Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-08
ADJOURNED.
THE SENATE ADJoURNtD D YESTERDAY
Until Monday-This will Give the DETER
mined Debaters Ample Time to
Lay in a Fresh Supply OF
Wind-No New De-
yeopments.
THE DAY DEVOTED As USUAL TO
SPEECHES.
SENATE PRoCEEDIN as.
Several Speeches Made-Adjourned over
Till Monday.

Till Monday.
WAsHrNGroS, April The pending
business the resolution for the elec'
ton of the Senate officers, was taken up
and a motion to go TO the executive ses-
sion made by Pendleton was voted
down; yeas, 90, nays 80.
Mr.. Vance Addressed the Senate
on the subject OF the State debt OF North
Carolina, denying that the debt had ever
been repudiated, and asserting that one
of the first acts passed by the Legisla-
ture of that State after the war had
been one providing for the payment oil
its Indebtedness. Under the force OF the
reconstruction acts, for the first time in
the history OF North Carolina, she had
found herself compelled to repudlate
any of her obligations. That she had
TO do at the dictation OF the loyal, non
repudiating, honest and virtuOus Re
publican party OF the North. 1t was
not the voluntary''action OF the people OF
North Carolina. The Republican side,
he said, coming down to the question OF
the election Of officers, had inquired why
the Democrats would not vote for Rid
dleberger.
That Was Shifting the Issue
The question was, how could the gentle
men on the other side support him? He
was a rebel, an unrepentant rebel; a
Democrat, an unrepertant Democrat;
Readiuster, an unrepentant Readjuster.
How could they forgive him? What
was their object for supporting him.
lie objected TO the manner III which the
Republican party had
Undertaken to Foist Candidate
upon the Senate because it was in de-
fance of the whole plan of political
salvation. Riddleberger had been taken
up in his sins, unrepentant and un-
shriyen, and been translated into the
heaven of Republcanism, without hav-
ing tasted of death.
Mr.. kellogg made speech upon the
North Carolina debt question, asserting
that since that state had been under the
control OF the Democrats the debt had
been scaled down from S26,0G0.G00 to
81 900 900 by a reputation OF S22,OOO,-
900.
A long discussion ensucd, the North
Carolina Senators answering Mr.. kel-
logy's charges, and denying that the
State had, in any manner, repudlated
anV of it's honest obligations. Nh. Ran
som called attention to the fact that the
i per cent North Carolina bonds were
quoted at IS cents on the dollar, and he
appealed to the gentleman from Ohio
fisherman to state whether that was not
a high price for State bonds.
Mr.. Sherman replied that it was fair
price for per cent State bonds.
After some discussion Cali challenged
anv Republican Senator 10 produce any
evidence to prove that there had been
either intolerance, ostracism or violence
of anv kind on account OF political opin-
ions in the South. In the course of his
remarks he made some
Allusions to Mahone's
Democracy, and was reminded by
SHERMAN that Malone had been elected
against the fierce opposition to the
Bourbon Democracy.
Mr.. Harris-Did not the Senator hear
the Senator from Virginia say he was a
better Democrat than the Senator from
from Georgia child?
Mr.. Sherman--Oh, have heard that
many times. am better Democrat
in the literal scrSc OF the word than any
man on that side, for what is the mean
ing OF Democracy? Equality, love OF
liberty and equal rights.
Mr.. Call then went into an exhaustive
history OF carpet.bag governments,
dwelling at length on the corruptions
and iniamy which had characterized
those gentlemen. He was faequently in
terrupted by Mr.. Blair, who asserted
Carpet Bag Governments Had Aided Ma
terially
in the prosperity of the South.
Mr.. Beck said that next week he
would show the Senator Blair that the
statements he had been making in lau-
ditiOu of carpet bagism were not only
untrue in the eyes Of the American peo
pie, but were such as would meet
with no response, except from
few men who hated the South. He
would make his speech next week. Of
course this thing would continue, be-
cause the Republicans were afraid TO 60
into executive session. They were
afraid to face the division which
would there be found, and there
fore kept up the wrangle. Mr.
Call resumed his speech. He denied
right OF suffrage was restricted in the
South, and criticized with great harsh.
ness the laws which in Massachusetts
did restrict that right. He also charged
that many voters in that State had
been
Deprived of Free Ballot
by the influence OF money and OF corpo-
rations.
This brought Messrs. Dawes and Hoar
to their feet in an emphatic denial OF the
existence OF any such facts, and long
discussion ensued, the Massachusetts
Senators holding that no man in that
State was deprived OF his right OF suf-
frsge except by his own choice, and Mr..
Gail contending that the elections in the
South were fairer and freer than those
in Massachusetts,.
At the end Of this discussion, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Burnside the Senate ad.
iourned until Monday-yeas 2S, nays
rs. the negative vote being cast by the
Democrats.