The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-23

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The Vice.President having laid befor,
the Senate the unfinished business. being
the resolution for the election OF officers OF
the Senate. the usual molten TO 20 into ey.
ecutive session was made By Mr.. Harris and
met With It's usual fate, being lost-yeas,
IL; nays, %.
Mr.. Morrill, then took the floor In denial
OF what he termed the baselcss charge OF
corrupt bargain, which had been 20 fip.
PANTY made, aud which implied that the
Republican senator's were parties 10 that
bargain. He would be sorry 10 know that
any Democratic senator should have such q
poor opinion OF him. That denial OF that
charge should be needed so far az the vote
OF the Senator from Virginia (Mahone) was
concerned. He tMorrillJ had understood I'm
advance that 1t would be cast with the Re-
publicans without any condition whatever.
He referred TO what he called the combined
attack Of the Democratic senators upon a
single senator who had recently taken his
Scat In this chamber, declaring that 1t was
not chiyalrous on the part OF thirty-seven
honorable senators 10 strike altogether at
one feilOw.senator. Senators were not TO
be bulldozed. Ne one senator had right
TO call another 10 account for votes that he
might choose to give here on any question.
he gave instances of statesmen having
changed their political convictions, and as.
serted that the charges made sgainst the
Senator from Virginia by those who were
willing to wound but were afraid TO strike
were as unfounded aud calumniOus az those
which had been made against Henry Clay.
Mr. Beck said that he liked the statement
which the Senator had made, that every
senator should he allowed to vote as he
,,lf ,yitbnnt haip,r al 70 O..
it, and that the Senate could not he bull
dOsed. He liked that doctrine, but it view
OF it, it i'll became gentlemen on the
other side 10 stand up and charge Demo
cratic senators with treason and rebellion
because they east their votes, under the
rules OF The Senate, for wha. they thought
was for The good OF the country.
Mr. sherman inquired whether it was
right or wrong to resort to diIaory mo-
tons.
Mr.. Beck, replying, said that whether it
is right or wrong Is fOT the Senator himself
TO determine, and il we are acting within
the rules it is neither right nor courteous
for senators tc say that we are seeking to
rcvolulionlze the Senate, and are guilty OF
treason.
Mr. Sherman inquired whether it was not
within the power II fifteen senators 10 pre-.
vent the passage Of any bill.
Mr. Beck replied that II was. Democrats
had avowed, for good or bad reasons, that
they intended To prevent the disOrg
lion Of The Senate at this time. II they
were wrong, they were responsible for that
wrong. 1t was because they knew that be
was amazed that gentlemen on the other
side did not 60 into executive session.
Why, when Republicans could get all jhe
bread aud butter. should they behave
like spoiled children ard refuse to
take it without sugar? He would
be very careful OF what lie said
in view Of the declaration OF The Senator
from Rhode Island (Mr. Burnside that
"lhiS thing was fIi>c, false. false, and must
stop" Because il he should have TO fight
he might shoot his man, and thus break up
a " c institutional majority" The country
believed That there were controversies
among the Republicans which they did not
like to take the responsibility OF facing.
The Democrats would help them to do pub
lie work. Why did they not do what the
Democrats told them!
Mr.. sherman: That is il: because we
represent a majority OF the Senate, which,
rs Senate question, j., "Shall the minority
of The Senate dictate 10 the majority the or.
der Of business Z"
Mr.. Harris said that he knew OF but three
things for which Captain Riddeberger was
famous he had been a leader OF Il COnfcd-
crate cavalry company, he was a RCadiuster,
and BE- had been a Hancock electOr. Which
Of these things could have led Republican
senators to nomnlte him?
Mr.. Sherman replied that the reason he
would vote for Riddcberger was that he
IN: loI ia,
claimed his purpose to stand by those in
Virginia who were determined TO see that
there should be fair election and a fair
count.
After disclaimer by Mr. Burnside OF any
intention in ms speech OF Wednesday last
TO reflect upon any senator, Mr.. Jonas took
the floor. He wished, he said, to read some
kilograms relative to the case Of The peri.
patetic individual Charles, Heath. He read
telegram from Judge X. ID. Bridges,
of Caldwell parish, La, denying explicitly
every statement contained in Healh's story.
It denies that Charles Heath ever owned
any property in that parish, the property
being held in the name Of Edward Heath;
that that property was appraised at $500
instead OF $4,000. a stated by Heath, and
asserts that the cOttingin was burned to
get the insurance. This telegram was en-
dOrsed by several citizens OF the parish.
lie also read 4 telegram from Judge Cald-
well, of that parish "a Republican,, denying
that any man there had been prosecuted on
account OF his political opinions. These
were facts. Mr.. Jonas continued, obtained
from the parish in which the Senator
from Massachusetts, (Mr. Dawes had pleased
to locate the outrage. The great fault which |
the Senator had made was in locating the |
outrage at all. The people OF Louisiana
would welcome immigration. and he did |
not believe that these malicious, slanderOuS |
stories were endorsed by the people Of the !
North, or would deter them from going |
down to that State. He quoted an eXtracl |
from the Boston journal pointing ont many |
apparent Inconsistencies in IIealh'S story.
Mr.. Dawes said that ii the Senator be- |
ieved in the telegram which he had read.
Ne might do so. When he had put Heath's
statement upon record he bad transferred the
controversy with the Senator from LOuisi
ina (Mr. jonas to Mr.. Heath. Having
.iyen his information, he would leave the
question for the Senator to settle with It.
n conclusion, he had only to say that he
banked God that he did not live where he
.ould be tried by judge who could so for
ret himself and his duty TO put himself on
ecord in manner the Senator had men,
toned.
Mr.. Jonas said that if the Senator from
Massachusetts, had had the maniness to
ONE and admit that the statements which
e had made were unfOunded, or that he
ad not evidence 10 sustain them, there
fOuld not have been any occasion for him
Mr. jonas to have taken the trouble to
how the fal,ity OF the statements. The
enator had thanked God that he didn't live
the parish in which Judge Bridges re- :
ded. He tMr. jonas thought that the
eople OF that parish, after reading the Sem