Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-23

children, and refuse to take it with
out sugar. He would be very careful of
what he said in view of the declaration of
the Senator from Rhode Island Mr.. Burn
side) that ''this thing was false, false, false,
and must STOP" because IL he should have
to fight he might shoot his man, and thus
break up the constitutional majority"
The country believed that there
were controversies among the Republicans
which they did not like to take the RESPONSE
bllity of facing. The Democrats would
help them to do public work. Why did they
not do what the Democrats told them
Mr.. Sherman-That is 1t; because we
represent the majority of the Senate, which
Is the Senate. The question is: ''Shall the
minority Of the Senate dictate to the ma
Jortty the order of business 20
Mr.. Harris said that he knew Of but three
things for which Riddleberger was distin.
guished: He had been the leader Of Con-
federate cavalry company; he was Read
juster, and he had been a Hancock elector.
Which Of these things could have led the
Republican Senators to nominate him,
Mr.. Sherman replied that the reason he
would vote for Riddleberger was that he
(Riddleberger) had in open discourse pro-
claimed his purpose to stand by those In
Virginia who were determined to see that
there should be a fair election and fair
count.
After a disclaimer by Mr.. Burnside Of
any intention in his speech Of Wednesday
last to reflect upon any Senator, Mr.. Jonas
took the floor. He wished, he said, to read
some kilograms relative to the case of that
peripatetic individual, Chas. Heath. He
read a telegram from Judge R. D.
Bridger, of Caldwell parish, La, deny
ing explicitly every statement con-
that Chas. Heath ever owned property
in that parish, the property being held in the
name of Edward Heath. That that prop
erty was appraised at S., 500 instead of
$25, 900, as stated by Heath, and asserts
that the cotton gin was burned to get the
insurance.
The telegram was endorsed by several
citizens of the parish. He alse read tele-
gram from Judge Caldwell, of that parish,
a Republican, denying that any man there
had been prosecuted on account of his
political opinions. Those were facts, Mr..
Jonas continued, obtained from the parish
in which the Senator from Massachusetts,
(Mr. Dawesl had pleased to locate that out
rage. The great fault which the Sena-
tor had made was in locat-
ing the outrage at all. The
immigration, and he did not believe that
these malicious and slanderous stories were
endorsed by the people of the North, or
would deter them from going down to that
State He quoted an extract from the Bos-
ton Journal, pointing out many apparent In
consistencies in Heath's story.
Mr.. Dawes said If the Senator believed
in the kilograms which he had read, he
might do so when he had put Heath's state
ment upon record. He transferred the con-
troversy with the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Jonas) to Mr.. Heath. Having given
his information, he would leave the
question for the Senator to settle
with him. In conclusion, he had
only to say that he thanked God that
he did not live where he could be tried by
a Judge who could SO forget himself and
his duty as to put himself on record in the
manner the Senator had mentioned.
Mr.. Jonas said that If the Senator from
Massachusetts, had had the manliness to come
and admit that the statements which he had
made were unfounded, or that he had not
the evidence to sustain them, there would
not have been any occasion for him (Mr.
Jouasl to take the trouble to show the fall
sity of the statements. The Senator had
thanked God that he did not live in the
parish in which Judge Bridger resided. He
(Jonas) thought that the people Of that
parish, after reading the Senator's speeches
would join the Senator in grateful thanks
that his lot had not been cast among them.
Mr.. Brown said that few days ago he
had stated that many Republican papers
had asserted that there was a corrupt bar
gain between the Republicans and Mr..
Malone. That statement had been contra.
dicted by the Senator from Rhode Island
(Mr Burnside), and he now desired to have
read from the Clerks desk various articles
from Republican papers.
Mr.. Brown then sent to the Clerks desk and
had read extracts from the Boston Herald,
the Hartford Co1trdnt. the Philadelphia
american, the Denver Tribune, the Portland
Orego,,lan, the Philadelphia E0ensng Tele-
graph, the San Francisco ATgOnGlt, the
Pittsburg DISPATCH and the Sacramento
Record Union, in some of which the dead
lock was attributed to a disgraceful bar
gain, and quite an amusing running debate
ensued between Messrs. Burnside and
Brown as to the politics OF those papers.
Mr.. HawleY laid stress upon sentence
In a speech of Mr.. Browns In which he had
said, '1f you will give us (the Georgia Re-
pubiicans) the fruits of the victory we have
lately won we Will carry Georgia for Gen.
Grant" His comment upon 1t being "con-
dition precedent to bargain" No man, con-
tinued Mr.. Hawley, could have resisted
that pathetic entreaty, and Governor
Bullock had made the Senator from Geor-
gia Chief Justice of Georgia. That Senator
was q very persuasive man. IL had only
been in the last campaign that he had ap-
pealed to the colored men to support him
against the Bourbons.
Mr.. Brown said that IL there had been
any negotiation here it was between Sens-
tors, which was a different matter from
speaker In a convention saying "You must
give up certain patronage or we cannot pro-
ceed." He proceeded at some length to de-
tail his political history, denying the state
ment that he had at the last election de-
clared that he would not go into the Demo
cratic caucus.
MIR. Dawes then, stating that upon Mon
day the statue erected in Washington to the
memory of Admiral Farragut would be un-
yelled, aud that 1t was proper for the Senate
to be present, moved that the Senate ad-
journ until Tuesday, which motion, after
some slight opposition from Mr.. Harris, was
agreed to.
THE BRADY BUSINESS.
The National Republican of this city will
tomorrow publish the following:
When Postmaster General James came
into office he was informed by General
Brady that whenever a change was desired
in the office of the Second Assistant
Postmaster General his resignation would
be ready. On Wednesday last he was no.
tilted that the time had arrived, and he re-
signed. He informed his friends that he
had no knowledge of the rea-
sons which impelled the change
The Postmaster General assigns no reason
which in any manner reflects upon the
integrity of General Brady. A concerted
aud concentrated fire of libellous statements
as to the causes appeared yesterday in a
number of newspapers, consisting of asser-
tions without proof. The following tele-
gram was received yesterday evening:
NEW YORK, April %.
Geo. C. Gorldna, Republican Office, Washing
ton:
You will please say for me that all charges,
direct or indirect, affecting my integrity as
a public official, are absolutely and un-
quali6edly false.
GSigned1 THos. j. BRADY.
To the friends of Gen. Brady, and all who
know, as we do, this denial was unneces-
sarY. By the general public 1t will be ac-
cepted as full and complete joining OF
issue with his defamers, who for their own
purposes seek to do him wrong. In the
absence of proof by them they must meet
the scorn which follows all who make wan
ton and malicious attacks upon personal
character.
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN CAUCUS TO BE HELD.
A paper addressed to the Chairman of the
Republican caucus, requesting him to call
8 meeting for tomorrow morning, has to-
day been signed by ten or twelve Re-
publican Senators, and as this is
more than a sufficient number, the desired
call will doubtless be issued. 1t is under
stood that the purpose of the movers in the
matter is to bring about the holding Of one
or more executive sessions, at an early date,
In order to dispose of some portion OF the
accumulated business, but with the under
standing that the contest over the proposed
election of officers shall then be renewed.