New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-29
SENATOR BUFFERS FAILURE.
THE PROMISE TO PROVE CORRUPT BARGAIN NoI
KEPT-vAGUE ASSERTIONS, BCr 80 fACIs-sEN-
ATOR HAIE's REPLY.
fR, rrIrGr,rn TO riIF TRnrSEl

ATOR HALES REPLY.
fRY TEIEGKlrH TO TilE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-lt is not generally be-
lieved that Sen tor Butler, of South Carolina, VIII
resign his seat in the Senate of the United States
In the course Of some remarks which he made in the
Senate a week ago to-day, Mr.. Butler repeated the
assertion that there had been a corrupt bargain
between the Republicans and General Mahone' ana
declared: "If do not demonstrate II hy iHeirag-
able testimony will resi- IN my seat in this Senate
After taking week TO redeem this promise. MIR.
Butler came into ihc Senate to-day and SIMPLY re-
hcarsed in categorical form the stale accusations
which have been repeated over and overagaln during
the past six weeks. Mr.. Butler said he would be
obliged 10 rely upon circumstantial evidence to
prove the existence of bargain. but he would make
the chainso complete and strong that il would con-
vince any unprcjudced mind.
The indictment presented by Mr.. Butler consisted
of twenty odd counts. One of them was The state
ment that General Malone had removed his scat
from the Democratic to the Republican side OF the
chamber: another was that General Malone had ap-
pointed a relative of Gorham clerk OF his committee
The evidence furnished in the other counts OF the in
dictment. which contained all the testimony
offered by the South Carolina Senator, was
equally conclusive and convincing. Mr.. Bntler
did not contribute iota OF proof IN support oi
the existence of the alleged corrupt bargain
When Mr.. Butler was inYcghing so ut
terly against political bargains to-day, some
of the older Senators-who well enough re-
member the agreement under which the South
Carolina Senator was admitted to a seat 10 which
a large majority of the Northern people believe to
this day he is not cntitledmust have recalled the
circumstances under which was made the agree
mentr Of which Mr.. Butler was the beneficiary.
Mr. Butler himself did not appear To rem"mbrri 1t.
-1...r slt0u
have been made in reply to the speech Of Senator
Frye and the Southern senators do rot yet feel that
they have answered il. They still vince
under the castgation administered by Mr..
FRYE and several OF them now en-
gagged in forging rhetorical thundcfbolts with which
to demolish the Senator from Maine. Nr. Butler
devoted the most of his speech to-day to this effort
and made an ignominious failure. Mr.. Butler must
have realized the disadvantage he suffered in hav
ing the facts against him. He must have felt that
reading police court reports of Northern cities was
poor and Intellectual way o meeting the grave accusa
tious sustained by official records which Mr.. Frye
brought against the Bourbon budollng Democracy
of South Carolina AMI Mississippi. Mr. Butler also
must have felttha he had not entirely dSpovcd the
harbaIism of slavery by reminding the senate that
George Washington and many other good men were
slavc-owners Ofcourse M Butlcr had his say about
old-time slavery in Massachusetts,. As might
have Leen expected from Senator who represents
a State in which a minority of The voters, aided by
rife clubs and tissue ballots. is able 10 send solid
Democratic representation to both branches Of Con
gress Mr. Butler thinks that the doctrine that the
majority should rule is " monsrous doctrine, and
he said 80 to-day with many words and much c!o-
quence.
Mr. FRYE was called home last week by business.
His colleague Mr.. Hale Is present however, rs the
Democrats will be likely remember since ms ready
and spirited reply 10 Mr. Butler to-day. Mr. Hale
spoke nearly an hour, and completely turned the
tables upon Mr.. Butler. who had somewhat incau-
tiously made a number of statements regarding the
election troubles in Maine-a subject with which
which Mr.. Hale is thoroughly familiar. I'm the
course Of his speech Mr. Hale read with telling effect
the language used by Revcrdy Johnson In regard to
the crimes of ku kluX in North Carolina, and the
editorial comments of The ChGrICstOn Ndcs and
Courier upon Wade lIamptOn's frank admissions OF
election frauds and Outrages IN South Carolina. Inc
editors admissions frank as those OF General
Hampton but that he declares that the lTcguar-
ties we're justified and justiiablr.' In the face of
such admissions a. these Mr. Hale said II was pucnle
for Senators to deny that there had been political
outrages in the South Mr.. Hales speech was an ad-
1nrabc one and did much 20 confirm the Impression
that the new Senators will add very materially To
the debating strength of the Republican majority.
Senator Brown. the Democratic leader, was quiet
again to-day; hut IL is understood that ie has pre-
pared another speech explaining his political record,
and win deliver it at the first favorable opporu-
nifty. He is not the mau to allow himself 10 be for
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