamburg riot, and said
the evidence be fore the Committee showed
that trouble was the consequence OF q
lOng.continued series OF outrages in Ham.
urg on the part Of the negroes who lived
there. He defended the charges made
against Mr.. Butler, OF being concerned IN
that riot, aud said Mr.. Butler hapurned
~ be there, and no doubt gymputhiZed
with the white people, but 70 hold
him accountable for the outrages
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all decency, The evidence showed that
when men were shot down like wild
beasts. Butler had left the place. Mr..
MPrrIm0n quoted at length from the testi.
mony 10 show III II violence did not exist
IN suuth Ca olina. he argued that the
presence Of Fe 'erIl troops in the state
affected The vote Of that State 10 the ex.
tent Of at least 1000. Again, II was the
common impression that the negroes In
South Carolina voted the Republi.
can ticket, which was erroneous-thou.
sands Of them voted for Hampton. Mr..
McrrimUn then argued that there was q
conspiracy IN South Carolina ~ prostitute
he army ui the United States 10 carry
elections there for the Republican party,
and Sir. CorOin was coIcefntd In that
conspiracy.
Cameron, Of Wisconsin, said the seua.
to from North Z 'T0lina, Mr.. MeriimOn,
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at0r . pair with him last night, and nov
the senator locke az If esh as ever. The
clever Senator who paired with him stay.
ed in tle Senate all night, but did not
vote. therefore. he, Cameron, did not
propose TO 60 into an argument row, as
the senator (Mr. Merrmon) physically
had the advantage Of him. he then refer.
red to the testimony, anu charged there
had been intimidation and violence 10
South Carolina, against the colOred people
during the campaign Of 1876. lie spoke al
SINE length OF he'Riae Clubs organized
In tho State for purposes Ct intimidation
The pending question being upon
!. the amendmen, submitted last night
BY M. Mitchell providing that
the resolution be made the specia.
order for 1880 p m, to-day, he said the
time mentioned In that amendment having
. passed, he would modify the same TO make
the resolution the special order for Wed.
. nesday 18th, at l2;3Op.m. Reiectcd-Yeas
", ma, g ~.
) The question thea occurred on the reso.
luton u Senator Thurman, which reads
A" Resolved, That the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections be discharged from
the consideration + the credentials OF Mr..
> Butler, Of South Carolina. Agreed to-
yeas %, nays q, IA follows:
1 1eas-Bailey, BayaTd, Beck, COckrelI.
{ Cooke, COn0Ver, Davis Of West Virginia.
Dennis, Garland, Gordon, Harris, Here.
FORD, Fill, JOhCs Of Florida, Kernsn, LII.
mar, McCreery, Mcdonald, NcPherson.
Aerrimon, Morgan, Patterson, Randolph
Z salisbury, Thurman, Voorhees,, Wallace.
Whyte, and Withers-s9.
e hays-Aessrs. allison, Anthony, Booth,
9 Bruce, burnside. Came ron OF PGnnsyl Iva.
ntA, Cameron OF Wisconsin, Chaffee, ConR.
e ling, DIVES, dorsey, Edmunds, HOar,
8 Howe, jones Of Nevada, kirkwood, Nc
e MILAN, Matthews, Mitchell, Merrill,0 eles.
4 by, Paddock, collins, Saunders, Spencer,
Teller, and Wadleigh-?7.
d Messrs, Armstrong, Grover, DAyis O.
Illinois, Eaton, Barnum, Ransom, John.
N son, and MaNey, who would have voted Ii
& the affirmative, were paired with Plumb,
Blaine, argent, ChristiaBcy, HAmlin, 10.
gals, WyndOm, and Ferry, who would
IL have voted in the negative.
Immediately upon the announcement;
Q otthe vote, Mr.. Edmunds objected 10 thu
" present consideration OF the credentials
and under The rules they were laid over.
j. Mr.. Tnurmsn-I move the Senate d,
now adjourn.
d Mr. Eimunds moved that the Senate al.
Z inurn until Tomorrow lie inquired Of The
VIce.Pfesident II IL should now .djuurn,
Y II being Q O'Clock Tuesday, but tno ltgisla.
tive day OF Monday, the SENATE having
been In continuous session, It would be L
1 NANft hEu
e The Vice.Prosident replied l. woLia 10
: to meet Tomorrow, Wednesday, al u
O'Clock.
y Tn~urman-ThGn | move the senate aG.
y lJurn until $3.50 n'cl jck to-day.
Z The vote was first taken on Mr.. Id
: muaI's motion to adjourn, and rejected
y yeas ~, naysss.
e Thurman renewed his motion, that tho
i senate adjourn until 3:3J pm. to-day.
After Il brief discussion upon points D.
! order. the Vice. President decided tina;
! under the Goth rue, matter from whit IA thc
! Z 'mmittee on Privileges ani Elections
had jIrt been discharge :, must lie over
: one legislative day, which would carry i;
; owe! unlil tomorrow.
" nj. Tuu,mau-Dprs the Chair rule tina;
!. il the senate adjourn now 10 meet a,
" another hour to-day. II does not begin tht
legislative diy VI Tuesdayf
me Nice.Presidcnt replied he did Ec
rule.
d several senator's on the Democrats
side, q Mr.. Thurman: Take an appeal
Q The Vice-President said the motion o!
the Senator from Ohio. Mr.. Thurman, Il
n agreed TO, would violate a standing rule o,
tue Senate, which provided that the daily
hour Of meeting shall be - o'clock,
3. After some further discussion. Mr.. Thur