, 1888-04-19
Senators Sherman and Vest
Cross Swords in Lively
Debate.
The Presidents Marriage Certifl-
cate--The House Preparing
for Tariff Debate.
SENATE.

si"tratioh ol the fisheries treaty Ia open
session. Ii is understood this action was
taken on motion by Frye that Edmuuds,
chairthan of the sub committee on fish.
cries, be Instructed to report the treaty
oack 20 the senate with the opinion of the
con'n,ittee that 1t ought not to he ratified,
ana that he be requested to secure as
prompt action rs possible upon 1t.
The senate committee ON agriculture at
ats meeting this morning received the briefs
of the attorneys on the refined lard inves.
tigat'oh and agreed to take up the bill tor
final action ut it, next meeting, one week
from to-day. The cotnnittee also fixed
Saturday Tor the hearing Of arguments on
the Hatch Enloe bills prohibiting speeula-
tior IN farm products by the board OF
trade. The question of the consti,
be argued by the attorneys repre-.
senting the leading boards of trade,
The land forfeiture bill went over as un-
bniShed business in the senate and ut 2
o'fock this afternoon the Dakota bill
CO 'e up and Sherman took the door in its
support.
SHERMAN FOR DAKOTA.
He replied in All inipassioned manner to
Vests Illusions to the Unfair methods In
che election OF President Hayes. He said
every suspicion ever cast upon the integri-
ty OF that proceeding had been repelled AM
that it stood in history as a matter In which
the republicans position could not be i'm
peached. Sherman showed by his vote in
the senate that the electoral commission
bill WAS not q republican, but democratic
measure. Twenty.six democrats had voted
for II and only twenty.one republicans,
while the votes against 1t were fourteen re.
publicans-incuding himself, and one
democrat, (Mr. Eaton, OF Conneticut) The
from assailing the bill as par
fail conviction that Hayes had been fairly
and legally elected, and that Ii by some
hocus pocus Tilden had been inaugu rated,
he weuld have been illegally elected He
explained the incongruity OF Packard losing
che governorship ot Louisiana by showing
that IL was subject to local laws and dec-
sions, and he declared his conviction that
Packard had been illegally deprived o, his
by fraud and violence sought to control
the presidential election, but 1t had actually
Aucceeded in deprving of their offices a
Niuly elected governor and members Of the
tracts from speech made in the late can
vass by Senator Eustis, in which he declar-
ed 1t to be the determination of the white
men of Louisiana to solve the race question
without regard 10 northern sentiment IL
that, said Sherman, was the desire and de-
ternination Of the white people of Louisi-
ana the constitution of the United States
would have to be changed.
When IL was said there must be wEite
mans government in Louisiana, it meant
of the south instead of seeking to win col
ored people by kindness. had maintained a
system of domineering crime and violence. |
tie had telt called upon to make these re-
marks, partly to correct story and an err |
ror into Which many persons had fallen.
and to show that not only did the return |
ing board of Louisiana have sufficient evil |
dence before them of fraud aud violence
and outrage in the election of '76, but that |
the present government of that state. and
one OF its senators, had confessed all and |
more than had ever been claimed by the re-
turning board. If ever anybody had any
doubt oi the election of Hayes, that doubt |
had been removed by the admission of the
very men who had participated In the
wrong Of that day in Louisiana. Sherman |
continued his defense OF Hayes election
and made general arraignment of the au-
tborltcs of the southern states OF intimida- |
ting negro voters. He was listened to with |
profound attention.
Mr.. Vest said he still denied the honesty |
and legality OF that election. The question
which he had asked about Packard and |
Hayes had not been answered satisfactorily.
Vest referred to speech made in the SEN
ate by Blaine, in which Blaine declared the
election of Hayes and Of Packard were in
,dissollubly connected. Vest passed on to
the question of the Louisiana returning
board and asked why il had been that every
man connected with the returning board
from the highest to the lowest had been
of administration history that demanded
more explanation than that, which now
stared him in the face. He, Vest. stood
there to vouCh that whatever had been done
in the state of Louisiana on that occasion
had been done, not to bring aboui an unfair
election, not to trample upon the ballot of
any human being, but to defend them selves
against an outrageous and criminal conspir-
acy against their property at the hands of
inen who had gone there for the single
IA nd n nIundQr
He. criticised sarcastically the opposite
sentiments expressed by Sherman in his
two recent speeches at Nashville, Tenne-
ssee, and Springfield, Illinois, and said in
conclusion; "At the risk even OF the sem
ators contempt undertake to say that the
American people never will be satisfied
with the explanation made o-day, but
that like James q. Blaine. they have al
ready come to the conclusion that IL Is i'm
possible even for the ingenuity OF the sem
stor from Ohio to explain why 1t was that
the vote Of Louisiana as returned by the
returning board was good for the purpose
OF giving the ELECTORAL vote of Louisiana to
Hayes tor the presidency. but was not
good for the purpose OF giving it to Pack
ard for governor or the state"
Sherman reiterated is previous state
nents, and said in Difference to Packard,
that President Hayes had no power over re-
turns sent to the legislature after the
democrats had inaugurated their reign of
tyranny to drive Packard out. II was not
in the power Of the President to recognize
him without usurpations
HOUSE.
WARRINGTON, April Is.-Belmont intro
duced bill to prohibit the coming of Chi
nese laborers into the United States; refer
red. Its main provisions are similar to
those contained In the new. treaty. The
act of May 9, 1882, is repealed.
The conference report upon the Dill au-
ithorizing the president 30 arrange q con-
ference between the United States and the
Skrith and Cantral American rapu hliCS. |