The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07
CANTON. OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1881.
motion by Mr. Pendleton to go into execu'
tive session was lost yeas 5, nays 90

tive seHaion was lost yeas 25, nays 20
Ar. Johnston quoted extracts hOm the Virginia
a newspaper edited by Mr. RiddlebeIger, to prove
the Democracy Of that gentleman and his col
league [Mahone] and from the Riddleberger bill,
to show that Republicans were now found sup
porting q man for Office who had al nOurct in
that bill that the adoption OF the 18th, 14tb and
18Th mendmens was equal, In Its terrible efe Ct,
TO the war itself. he went with some minuteness
into the question of the 6bt Of the State Of Vir'
ginia, contending any failure to pay the interest
Of that de bt was not attributable to any desire to
repudiate but TO the unfortunate condition Of
affairs which prevailed in medlately after the
war. Leaving the question Of debt he inquired
Of Mr.. Dawes where and when In Virginia any.
body had had to wade through blood to tn bal.
lot box, as had been state ID by that Senator?
Ar, D aWeB replied that the Mississippi plan"
was a general term. Specific names were at.
tached to different phases of II In different South
ern States. In one State 1t took the phase of
BLOOD In another tissue ballots in another fOrg
ing returns. In Virginia 1t was called oppOsi
ton to vagabond suffrage. The Senator would
haVo to explain that phase Of the general plan.
Had the Senator forgotten that the army had
been called out at Petersburg to put down Vio-
lence there Did the Senator rretend to say no.
body got hurt at Petersburg in the vain attempt
to assert his right as a vote12
Mr, Johrson stated, the charge that here was
any smOtheriDk Of the Republican vote in Vir
ginia was absolutely false. II any tissue ballots
have been used in Virginia they had been used
in his colleagues district Where did yOn get
those tissue ballclsT' he inquired Of Dawes, who
stated he had the same In his possession.
Dawes-The district Of Norfolk was one.
JohDston-Was not Petersburg one2
Dawes Petersburg reEorted TO otner methods
violence.
Johnston --Ths; is the place my colleague lives
in.
Dawes-It is; and he has seen the error Of 1t.
Mr. Johnston continued his speech, combining |
his rem arks to local QuC stions and commenting |
upon and vindicating the measures adopted in |
Virginia by the Funder Dem oCrats,
AT the conclusion Of J0hnstOn's speech, Mr. |
salisbury appealed to the Republicans 10 ground |
the weapons Of rebellion against lis own Admin. |
isration. II any man needed pity and commits
eraiion II was the President OF the United States
who had been treated with such marked disre. |
spect by his own friends. Perhaps the President |
now In the White House was saying there were |
some in this chamber from whom he had not ex- |
pected any better treatment, because he bad an
tagOnized them ard their third term man In the /
Chicago Convention. But then there WsB the |
Senator from Ohio whom he had n0miI ated for |
PRESIDENT. Why did he sit in silence and refuse
to consider the nomipationh2 The President
might be saying, "There is the Senator from Mas.
sachusetts [Hoar, He sat with me on the Elec.
tom Commission, and is prlvy 10 all the secre
am party, and did not expect this from him.
Then there ia the Vice President, whose name
has been inscribed with mine, and whose image
is stuck up beside my own in almost every junk
shop. He ought not to have turneu his heel on
me, and yet he will not give any respect to my
messages" He [Saulsbury] appealed 10 the Re,
EublCsIs to march up 10 their duty and help |
to save the President Of their choice.