Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-12
THE EVENING STAR.
December IL. ,
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conelsssio ion Of Yesterdays Procced,n,

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,, MI. thurman took the iioor. and submitted
tom S iO 10 as an amendment TO the resolu-
1.-The committee shall alsn ino,ura ,rba,bar
annS ciIRen or any state has been dismissed or
ssniealened with dismissal from eApioyment or
nv pii OF any right or privilege by reason
oion,io .oee vi ihtention TO vote at the recent
1Es,rh,ions, or has been otherwise inter;erpd
VIII ana 10 inquire whether In the wear lS-s
nnnn $3.50 taisea oy assessment or Otherwise
utpn Ieueral ofhce-holders or emDloyrS for
e..estfoh purposes, and under what cIrcupa
seaLce ana oy what means and n 50. what
amount was so raised and how the same ~
expended; and further whether Su.I, -, -
nentS were or were not in violation on law. ma
snau IuTther INQUIRE into the action and con
dutt Oh L = SuperI lSorS OF elections Ia the Soy
erai states and as to the number of marSbSls
deputy marShals. and others employed 10 take
part In the conduct OF the said elections i'm
what state or city appointed. the amnuni of
money paid or promised to be paid TO them ami
now or by whom and under what law ana
authority" ~
Mr. Thurman then charged that the Senator
from Maine had two purposes in preparing This
carefully elaborated speech; not to yindcat,
the right of suffrage throughout this whole
union, but TO inquire whether the democracy of
the southern states had violated the rights OF
American citizens and then TO ind out wnat
could be done with them. Now, Mr.. President,
that is very frank, and have no doubt very
true, statement of the annus OF this resolution
MIR. President, said that there might be some
doubts as TO the propriety of this investigation.
repeat il. There may be such doubts, espe-
eially to-day. Here is a short session OF Con-
greSS. We have excluding the recess, that we
always take, less, perhaps, than two months
Within which TO dispose OF the appropriation
bliis ana the other measures OF legislation that
necessarily require the attention OF Congress
IL the business OF the session Is 10 be disposed
OF ana no extra session is TO be- called. And
now, SIR, the Senator proposes an Investigation
mat DEFY any committee that can he found 10
make with anything like thorOughneSS-Day in
ah! satisfactory manner-with anything like
justice either To those who are implicated or
10 those who may be implicated. within the
llllle mat remains OF this session OF the senate
Ii is simple impoSsibility. | have therefore
wondered why this resolution was introduced
unless 10 was TO be made a string upon which to
nang speeches. TO arouse sectional hatred In one
portion OF this union against an almost defence
iesS people In another portion OF the union
Applause in the galleries.
The Vice PreSident-The chair gives notice
MAJ II ms applause shall be repeated the gal
Mr.. Edmunds-And Nj. President. if the Sch
ator VIII pardon me, hope the chair will add
and that the persons guilty of this disorder be
taken Into arrest
The Vice PresideDt-The chair adds that
MI. 1hufinan--Anu nope that there viii be-
no interruption whatsoever. | did not say any
thlng when the galleries cheeFed the perorAtton
oil my friend from Maine, for love an elOouept
thing as much as any body can, and have some
times cheered IL when did not agree with ii at
all. ti.aughteri Mr. President there i, one
thing that made me doubt a little IA 10 The pro-
priety OF this resolution although. as | said, I
am going TO vote fol il; aud what the senator
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aoupt which entertained Oh that subject and
that Is that am not quite sure that there, are
not persons who favor this Kind of resolution
and as much debate upon il as Won can have
ana as much investigation as you can have ia
order 10 divert public attention from the real
questions which ought to engage the Congress
Oh me mted States. Questions OF economy.
questions OF finance questions OF government
all are showed aside that popular speeches mas
be made tending TO excite one section of the
people against another, and To set their minds
M aaFf -a..af,.
cool and deliberate reason. | certainly do moi
charge the Senator from Maine with having got
tnls up lor the purpose OF putting aside and
throwing out of view that which should form
the subject OF our thoughts and OF our legisla-
ton, but fear that such may be in some mems
minds one OF the things TO be desired by such a
resolution.
