The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-14
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unfinished business, being the reso-
luton for an election of Senate Off
GERS.
The usual motion was made by
the Democrats to go into executive
session, which was lost by vote of
10 yeas to 20 nays.
After a few remarks exchanged
by Davis of West, Virginia and
Dawes, tending to show that each
side of the chamber was determined
in its course of action, Call took the
floor in continuation ofshis speech
of Thursday last. He said: To con-
tradict the charge made by MIR Ma
hone, that West Virginia had shown
no disposition to make provision for
the settlement of her debt question,
he quoted from various acts passed
by the legislature of West Virginia,
for the appointment of commission
ers to adjust the debt; last of these
acts had been passed in 1871, but be-
fore waiting for the action of the
| commissioners, the legislature of
Virginia. had passed the funding
bill, by which two-thirds of her debt
had been funded, and the GER
tificates remaining, one-third is
sued. These latter had been
issued without the knowledge of
West Virginia, but had improperly
come to be known as the West Vir-
ginia certificates. The commission
ers had proceeded to make report
which showed that West Virginia
would not be liable for one-third of
the basis of the territory, popula-
ton or revenue. This report had
been forwarded to the authorities of
Virginia, and there the matter had
rested down to the present time.
Vest thought that the object of the
present position of the Republicans
| on. this floor was this: that the Re-
publican party, with its vast patron
age, its great influences, its patron
age in the Senate should throw it.
self into the coming contest in
| Virginia and crush out the real and
true Democracy of that glorious
old commonwealth, and the Demo-
Gratis wero called upon i'll the name
of the constitution to sit supinely
here and see this outrage perpe-
trated. He told the gentleman on
the other side, i'll no spirit Of a
bravadO, that, rather than submit to
this interference of the national Re-
publican party in that contest, and
rather than see the Democratic
party Virginia stricken down after
that fashion, tho Democratic Sena-
ators would stand here. God will
ing, till the SHOWS of December COW
cred the hills in their winding
sheets. Coalition of parties based
ondnutuality of opinion was legiti-
mate, but coalition without mutu-
atty was contrary to public moral
ity, and should be denounced.
Where coalition was made simply for
power and for offices. without
community of coalition Of opinion,
1t yerged on the corruption, If it was
not actually. Democratic Senators
had been told that they lad grovel-
led at the feet of the Senator from
Virginia. 1t was not true; he de-
MED it emphatically and plainly
The Senator from Virginia had Said,
in his opening address, that he had
been invited to their little tea par
ties. IL he had been SO invited, it had
been done unOfficially; it had not
been by u Democratic caucus. AT
the conclusion of Vests speech, a
motion TO go into executive session
was lost, yeas 16, nays 20, and then
at 4:30 o'clock p. NJ, the Senate, on
motion of Dawes, adjourned. .
| WAsHINGTON. April II The CHIEF
signal officer furnishes the following
special bulletin: Generally cleat
weather continues in the districts on
the Atlantic coast with decidedly
warmer westerly winds. CloIdi.
ness increased in the Lake region
: and Southern states, with warmer
: southdrly winds and threatening
weather in the southeast, and nor
therly winds in upper portion
Snow or rain is reported from the
northwest aud a storm will prob
ably move eastward over the Lake
region; it is now central in the In
dian Territory. Customary signals
have been ordered at all stations OF
Lake Michigan. The indications are
that rain will prevail in the New
: England and Middle states on Tues
. day.
WAsHINGToN,Ap ril 1l.--Edmund:
reappeared in the Senate to-day anC
received many congratulations from
, his associates on both sides of thC
chamber upon his return from Fiori
, da in restored health. He is still
paired with Garland. Not counting
. pairs there is but bare quorum o
!, the Senate, 80 present. .At,I.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 11..-Th'
late Senator Carpenter was buriet
, this afternoon at the Forest Home
} cemetery, near. Milwaukee. Th'
funeral pageant was unsurpassed b!
any in Wisconsin. Not only did lh'
entire population of this city assem-
8 Bile to pay the last mark of respec
1 but almost every locality in thu
J State was represented by its mos
3 prominent citizens.
l CHICAGO, April 11.-An orgapiza
9 ton has been formed here with S
: P. Hopkins as president and Capt
> A. f. Higgs general manager TO
! the establishment Of line of re
frigerator cars between the Soutl
and Chicago, st. Louis, Indianapoli
l and Cincinnati. 1t is understood
J. the enterprise is backed by ia,
3 Gould. One hundred and fifty new
t cars will be built for the transpor
4 tation ofsemi-tropieal fruits, vegeta
r bles and perishable goods from tn
r South over Jay Gould's system o
5 railways. '.''"i By.
8 DENVER, Col, April 11.-Th'
Denver and Rio Grande Railwa.
.. Company are extending the Corpus
Christi and Laredo railway, which
they, q short time since, purchased
3 and which reached sixty miles ives
of Corpus Christi to make connec
, ton with the Mexican road at La
? redo, Texas. The final object is sale
: to be the extension of the Rio
. Grande and Colorado system to La
redo, thus giving a direct cOnnec
, ton with the Gulf OF Mexico an(
the Pacific coast.
New YORK, April 1.-THE steam
err Australia arrived late yesterday
: afternoon, and Coleman, the Fc
nian, charged with being one of the
, parties who attempted to blow vi
the Mansion House, at london, wa:
not aboard. The Coleman whose
name is on the passenger list is {
mild-looking EnglishmaB, and &
resident of Richfcld Springs, in this
{ state, who has been spending the
winter in England with relatives
and attending 10 business.
/ WAsHINGToN, April l1.-Amone
, the nominations sent to the Senate
to-day was William Il. Hobson, to. be
postmaster at Bowling Green, Ken
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