Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Senate Debate-The Suffrage Laws
 of Connecticut tArraigned-Political Os-
 tracism in the South-A Sample of It
 in the Senate-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON April 19.-The Senate spent another day in the discussion of matters sug- gested by the position of both parties on the question of the election of Senate officers. Several petitions from Land League branch es were presented in relation to the case of Michael Boynton. Mr. Blair, of New Hamp- shire, offered resolution that in the judg- ment of the Senate the public interests re- quire that Congress be convened in public session immediately, and made a speech in support of it in which he claimed that a re- vision of certain features of the tariff was necessary. His resolution went over until tomorrow. After several useless dilatory motions MT. Call, of Florida, made a speech, beginning with denial of the Republican majority in the Senate and drifting into dis cussion of the suffrage laws of Massachusetts. In the course of his speech Mir. Call claimed that not only in Massachusetts alone, but in other northern States, by ge rrymandering more voters were disfranchised than in the South. Virginia herself had less disfran- OSAAAASSsAS~sr queer for northern Senators to form coali- tion with Virginian on the issue of free ballot and fair count against the entire South. Don Cameron followed, reading set speech in which he characterized the proceeding of the Democracy of the Senate revolution ary and of piece with that with which they plunged the country into four years war. IT AI,o 1oi, Of that political ostracism does not exist in the South and read 8 letter from old college chum in support of his denial. An example of this ostracism was to be had in the Senate itself. The Democrats had not only refused to recognize the junior Senator from Virginia as their peer, but had openly insulted him day after day and even refused to pair with hin. He appealed to the Democrats to pause in their mad career. This country could not be made great and good unless all parties tried such kindness as would destroy jeal- ousy and ostracism. Cameron's allusion to their mad career' was received by the Den- ocrats with laughter, but no reply was made. At 4:1O the Senate adjourned.
 The United States frigate IConstitution, fears for the safety of which were entertain ed, has arrived at Piney, point of the Poto- mac, ninety miles below Washington.
 The President sent the following nomina- tions to the Senate to-day: General James Longstreet (now Minister to Turkey) to be United States Marshal for Georgia. Philip B. Emerson to be Associate Justice Supreme Court of Utah. Benjamin G. Casler to be Agent for Indians of New York, agency New York
 The National Academy of Sciences in annu- al session in this city to-day was largely at tended by distinguished scientists from all parts of the country Prof. William B. Rog- CTS, dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, president of the academy, read paper on ''The years progress in scientific researches" Papers were also read by Gen eral Benjamin Alfred, U. s. A., Prof. Lang ley, the eminent astronomer at the Allegheny observatory, and others. The session will continue four days. Tomorrow night the academicians will call on Preside ent Garfield in body.