The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-21
U. s SENATE.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY
mr.. Dawes. OF MRssachusetts, Gets
OH u BloOdy.shirt speech ON the
Alleged Maltreatment of One
Heath I'm Louisiana - Mr.
Jonas Replies and "GOes
For" rHim without
Gloves, Etc, Etc.

laiu before the senate the unfinished business.
being a resolution for the election ( senate of.
flcers.
Mr. Dawes, alludng to the statement made
py MN some days ago as to the persecution of
a massachusetts, man In Mississippi, said that
the story OF that gentleman was to. day printed
IN M MAS h, ssennsetH paper That story corrob
GRATED his statement In every particular, ex.
tert as TO locality. The incident had han.
pened In the parish ofCaldweil, in Louisiana
an, anu not IN Mississippi, as he had stated. The
fttei'"n Heath. He nane Spawss, was was, Thomas
gentleman's statement ia publ sbed
In the papers should be printed in the record,
MT. Jonas demanded the reading of the ar
tlcie and IL was read by the clerk. It relates
10 the prosecutions to which Heath states he
yankee, and gave accounts of various mar
uers committed there to show the condition of
society in that state.
Mr.. Jonas said that the senator from Massa-
and bull story from Mississippi 10 Iouisiana
Then It was contradicted In that locality; 1t
would probably be translated to Texas or
Georgia. lie heard Of to ese alledge pro. ecu
tioas now for the first time. There was norh-
Ing in the article which showed that
Heath had been rersecuted on
account of his political opinions. He called
attention to the fact that the outrage alluded
10 haa been committed nine years
ag1. lie would, he said,
make some remarks on the subject when he
could get some information from the locality,
He sent to the clerks desk and had read for
purpose OF showing that the mysterious muir
ders and robberies were not confined to south
ern states, an sccount of the killing of ono of
the Foster brothers In Mass achusetts while
committing burglary.
Mr.. Frye a. ose and said, like the senator from
fennsylvanla amer3nl, he had expect d the
senators on the other side to be brave men
he (Frye) had never read in ali his life
OF brayer men thru were to-day on the other
side OF the chamber.
Here was senate In extra session, with a
constitution over 1t, with its duties before IL.
Ihe democratic party was clearly In the
the constitution to be againstit The republicar
party was undertaking to do a duty Which tbe
constitution prescribes and instead of tnt
senators on the other side, putting them.
serves on defensive. They, stood up ana car,
ried the war into Africa day after day, and
the republican senators were obliged to pu
themselves on the defensive There
was bravory enough in the senator from
Georgia brown, when he arose In his place
and with great dignity and with the constitu.
teacher to the republicans ON their duties un
der the constitution, A confession was
sweet for the soul and a confession
sometimes requires higher degree oil bravery
"
the part of the senator when he. in open senate 10
admitted that he had been a Iepubltcan in
the state OF Georgia; that his life had been in
peril: that he had then become q democrat
ana That from that day he had enjoyed perfect
Brown-I said no such thing.
MIR. Frye-l understand the senator to say
that there was danger when he was q repub-
lican.
Mr.. Brown replied that he had said tha,
though at the close of the war his life mighl
at one time have been In petil-at that perlod
he had passed two years before being unite
with the democrats This return to democracy
had nothing to do with his SAFETY.
Mr.. Frye, continuing, said 1t was brave for
the senator to say that much. 1t was brave
In the senator make an attack on Massachu.
setts, when he had said that there were,
In that state. ll9,300 paupers, spend
tSs tnsis rght ana d50nkaras a9 deprived by law
they were ali allowed to vote They woult
vote the democtatic ticket. lhe senator from
Florida (CalD needed courage to make an at
tack ON the industry of Massachusetts,. Com.
plant was made that in Massachu.
placed on the ballot, but where
sonth raised one dollar for the education of yo.
ters, the north raised from eight to len. Tnt
senator from Florida has been bold In calling
men bulldozed or indicted. II the w0rk king
men In Massachusetts, had been In Louisiana
and the conservatives OF that state had under.
taken to inlimidate and bulldoze them there
would not have been to-day enough conserya-
tives left to form a decent nucleus of the
party. Mr. Frye continuing his speech re.
ferred to the shoe district OF Massachusetts
and said great frauds had been committed
there, and that the elections In the sou h were
not free and not without fraud, a, d
even to-day not without violence.
The republicans recognized In the coming
fight in Virginia the entering wedge
to break up the solid south, and
Tor that reason were determined
to stand by itand give 1t their amen an /
might rise to the dignity of free states and ri We
every man, white or black, his rights.
Mr. Brown aluding to n remark made by
Mr. Frye at the commencement of his speech
that he was the youngest member OF the
senate, reminded him that he oc upied an i'm
portant position here 'as the successor of
tue premier of this government, and
might he supposed to speak with inspiration,
The south had been told that the present ad
kindness and good will, but If the speech OF
the senator had been inspired by
the administration he thought that
the south would understand IL. lie denied
that there had been any intimidation practiced
In Georgia, and reiterated his former state
rent, as to the number OF voters In Massachu.
sets, who wers disqualified. The
ed with the poverty and with the neglected
education Of the negro; the north was
rlch and the south was poor; but II she were
paid for the slaves which had been confscated
she would agree TO appropriate every dollar of
1t to the education Of the colored people,
After some further remarks py Mr. Brown,
the senate adjourned till tomorrow.