The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

! assistance or, cOuAcnt. This morn
ing the right Of the petition had
| been denied q TO-, American citi-
] zens. II that were stalwartism or
Republicanism il was NOT the sort
found in the constitution. Before the
right of petition, guaranteed under
Constitution could be exercised in
favor of n citizen, it was necessary
! 10 elect secretary aud doorkceper
a man with u heart that burned for
love for the negro. who il was
claimed was cheated of his ballot,
failed to throb with one impulse in
favor of the American citizen in-
penetrated in foreign prison.
| Nothing could be done until the
party organization had been COM
pleted to say nothing of the party
contracts. He would not charac-
| terize such action. Let the country
characterize and let posterity spurn
it. spit il out, rs il would. This de-
NAL of the right of petition was
fragrant crime against the Consiitu-
ton. Continuing he said, Suppose
that this resolution instead of being
a treaty between members of diff
fercnt political organizations, was
| treaty between foreign powers, and
| u minority of a little more than one
third should say il is fraud aud
bargain. Would the Senator from
! Massachusetts, arise and demand
| that the majority should rule and
there should be either free
ballot, n priceless ballot, or ballot
paid for by some dirty commission
er be allowed 10 the electoral COM
mission, asserting that the very men
who had engineered that compre-
hensive and immortal fraud, were
now calling out, submit TO the ma
jority. No Democrat would pro-
tect said right given to the MAORI.
| ties by the constitution, and in "a
constitutional way, till they were
satisfied that the motives of the SEM
ators on the other side were better \,
than they had been, when they fixed =
the fraud of eighty TO seven, pro- !,
ceeded to argue against the consti-..,
tutional right of the Vice President
to vote on the question of reorgani-,
cation of the Senate, and pushing
over the question of contract !,
between the treaty making
powers, for he did not know
the circumstances of said Eentle-n
men who had accustomed thcIpo,
selves to the requirement of politician.
power, no matter by what means !,
might be able to justify the moapsn
by result, but he could not wear the,
honorable character of u. S. SenS7,,
tor, and for moment have il rsuR,c /,
posed that he had been concerned IN
the villianous bargain about, the
| officers Of the Senate. In the COURSE
| rNfl 20 Il l., Ill A.. n
dlebarger as Riddlebargain, and inr
| correcting his mistakes says he
knew there was riddle in II, and q
thought there was n bargain. too. q
In conclusion he said when The :,
Republicans desired the Democrats "
TO yield, when they believed the
Republican contract derogatory "a,
the honor of the Senote, they
might cry and demand and charge
treason on the Democrats until
Doomsday, and stilIsthe DemocratsI
would be found upon the fioors,
Several roll calls were then order-n
ed upon various motions, all ofwhitb.H
were voted down. 7'''eb
Burnside said the precedent had
been established two years ago and
insisted on the right Of the maiority'%
| 10 rule. 'Ssl
Hill remarked that the Democrats 3
submitted TO the appointment or .
commissions because they were III N
despensible tothe transaction ofbus- -
mess, but the appointment of officers y
was not necessary, and if the Demo-F
Gratis yielded TO that appointment
they would become the party toH
whatever bargain exists. ~.
Burnside asked Hill whether
he believed there was -sin-p'
gle Senator on the Repub- Y
lican side who would accept com =
mission obtained through fraud, orr
who would engage in any fraud and :
transaction OF that kind.
Hill replied will give an i'm
proper answer to an improper ques-
ton, but ] say 10 the Senator,
| do, in my conscience, believe
that majority on that side has been
procured by illegitimnte means.
Bayard thought il in bis powerto
show our impartial tribunal that.
the Democrats were i'm standing
where they stood. He would not &
speak now. When he did, lac would
not speak to the prejudice Of either
side of the chamber. .
Sherman said back of this con-
test involving few officers,
was "a principle which was
recognized in every deliberative
body in The world, that was, thatthe
majority must decide every question
which came before il. lie argued at
some Tenth i'm opposition to the right
of the minor.ties 10 flibuster by
Withholding their votes, and crifi-
ciZed the action of hls party nsso-
ciates, in having ut various times
resorted TO that practice; he was
from Virginia, and believed the gov
eminent would see the daWning Of a
new day, for the solid South would
be broken and American politics
would cease 10 be sectional and be.
come National. Considerable dis
cussion followed, which was par
ticipated in by Bayard, Logan,
Beck and Hawley. and at 5:45, on
motion of Dawes, the Senate adj
jOurned.
CINCINNATI, April 1.-The cleo
ton of VIM. Means, Democratic
nominee, ia conceded, with proba-
bic majority of 1900. IL is thought
that two or three others on the
Democratic ticket are elected.
The Gazette, which bolied the
nomination for mayor and support
ed Means, says his success does not
mean a Democratic victory in GIN
cInnati, but u victory for law and do
cency in the administration of the
city government.
Ldter-In the total vote of about
$4,000 in this city, yesterday VIM.
Means, Democrat, was elected mayor
over Jacksboro, Republican, by 2514
majority. The Republicans elected
six of the city officers by majority
ranging from 307 10 1543, chiefly
about 1900, and three out of four
of the board of education
by majorities ranging from 14l to 933.
The Democrats elected other mem
bers by 473 majority. Scratching
was unprecedented and the difficult
ty counting the vote extraordinary.
CHICAGO. April, Din the mu-
nicipal election at Dubuque, Iowa,
with three tickets in the
field, the Democrats were successful
ard elected Louis Hassner for
mayor.
In MichiOan tho nemoorafc mr.