The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL.
senate.

Washington, D. G., April 4.-Thc
senate resumed consideration of the
pending business, the resolution for tho
election of senate officers.
A motion made by Mr.. Pendlotou to 20
into executive session having been lost--yes
%, nays 29-Mr. Johnston took tho floor.
He quoted extracts from n
Virginia newspaper, edited by Rid
dlebarger, to prove tho democracy
of that gentleman and of his colleague MA.
hone), and from Riddlebarger's bill, to show
that the republicans were now found sun.
porting man for office who had announced
in that bill that the adoption Of the 18th,
l4th and 10Th amendments wss equal in its
terrible effect to tne war itself. He
| went with some miluteness into tho question
ofthe debt of the state of Virginia, contend.
ing that any failure to pay the interest on
that debt was not attributable TO any desire
TO repudiate, but to the unfortunate condi-
ton OF affairs which had prevailed in that
state Immediately after the waf
Mr., Dawes inquired whetlor the senator
sgreed with hia colleague, n bolding thst
West Virginia ought to pay par. OF ,ha.
debt.
Mr. Johnston replied that heagrecd with his
colleague. The supreme court OF the United
States has held that West Virginia should
DO responsible for ono-third. Leaving the
question Of the debt he inquired of Mr.. Dawes
where ana wherein Virginia anybody whc
hal had 10 wade through blood and the
ballot boxes, had been seated by that senator
Mr.. Dawes replied that the "Mssissipp
plan" wss the general term to apply e
names attached to different phases OF i. il
different southern states. In Virginia il wal
called Opposition to vsgabund suffrage" Die
the senator pretend TO say thai
nobody had got out at Pelersburl
in Virginia in an attempt to assert his righ
as a voter.
Mr. Johnston said that the charge thu,
there was any smothering OF the republican
vote in Virginia WAS absolutely false, II any
tissue ballots bad been useC
they were in his colleague'
dis,rict. Mr.. Johnston continuing confined
his remarks to local questions, commenting
on and vindicating the measures adopted il
Virginia by the funder democrats. Ii
conclusion he said, Judging from speeches o
the readjusters and from articles in thei
journals, tho platform Of that part,
was in the first place deluge Of greenbscks
in the second place, claus in tho consttu
tion that no contract bstween individual
shall be enforced; third, TO burn tho la,
libraries, and fourth to repudste.
j MIR. Salisbury appealed no longer TO
sense ofduty, to the patriotic feelings of th
other eide, but to its party tealty, I
ground its weapons of rebellion again.
: It's own administration. If anyone neede
q commisseration it was the president, who ha
been treated with 60 much marked disrespet
by his own friends. Even Haye
IA whom nobody believed to LAY
n been elected, commanded SON
/, respect Ct the beginning of his term.
\. Mr.. Jones, of Florida, briefly denied Il
n statement made on Friday by MIR. Loga,
Is that political outrages were perpoirated
4 Florida.
Q Mr.. Harris moved to ley the eresoution on Il
i table. Rejected-yoas 30, nays 81. Then rol
}, call followed roll call in quick succession O
l. dilatory motions.
n MIR. Dawes inquired rs 10 when the dem
y Gratis would permit vote 10 bo taken {
il the resolution, being always met with u
:. response on the first Monday In Decembe
t. Finally, Mr.. Dawes remarkiu
10 tho majority was opposed to postponing co
+ alteration os this resolution, and expressir
ir hope that the msjority weuld come I,
,i morrow prepared to stay till the will Of Il
nsiority was bowed TO, moved TO adjour
which motion was at a;ib agreed to.