The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-06
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-" ~ w 'oI tuo negro, VINO II WAS Cl lined
was cheated of his ballot, failed TO
,hroo with enc impulse in favor for au
american citizen incsrcersted in foreign
prison. Nothing could be done until the
party organization had been completed, to
say nothing of party contracts. He would
NOT characterize such action. Let the coun-
'ty chsracterlze 1t and let posterily spurn il,
ana spit 1t out rs it would. The denial of
the right OF petition was nsprant crime
agsinst the constitution. Coninuipr. be
sad; Suppose that this resolution. ins dad of
being II treaty between members of different
polticsl organizations, was treaty. with
some foreign power and the minority of :,
little more than ose- third should say il ia a
irsud and bargain; would the senator from
Mlsssslppi arise and demand that tbe
nslority rule, and that there should h, either
ir'e ballot, priceless ballot, or'paid for
by some dirty connivance. He alludnd IN
'ue electoral commission, asserting that the
very men who had engineered that romnre-
pensiVe ana important fraud were no y call.
ing Out, submit 10 tho majority" No, the
democrats would protect said rights given
10 msloritles by the constitution. and in A
constitutional way till they were satisfied
'hat the motives of the senators ON IN, other
SIDE were better than they were when thev
fixed up the fraud of s to7. Hs nrorosdoa
10 argue against the constitutional riebt oi
the vice-president 10 vote ON tho o,os,;a, os
reorganzng the senate. and nnss;d,, 80. AZ. y,
question OF contract between ,6a ,ras,w'
making powers, he did. he said ro, 80 -,
their circumstance. He said the aon,,a,'o~
who had accustomed themselves ~ u'' ,,''I,inai
IN m h,, L..
able TO Justify the means bv tbe res,Ii. hn, p Vo
could not wear an honorshln ch.rao,a, r ns
OF United States senator and for momsn,
nave 1t supposed that he ha been concerned
in the villainous bargain about the otlicers of Of
the senate. In the course of his remark.
he alluded TO Riddletarear As "RiddIebM'
gain, and in correcting his mistake said ho
knew there was riddle in il and tbouch,
there Was bargain in it too. In cnrcmsinn
he said when the republicans asked ths
democrats 10 yield. when !hey behaved ' .
republican contract derogatory 10 tho honor
OF the senate they might cry, md dons,d
and charge treason on tho democrsts mn,,
doomsdsy, and still the democrats would h,
found upon the floor. '' "
Several roll calls we're then ordered unor
various motions, all of which were yoteC
uown' go
Mr; burnside said the precedent had been
es1soll,ned s. two years ago, and insisted on the
fsu. Vi im ,ne majority TO rule.
.rh.I;,,ln mIi n,'' remarked that the democrat.
i,i,, ouo,n,teu 70 inc appointment of The
ooni'n'.'ees because they were indispensable
~ .he 'rahsacton OF business; but the ap
point,npn' % Vi eliicers was unnecessary, and il
.ne % uoinoefnuc party yielded to tnst ap'
pt'u''heh,' pI' 'ney would become party to
"na,eTer M' bargain exists,
hoi;ono9 ,. 1u,nslue ,nn asked Mr. Hill whether he
."sst; uu,,eseu 'here was single senator on the
,ePup.'can sac VINO would accepts commit
.ee oo'alped through fraud, or would engage
Any S lrauo ana transaction of that kind.
MI. mr, nill replied will not give An i'm
proper answer 10 an improper question, but
he,;ss sHs 70 the senator do in my conscience