Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
LIVELY DEBATES Nv TIE HOUSE AND
SENATE.
a Tilt Between sherman ana Vest Toueh.
Ing the Legality Of Hsyess
Election.
WASHINGTON, April IS. 1888.
NCuafc.

''Nf'' hhitN AiAANtilN VI AltAIlIlA.
GA, protesting against. legislation TO
brand or tax refined lard. and stating
then belief that cottOn-seed oil and beef
Sat are as wholesome and valuable foods
as leaf lard from swine.
Mr. Evsrts. from the Committee ON
Regulations. reported adversely Mr.. Rid
dlebergcr's resolution to. SUSPEND the
rules rs % executive sessions during the
consideration of the fisheries treaty.
The report was placed on the calendar
and ordered printed.
Among the bills introduced and TO-
fcrred was one 10y Mr.. Morrill, authorizing
tho purchase Of site for tho building Of
the supreme Court of the United States
The resolution reported yesterday by
Mr, Plumb, from the Committee on Pub
nc Lands, instIucting that committee TO
enquire into the allegations made bv Mr..
CAN on the floor of the Senate as to ille-
Gal and fraudulent cOnveyances of pub
hc lands IN Florida. was taken up.
Mi. Call objected to the preamble re-
forrng TO him as making the allegations.
lie had merely presented petitions from
citizens Of Florida, whom he regarded as
truthful men, and who had made state
Cents which he believed TO be true. He
therefore moved 10 strike out the words
credltng the allegations 10 himself.
Mr.. Cockren gave notice that if the
amendment were agreed to he would
move to recommit the resolution.
Mr.. Plumb said that some foundation
had to be laid for the investigation. It
would not DO merely to say that alloga-
tons had been made without saying by
whom.
Nir. Call A; by petitions presented by
the Senator from Florida.
Mr.. Borry moved to amend the pre-
Amole by making 1t read whereas it
has been alleged 10y the Senator from
Florida that he is satisfied from petitions
presented by reputable citizens OF
florida, sc.
The amendment was agreed to and the
resolution, as amended, adopted.
The Senate then resumed the consid-
Grafton Of the Senate bill discussed yes
terday to forfeit certain lands heretofore
granted for the purpose of aiding in the
construction Of railroads. The debate on
pending amendments ceased al ? o'clock
without the bill having made any pro-
Cress. when the Senate resumed the con
sijeraton OF the bill for the admission
Of south Dakota IS a State and the OF
psnization Of the Territory Of North Da-
kOtA
Mr. Sherman said that in the absence
Of Mr.. Edmunds, who was engaged in
the Supreme Court. he woulG ask the
attention OF the Senate. 1t had always
struck him, he said, that the opposition
60 the admission Of Dakota as a State
was totally unjustifsble, and, lstterly,
tactiOus-sO much so as 70 be subject to
the severe criticism OF everybody who
liked to see fair play on great questions
affecting large masses of the people.
Why. be asked, should Dakota be ex-
Guided IS a state He had listened to
most Of the debate and he had not heard
a single reason given for such exclusion.
Never before had n Territory applied for
admission as State with anything like
such "a population or such resources.
Why should not South Dakota be adj
mittcd : In the name Of Heaven. why?
Simply because the Democratic party did
not want that state 10 be admitted. In
the course Of his speech Mr. Sherman
showed by the vote in the Senate that
the tlcctoral-commission bill was
not Republican but Democratic
measure Iwenty-siX Democrats and
fwenty-one Republicans voted for 1t.
while the votes against II were fourteen
Republican, including himself, and one
Democrat eaton OF Connecticut. The
Democrats were therefore precluded
from assailing the bill as a partisan mea-
sure. He declared his full conviction
that Hayes had been fairly and legally
elected, and that if by some hocus-pocus
Iilden had been inauguated lie would
have been illegally elected. He ex-
planned the incOngruity OF Packard not
getting the gOyenOrship of Louisiana
by showing that that was subject TO local
laws and decisions, and declared his con-
viction that Packard had been illegally
deprived Of his Office.
Mr.. Sherman read extracts from New
Orleans newspapers bearing on political
events in Louisiana and from speeches
made in the late canvass in that State
bv Governor McEnery and Senator Eus-
ts The speech Of the latter gentleman
Cvhose absence Mr.. Sherman regretted
lie described as an able and clear pre-
sentahon Of the southern side in the
controversy. II spoke of two distinct
races being at present in that State OF the
race autagonism existing between them,
which was one Of sentiment and beyond
the control of either OF the danger Of
fuark producing, at any moment, con-
tiagratlOn IN their midst Of the dream
OF the Yankee crank being that the dan
ger might be averted by miscegeuatiOn
OF the issue being whether the negro
should govern and rule the white man or
tue white man govern and rule the
lecTo; Of the determination OF the
white men Of Louisiana 10 solve the
quest ton without regard 10 northern
sentiment, and Of the final result being
the overthrow Of negro rule and the es-
adjustment Of the white mans govern
ucuL IL that, said Mr.. Sherman, was
Che desire and determination Of the
white people Of Louisiana, the COnsl-
tuition OF the United States would have
10 be changed. That Constitution
declared that republican form Of gov
eminent should be guaranteed 10 every
STATE. When it was said that the black /
man should not rule, it was said that the
majority should not rule. for he believed /
that the blacks were III the majority III |
tne State of Louisiana. aud they had be- /
hud them a great many white Republl-
cans who we're among the highest Of the |
people Of Louisiana IN wealth, social |
standing and influence. Therefore, /
when 1t Was aid that there must be
white man s government IN Louisiana, !
y meant az unrepublican government
The people Of the South, instead of /
teek'ng 20 WIN the colored people by |
kindness be wished TO God they would,
aud Ae dId not care how many votes
hey got ID the process) had maintained
tho system. as described by Senator
tushs, Of domineerlng crime and yio-
lence He had felt called upon, he said.
to make these remarks partly to correct
the historical error into which many /
person had fallen and to show that not
only dld the returning board OF Louisi-
ana have sufficient evidence before them
Of fraud end violence and outrage in the
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