The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-05-28

ing in that capacity that one OF Dawes
constituents in digging for potatoes
struck emery. Ascertaining the COM
mercial value OF that estimable m neral,
Dawes constituent communicated with
Dawes, and Dawes thereupon procured
to be clapped upon the effete emery Of
Europe prohibitory duty.
Whether Dawes was sent to the Sem
ate because of his emerytoriOus conduct
in this matter, or simply because he
was the most available statesman in
sight when the election came on, it
takes an expert in Massachusetts rOli-
tics to decide. Since he has been in
the Senate Dawes has usually exhibited
something of the CAUTION temper of the
young man who, being reproached for
his taciturnity, explained that when he
left home his father had admonished
him that if he kept his mouth shut no.
body would know he was fool. He
has, indeed, managed to get himself
upon the wrong side of controversy
with Secretary Schurz about the Pom
cas-, but fortunately for Dawes the gen.
eral public did not take enough interest
in the controversy to find out which the
right side of the controversy was. Thus
by escaping observation Dawes escaped
censure until the present executive ses-
sion of the Senate began.
This session has been Dawes oppor-
tunity. He has found to his surprise
and delight that nobody either upon his
own side of the Senate or the other has
shown any objection to his lifting his
voice as loudly and as long as it pleased
him to imbibe its melody. This very
circumstance might have given Dawes
pause. man of more reflective mind
would have been apt to inquire why it
was that the shrewd and experienced
leaders of his party contented them
selves with CARRYING out the bargain
with Malone, and abandoned the bur-
| den and heat of de ending it to Dawes
and Hoar and Logan. But Dawes did
not think of this Neither did Hoar.
| Neither d d Logan. There is no evil
| dencc indeed that Logan ever thought
| of anything. The astute Edmunds and
the experienced Conkling, who are
commonly heard from in every debate
| from which there is any opportunity to
extract personal or party capital, have
malicions'y encouraged Hoar and Logan
the poker which is brandished by the
Democrats of the Senate at the support
ers of Malone.
In this unequal contest Dawes has
been conspicuous. He has grasped the
hot end of the poker in question oftener
than any other Senator. He has relin-
pushed it on every occasion with tears
and saltatory movements expressive Of
pain and bailled rage. The factthat he
comes up smiling on every fresh occa-
sion and reaches out for the trophy
speaks volumes for his courage and the
callosity of his fingers. On Friday his
evil gen us prompted him to "prance
in anew TO the rescue of his party, this
time from the assaults OF Senator La
mar. To him accordingly, exposing
with moderation and courtesy thu ma
ture of the Republican support of Re-
pudiation in Virginia, entered Dawes
with tale of out age. He recited the
story of u man from Massachusetts who
had been for the past fifteen years
doing business in Mississippi, until his
commercial career had suddenly been
cut short by the irruption OF a
mob who had burned his factory
and murdered his hands. Inasmuch as,
according to Dawes, he had employed
some three hundred hands, the mas
sacre of them. together with the burn
ing of the factory in which they
worked. must have been an event OF
some local interest which the local
newspapers might have been expected
to chronicle. 1t was natural that Sem
ator George, who had not heard of this
atrocity in his own State, should in
quire for names. and dates, and places.
To this inquiry Dawes made answer
that to give these particulars would ex-
pose the victim of the outrage, who.
as Dawes had previously set forth, had
sought All asylum in Massachusetts,, to
the fury of Miss ssippi mob. Curious
to say, this explanation did net satisfy
Mr.. George, who repeated his demand
for a bill of particulars. To this de-
mand Dawes made answer in these re-
markable terms: THAT is question
which the Senator has no business to
put to me. stated and restated what
occurred, and state itagain on my own
responsibility.
What Dawes meant by this remark
Dawes probably does not know. II
seems like statement that Dawes lad
:. on his own responsibility" invented
! SANDER, with circumstances, against
the people of Mississippi. Probably
Dawes did not mean to admit this.
What occurred" must. therefore,
have been, according to Dawes, that an
acquaintance of his own had casually
: mentioned to Dawes that his factory
had been burned and his workmen muir
dered by Mississippi mob, and at the
same time had begged Dawes to treai
his disclosure as confidential. If tbs
: people of Mississippi cannot only burr
the factories and murder the workmer
of strangers within their gates, bu
bind the injured strangers to secrecy
: and conduct the entire outrage in Z
: friendly and confidential way, It is t.
. be feared that there is no way OF pun
ishing the miscreants--not even b,