Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-13
He CALLED HOAR A LIAR
Fighting Words from a South
Carolina Senator.
THE BAY STATE MANS RETORT.

THE BAY STATE MANS RETORT.
He Proved by n Public Document That
Senator Butler Threatened His Coiored
Employees with Discharge II They Voted
the Republican Ticket.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 49, The senate passed
a resolution providing that, beginning
Monday next, the.senate meet at 10 O'Clock
and that the morning hour conclude at II
o'clock. Mr.. Blodget and Mr.. Walthall
spoke in opposition to the elections bill.
A Sectional Breeze in the senate.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Dolph in
structing the committee ON privileges and
elections TO inquire and report whether the
right OF suffrage is denied or abridged in
any state, except for participation in the re.
bellion, was taken up Mr. Dolph said
that the states Of Mississippi, Wyoming.
Massachusetts and Connecticut imposed
restrictions on the right Of suffrage, and he
had read the inaugural message Of Govern.
or Tillman, Of South Carolina, which he
said was an official declaration that the
great mass Of colored men in the south were
not to exercise the election franchises.
Mr.. Vest moved an amendment instruct.
ing the committee 70 inquire further
whether by any state legislature any citl
zens of the United States We're denied the
right to work on any public improvements
by reason of their color. He then read
clause from a recrnt statute OF the Oregon
legislature authorizing the building OF a
bridge and providing that none but white
labor should be employed on the work.
Mr.. Dolph said that he was informed by
senator on his side of the chamber that
the senator himself (Mr. Butler) had
threatened colored men in his employ
ment with discharge if they voted the Re
publican ticket.
Somebody Was u Liar. He said.
Mr.. Butler-Whoever made that state
ment is guilty of deliberate aud willful
falsehood-a deliberate and willful false.
hood
Mr.. Hoar-T supposed that within
twenty-four hours had read the testimony
Of the senator from South Carolina befora
acommittee Of this body of the other house
in which he stated that he had told the
colored people on his plantation that he
should dismiss them from his employment
If they voted the Republican ticket. !
made the statement myself to the senator
from Oregon. daughter on the Demo
cratic sdel.
Mr.. Butler-Then the remark that
made applies, OF course, to the senator
from Massachusetts,.
lie Read II in Public Document.
Mr., Hoar-I am not To be deferred from
saying what have to say
Mr.. Butler-I do not propose to deter
the senator.
Mr. Hoar Concluding the sentence)-
Either by the manner 81 behavior of tho
senator from South Carolina. have read
that in public document within twenty
four hours, ] suppose. II there is any
mistake about il l have made the mistake.
This incident went no further Mr.. Glib
son then getting into the discussion and
quoting statement from DR. Mayo, of
Boston, a gentleman he said who had
dedicated his life to the promotion of edu-
cation and to the welfare Of his fellow
citizens, that in all essential respects the
negro citizen is better of in the south
than in any northern state.
A Senator More Crazy Than Usual"
Further discussion was INDUCED in. and
at O'Clock the resolution went over and
the elections bill was taken up Mr.. Blod-
gett addressed the senate in opposition to
it. His first great opposition to it was, he
said, that it would unsettle society, and
that it threatened the peace, prosperity and
development of a considerable portion OF
the country. His second objection to the
bill was that it was in direct antagonism
to the democratic spirit of popular govern
ment Mr.. Walthall also argued against
the bill. In the course of his remarks he
spoke Of the improved condition Of certain
counties in Mississippi, in respect Of peace
and order.
Mr.. Edmund inquired whether tho per
petrators Of the acts of violence referred To
by him had been convicted or tried. Mr..
Walthall said the chief parties accused
We're tried regularly by jury and were
acquitted
Mr.. Edmunds (sarcastically)-That is
what / supposed.
Mr.. Morgan suppose that the senator |
from Vermont would want them convicted |
whether they were guilty or not.
Mr.. Edmunds-No. The senator hardly |
suppcses that.
Mr.. Morgan-Yes, do. I
Mr.. Edmunds-Then the senator is more
crazy than usual.
~. AAhuhuH WSub on 10 say tnat he i
could understand state Of peace where /
all liberty had been repressed-peace in
the sense Of nobody needing to be killed
any more
Mr.. Walthall asked If Mr. Edmunds was
familiar with the country he came from.
and being answered in the negative, he de-
clined to continue the controversy.
Senator Hoar Strikes Back.
When Mr.. Walthall closed his speecb
Mr.. Hoar rose and called attention to the
remarks made by Mr.. Butler stating that
any one who said he had threatened TO
dismiss colored people from his employ
ment il they should vote the Republican
ticket was guilty OF deliberate and will
full falsehood. lie sent to the clerks desk
and had read the official reporters manu-
script of what took place, and said: "a
rule Of my life, long since formed, does
not permit me to reply to the senator from
South Carolina in such language as he
thought proper to utter Whether should
be guilty of a deliberate and willful false
hood about a matter contained in a public
document will be settled in the estimation
Df those who know me- will read for the
Information of the senator from the docu-
ment to which / REFEREED
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