New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-01
completely vlndicatcd the financial honor Of his

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State.
Then arose Mr. Jonas who describes himself rs
the "oply Senator from louisiana" lie is pale
faced gentleman with Hebrew cast OF colnte-
nance. IL he really be what he asserts, the only
Senatorial representative from Louisiana. the PeIi-
can State cannot be congratulated upon having
weighty representa- on in the Senate, either pnFsl-
cally or intellectually Mr jonas began hs speech
by describing the meek and lowly spirit maniiested
h the rebcl Democrats Of Louisiana when they re-
turned home from the Army ~ 1868. Ihen ne &C.
Tended the yagrant laws enacted to keep the ireeu-
man in a state OF peonase, and declared 'nA'
those laws were designed to protect the poor
ignorant c0lored people against the artuces ol
designing persons "-evideutly meaning "lcAeu
white men from the North, NJ. Jonas then re-
marked that he would not reler to the stale stories
of outrages in Louisiana which everybody knew TO
be false but would leave the task Of digging up the
bones of the victims to persons like the senator
from Massachusetts,. "whOse hyena-iike instincts
made them eligbt TO gnaw such bones"
After this elegant allusiOn to the gentle Mt hoar'
Mr. Jonas proceeded to deliver exposition OF tho
financial history of Louisiana. Mr.. Jonas had q
fearful tussle with the truth III ms cnoi'
to prove that Louisiana's financial honor
has never been tainted with repudation'
His very first staterient sought TO refute recorded
fact bv assertion lie declared that the pupc ueD'
Of Louisiana at the outbreak OF the Rebellion III
1861 was 81 200, 900, when everybody who has e1'
amined the facts knows that II exceeded elVVOu'VV
Almost every other assertion MADE Dy MI JonhS
was about as wide Of the mark as the one just men
toned IL lie believes the statements "h'en nc
uttered to-day he is wofuly ignorant OF the history
of his adopted State Perhaps he ouGht not TO be
accused of ignorance, however, for ono remark he
,nade NAV relieve him of that accusation. lie de-
clared that the people of Louisiana-meanlngt the
Democrats of that Stateneycr felt amoral obligation
f. paw the debt because they never empowered
their agents to contract It; admitted iegai OBJ
hcation, because they never received far conSid-
Grafton for the bonds issued Mr. Jonas closed MS
speech by a warm jmmendatl0n of the Louisiana
Lottery Company, which ought TO be very good
advertisement for hat chartered swindlc.
Assoon as Mr. jonas took his scat, 1t Vas dis
closed that after all Louisiana has another represent
ative in the Senate of the United states. MI hei-
logg spoke nearly twohours; and, although hT. Jo-
mas is something o au artlu dodger not one OF hi3
assertions escaped exposure and rciutatlon al me
hands of BIZ colrayne. The difference between inc
two Senators was that, with n single cNcepuHh'
Mr. Kellogg fortified cy'ry one Oh h'
efoternerts nv documeut4rr evidence: whfIc with
slcele exception Mr Jonas apparently did nothing
Of the sort. Mr. keil, sg's speech was earnest
throughout and "a some places 'cqn'i'. SUM- ,'
riea conviction TO every impartial and uLiry Ad'ecd
mind 10 which they wero do 'vercd.
Mr Keilogg has evidently kept mp pretty steady
thinking during the las, tVp years, IN winch h7
policy has been one Cf silence; hui Ir ciI NOT re-
strain Llmscf to-day. Whlc Doe irdniEei ~ 30
bitter or uudiGui-d PERSONA De ceAt t"Tribi
hlows at hs Democratic adyDi-arios. and showed
that he was thoroughly armcl aud elnrle 90 meet
every assault ll .dc uno9 hun. or upln tie i'erhh-
ems of Louisiana. Wien lc had finished. MI Jonas
c.sayed "a reply: hut ali hi, a., "a g bad Vani- %
and he coutcnted !hiu-cH with reading m q low
tone inaudlhlc IN the reporters gallery. some OK
tracts from tes trnony takcalby Mr Voorhees, EY
dus Committee. winch that gentleman was accom-
mndafiIlg enough 90 hum up for the purpose.
Oar incident of the DAY created sor' uui1VoiauIe
comment ~ the newspaper gallery. Wine Mr. Jonas
was speak,ng Sir. Pa-dc,, Of Lou slaua occupied
seat next 20 MN and retained IL during thr drh'ery
of Mr. Kenosg's speech. II was observed That Nj.
Pardee held frequent vii. spefcd conferences with
Nr Jonas; and p,Ts n Who observed 'hc 80" gen
tlemcu gathered ilc Impression tull Mr. J.tts was
being coac he'd hN Nr. Pigd'e WL '-' inil on
10 De United St1tr- C-rult Gdgr ls I.,dlag tn tr
senate Il - understood that Mr. Morgan oi Ala
bIua. VIII male set s'r.ta t.-lI'.l"N, Whrn li'
VIII probably attempt 90 90. yc t.of th r'uiil'i.l
iv Alabama of $1,000 OpO ur -l2uuOOUu ul i.r
indebtedness WAS not rcpui alton at ali.