The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-05
Hiram Price for Commissioner of In
dian Affairs.
The Missouri River RIsing-Greai
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The Endless Discussion.
Washington, April 4.-The senate,
by vote of 20 to 25, refused to go into
executive session.
Johnston quoted from Riddleberger's
paper, the Virginian, to prove that
Riddleberger was democrat as well as
Malone, and from the Riddleberger
bill to show that the republicans were
supporting man who had announced
in that bill that the adoption Of the
18th. 14th and 18th amendments was
equal, In its terrible effect, to the war.
He went minutely into the debt ques-
tion, contending that the democrats in
failing to pay interest did not intend to
repudiate. Answering Dawes, he said
he agreed with Malone in holding that
West Virginia ought to pay third of
tho debt. He asked Dawes when in
Virginia anybody waded through blood
to the ballot box.
Dawes said that the Mississippi plea
was general term-specific names
were attached to different southern
states. In one state it took the form Of
blood; in another, tissue ballots; in
another, forging returns; in Virginia,
opposition to ''vagabond" suffrage, So
called. Had the senator forgotten that
the army had been called at Petersburg
to suppress violence? Did he pretend
that nobody got hurt there in the
vain attempt to assert his right as a
voter?
Johnston said that the charge of
smothering the republican vote in Vir-
ginia was absolutely false. If any
tissue ballots had been used it was in
Mahone's district. He asked Dawes if
he didn't get those tissue ballots from
Mahone's district.
Dawes said: No; from Norfolk.
After little badinage, Johnston
continued vindicating the funding
democrats.
At the conclusion of Johnstcn's
speech salisbury appealed to the repub-
licans to ground the weapons of rebel
lion against its own administration. If
any man needed pity and commisera-
tion, it was the president of the United
States, who had been treated with such
marked disrespect by his own friends.
Perhaps the president, now in the
White House, was saying that there
were some in this chamber from whom
he had not expected any better treat
ment, because he had antagonized them
and their third term man in the Chica-
60 convention; but then there was the
senator from Ohio whom he had nomi-
mated for the presidency-why did he
sit in silence and refuse to consider the
nominationsp The president might be
saying: There's the senator from Mas
sachusetts (Hoar,-he sat with me on
the electoral commission, and is privy
to all secrets I am party to, and 1 did
not expect this from him. Then there
is the vice president, whose name has
been inscribed with mine and
whose image is stuck up beside my own
in almost every junk shop; he ought not
to have turned his heel on me, and yet
he will not give any respect to my mes.
sages. He (Saulsbury) appealed to the
republicans to march up to duty and
help save the president of their choice.
Dawes called attention to the fact
that the last effort made to go into ex-
ecutive session had been rebuked by an
emphatic majority of the senate. 1t
had not been defeated by tie vote, but
by number Of votes, and it was the
senate that the senator from Delaware
was quarreling with, not the republican
side.
Jones, Of Florida, denied the state
ment made on Friday by Logan that
political outrages were perpetrated in
Florida.
Harris moved to lay the resolution on
the table, yeas %, nays 81.
Roll call followed roll call in quick
succession on dilatory motions.
Dawes inquired as to when the demo-
Gratis would permit vote to be taken
on the resolution, being always met
with the response, "On the first Mon.
day in December
Finally, Dawes, remarkinp that n
had become evident that the majority
OF the senate was opposed to postponino
consideration of this resolution. and
expressing the hope that the minoritv
would come tomorrow prepared to stay
till the will of the majority was obeyed.
moved to adjourn. Agreed to, and til,
senate adjourned.
The Worlds Fair. To he or not to BE
New York, April 4.-The subscrip
tion Of 1926, 900 has been received from
the Pennsylvania Central railroad fol
the worlds fair. The commissioner.
say this morning that the subscription
was looked upon rs an indication Of tht
willingness of the transportation com
panies to do their share II the subject
was properly brought before them. A
resolution will be introduced at thu
regular meeting Wednesday, request
ing q cOmmittae of fha commission