Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-16

| in the titles to their Isnd in the controversy
| between them and the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company.
The Senate resumed consideration Of the
bill to provide for the issue of circulating
notes to national banks, and Plumb addressed
| the Senate at some length.
| Plumb, at the close of his remarks, offered
an amendment, providing thst when the cir
| culstion of any national bsnk shall be sur
rendered, the Secretary OF the Treasury shall
| issue an equivalent amount in treasury notes,
of the denominations now provided by law
| for national bank notes, such treasury
notes to be deposited in the treasury,
and paid out as other moneys kept
for the discharge of the obligations of
the Government, including the duties on i'm.
ports. They shall be legal tender between
national banks, aud for all debts due any na-
| tional bank shall be redeemab,e In coin, as
| legal tender notes are now, and when received
! into the Treasury shall be reis sued, and when
mutilated or worn shall be replaced, as now
| provided by law for legal tender; the coin in
the Treasury on the passage OF the Act, tor
the redemption of legal tender notes, to be
also applicable for the redemption OF these
Treasury notes, and such coin reserve may,
from time to time, be increased in the discre-
ton of the Secretary of the Treasury; but
| the total amount of such coin shall never be
less than % per cent, nor more than 80 per
cent, of the total amount OF legal tender and
Treasury notes outstanding.
Jones of Florida characterized Plumb's
proposition as movement to reyolutionizs
our whole system of finance.
A vote was then taken on the amendment
heretofore submitted by Sherman, providing
that if any bonds deposited before the inter
est was higher than 8 per cent, additional
notes shall be issued equal to one-half the in
terest in excess of 8 per cent, accruing before
maturity. Rejected-7 ayes, ~ noes.
After an executive session, the Senate ad-
journed until Monday.
HOUSE.
In the Manning Chalmers contested cleo
tion case the previous question was ordered
| at $3.50. Then Ex-Governor Curtin took the
| floor for the purpose of Withdrawing his reso-
luticu-sreviously offered-for q recommit-
tai. The account OF the subsequent dramatic
scene is given in another place.-EDs. REC.
oRD-U MON.
The question REQUIRED on substituting the
minority resolutions for those of the ma iority,
and division OF the resolutions being de-
manded, a vote was taken on the first, de-
claring that Manning holds perfect creden-
tials. This was rejected-ayes LOG, noes 140.
The announcement of the vote was received
with applause on the Republican side.
The second resolution, declaring Manning
entitled to seat, was lost-ayes 81, noes 157.
The majority resolution was then adopted
1876 to 56-to dischargathe Committee Of Elec-
tiors from the prima facie case aud leaves
the sc II vacant until the case is decided on
its merits.
Adjourned until Monday.
The OanvIIle Riot Investigation.
WASHINGTON, February 15.h.-The inves.
| tigation of the Danville election riots was re-
sumed this morning. Edward M. Hatcher,
| while denying that he assaulted Jack Budd
on the day Of the riot, says that he saw marks
Of bullets on the buildings in rear of the white
people, which must have been fred by
negroes,
j. G. Regan (white) testified that he saw a
crowd Of angry negroes, and went to the hard
| ware store and asked for a box OF cartridges.
He told the clerk there was going to be a
| knock down fight. The clerk refused to give
them. The witness hunted for them, but
could not tind any. He returned to the scene
of the riot and was armed with pistol.
r. w. Glass (colored) said that heard a
pistol fired, rushed to the scene and found
twenty five colored men and twenty-five white
mer. The white men and policemen were
piled 1--WE are not doing anything why
should we leave = He heard Hatcher ssy
This is a white mans town, and l am d
il we don't rule. You are all going to get
killed if you don't leave" Then the white
men drew pistols. The witness named
Hatcher, Lee, Csrrington and Oliver, whom,
he said. had pistols. Lee gave the orders to
fire, and they did fire. Then the cslored men
began to leave. The whites came ont of the
Opera House.
Question:" How many"
1T looked like three or four hundred.
They tthe whites) went into hardware store
and got pistols"
Witness said he saw pistols on % or 80 of
them, and bag of cartridges in real estate
office where he took refuge, and where the
white people came in and supplied them
selves. When all the negroes had left, the
witness heard the whites going about the
streets, shouting: "Hurcah for we Demo-
Gratis % [Lsughter.l Heard some whites
say, Kill every damned nigger we can see. y
Heard Henry Barkesdale make a speech, in
which he said, We intend to carry this cleo
ton by fair means or foul" and heard him
say it was to be carried by g de point OBJ de
gun At the time of the riot saw a white
man riding up with guns saw white men
running home after guns; saw no colored
men.
George A. Lee tcolored) saw several pistols
in the hands of colored people believe the
fiIst volley was fred into a crowd of negroes.
but after the latter began to run great
many shots were fired 10 the air saw some
eight or ten pistols among the negroes pointed
at Tsylor and himself, the negroes demand
ing that they come out and show their faces
"If the whites had not used their pistols, we
would have all been shot into smithereens,
and not only that, but our wives and sisters
would have been murdered in our houses,
sir murdered in our houses. l knew this by
threats made two or three days before by
their leader"
Senator Sherman - Did you hear that
threat
Witness-I did not hear it.
Witness could not imagine how an excited
crowd OF people could have shown as much
mercy as they (the whites) did. The general
remark was that it was the leaders who
ought to have been killed and not these POOR
negroes. The direct cause of the excitement
was Simms' spsech. The original cause was
the cold. blooded murder of one Of our best
citizens by our "Rasdjusfer brindle. tailed
Mayor Witness spent the better part Of
the day in the real estate office, where wit
ness Glass had seen arms aud cartridges. It
was positively not true that men went in
there and armed themselves was positive
that no arms were there. Witness feared for
the safety of the wives of the whites because
of threats. He heard that on election day.
while the white men were fighting the negroes
| st the polls. the negroes would be numbering
the women in their homes.
MaSheW L. Jordan (whltel was called and
in reply TO Senator Sherman, described the
riots. Witness was armed, but declined to
say whether he fred. He declined fer salts.
factory reasons. Witness bought his pistol
three or four days before the riot purchased
il for the protection of himself and family
The negroes were turbulent and insolent
John Stone tcolored) said the colored peo-
pie generally did not vote on election day.
He asked q great many to vote, but they re-
fused, saying they were not going to be
slaughtered. In reply to Senator Vance,
witness said he was not interfered with on
election day. One man said something 70
him, which he did not consider pleasant.
Senator Sherman asked him what it was
Witness said plank railing separated the
white from the colored voters IS they went to
the ballot beI. A white mans dog rsn under
the railing. and the white man remarked to
his dog, Come back on this side. You are
not Niger. Don't stay over there with
niggers.
Adjourned to Monday.
ComicaIIJ Sensational Scene In the House.
WASHINGTON, February 18Th. - Shortly
| before the close OF the debate this afternoon
| in the Chalmers Manning contested election
cases, which havs occupied the time of the
| House for three days, Ex-Governor Curtin,
| OF Pennsylvania, unexpectedly became the
heavy man' in a dramatic scene. 1t had
| just besn srrsnged 20 close the debate in one
hour, and about o'clock Governor Curtin