The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-23


lh' virclxlAN IN ARKANSAS-MINoR MAT
1EEs.
,,,,r oar Regular Correspondent
,.su,<GroN, April 22.-There is well
.',sn,ics;ed report ionigh, that the Re-
san I'm. vii hold caucus very soon, as
pO' ''. or more senators bad signed the call
wv" h.jore noon to-day. This number
iO' .anueh auder the caucus rules. The
-, ei.o prevails that there will be
u ,a,r, in favor of going into execu-
ses.ion. The pressure upon them is
' -, for while all Democratic neWspa-
and Nh Democrats, a. far rs heard from,
l-,,,.e .l,e course Of Democratic senators,
b,H Of the Republican press at least
...semn ma, Of Republican senators.
T,,r, wss report to-day that Mr..
n.,-sherser wants 10 decline the
.,,,in.tion Tor Sergeant alarms. but |
80. mo. no one who knew this to be a fact.
r,,, rou,d not meet the difficulty, however,
,,s democrats take the broad position
.t.. t,s senate should not be rt6rganiZed
evocu'iyc session. They say that this
A.. be,n oalv done once in the history OF
ne Government, and thon in the ease OF an
,H..r against whom serious charges had
been brought.
vr MORRILL, On The CHANGS OF PARTY RE-
LATioNS.
senator Morrill,, Of Vermont, read 4 care
trpc.rycrafed SPEECH to-day. lie said he
b,1 mo, cntl within few days determined
to.,y anrtaing. but the charge Of cor
rim, b4r.a'n has been 80 flippanily made
tsa, he deemed Il his duty 10 deny it. Gen
tIfmen hqd ~ right, he cOniended, to abuse
GeDer Malone for taking sides with the
Republicans. rs be had the right TO vote as
M lad done. He cited numerous instances
10 American polite, where distinguished
men had changed iLeir party relations, in
Guiding John {. Calhoun. John Quincy
Adlms, Henry a. Wise, and Others, and it
h5d not been charged that they were in1u-
ead by corrupt motives in 50 doing.
THE RESOLUTION SHALL NEVER PASS.
Mr.. Beck calmly announced in bis re-
fribe election Of Mtssrs. Gorham, Riddle.
berger. &c. should never pass that the
D,mocrat, had the means Of preventing it
IN their power and meant to exercise 1t.
Nr. sherman wanted TO know If he believed
ll. right should be exercised except in ex-
irlordinary eases. Mr.. Beck said that each
senator must determine for himself when it
.hall be- rts0rted TO. He would not say
what Democratic senators believed in re-
gard 10 the pending matter, but that they
had announced their responsibility to the
country for their course OF conduct. He
painfully declared that be did not intend TO
,ay anything that would involve him in a
duel With any Republican senator, because
Il be were 70 Kill him be would be held re-
.pon,ible foT turning over the committees,
&C., TO the Democrats.
say IT is EVOLUTIONARY,
vas Mr. Sherman's reply to Mr.. Beck's de-
carlion that The resolution should not pass.
He cou,ended that while resort to dlatory
tactics for a few days might be pardonable,
the doctrine announced, il carried out,
would prevent any legislation by the ma
ioTity, and hence would be revolutionary.
Dir. Blair, however, in the course Of the
debate, said be bad never declared the course
Of Democratic senator's revolutionary, ald |
in thi> differed from able men on his side.
"wHEGE Is THEIR MAJORITY S--I CANNOT
SEE 1T"
said Journalist mot BouIbon) while this |
debate proceeded. "Tbe Republicans have |
), and want the caucus resolution passed a.; |
the Democrat, have 80, and don't want it |
passed. NOW, who has a right in advance |
TO claim that the Vice President is bound to |
vote with the caucus: | can't see any ma
lority,' be added, land 1t is all pretence
10 clam one" "Why," remarked Demo
cral, who j. known all over the country,
"lhey have not IS for Riddleberger and
Gorham, for understand that the Republic
can senator's are divided as follows: For
them, y against them, II. They will,
however. vote a. the caucus says
AR. SHERMAN EULOGIZES RIDDLEBERGER.
Mr.. sherman at a subsequent period OF
The debate declared that while Mr.. Riddle
berger Wa not his first choice, all be had
heard Of him was 10 his favor. lie was said
70 be gallant cavalry leader in bad cause.
lie j. represented as an able man and an in
nuentla leader in bis State. Mr. Harris I
declared that while Riddleberger was gal
lahI Confederate he was also a Readiuster |
'eSuef which, according to his information,
Hein' reputation leader and a Hancock !,
'''o'or lie could not see how these facts /
Cou'u commend him to the support OF the '
Ohio Senator. I
'o'LENog BE0WN HAS READ CHOICE Ex- =
TRACTS.
governor Brown sent 10 the Clerks n
l"k and had read extracts from #
ead'ng Republican papers OF CaIifor- 4
ma Oregon, Colorado, and Western, Il
Nodle, and New England States, con- ,
'eDning tie course of Republican SEN +,
lots IN not agreeing TO 20 into executive d
''slon' The Pacific slope papers were
7Hlcuiarly bitter on Mr.. Gorham, as vii! u y
seen from The following extract from the n
az Francisco ArgOH0ut, the paper OF Hon.
rank Pxley, who was a delegate TO the III
hieago Convention
WHAT Mr.. PIXLEY SAID. n
lie very disgracefui bargain between b.
publican senator's and the Democratic oil
'itor from Virginia has been c0nsum- OF
ated. Black .and.Tan Is to be Secretary OF u
Senate, and one OF Mahone's followers 70
10 be sergeant-at-Arms. This is the most SO
zen, most disgraceful, and most damaging