Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-28
THE NATIONS
k. Gibson Does Not Believe in
Investigating Southern
Outrases.
Chandler Makes a CauStiC Reply.
Coke Indulses in Unparliamentary Lam
suaSe,
And the Senate Cuts Short the Unpleas-
antneSS by AdjOufnins.
Workings OF the Copper Syndicate In
vestigated.
Workings OF the Copper Syndicate In
vestigated.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 81.
Senate.

Senate
The House amendment to the Senate bill
appropriating $4,000 in favor of the yell
ate and discussed.
resolution investigating the Louisiana cleo
ton frauds.
In criticizing the course, of Chand-
Ter, threading before the Senate private let
ters and newspaper extracts assailing the
people of Louisiana. Gibson said ewould
rather be dog and bay at the moon than
make himself a scavenger, or a medium from
which base imputes and neighborhood feuds
and difficulties of his countryme in any State
could be brought into such an august body.
He had in his desk numerous letters and
newspaper extracts alleging the open public
buying of votes in the election in Rhode
Island, but he would scorn to bring them be-
fore the Senate. He did not know of any
recompense great enough to induce him TO
inaugurate an indictment against the decency,
christianity, civilization and good character
of his fellow citizens of New Hampshire.
Chandler replied to Gibson and said that
when evidence was presented TO the Senate
of the Wholesale frauds and widespread mur-
ders in New Hampshire TO prevent the dem
Ocrats from voting, the senator from Louis
iana might interpose, but no such interposi-
ton would ever be required. Chandler
quoted from private letters and newspaper
publications, in proof of the frequent oc-
currence of outrages in louisiana inclu'iing
the disarming of colored people. lie decar-
ed that the colored people of Louisiana
would keep arms in spite of the white
leagues, Ku-klux, ruiiians and all gamblers,
l. 4.
organized in the interest of the democratic
party.
Chandler said the facts had been reported
to him which show conspiracy Oh the part
of Gov. McEnery AMI associates TO have IA
majority returned for Nichols in Lou siana
whatever the actual vote might be. He had
shown grounds on which the statute of the
State Was to be falsl6ed, and he submitted
that Gibson had himself admitted that there
existed in Louisiana no republic, and if no
republic no legislature that could elect Glib
son and White TO seats in the Senate.
Senator Gibson in replying TO Senator
Chandler, vas asked by Senator Edmunds
what objections there was to having an in
quiry made and the facts ascertained replied
| there bad been no petition or complaint pre-
| sented TO the Senate from any citizens of
Louisiana, every thing there was quiet and
peaceable, and that the proposition came
from a senator who was 10000 mNs from the
State, and knew nothing about its condition.
He submitted to Mr.. Edmunds whether the
| showing was adequate for setting on foot
| such an investigation in the midst of the
| campaign.
Regan argued against the resolut on, de-
claring that he meant to oppose all PROPOSE
tions for an investigation that only meant a
| political agitation in violation of the consti-
tuition and the rights of the States and the
people. Senator Edmunds ren arhed that
the intermeddling of Congress Nth the local
affairs of a State was OF course very i'm
proper. 1t had been thought very inn roper
IN times happily gone by when such inter
meddling took form of petitions for the
abolition of slavery. So he was not now
greatly agitated III respect to fear of inter-
meddllng with the affairs of Louisiana. 1t
seemed inconvenient for some reason that
the light of truth, the light which came
from investigation, should not be turned in
that portion of the people of the United
States, of whom it was said that the majority
were in the hands of the minority, vino had
usurped the power contrary to the doctrine
of state rights under the constitution and
contrary to ths spirit of liberty, justice and
equal rights. He could not understand why
the light should not be turned
on Immediately. Ofthe resolution he should
turn out TO be SANDER on the Louisiana sena.
tor who introduced it, would des, rye The Ie
proach of the Senate. But he believed no
body would be more glad and happy than
the senator from New Hampshire if 1t should
turn out that Louisiana possessed a govern.
ment which not only in form but in substance
was government of equal rights and faiI
| play. The discussion then drlfted from the
outrages in Louisiana to the outrages In
Texas and was taken up by Chandler, Blair
Spooner, Reagan and Coke. The most not
able incident was the fact of Coke
being called to order for unparlamentary
language directed against Chandler. Mr.
Coke's violation of the tules consisted in de-
nouncing the statement that the republican
party of Texas had failed to put a State tcke
in the field because it was afraid of persona
consequences, as absolutely and unqualified
ly false without a particle of Foundation
1t was made for political effect with dis
honest and unfair purpose and he added, III
is q statement not believed by the senator
himself who makes it,
On being called to order by Chandler
Coke promptly said, MIR. President. if
have said anything derogatory to the dingit,
of the Senate I take it back and apologiz,
for it."
Chandler OF jected to the language.
The presiding officer named the senator
from Texas TO proceed in order.
Coke-The senator from New Hampshir
(Chandler) seems to be anxious TOR some
body on his side of the chamber to kick him
| refuse to perform the operation.
Coke was promptly called 10 order and re
quired to take his seat, while the presiding
officer ruled that his language was not war
ranted by parliamentary law.
Then" said Coke, Il Withdraw it an
apolog ze to the Senate for having used it
Coke then proceeded to argue and suppor
his argument by newspaper publications
; that the failure of the republican party o
Texas 10 nominate the State ticket vas NJ
the result of any apprehension of persona
consequence, but OF sure convictions tina
.uch ticket could not succeed. The allega
tions, he said, male against the people o
Texas are infamous ISLANDERS and false
hoods, and such as should never have bee
heard in the American Senate.
SpoOner replied to Coke at length. "a
that we want" said Mr.. Spooner, with niue
vehemence. lis that every ma
in the United States who is Ell
titled by the Constitution to exercise the rigt
of citizenship shall do so undesrurbed an
undismayed. The only men who have NJ
: accepted the results of the war are ou
friends of the south. One of the results Q
war was that that the negro of the prope
age should have the right to vote. Th
south has deprived him of that right. Th
: vote of southern republicans has disappea
| ed. The negro has ceased to cast vote
: The thirteen volumes of testimony taken b
Congress contain an explanation of it. Th
Senators say there is peace in the souther
| States. They make a solitude and call
: peace" How long is this to last!" T.
: Senator from Mississippi. George told ii
: Senate the other day in substance that Il
: white race was superior race an would N
: yield to the black race. That is what v
are told today BY the Senator from Te1a