Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-28

The Chair Kept Busy Keeping Order Be-
cause the Southern Question Was Up
StahInecker Declared "Ali Right" -
Fair Official Charged with Stcaiing-More
Proposed yellow jack Legislation
Retaliation on the Sheif-Report on the
MOrmons-Notes.
WASHINGTON CITY Sept 2S.-The southern |
question got the floor in the senate yesterday |
and held it for thegreater part Of the session,
the debate being of a decidedly lively, and,
at some times, exciting, character The bat
tie opened when Chambers resolution for an
inquiry into the circumstances OF the last
election in Louisiana was taken up and Glib
son took the floor. He said that the people
OF the United States ard the senate were
weary of these unconstitutional and revolu-
tionary modes of revising the relations be
tween the people Of the states ana the fed
eral government This resolution he said,
challenged the legality of the government of
an indestructible-he would not say "a SOW
ereignn-state There had not been a petition
from single citizen of that state asking the
senate to redress a grievance The senator
from New Hampshire proposed to pace
sober, industrious, and brave people The
senate was the last body in the world before
which such ntemperance of expression, such
| inconsiderate and partisan and bitter and de-
grading action should be tolerated. He
should feel impeed as senator and gen
| tleman to interpose his arm and voice against
any party who assaulted the state of New
Hampshire in such violent, revolutionary,
ner
| Chandler said that what the people of this
| country were weary of was the fraud and
political murders in the south, done to aid
that SECTION to become solid that it might
| govern the north and the country. No in
terposition would ever be needed to prevent
such an investigation of the affairs OF the
state Of New Hampshire,
Eimunds said sarcastically tina the inter
medding of congress with the affairs of a
1 state was, of course, very improper. 1t had
| been considered when il took the form OF
| petition for the abolition of slavery. 1t
seemed to be inconvenient for some reason
that the light of truth should be turned on
that portion of the people OF whom it had
been said that ma jority was in the hands
of a minority. II the resolution should turn
ont to be SANDER, the senator VINO had in
| troduced it would deserve the reproaeh of
| the senate. 1t was the business of congress
TO interfere (whether siienc' or protest come
from the state affecteh, becars, it was not
only the welfare Of the people Of that state,
hut it was the welfare of the people of every
| part of the nation, that was involved
The discussion then drifted to political
outrages in Texas Coke, in reply to a state
ment of Chandler that the Republicans of
Texas bad been afraid to put ticket in the
field. said: THAT statement is absolutely
and unqualifiedly false, without a particle of
foundation. made for political effect, with a
dishonest and unfair purpose 1t is state
nent not believed BY the senator himself, who
makes it"
The chair called Coke to order, and he
apologized to the senate for his hasty
language.
Chandler said that If Coke's language was
parliamentary he was quite as well prepared
as any other senator to enter into debate OF
that character
In moment more Coke said: "The sena
tor from New Hampshire seems to be anx-
ious that somebody on this side of the cham.
should kick him. l refuse to perform the
operation"
The presiding officer again called Coke tc
ordsr, and be again withdrew his remarks
and apolOgized
Coke, continuing, said that the charge:
made against the people of Texas were in
famous ISLANDERS and falsehonds
Spooner said that the senator from Texa
had informed him that the suppression o
truth was worse than falsehood WI en- h
wanted a teacher in ethics he should not g
to Texas for him He was not 10 be taunt
ed by the senator from Texas with half tell
ing the truth The day when 1.-The manner
of the niger driver" frightened men in thu
United States senate had gone by forever
| [Applause in the galleries He denied tina
be had any sectional prejudice. The sena
tor from Texas had said recently: "All tina
|, we want is to be let alone" "Ail that W
want" SAID Spooner, us that whic
we are entitled to have, an
that is, that every man in tn
United States who is entitled under the con
stitution of the United States TO exercise tn
right of American citizenship-whether h
> lives in Texas, in Louisiana, or in Wisconsi
shall do so undisturbed and undismayed
: He said that the senators from the south ha
filled the land with graves Almost ever
public office abroad was filed now with me
: who had fought against our flag. He mac
no complaint of it, The only people who ha
= not accepted the results of tue war were Il
;, people of the south The negro had ceasf
to cast his vote. We senators said there W,
= peace in those southern states They NAL
solitude and call it peace He did n
: know how long the people of the north won
: stand this, but he undertook to say that the
; would not stand it always
- Coke, replying to Spooner, said in Il
:, course of his remarks, that he had in his PC
session a letter which connected the name
the senator from Wisconsin with evictio
:. in Iowa more atrocous than any outra
= ever committed in Ireland. He would n
- quote the letter, he said, al Though he W
warranted in doing so.
Spooner said that be would keep his Ia
guage within parliamentary bounds al
would say that the person who made al
=. such charge against him outside the sena
chamber was liar He had been at o
Is time attorney for the Chicago, Milwaukee
st. Paul railroad in case in the supreT
Y court and had appeared there for them
m printed brief From the conclusion of tn
TX case to the present day he had no intert
IN with that road He would not express |
re opinion of the action of the senator fire.
III Texas in introducing this personal feature
in tue debate. He might say-but no, he wor
IN not.
Coke-Say it; say it.
* Spooner ignored the interruption, a
no after he had explained charge made agail
of him in New York paper two years ago
a. sat down
~ Gen. Stevenson Going on the Stump.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 2S Gen Stew,
liz son, the first assistant postmaster gener
m left yesterday afternoon for his home
oh Bloomington, Ills, where he will deive
~ political speech Saturday. Beginning
ha Monday next, with speech at Carrollta
,r he will make addresses during the week
Jacksonville, Pttsfeld. and Quincy.
will return to Washington City in about
* days.
'is YELLOW FEVER LEGISLATION.
is. Some Important Propositions in the s
m ate-The Sundry Civil Bill Passed.
he WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 2S-Mander
IN, presided In the senate yesterday in the
he sence of Ingalls,. The appropriation for
ow low fever purposes of 100000 as amend
es. by the house, was received and the anne
cir meut non-concurred in, Edmunds remark
me that the point of the appropriation was
an in the amendment Call offered resolut