Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-08


was voted down-yeas %, nays 80.
Senator Vance addressed the Senate on III
subject of the State debt of North Carolina
denying that the debt had ever been repudiated
and asserting that one of the first acts passe
by the Legislature of the State afte
the war had been one providing TO
The payment of its Indebtedness
Cnder the force of the reconstruction acts 70
the first time in the history of North Carolina
she had found herself compelled to repudiat
any of her obligations; that she had TO do a
the dictation of the non-repudating, homes
and valoriouS Republican party of the North
II was not voluntary action of the people.
The Republican side, he said, coming dow
10 the election of officers, had inquired VIII,
the Democrats would not vote for Riddleber
ger. That was shifting the issue. The Ques
tion was, how could the gentlemen on th
other side support HIM? He wa
rebel--an unrepentent rebel; Dem
ocrat--an unrepentent Democrat;
readjuSter-an unrepentent readjuster How
could they ever forgive hims What was thu
object for their supporting him? He Vance
objected 10 voting for any man who called
himself a Democrat who had surname before
the word Democrat lie objected to the man
aer in which the Republican party had under
taken 10 foist their candidate upon the Senate
because ii was in defiance of the whole plan oi
political salvation. Riddleberger had beer
taken up in his sins, unrepentant, and had
been transplanted to the heaven of Republican
ism without having tasted of death.
Senator Kellogg made speech on the North
Carolina debt question:, asserting that since
that State had been under control of the Dem
ocrats the debt had been scaled down from
S26,OO0,000 TO S4,00O,000, n reputation oi
S2s, 100000.
A long discussion ensued, the North Caro-
lima Senator's answering Kellogg's charges and
denying that that State had in any manner re-
pudated any Of It's honest obligations.
Senator Ransom called attention to the fact
that per cent. bonds of North Carolina
were quoted at cghty-iive cents on the dollar,
and he appealed TO the Senator from Ohio
sherman, 10 state whether that wasn't high
price fer a State bond.
Senator Sherman replied it was u fair price
for a per cent. bond After some discussion
Senator Call challenged any Republican Sena.
tor to produce any evidence to prove there had
been either intolerance, ostracsm or violence
OF any kind on account OF political opinion in
the Southern States. In the course of his re-
marks he made some illusions to Malone
Democracy and was reminded by Sherman Ma.
hone had been elected against Prince in oppo.
sltion to the Bourbon Democracy.
Senator Harris-Didn't the Senator hear the
Senator from Virginia say he was better
Democrat than the Senator froIa Georgia
(HlD.
Senator Sherman-Oh, l have heard that
many times. l am better Democrat in lit
eral sense than any man on that side, for what
is the meaning OF Democracy; equality, love OF
liberty, equal rights.
Senator Call then went into an exhaustive
history of the carpetbag governments, dwell
ing al some length upon the corruption and
infamy which had characterized those gov
ernments. He was frequently interrupted by
Blair, who asserted the carpet-bag govern.
ments had assisted materially the prosperity
of the South.
Senator Beck said next week he would show
Senator Blair the statements he had been max
ing in laudation of carpet baggism
were not only untrue in the
eyes of the American people,
but were such as would meet with no oresponst
except from few men who hated the South
He would make his speech next week. Ol
course this thing would continue, because the
Republicans were afraid to go into executive
session. They were afrad-to face the division
which would then be found, and they there
fore kept up this wrangle.
Senator Call then resumed his speech. lie
denied the right of suffrage was restricted il
the South, and criticised which great earnest
ness the laws which, n Massachusetts, did re-
strict that right. He also charged that many
voters in that section had been deprived of
free ballot by the influence of money and by the
iutluence of corporations.
This brought Dawes and Hoar to their feet
in emphatic denial Of the existence of any such
state of facts, and a long discussion ensued
the Massachusetts, Senators holding that nc
mau in that State was deprived of the right o
suffrage except by choice, and Call contendine
that elections in the South were fairer and
irecr than those in Massachusetts,. At the enc
of this discussion, on motion of Burnside, Tho
Senate adjourned till Monday---yeas %, nays
l6 the negative vote being by Democrats.
COHkiin9 DESTROYS to Compromise.
WASHINGTON, April Tt is evident tha
there has been considerable bluster in the tall
of making war against the administration be
cause of Robertson's nomination. Conkling
much prefers compromise to war, and he anC
all his friends are using al their energies and
influence TO obtain some little conceS sion from
the President so retreat may be sounded ant
called a compromise A thorough canvass oI
the Senate by the reporter of the Western As
sociated Press, shows that Conkling is doomed
To defeat and he knows ii. Only two Demo
cratic Senators even talk of voting with Hill
MaXey, VOORHEES, and Garland, who have beer
PhollSIeu aS HIS supporters, uehy anu US
nounce the report as false. On the
Republican side Conkling, should HI
press his opposition to Robertson to
vote, would not get exceeding a dozeiA Sen
ators. ConklinG elected to go TO Wisconsin
with Carpenters remains, knowing that what
ever might occur in the Senate, his fight could
not open in his absence. He is seeking every
means to delay the opening of the battle, III
the hope that some arrangement may be made
by which he can retreat without dishonor.
In the afternoon rumors were flying about
more thickly than usual, one being that
Il secret committee of Republican Senators
had been appointed in Conkling's interest to
urge the President to withdraw Robertson and
substitute some one from another State than
New York. While it is true that Conkling i:
trying all sorts of schemes, the President de-
clared himself as firm as rock to stand by
Robertson, unless the latter voluntarily with.
draws.
Talk about appointing David Davis collector
of New York is considered silly trash. He
would not haYc the office and its ceaseless
annoyances.
Garfield and the Deadlock.
WASHINGTON, April THE statement con-
tanned in numerous dispatches from here that
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