Mr. Blaine.-1 do not desire to detain the Sen
ate, but wish to say one word. The honorable
senator from Ohio las informed the country
ana informed ii with as much authority as any
man can speak. that property in the south win
rule.
Mr.. ThuIman.-I said no such thing. said
no more OF the south than have said every
ton Will rule
Mr., Blaine.-Regardlesso of numbers:
Mr.. Thurman.-Oh! We'll. now the Spliat or can
have ii regardless OF numbers ii ne wants
Mr.. Blaine! understand the Senator; WAS
going TO state him correctly.
Mt. ThuTman.-The Senator cannot miSrpprt-
sent me in regard TO that. How will they rule
regardless OF numbers" BY unlawful DieanSe
No. sir. Does not the senator influence good
many people III Maine to vote as he thinks?
Mr.. Blaine.-I am equally sure that il the
Senator fron Ohio lived in the south he would
not nave tail OF negroes following him at all
ilaughter.l We should be Just in contrast: but
wanted him to point this remark The Sena-
tor qualifies it; but still il stands out, aud [
take South Carolina. with 100000 more colored
men than white men, and the leader or the
democratic party, based on the rights OF the
people without regard TO caste or color without
educational test or property qualification, as
the democratic doctrine has always been an
n0nnceS here 10 us that property and education
will rule: and when we assert that they have
ruled by violence he tells us that there are i'm
pOrtant questions which we should consider
and that Congress has not time to waste upon
that. The initial step in The organization OF
every legislative body is to see that ii is hon
estly hlled by men honestly elected; and if
were permitted by parliamentary law 10 speak
OF the other branch of Congress / would say
and declare here to-day that the democratic
party does not hold rfghtful sway in that body
now, and holds 1t in the next House by fraud
and outrage, which no mere declaration against
sectional agitation can overcome.
Mr.. Lamar defended the SOUTH ana denied
that the right OF suffrage had been abridged
The whites prevailed by reason OF their superior
education and Sagactty. Ii would not do TO say
that, because negro did not vote the republ-
can ticket, his vote was suppressed. There was
another remarkab bic fact, that in this indictme
OF the south there is no pretenSe that there il Il
single menace in her present attitude TO any of
the great interests of this country-not an i'm
putatlon OF that character for solid as the
phrase goes, as the south may he. she stands in
line with nearly majority OF the American
people upon every question which is now dis
cussed IN this country or argued here in her
council chamber.
The Senate then took up the bill to revise and
amend the laws relating to patents. and num-
Der OF amendments were adopted Pending dis
cusSi0n, the Senate went into executive session
ana at 3:l5, when the doors were opened adj
joufned.
HOUSE.--After our report Closed
The bill for the regulation OF commerce be
tween the states was passed, after having been
earnestly opposed by Mr.. Hewitt.
The biz Tor the distribution OF the uneypend-
ed balance OF the Geneva award was taken up
How IT FEELS TO BE HANGED.-One Mr.. Nc
Gee down in Old Kentuck. lately came near TO
being hanged by vigilance committee tor
murder which he did not commit the actual
murderer being member OF that extra judicial
body. He has given an elaborate account OF
the sensations which attend that method OF
dying. Being jerked dp by the rope, there was
no pain While he was ascending. Ile then could
1eel his eyes suddenly turn into balls OF fire,
and to protrude from their sockets; his muscles
refused TO respond TO his viii; his joints felt
II pierced by red-hot needles; his knees twitched
and Jerked convulsiYely. Then came delic-
f0uS sensation OF cool numbness which began al
the extremitieS and gradually stole over him.
He lost all desire TO save himSelf-in fact, pre-
ferred to die then and there. Almost every act