Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-20


and EgglestOr. He said that Mr.. Sber-
man had indulged in TRADE OF abuse
and misrepresentation Of one section
OF tho country. had condescended to de-
liver to that section a lecture on how its
people should conduct themselves. and
had reflected on the Senators from Lon.
isans for taking advantage of the al
legged frauds and violence. II he But
ler) were 10 retOrt on that Senator he
might say that he (Sherman) had got the
advantage Of his own wrong as CO.
conspirator in the greatest fraud
that ever disgraced American poll
tics and had manUuyred himself
into the Treasury OF the United States,
and that he had done more (Which could
not be said of any southern manl--he
bad rewarded his co-conspirators in that
crime and fraud ont of the public Trea-
sury Of the United States bv giving
them Office. He would not say that the
| Senator had done that. but itwould have
/ been Just rs competent for him to say
/ that as for the Senator TO say that the
/ Senators from Louisiana were occupying
/ their seats by fraud and bloodshed and
/ outrages in elections
Mr. Hawley: "The Senator from
South Carolina would say that boldly
concerning the Senator from Ohio if it
were true would he not?"
/ Mr.. Butler: "No, sir. / would not
| have too much regard for the decencies
Of life.
Mr., Hawley: "The Senator has, how
/ ever, practically said il. "
Mr. Butler: | said that might refort
IN that way. What | mean is that one
statement is inst as far true as the other
The Senator from Ohio went to the
verge and think beyond the verge of
/ decorum in making these charges against
men who are his equals in every respect
of life.
Mr. Chace took up Mr. Buffers alu-
sion to the election frauds in Rhode
Island, and undertook to repel that
SANDER The insinuation against the
/ Republicans Of Rhode Island he de-
I nOunced as an unqualified falsehood.
So far as the action of the Republican
party was concerned there never had been
fairer election. The State had been food
ed with money-Democratic money-by
h
affairs of the Democratic party, national
and State. Gentlemen on the other side
seizedthese ISLANDERS, published by Demo
cratic and Mugwump papers, and rolled
them as q sweet morsel under their
tongue as a counteryailing argument 30
the charges Of fraud and violence IN the
elections in certain southern States.
Mr.. Vest said that in his allusion the
other day to bribery in the Rhode Is
land election he had given his authority
as the Providence JOUrHai, a paper
which had belonged to Senator Anthony
and which he understood TO be Repub-
lican paper.
Mr.. Chace: 1t announces itself as an
Independent paper. | suppose that the
Senator will agree with me in one re-
spect. | have 10 doubt that he will look
upon Independent papers and Mugwump
papers very much as | do, and that he
will say 10 them in the language OF holy
writ, because We are neither hot nor
cold | will spew You out of my mouth. -
Laughter
Mr.. Call made a speech in relutation
OF the aspersion of southern States, and
WAS interrupted by remarks made 10y
Messrs. Edmunds and Hoar The latter
called attention 10 the recent newspaper
article indicating the existence OF cleo
ton frauds and violence III the South.
written and published, he said, within
the last fortnight by Henry Watterson,
al eminent southern Democrat and said
10 be a man Of honor. There was also,
he said, an article from the same emf
nent gentleman in the Forum stating
the same thing.
Mr. Berry spoke also to repel, he said,
the charges affecting the honor and good
name not only of the members of the
Senate, but OF the people of the south
ern States. He recalled the outrages of
the carpet bag governments in the south
ern States, but especially IN the State
of Arkansas and he asserted that there
were more crimes committed in the North
in proportion to the population than
there were in the South. Referring to
Mr.. Sherman's speech, he declared that
the man who made it had not that love
Of country which qualified him to be the
cOuutry's executive. Every such speech
made in the Senate tended to increase
the bitterness between the white and
colored people of the South and to
cripple those who were anxious to see
the colored man secured in every right
guaranteed TO him by the Constitution.
Mr.. Sherman said that he had not
participated in this debate until he heard
the charge that Hayes held his seat by
fraud. In refuting that charge he had
found it necessary TO go over the history
Of the events of 1876, and he declared
again that the charge was false by who
ever or wherever uttered.
Nlr. Vest replied TO Mr.. Sherman, and
again brought up Mr.. Blaine's state
ment in the Senate that if Hayes had
been elected President Packard had been
elected Governor.
Mr.. Vest proceeded to quote from
Blaine's speech, interpreting the quota-
tions with comments of his own, and de-
cared in conclusion that the seating OF
HAYES was "A colossal fraud in the history
of the Government He would Say 50
"in church or graveyard, and believed
that the people OF the United States
would endorse that opinion.
Mr.. Platt made the closing speech III |
favor Of the bill, III which he spoke OIL
territorial governments being only car
pet-bag governments that had existed III
The United States for the last twelve
wears. An allusion made by him to the |
objection made to the name OF Lincoln |
Tor the new Territory caused Mr.. Butler |
10 declare that there was not southern |
man who did not reverence Lincoln.
"Oh, Mr.. President said Mr.. Plat,
81 remember the time when men OF the |
Senator's section and with whom he |
affiliated called that great man a tyrsnt |
and called Union soldiers Lincoln |
blrelines. and when they called him bnf- |
foon and baboon. think | do not mis-
state the truth of history when 1 say /
that one Of the occupants OF seat on |
the bench of the Supreme Court tai F.
luding to LAMAR in public speech |
called him q baboon.
Where and when ?" Mr.. Butler
questioned n,, ,
was the reply. ,l.
Remarks in relation TO tho election OF
,O-c =, 4ha Ctata of Florida were made |