Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-02-23

tFrom Our Regular Corre.pondept.,

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Senate committee. The Inquiry
started in fog of contradictory
testimony, and is likely TO end
there. ~
Nonew light has been thrown OF
the subject. There was street
fight as every body. knows, and
four negroes were killed, bur there
has not been particle OF evidence
to show that the whites precipita-
ted the broil; that 1t was forced
upon the blacks; that there was Il
conspiracy for terroizing them 50
that they dared not exercise thar
political rights; or that there Was
anything else than a sudden out,
break of passion, such as has hap
pened in many states both North
and South. The cause of the trag.
edy was political excitement, for
which Malone, those Senator'S who
bargained with him ia 1881. and
the Administration which has since
supported him, are mainly respon-
sible. Malone has not shown him
self in the room, but il 10 understood
he will be summoned by the Demo-
Gratis to testify to the use OF pistols
at the polls in Petersburg by him
self and son. When Senator Sher-
man permitted himself to be use,l
as sponsor for Malone and his fol-
lowing he knew there was no real
justification for the allegations Oh
which he based his bloody shirt res
olution-knew it as well as he now
knows that the Senate condemns
his financering way by vote Of
seven to forty-two, but at the bot
tom OF all this stuff laid Mr.. Sher-
mans Presidential hopes. His pr'.-
ceedure was nothing more or less
than carefully planned scheme of
his selfish ambition. 1t was to pro-
pitiate the Republican vote of the
South. The United States Senate
has, at various times, uselessly ex-
pended public funds for the inves-
tigation of alleged outrages. but in
this line of folly nothing has equall-
ed the inquiry now going on at the
Capitol, The result of which will
prove that the Government has
no more call to NEEDLE with the
Danville riot than with the muir
ders and lynchings that happen in
Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas,
add other states.
Though Congress has not attend
ed to large percent of its legiii-
mate business during the week, 1t
added 100000 more to its first APP
preparation OF $500, 900, for the food
sufferers eulogized the virtues of
deceased members, and wrangled
lengthily over the admission of
new ones. The Mississippi contested
election case Of Chalmers VS. Man
ming caused several days of general
debate, number OF long speeches
and resulted in discharging the
Committee on Elections, and leav-
ing the seat vacant until the case is
decided on its merits. During the
discussion, Hon. Mr.. Wise OF Vir-
glnia cited the recently contested
election of Garrison vs. Mayo as
parallel case, saying that Mayo
held his seat by fraud and was the
production of fraud, yet, the vir-
tuUus gentlemen on the other size
OF the House took him to their bos-
oms as if he were oderous with the
ottar of roses. That though the
Governor of Va, pronounced his
election fraud and refused to sign
the certificate, since the beginning
of this Congress, he had occupied
seat on the Republican side of the
House, and had been taken into
full fellowship as political brother.
Turning to the Republican repre-
he continued, you who
perpetrate such acts are these to read
moral lectures to the American peo-
pie! God save US from your practi-
ces and your teachings. You, may,
for time, hold Virginia in the
embraces of foul and loathsome
coalition, held together by the use
of federal patronage and the cohes-
i've power of public plumber. In
the name of justice 1 demand for
Virginia and her people that the
Democrats of this House shall not
reverse the judgement they have
rendered in that which comes from
my own state.
The Democrats have been little
slow in getting started in the presi-
race, but they have left
ample time for thor
ough campaign. A joint caucus of
Senators and Representatives will
be held Wednesday afternoon to Sc
lect a Congressional campaign COM
mitt ee, and National COMMITTEE will
meet here this week to determine
the time and place for the holding
the Presidential convention. There
is scarcely a doubt that this will
Ego west"
During the week several more
land grants were doomed in COM
mittee, and the Senate did some
thing neither House of Congress
has ever done before. 1t called a
Cabinet officer 10 account for neg
Letting his duty towards another
Cabinet officer. The Postmaster |
General had informed a Senator |
hat he could not execute law of
Congress until he could get an opin-
on from the Attorney General,
which he asked for six months be-
'ore. After long debate in which
he Senate Tried to excuse Mr.. Brew
,ter, ii decided to call On him for an
of the delay. Mr..
Brewster sent the deferred opinion
mi tries tn nut the hest face on his |