The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-21
Senator Brown on the Corrupt Coalition and the
Malone Bargain.

Malone Bargain.
Washington, April 14.-The Vice Pres.
ident laid before the Senate the untin.
ished business, being the resolution for
the election of officers Of the Senate.
A motion to go into executive session
was lost-yeas 20, nays 81, and Morgan
addressed the Senate.
Mr.. Morgan made strorg speech, set
ting forth the position Of the Democrats
in relation to the Malone bargain.
Mr.. Brown followed and said at the
close of the war he had taken position
for absolute aCquiescenCe in reconstruc-
ton measures and after the adoption of
the Is b amendment stood in favor of a
free ballot and fair count. He criticised
the Republican party for injustice to.
wards the Colored race. II all the me-
groes were, as was claimed, Republicans,
they constituted one.fourth of the Re-
publican party. What had that party
done for themP The last administration
had given Fred ,rick Douglass the posi-
ton OF Marshal Of the District of Colum.
bia, but he had not been invited to do
all the honors at the White House
which had usually been performed by
the Marshal. There we're seven Cabinet
Ministers and yet not one of them rep
resented the race which composed one.
fourth OF the Republican party. The Re-
publicans need not be astonished if
when the Democrats met in grand Coun.
Gil again they should do right to the ne.
gro as the Republicans had failed
to do so.
Speaking of the Virginia qlestion, Mr..
Brown said: "The Democrats proper
an intelligent class of people of that
State, had stood maDfully up there for
maintaining the credit of the old State,
but they would understs nd the Republ!-
can party as rendering this issue to them
that it was intended to take hold of the
Readjuster element and put the negroes
and Readjusters in power. They might
find it necessary then to drop their in.
ternal strife and tumble over $l2 900 900
ofthe State debt, and, if necessary to the
reunion of soce y they might tumble
over $4,000 600 more of 1t, or let the
whole go rather than have ruin brought
upon the State by putting it under the
control of the people, the majority of
whom would not be allowed to vote in
Massachusetts,. The war had ceased: the
bloody shirt had been buried by the Re.
publican party when the party had
taken the Senator from Virginia, Con.
federste Brigadior, for its leader, and
with that act before tie people they
would not enter into another crusade to
establish Republican power in the
South. The South intended to become
the equal Of the North in wealth and in.
telligence. Then it would be respected
Mr.. H0ar replied to Biown's speech,
and good humored discussion took
place between them which was kept up
until Brown, misunderstanding a state
ment made by t[oar, and misquoting,
was excitedly interrogated by Hoar as
to whether he implied he (H )ar) had
said what was not true. Mr.. Brown de
MED any intention of misstating the
Senator's remarks, and the good humor
was restored by Bsck's simulated fear
the Senate would lose both Senators
from Georgia.
Mr.. Hawley also replied to- so me re.
marks of Brown. ...
After some opposition from the Dem.
ocratic side the Senate adjourned until
Monday.