, 1881-02-06
WASHINGTON.
The Reapportionment Bill
Taken Up in the House :
for Lengthy Debate.
Screaming Speeches by Sew
eral Of the Honorable
Fire-Eaters.
Mr. Aiken Feels that the Black
Man Must Stand Back
Forever.
Whenever a Fair Count Comes, He
and All His Tribe Desire
Another Licking, =
Passage Of the Caucus Elector-
al-Count Resolution by
the House.
Speech by Nr: FELTON,, Of Georgia, Herald.
Ing the Reign Of Justice aud
Reason.
Conclusion Of Senator Logan's Speech
Against the Sixty~Surgecn
Amendment.
The Roof Of the Senate Chamber
Leaking AN Anti~Ohio
Epidemic.
Tempting David -Davis-A Row in
Committee Over Eads' Ship
Railway
Seventy-seven Millions to Be Spent on
Northern Pacific, to Get Grab
Worth NinetY-nine%
The Roof Of the Senate Chamber
"Lcaking AN Anti~Ohio
Epidemic.
Tempting David -Davis-A Row in
Committee Over Eads' Ship
Railway
Seventy-seven Millions to Be Spent on
Northern Pacific, to Get a Grab
Worth NinetY-nine.
KEAPPOETIONMENT.
THE SPEECHES.

| THE SlEEcUES~
| Special Dt.pateh to 1hf Chicago T+1bu1k+
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 5-Aost Of the
| day i'll the House was consumed iii further
| description of the Rsapportionment bill, and
I two or three noticeable speeches were mat.e
! by Southern Democrats. The remarks lnade
! by Mr. Horr and Alr. Crowley, on last Thurs
| day. were the occasion OF these speeches. It
| did not appear in exactly the best taste for
| Ar. Hooker and Gen. Chalmers. Of Nissis-
! sippi, to take the lead in the attempt to
| bEeak the force Of the arguments and
| facts adduced last Thursday. but it was.
| perhaps, to be expected. Alr. Hooker in-
| uocellt1y expressed his amusement and re-
grer that the subject had given rise to a
| partisan debate. 1t was, he saiu, matter Of
! mathematics, and oue in the discussion Of
which partisan feelings ought not to enter+
Mr. Hooker gave two reasons why the Re-
publican vote in Mississippi has disappeared.
First, the Republicans IL not nominate can-
didates, and, second,
THE NEGROES HAVE JOINED THE DEMO-
CRATIC PATTY.
Mr. Hooker, IN passing, enfogized the Mis-
sissippi plan," and, to illustrate Ills freedom
f1oui partisan feeling, described Northern
settlers in Mississippi as 'taliens and stra1-
gers" Mr.. Horr asked what he meant By
the term - allen" :" mean," screamed the
non:partisan Mississipplan, " that they are
aliens to Our soil, and strangers to our in
stiiuti0ns, Inch who are intent upon the plum
der, rapine, and robbery of our people y;
whereat there was applause il q portion Of
the visitors gallery. 3fr. Hooker further in
formed the House that 1--WE are not opposed
to colorea sutfrage"; that, las soon as the
negroes learn that we make Government
cheap, they at once begin to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket. unless forced by Federal
bayonets to vote the Republican ticket"
Mr. Hooker also declared that, to his per-
sonai knowledge, there was not, at the lust
election.in Mississippi, single instance wl,ere
Zone single coi0ted citizen entitted and au-
tborized to voter was denied that right
The same was true, the speaker said, in ala-
baua and Georgia.
MI:- AIKEN, OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
also made hon-p1rtisan speech very much
like that delivered by Mr.. Hooker. SIr.
Aiken describes Northern Republican who
settles in the South as ~ political legalixed
burglar" Mr. Aiken expressed himself as
willing and anxious that Northern men
should 20 to South Carolina to live, and
should invest their substance there but was
equally anxious thai they should keep their
mouths shut on political topics. Several
good speeches were made to-day BY Repub-
1':ats who oppose the bill iu its present
form, because it Increases the relative po]it-
ica1 strength Of the Southern States. At the
beginning Of tue discussion to-day Mr.. Cox
expressed desire that general debate on the
bill Should cease before the hour Of 2d-
}3arnntent- If Alr. Cox really hoped for this,
he should have devised sosue plan to keep
THE 1RKEPREsslBLE FINLEY OF ONO
from attempting to speak. When that gen.
tlenla1l, who is always ready and ever tedi-
Gus, arose to speak there was general
movement by members In the direction OF
their bats and overcoats, and somewhat
Unanimous disposition to adjourn was I'M
manifested. There is little proba-
bility now that 4 vote on the Keapportlon-
ment bill will be reached next week, and the
Of its passage at this session, even
hv the House Of Representatives, are doubt
fnl. Many Republicans, however, desire a.
bin ncssed, because 50 many Republican
I <xi~n-*1res are in session.
FROM 1.-THE RECORD"
WAsu1NGToS, D. e., Feb. 5+-The Appor-
donment bill was taken up in the House .
j Mr.. CoIer,ck took the floor iii support OF
the bill Of the majority, contending that there
was nothing Of partisanship in its provisions,
and that by it more people would BE- repre-,
3ente1 than by the bill OF the minority. r
Mr.. Hawley favored the bill of Mr: Cox,
fixing the number Of members at 30l- H8
had been compelled to believe that in por~
ton OF the country men were deprived Of
equal rights, mainly by reason OF
race aud color, but this denial did
not come in the form of any State Constitu- ..
ton or law. II it did, Congress would be at
liberty and bound to take notice Of IT, and
reduce representation accordingly; but, as it
was, Congress could do nothing. These man
were the dangerous foes OF State-rigllts, wfo,
under pretense Ut no law, denied to anybody
the right to vote, for the time. might cone .
When the American people would say this
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