The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-19
THE "cALLED-IX" SIX PER CENTS.
Forty seventh COpgress-SpecinI SEES
sion of the Senatc.
WASHINGTON. Al

WASHINGTON, April Is, 1881.
The Vice. President laid before The Senate
the unfinished business, being the resOlu-
ton for the election OF officers OF the Sem
ate.
Mr.. Harris referred TO the article recently
quoted bv Mr.. Malone from the MterHG-
fiOaol ReUieU to the effect that the State Of
Tennessee had repudiatcd 81 600, 900 OF her
debt. and asserted that there was no truth
in the statement. Tennessee had at no time
repudiated single penny OF her debt. II
| had been stated that Mr. Porter Of the Cen
sus Bureau, had been the author OF tie arti-
Gle. thus giving it a semi.0flicia character.
Mfr. Porter had, indeed, been the author,
but had in q communication to him (tlar-
ris) denied that 1t was an official statement
Of the debt OF Tennessee. He corrected
various misstatements in the article.
A motion TO g. into executive session,
made by Mr.. Harris, was lost-yeas, 20
navs, u.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Johnston was
pcrmtted 10 offer resolution, which was
adopted, calling on the Attorney-Genera
for certain papers in relation TO the report
of e.. c. Lancaster, special agent OF the
| Treasury Department, touching the western
! judicial district Of Virginia. Some time
linen cOuSuiDtu III lOii-Nhi7 VII '"i 'NH~
| dilatOry motions.
Mr.. Dawes said that he was conscious that
the nnblic business had been much OBJ
strncted bv the pendency OF the resolution
| which he had offered but he attributed
that ob.truction to the action OF the mi
nority in resorting to every motion known
70 parliamentary law to defeat that re,olIl'
| tion. This was 4 struggle OF whether 1t was
the Senate or minority OF the Senate which
was TO control the public business. lie dld
not care a copper whether one oiilcer or
another was in office, but he desired TO have
| II settled before the country whether thl>
was Government Of the majority or not.
Tie wished 10 make q last appeal 10 tDe
| indoment and patriotism OF the other side
moi to overthrow the fundamental principles
OF that Government in fighting over mat
! fer OF no more importance tnan the seitc'
ton OF a couple OF officers.
Mr. Salisbury expressed regret that TINS
| should be a last appeal. lie always Gu
| loved them. 1t would be 9muslng, ne saiu'
| n listen TO the solemnily with when Inc
! senator from Massachusetts, presented DIS
views. II everybody did not know that al
the beginning Of the present session the
Republicans had resorted to dilatory mo-
| tions i'm order 10 prevent clear majority
from organizing the Senate, was IL
not singular that the Senator, in view
81 that fact, should attempt 10 Zee
,urc the Democrats He quoted from
newspaper report Of the Republican
caucus at The last session, where melnoS q,
were considered as TO how the VIII OF Inc
majority could be defeated, and where tn'
t,mIdny OF the Democrats was alluded 10,
II there had ever been any timlhity, lna
timidily was now gone. The DeIaocrat'
had learned that it was their dnls 10 ,n'
country as well as TO their party 10 resls
with determined purpose methods so wrons
and iniquitous as they believed TINS TO Ve T..
Mr.. Beck argued against the r.sht Oh tn
majority 10 elect ofEcers at an extra session
and In answer TO question by Mr. Morr','
declared that In December next they woui'
he willing to consider the resolution oul
in his Judgment, Riddleberger wouia ho
In December be made Sergeant-atArns
Tbe Virginia election would then DC ove'
and II the Republicans did not tender som,
body else would tender for Sergean.Ila
} Arms some one who was q conseffa'"